Gabrael (world)
Milieu 1116 Milieu 1130 Milieu 1900
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Worlds | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Government | Balkanization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Moderate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 8448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | E55+2
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Importance Extension | -2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 30 |
Gabrael has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Wilds in the Million Subsector of Deneb Sector. 50% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.
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Government | Representative democracy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Moderate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 574B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | E55+1
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Importance Extension | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 350 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 4.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 4,777 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 3,400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 0 |
Era: Milieu 1116
Gabrael has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Million Subsector of Deneb Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Gabrael, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. 30% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.
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Government | Feudal technocracy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | High | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 5342 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | E53+3
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Importance Extension | -3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 0 |
Era: Milieu 1130
Gabrael has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Wilds in the Million Subsector of Deneb Sector. 30% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
System Data
There is one moon around Gabrael, Torricelli
Mainworld Data
Mainworld Size (S)
Gabrael is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.
The planet is 7750km radius and 24350km circumference.
It has a gravity of 0.65G.
Day Length: 28 hours
Orbital Year: 198 days
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)
Gabrael has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. While a Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world. The atmosphere is tainted with the local equivalent of pollen which can cause an extremely unpleasant reaction when inhaled. The average temperature is 18 Celsius.[2]
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)
Gabrael has 25-35% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has a few small seas. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants will be recycled.
Mainworld Geography & Topography
Gabrael’s startown is named Tsabad[3]. It lies on the Gamago River and lies twenty kilometres from the starport, to which it is connected by gravitic lift rail[4]. Tsabad consists of a warehouse district, an urban core, and a corporate centre. The corporate centre includes a number of Gravitic buildings, the most notable of which is the Knaegu Ghouk[4]. The prestigious Esali College[4] is also located in the core of the town.
To the north of Tsabad (upstream on the Gamago) lies the town of Tenjann and (beyond Prisma Canyon, in the Benjacquin Highlands) is the small town of Feyr[5]. Feyr is the home of Hallin Products[3], a food processing firm, and the obscure Dreyla Standard Systems[3], a company dealing in robotics until the Abandonment.
Mainworld Map
Lifeforms
Fauna
No native fauna of Gabrael flies. All flying creatures on the world are imports (e.g. Chicken). n.b. The Flying Drynet, native to the eastern plains, glides rather than flies and cannot maintain or gain altitude.
The Muugagen Pigbird has gone feral and is now found wild on Gabrael.[2]
There has been an historic trade in Doyle’s Eel on Gabrael, but these creatures are illegal, dangerous and (probably) only being kept by limited specialist collectors.[6]
Flora
Nyflan's Fern[7] is a psionic plant that eliminates appetite in nearby creatures - thus ensuring the plant's safety - or just makes you feel happy. This is found in a number of poorer houses on Gabrael but is not native.
Calabaa Trees are grown in plantations on Gabrael and the resulting drink, "Calabaa", exported to the subsector.
Sensitive Umoth reacts badly to Human contact. The oils from the skin transferred during an unprotected human contact tend to cause the plant to die within a few days. Other varieties of Umoth don’t have this reaction.
History & Background (Dossier)
Imperial High (Landed) Nobility
Gabrael, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.
The Abandonment saw the Knight of Gabrael evacuated by the IN in 1135, leaving behind a seneschal to oversee the family interests.
World Starport
Summary
The starport is 20km from Tsabad and connected to it by monorail.[4]
Gabrael has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
This starport's highport is owned and operated by Ling Standard Products.
The highport pays very little tax to the Government of Gabrael, yet starport related income is still the major income for the planet.
The downport has minimal facilities, serving mainly as a transfer port for agricultural goods. Most craft based at the downport are Agricultural Haulage shuttles, with a few passenger and general cargo vessels[8].
World Technology Level
Gabrael possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
- Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
- FTL: Jump Drive-3.
World Government
Summary
Gabrael is governed by a Representative Democracy where government leadership is representatives elected by eligible voters. What determines an eligible voter varies. The representatives determine policy, including selecting members of the bureaucracy. There can be referendum, votes by eligible voters on specific subjects.
World Law Level
Gabrael has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.
World Military
1 Battalion
World Economy
Gabrael was the centre of a wide trade network across 4 sectors. The transport was not always owned by the planet's businesses, but the traders went to many places on many state's shipping lines. It was a non-industrial world.
Trade Data
Lurent planetoid ships could be found (trading) in the inner system or (refuelling) in the system’s Oort clouds[9].
Agricultural Sector
Visitors could be forgiven for thinking that Gabrael has pretensions of being an Agricultural world but only a small area (near the starport and capital) is intensively farmed. This provides more than enough food for the population and for sale to/via the highport operators[10].
World Demographics
Gabrael has a population of 1,000,000 sophonts (millions).
- This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
Approx 4,000,000
- 30% of the population is Aekhu Vargr
- 70% of the population is Human
World Culture
Gabrael is renowned for its level of social equality: Vargr are very comfortable relating with Imperial humans. Many enter professions where the two races interact.
There were a small number of Droyne working on the Planet[3], but this was not their permanent residence - this was not a Droyne world.
On Gabrael, it is considered polite to bring a gift to any prospective employer.[2]
The high-class women on Gabrael tend to employ Contract Fathers when looking for children. [11]
Urbanization
Tsabad is the starport for Gabrael and over 99% of the population live within 500km in 1105.
Architecture
The architecture of Gabrael includes internal over-pressure using filtered air and air-lock style doors.
The centre of Tsabad included floating offices.
Historical Data
World Timeline
Year | Event |
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Pre-348 | Vargr settlers ejected by Imperial Troops as part of the Vargr Campaigns. |
349-400 | Imperial settlers found a small colony. Name changed to Gabrael. |
400 | Admitted to the Imperium |
590 | Vargr raid as part of First Frontier War. |
616 | Vargr raiding ends as part of Second Frontier War after the Marquis of Million organises his own defence against Vargr Raiders backed by some units supplied by the Duke of Atsah[12]. Vargr prisoners of war released but not repatriated, thus starting Vargr component of the population. |
1133 | Abandonment announced |
1135 | Abandonment declared complete Local Nobility evacuates to Atsah and beyond. About 80% of the population had been evacuated by 61st Fleet[13]. |
1135-1143 | Dzarrgh Federate raids; United Followers of Augurgh traders fill trading vacuum. Some re-population from neighbouring worlds. |
After 1143 | Red Pelts raids; Virus arrives. Downport destroyed. Highport infested. |
1201 | Re-contacted by the Regency's traders |
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Data/Library: Deneb." The Travellers' Digest 19 (1990): 24-30.
- Rob Caswell. "Defying The Wolf." MegaTraveller Journal 2 (1991): 4-18.
- Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58.
- Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 55.
- Robert Eaglestone. Deneb Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 75.
- Peter Gray - Traveller TNE Mailing List Worlds of the Denebian Frontier and Rampart: Last Part published 30 July 2001
- Contributor: BackworldTraveller
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rob Caswell. "Defying The Wolf." MegaTraveller Journal 2 (1991): 6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Rob Caswell. "Defying The Wolf." MegaTraveller Journal 2 (1991): 7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Robert Eaglestone. Deneb Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 75.
- ↑ Rob Caswell. "Defying The Wolf." MegaTraveller Journal 2 (1991): 7.
- ↑ Rob Caswell. "Defying The Wolf." MegaTraveller Journal 2 (1991): 9.
- ↑ Rob Caswell. "Defying The Wolf." MegaTraveller Journal 2 (1991): 8.
- ↑ Citation Missing - Behind the Claw
- ↑ Robert Eaglestone. Deneb Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 56.
- ↑ Citation Missing - Behind the Claw
- ↑ Rob Caswell. "Defying The Wolf." MegaTraveller Journal 2 (1991): 4.
- ↑ Robert Eaglestone. Deneb Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 12.
- ↑ travellermap.com/milieu=M1105 vs travellermap.com/milieu=M1201
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