Gungnir (world)
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | G3 IV M4 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Balkanization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | High | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 8869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | E69+2
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Importance Extension | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 1,512 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 109 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starport Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Class-B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 40,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 7,195 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 14,500 |
Gungnir is an agricultural world with a tainted atmosphere but still a near-ideal environment for producing foodstuffs. The system supports a population of tens of millions of sophonts. It is a member of Sword Worlds Confederation in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Sword Worlds. This world hosts a Sword Worlds Military Base for support of military ground forces.
Astrography & Planetology
Gungnir is a member of the Spinward Main.
Gungnir is a small planet, and its surface is divided into correspondingly few continental plates. The largest one circles the equator of the planet like a girdle, and be came “locked up” early on as small Gungnir cooled. This has prevented the oceanic plates at each pole from mixing.
Binary Solar System
Gungnir Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Gungnir G3 IV
Primary Giant 1.9 4900 - 5800 5.54 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.02494 0.19523 1.87 - 3.05 2.494 24.94 Orbit # * 0 5 5 8 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Gungnir M4 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.23 3110 - 3210 0.00584 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0013 0.0063 0.08 - 0.16 0.13 1.3 Orbit # * * 0 0 3
IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey
1221 Gungnir (Sword Worlds)
Starport: Class IV - Military base.
Diameter: 3,943 miles (6,300 km).
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen tainted by airborne pollen.
Hydrographics: 40%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 47 million.
Government: Balkanized.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 8.
World Trade Number: 4.
History & Background (Dossier)
Gungnir has been described as "the Sword Worlds in microcosm." Gungnir is a fractious agricultural world populated by fiercely proud and independent cattle ranchers and grain farmers. The many feudal nobles of Gungnir skirmish among themselves and occasionally produce a would-be king.[2]
Gungnir is the spear of the god Odin from Norse mythology. The name comes from Old Norse meaning "swaying one".
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 16-17.
- 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), 44-45. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 70.
- Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 45-46.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 109. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 89-92,96-97. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. Sword Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2020), .
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
- ↑ Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 70.