Falcon (TR 2725) (world)
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| Falcon/The Borderland (Trojan Reach 2725) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | A558448-D
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | F6 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Falcon (Bo 2725) is a pre-agricultural and nonindustrial world lacking adequate development for its economy to become prosperous.
- As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
- This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the The Borderland Subsector of Trojan Reach Sector.
- This world has a colony at Sperle (world).
- This world was formerly known as Falkenberg.
Description / Astrography & Planetology
Falcon is the mainworld of a system with five gas giants and five other terrestrial worlds.
- It is often listed in navigational databases as a ‘hollowed-out asteroid’, an error which is understandable given the circumstances of the world and its people.
Monostellar System
Falcon (TR 2725) Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Falcon (TR 2725) F6 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.25 6280 - 6350 2.18366 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0063 0.1226 1.36 - 2.36 0.63 6.3 Orbit # * 0 4 2 6
System Data
No information yet available.
Mainworld Data
Falcon possesses both a conventional mainworld and a hollowed-out asteroid for a moon. [2]
Falcon, proper, is in fact a wet world, smallish and with a thin atmosphere. Whilst not a Terra-Prime candidate, it was certainly inviting for colonists, and was chosen for a large-scale development operation during the Solomani settlement of the region. This proved to be a fatal mistake – literally – for most of the population. Falcon’s ecosphere contains a number of compounds which are subtly toxic to unadapted humans. The adaptation process requires lengthy exposure and often proves fatal.
- Those who do adapt to the world’s toxins become dependent upon them. It is possible for someone from Falcon to be deprived of these substances for a few weeks without coming to harm, but sooner or later they will become sick and begin to deteriorate. The process can be slowed or almost permanently deferred by creating an artificial environment where these substances are available but this requires significant investment in technology and equipment.
- Once deterioration has begun the only way to halt it is to go home to Falcon and stay there for an extended period. Even this will not always reverse the process – even a short time outside Falcon’s unique environment can start a process that resists all attempts to halt it. Most inhabitants of the world choose not to leave. The population stays low due to the fact that even among people acclimatised to local conditions by many years of exposure may have children who are not, and whose bodies cannot survive the toxic environment long enough to learn to withstand it. To avoid this tragedy, the people of Falcon practice strict population control and provide what may be the most intensive system of pre-natal medical support in the sector. [3]
Mainworld Geography & Topography
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms
No information yet available.
History & Background / Dossier
Falcon, also known as Falkenberg, is a non-aligned world located in the The Borderland Subsector of the Trojan Reach.
World Starport
Falcon (TR 2725) 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.
- Falcon Highport is a hollowed-out asteroid, crewed mainly by workers from other systems. There is an enclave of Falcon locals, who usually wear encounter suits to avoid contaminating visitors when interacting with them. Small doses of Falcon’s unusual contaminants are unlikely to cause any harm, but it might affect offworld trade if anyone were to be made ill by a visit. Since offworlders almost never visit Falcon itself and its people rarely leave, the highport is widely considered to effectively be Falcon. Indeed, some databases claim that Falcon is ‘a hollowed-out asteroid’ and make no mention of the inviting but deadly planet it orbits.
- The port is owned and operated by GeDeCo, which also maintains a local-operations administrative centre. This, among other functions, controls the operations of GeDeCo assets on neighbouring Sperle, which in turn more or less own the government. The misconception has arisen that Falcon maintains Sperle as a colony, whereas in fact the situation is that GeDeCo more or less controls Sperle from a location which is usually thought of as being Falcon.
- Falcon’s port sees a fair amount of in-cluster traffic, with a considerable amount of commerce going on in its auction halls. A portion of the revenue thus earned goes to the government of Falcon, but the lion’s share is taken by GeDeCo, which also provides for local-orbit defence and security on the station. GeDeCo’s personnel have no jurisdiction on-planet and never go there. [3]
World Technology Level
Falcon (TR 2725) possesses a Technology Level of TL–13 or TL-D in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovideo recorders.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, prototype collectors, 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-4.
World Government
Falcon (TR 2725) is governed by a Representative Democracy where government leadership is representatives elected by eligible voters. What determines an eligible voter varies. The representatives determine policy, including selecting members of the bureaucracy. There can be referendum, votes by eligible voters on specific subjects.
- The Falcon government also controls the nearby world of Sperle (2824).
- GeDeCo has an administrative centre in the non-native section of Falcon, which handles the dealings of the corportation's assets on Sperle. This has led to a widespread belief that Falcon controls Sperle, whereas the truth is that Falcon is effectvely controlled FROM holdings on Falcon. [3]
World Military
No information yet available.
World Economy
- The General Development Company has major facilities on Falcon.
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
Falcon is a hollowed-out asteroid, dating back to the Solomani wave of colonisation. The natives of Falcon practice strict population-control, to avoid overtaxing the carrying capacity of their world. Over many generations, they have become dependent on Falcon’s precise mix of bacteria and germs, and must wear encounter suits when travelling beyond their home. Obviously, visitors are not allowed to interact directly with the Falcon environment – a small section of the asteroid is set aside for them. [4]
World Timeline
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UWP Listing
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References & Contributors / Sources
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- Mike Jackson. "The Borderland Subsector." Third Imperium 04 (1986): 8-9.
- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 11,47. (dotmap provided)
- Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), 11,50. (dotmap provided)
- Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Trojan Reach UWPs." The Travellers' Digest 20 (1990): 32-34.
- Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-59.
- Gareth Hanrahan. Aslan (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), .
- Gareth Hanrahan. The Pirates of Drinax (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), .
- Author & Contributor: Martin Dougherty
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Information provided to the library by Martin Dougherty
- ↑ Gareth Hanrahan. The Pirates of Drinax (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), TBD.Gareth Hanrahan. The Pirates of Drinax (Mongoose Publishing, 2017), TBD.