Catuz (world)

Catuz/Mora (Spinward Marches 2824) Milieu 1116 C42048C-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 4 Moderate (50 thousand) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law C Extreme Law (no privacy) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K8 V M6 V
Worlds	5
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	738C
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	732+2 Resources 7 Few Labor 3 Low (5 thousand) Infrastructure 2 Extremely limited Efficiency +2 Good
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	84
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	27,250
Port passengers (annual)	0

Catuz has both a thin tainted atmosphere and no surface water which makes habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and a million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions make it dangerous to visitors. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Mora Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Catuz, 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.

Astrography & Planetology

Catuz is a member of the Spinward Main. Catuz is a tidally locked backwater with the very dry air contaminated by a fine powdery dust.

Binary Solar System

Catuz Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Catuz primary K9 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.59	3850 - 3930	0.15775
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0028	0.0329	0.41 - 0.78	0.28	2.8
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Catuz secondary M6 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.102	2740 - 2810	0.00034
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0006	0.0015	0.02 - 0.04	0.06	0.6
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	2

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2824 Catuz (Imperial)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 2,026 miles (3,200 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin oxygen-nitrogen, tainted by airborne dust particles.
Hydrographics: None.
Climate: Very hot.
Population: 30,000.
Government: Bureaucracy (the Meritocracy of Catuz).
Control Level: 6.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 3.

History & Background (Dossier)

Catuz is sometimes spelled "Catz."

Catuz currently in the throes of civil unrest. The measures taken to put down the troublemakers have caused an Imperial condemnation to be issued, and a team of observers to be assigned to the world to protect sentients’ rights.

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 (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 32-33.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 46-47. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 112.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 114. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 103-107. (UWP only)