Banasdan (world)

Banasdan/Banasdan (Solomani Rim 2920)
Classic Era (1116)	A653A54-F Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population A High (50 billion) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level F High Stellar (anagathics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M0 V M2 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	3

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Banasdan is a poor, high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• This world is always on the edge of revolution as the common citizen struggles under extremely low wages. Much dissent is present.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Banasdan Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
• This world has a colony at Nyarlathotep (SR 2720) (world).

Description (Planetology)

Living conditions on Banasdan are difficult, despite the planet’s thriving industrial economy and high technological base. The surface of the planet is only barely habitable, so the vast majority of the planet’s population huddles in sealed arcologies or underground cities.

Binary Solar System

Banasdan Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Banasdan 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)
Banasdan 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

2920 Banasdan (Imperial Subsector Capital)

Starport: Class V.

Diameter: 6,000 miles (9,600 km). Gravity: 0.68g.
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 32%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 30 billion.
Government: Representative Democracy.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 12.
World Trade Number: 6.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

Banasdan is a poor, high-population world located in Banasdan Subsector of the Solomani Rim. The system is a member of the Imperium and is the subsector capital.

The world was settled by Terrans following the Eighth Interstellar War. During the Long Night Banasdan was the capital of a small pocket empire known as the Arcturus Federation, the smallest of the original Rim States. Banasdan reluctantly joined the Imperium in 583.

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.

• Classic Traveller Murder on Arcturus Station
• TNE Survival Margin
• GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim