Polyphemus (world)

Polyphemus/Capella (Solomani Rim 1537)
Interstellar Wars	E310000-0 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 1 Vacuum (trace) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 0 Barren () Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
Classic Era (1116)	A558AA9-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population A High (20 billion) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M1 V M3 V M0 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	4

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Polyphemus is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• This world is a "Twilight Zone World", a planet that is tidally-locked to its star. It has a hot side that permanently faces the star, a cold side that permanently faces away, and a narrow twilight zone in-between.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Capella Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector.

• This world has a colony at Teucer (world).

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Polyphemus is a freak among worlds. Long ago, it became tide-locked to its red-dwarf primary, its volatile compounds freezing out on the night side. Quite recently, however (in the last million years or so) some cataclysmic event restarted the planet's rotation with respect to its primary. How this happened is not yet known, although it's clear that there was a massive release of energy. Most of the planet's surface rocks show signs of melting, and the planet's core is much warmer than would be expected for such a small world.

Trinary Solar System

Polyphemus Trinary Star System

Polyphemus
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M1 V	Main Sequence		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks
Polyphemus
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks
Polyphemus
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M0 V	Main Sequence		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0055	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.55	5.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	1	6
	Remarks

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1537 Polyphemus (Solomani)

Starport: Class V.

Diameter: 3,400 miles (5,400 km). Gravity: 0.38g.
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 80%.
Climate: Cold.
Population: 20 billion.
Government: Dictatorship.
Control Level: 6.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: 6.

History & Background (Dossier)

Polyphemus is a high-population world located within Capella Subsector of the Solomani Rim. The system is part of the Near Boötes Cluster and a member of the Solomani Confederation.

Non-canon: Polyphemus (Solomani Rim 1537) is a prosperous, science-oriented world and is the home of the Polypheman Scientific Academy, a university specializing in robotics and xenosciences, as well as one of the few Hiver embassies in human space.

Polyphemus is the homeworld of High Councilor Kathleen Ryan-Cox, minister of science and technology.

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• Classic Traveller Solomani (Alien Module)
• TNE Survival Margin
• GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
• GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim
• Periodical: Imperial Lines 2 by: Steven Eric Schwartz
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science