Alpher (world)
| Alpher/Harlequin (Solomani Rim 2703) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | A866997-E
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | G0 V M2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alpher is a high-population, pre-rich garden world with a billion or more sophonts in population size, a near-ideal utopian environment conducive to most sophonts, and still lacks adequate population to expand its economy to a rich status.
- Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
- This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
- This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Harlequin Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
- It has a protectorate in nearby Miskatonic (Solomani Rim 2603).
Description / Astrography & Planetology
Alpher is a high-population, Terran Norm garden world located in Harlequin Subsector of the Solomani Rim.
Binary Solar System
Alpher Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Alpher G0 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.06 5860 - 5930 1.22623 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0051 0.0918 1.04 - 1.83 0.51 5.1 Orbit # * * 4 1 6 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Alpher M2 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.44 3470 - 3560 0.0565 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0021 0.0197 0.25 - 0.48 0.21 2.1 Orbit # * * 1 0 4
IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey
2703 Alpher (Imperial)
Starport: Class V.
Diameter: 8,300 miles (13,300 km). Gravity: 1.06g.
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 59%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 2.3 billion.
Government: Bureaucracy.
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: 5.5.
System Data
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Mainworld Data
It is a Terran Norm garden world.
Mainworld Geography & Topography
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Mainworld Map
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Native Lifeforms
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History & Background (Dossier)
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Imperial High / Landed Nobility
Alpher, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of three members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.
- It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
- It holds the estate of an Imperial baronet.
- It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.
World Starport
Alpher 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.
World Technology Level
Alpher possesses a Technology Level of TL–14 or TL-E in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early meson communicators.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, early collectors, and advanced fusion plants.
- 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-5.
World Government
Alpher is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.
World Law Level
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World Military
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World Economy
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Trade Data
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World Demographics
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World Culture
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Urbanization
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Historical Data
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World Timeline
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UWP Listing
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 1-48.John Harshman, Marc Miller. Solomani (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), 1-48. (Alien Module 6: Solomani)
- John Harshman. The Solomani Rim (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), TBD. (Supplement 10)
- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 11,47. (dotmap provided)
- Kevin Knight. Traveller Chronicle 10 (Sword of the Knight Publications, 1996), TBD.
- Kevin Knight. Traveller Chronicle 11 (Sword of the Knight Publications, 1996), TBD.
- Kevin Knight. Traveller Chronicle 12 (Sword of the Knight Publications, 1997), TBD.
- Jon F. Zeigler. Rim of Fire (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 1-144. (GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire: The Solomani Rim Sourcebook)
- GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com