Dawnworld (world)
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | F8 V M2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Worlds | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Government | No government | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Law Level | No law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cultural Extension | 0000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army Size (BEs) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Technology Level | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Economic Extension | 200-5
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| Importance Extension | -3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resource Units | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GWP (BCr) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trade Number | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Classification | Class-E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port Size | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Building Capacity (Tons) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port employees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port passengers (annual) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dawnworld is a garden world with a shirt-sleeve atmosphere and a balance of available surface water. The system has no overt population, government, or law level. It is a unclaimed Non-Aligned world in the District 268 Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.
Astrography & Planetology[edit]
Dawnworld is a member of the Spinward Main.
Dawnworld is a bit drier than Terra and the atmosphere is somewhat denser, but apart from that it is one of the most Earthlike worlds in the Spinward Marches.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Dawnworld Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Dawnworld Primary F8 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.18 6050 - 6180 1.78479 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0057 0.1108 1.24 - 2.17 0.57 5.7 Orbit # * 0 4 2 6 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Dawnworld Companion M5 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.162 2930 - 3060 0.00171 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0009 0.0034 0.04 - 0.09 0.09 0.9 Orbit # * * * * 3
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
In -982 the Darrians, who did not usually plant colonies that far away from Darrian, colonized it. The Darrians named the world Dand Daryene, or "New Home". Within a generation is was discovered that some unidentified aspect of the planet, presumably biological in nature, caused sterility in all males born there. The settlement was accordingly abandoned in -941. The Darrians left a group of scientists to discover the cause, but they were cut off in the Maghiz and all knowledge of the settlement and the base was lost.
The Sacnoth Dominate named the world Hoding and established a colony there in -154. They too discovered the problem and abandoned the world again in -118. The Dominate planned to send scientists to study the problem, but the War of the First Rebellion intervened. [2]
Dawnworld was settled again in 288, under that name, by a group of utopians from the Imperium who were oblivious of the previous failures and who had to abandon it in 312.
In 481 a group of Vargr exiles from Gvurrdon found the empty world and settled there, likewise unaware of the reason why it was empty. In 506 a team of researchers finally put together all the facts and the Vargr were resettled on Spirelle.
It is likely that whatever causes the problem will not affect beings who do not belong to Sphere Terra but the risk that it might kept anyone from taking the chance while there were still alternate worlds to settle.
After the Imperium declared the subsector an Imperial district in 610, Dawnworld came under its protection. The world was then declared off limit to any settlers, regardless of species, until the problem had been identified and solved. Visits to the world do not appear to cause any damage, so it has not been interdicted.
The situation is further complicated by Sword Worlder claims to the planet. Between 600 and 1100, several attempts have been made by both Sword Worlder and Imperial scientists to solve the mystery, but they have all ended in failure, most likely because they were all terminated prematurely due to political pressure.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 18-19.
- 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), 48-49. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 77.
- Hans Rancke-Madsen, "The Sacnoth Dominate." JTAS Online(July 25, 2000)
- Hans Rancke-Madsen, "Trade Pioneers." JTAS Online (July 23, 2002)
- Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 83.
- Hans Rancke-Madsen, "The Outrim Frontier." JTAS Online (June 19, 2007)
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 110. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 123-127. (UWP only)
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
- ↑ Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 83.