Algebaster (world)

Algebaster/Cronor (Spinward Marches 0605) Milieu 1116 C665658-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 6 Moderate (4 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M0 V M1 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	6759
Army Size (BEs)	15
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	955+1 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (400 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	225
GWP (BCr)	22
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	1,055
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	3,800
Port employees	210
Port passengers (annual)	53,900

Algebaster is an agricultural production world with a shirt-sleeve atmosphere and a balance of available surface water. The system has a population between 1 million and 10 million sophonts. It is a Human dominated Non-Aligned world in the Cronor Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

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

Astrography & Planetology

The system has no gas giants and all refueling material must come from the world's seas. This has permitted the original colony to remain unmolested for centuries, though it has made the lives of Zhodani merchant crews miserable.

Binary Solar System

Algebaster Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Algebaster M0 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0027	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.27	2.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Algebaster M1 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0023	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.23	2.3
	Orbit #	*	*	1	0	5

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0605 Algebaster (Independent)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 5,502 miles (8,800 km).
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 50%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 4,400,000.
Government: Technocracy.
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 4.

History & Background (Dossier)

The name is sometimes rendered as Algeblaster.

This former Imperial colony was tolerated by the Zhodani government because of its strategic location along the Cronor Cleft.

Era: New Era

This hot, heavy-cored world was originally settled by Rommie Autonomous Commonality colonists to act as a supply depot and communications base. After each world was settled, however, the colonists abandoned starfaring, leaving the base to fend for itself. The population rallied around a government of technicians, who painstakingly repaired and rebuilt failing technology. The community became severely stratified under this ruling class, with the bulk of the population working menial labor at their masters behest. 3I scouts recontacted the world in 213, and established a trade agreement that traded new technology for the locals stockpiles of heavy metals. When the Zhodani ejected the Imperials four centuries later, they were obligated to continue this arrangement, as their disorganization prevented absorbing the neutral world into their empire.

Algebaster's economy revolved around its starport, firstly for refueling and later for supporting trade across the Cleft following the Collapse. The Elite Council initiated enough political reforms for some freedoms, though local culture became more egalitarian than free. The Dawn Heralders did significant damage to the world, first during their seizure in NE 36, when they ran the local infrastructure to the ground with incessant use during their military offensives, and lastly in their doomed defense when the Commonwealth invaded Cronor Subsector in NE 39. Rebuilding took a decade, during which time the elite took a leading role in organizing the Non-Zhodani worlds of the subsector in breaking away as a sovereign entity.

The RAC capitol is actually a non-formal affair, as the commonality is very decentralized, and the government legislature only convenes for one-third of the year and leaves most decisions with the local bureaucracy. The legislature, known as the Convention, meets in the world's brand new highport, whereas the bureaucracy and planetary government (these being almost the same thing) conducts its business from offices in the old downport. This dichotomy is evident in the language of Rommies: a political decision from "on high" is a legislative action, whereas one refers to the bureaucrats actions as "locked in the basement".

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 22.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 36.
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), .
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Citation Missing - Behind the Claw
• External Link: DED Zone.net
• External Link: The Zhodani Base
• External Link: Peter Gray - Freelance Traveller