Chamax (world)
| Chamax/Reidain (Foreven 3229) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | X654000-9
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | M0 III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chamax is a barren world with no overt population, government, or law level.
- This world could be populated if anyone had an inclination to do so...
- It is an unclaimed Non-Aligned world located in the Reidain Subsector of Foreven Sector.
- It is a secondary world within the Alenzar system.
- It is a chilly tundra world, with a climate of low temperatures.
- This die back world was once settled and developed, but the inhabitants have either died off or left, leaving behind the ruins and remnants of their civilization.
- This is a "forbidden" world designated as a Red Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it extremely dangerous to visitors. Everyone is forbidden to travel here.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
Stellar Data
Chamax has a solitary primary star.
- It is a turbulent red giant.
Chamax has a solitary primary star. Primary 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity M0 III Giant 6.3 2800 - 3600 470 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.58621 1.79818 17.24 - 28.09 58.621 586.21 Orbit # 2 4 8 10 13 Remarks Unstable pulsating star. It produces high levels of EM noise.
System Data
The worlds of the system have been partially surveyed. They consist of:
- The mainworld, which is a Beltworld (the "Alenzar Belt"), containing the colony of Alenzar within the largest planetoid.
- A single planetary body named Chamax.
- x1 planetoid belt.
- x3 gas giants.
Secondary World Data
Chamax is the sole habitable planet in the Alenzar system.
The world orbits within the prime region of its star's habitable zone.
- It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.
Secondary World Hydrosphere (S)
Chamax is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.
Secondary World Hydrosphere (A)
Chamax has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.
- It experiences relatively low temperatures.
Secondary World Hydrosphere (H)
Chamax has 35-45% of its surface covered by liquid water. There will be a number of small seas or one larger body of water. Wilderness refueling is possible.
Mainworld Geography and Topography
A number of maps of the world exist within AAB Library Data records.
- Its poles have large permanent ice caps. The average temperature is cooler than human standard.
- Note that since the original world maps were produced huge regions of the surface have become covered in thick glaciers.
- This process of glaciation has dramatically affected the sea levels and coastlines.
Chamax in year 1105.
History & Background (Dossier)
Chamax is a Forbidden World and is designated as a Red Zone. It presents serious risks and dangers due to the environment or native life forms, laws or customs, or other conditions that make it extremely dangerous to visitors.
- Travel to this world is prohibited.
It is a Die Back World, with abandoned ruins and remains on its surface. These are favorite locations for xeno-archaeologists, adventurers, and treasure seekers, among others. A wealth of valuable artifacts can be found by those willing to skirt laws which assert that the state or an organization has possession of such objects, rather than the individual who recovered them.
The world was home to an advanced, unnamed sophont people of quasi-crustacean appearance. They had a sophisticated native civilization and were known to the pre-Maghiz Darrians, who traded with them. The Chamaxi never had the jump drive, although their world otherwise had TL–9 technology. As of the last Darrian visit, the UWP was classified as F655896-9.
By 700 Imperial, visiting Darrian traders only saw ruin where once there was vegetation, animals, and cities.
As of the current time, the world has no major forms of land life, save for one species of voracious eater that is simply called Chamax.
World Starport (St)
Chamax does not have a starport. The Class X Starport is an indication that no starport exists in the system. There are no facilities or services available, and no site marked for landing.
World Population (P)
Chamax is a Barren World with no sophont population. It may still possess lifeforms.
World Technology Level (T)
Chamax has a die back Tech Level of TL–9.
- The world has no functioning technological base.
Salvage
- Remains on this world include electronic devices, complex mechanical components, worked metals, and raw materials. Some equipment may still be functional.
- These may be salvaged.
World Government (G)
Chamax has no government or ruling authority of any kind.
World Law (L)
Chamax has no law level. No laws of any kind are enforced.
World Timeline
Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:
- The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
- 589-604: First Frontier War.
- 604-622: the Civil War.
- 615-620: Second Frontier War.
- 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
- 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
- 979-986: Third Frontier War.
- 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
- 1082-1084: Fourth Frontier War, also known as the False War.
- 1107-1110: Fifth Frontier War.
References
- William H. Keith Jr., J. Andrew Keith. The Chamax Plague/Horde (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), TBD.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com