Alpher (world)
| Alpher/Harlequin (Solomani Rim 2703) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | A866997-E
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | G0 V M2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alpher is a high-population, pre-rich garden world with a billion or more sophonts in population size, and a near-ideal utopian environment conducive to most sophonts, but still lacks adequate population to expand its economy to a rich status.
- Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
- This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.
- This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Harlequin Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
- It has a protectorate in nearby Miskatonic (Solomani Rim 2603).
Description / Astrography & Planetology
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Binary Solar System
Alpher Binary Star System Alpher 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity G0 V Main Sequence 1.06 5860 - 5930 1.22623 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0102 0.0918 1.04 - 1.83 1.02 10.2 Orbit # * * 4 3 7 Remarks Alpher 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity M2 V Main Sequence 0.44 3470 - 3560 0.0565 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0041 0.0197 0.25 - 0.48 0.41 4.1 Orbit # * * 1 1 6 Remarks
IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey
2703 Alpher (Imperial)
Starport: Class V.
Diameter: 8,300 miles (13,300 km). Gravity: 1.06g.
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 59%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 2.3 billion.
Government: Bureaucracy.
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: 5.5.
System Data
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Mainworld Data
It is a Terran Norm garden world.
Mainworld Geography & Topography
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Mainworld Map
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Native Lifeforms
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History & Background (Dossier)
Alpher is a high-population, Terran Norm garden world located in Harlequin Subsector of the Solomani Rim.
Imperial High (Landed) Nobility
Alpher, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of three members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.
- It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
- It holds the estate of an Imperial baronet.
- It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.
- The system is a member of the Imperium.
Imperial High / Landed Nobility
TBD, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.
World Starport
TBD has a Class B Starport, a good quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
World Technology Level
TBD possesses a Technology Level of TL–0.
- These worlds often contain a Proto-Sophont species beginning to establish a nascent civilization and society.
- This world is in its Alpha Period and has not yet been interfered with by a higher technology civilization.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Bodily communicative apparati, courier-runners, and smoke signals.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Bodily muscle.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Bodily locomotion, riding beasts, and litters or sedan chairs.
- Water: Swimming, rafts, and canoes.
- Air: Typically not available unless a bodily ability.
World Government
TBD has no central government or substantial government apparatus; an Anarchy. The largest governmental structure would be a family, tribe, or single clan. The largest group will be between 50 and 100 individuals, and there may be dozens to hundreds of them. This governmental structure can be stable over long periods of time if the population remains small or geographically separated.
World Law Level
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World Military
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World Economy
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Trade Data
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World Demographics
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World Culture
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Urbanization
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Historical Data
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World Timeline
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UWP Listing
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References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Citation Missing - Solomani (Alien Module) (Alien Module 6: Solomani)
- John Harshman. The Solomani Rim (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), TBD. (Supplement 10)
- Citation Missing - Alien - Vilani & Vargr (dotmap provided)
- Kevin Knight. Traveller Chronicle 10 (Sword of the Knight Publications, 1996), TBD.
- Kevin Knight. Traveller Chronicle 11 (Sword of the Knight Publications, 1996), TBD.
- Kevin Knight. Traveller Chronicle 12 (Sword of the Knight Publications, 1997), TBD.
- Citation Missing - GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire (GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire: The Solomani Rim Sourcebook)
- GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com