Campaign:SBRD/Library/Freehold (world)
Freehold (RD 2825)/Urlaqqash Subsector/Reavers'_Deep_Sector
(Note: This article is about the SBRD campaign setting in the year 3731 AD, during the Long Night.)
Freehold (RD 2825) A555820-A Ag Ri In Ex 1 - 315 14 In G6 V Cool
Size: 8000 km (5), Atmo: Thin, Hydro: 50%, Climate: Cool
Pop: 300 M, Participating Democracy, LL: 0, TL: A
Star(s): G6 V, 14 Worlds, 1 Belts, 5 GGs, Orbit 4
Independent, Trading Post
Rickard Colony was founded during the Interstellar Wars period by settlers from Terra. Later Reaver attacks forced a militarization of society and totalitarian government. The revolution in 3457 (allegedly supported by legendary Reaver Captain Blackjack Duquesne) resulted in the current government by participatory democracy of all citizens. The system is well developed, and also well defended. Only 80% of the system's population actually lives on the mainworld; the rest live in assorted space colonies and habitats throughout the system.
Trade Classifications of Industrial, Rich, and Extreme are included because of Freehold's busy Trading Post and extensive system development (including many Extreme worlds).
Conditions/Environment
The low hydrosphere number (50%) means that the larger landforms tend to have large inland deserts where rain rarely, if ever, reaches. These deserts are almost lifeless even of native life; vast areas of sand, mountains, and rocky flats where nothing grows or lives.
The Cool climate means that icecaps extend down to about 60 degree latitude, further reducing available liquid surface water; however, this also means that the equatorial regions are quite comfortable for Humans.
The ecosystem on land has been almost completely taken over by Terran imports - see Biology & Wildlife below.
Starport and Transport Infrastructure
History
Population and Government
Economy/Imports/Exports/Trade
Offworld Connections
People and Customs
Biology & Wildlife
Initial settlers of this world found an almost ideal ecosystem for colonization. There was primitive plant life on land, with metabolic functions similar to Terran plant life, providing an oxygen atmosphere and nutritious fodder for Terran-imported livestock. There was aquatic life that was developed enough to provide tasty seafood (although with a few nasty predators in the mix), but land lifeforms were no more advanced than primitive arthropods similar to insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapoda. Some had nasty bites or stings, but none proved to be serious problems for the settlers.
Where imported Terran lifeforms were introduced, they almost entirely replaced the native lifeforms, to the extent that settlers wanting to preserve something of the original nature of the planet have had to set aside large preserve areas utilizing various methods to attempt to keep Terran lifeforms out.
Planetary Map
System Astrography
Important NPCs
Player Notes (Past Involvement Here, etc)
| This article is specific to the SBRD Reavers' Deep Campaign, which is set during the Long Night, beginning in year 3731 AD (-787 Imperial). This information may not be correct for the typical Traveller campaign set during the time of the Third Imperium. |