Maskaan (world)
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| Maskaan/Poonch (Glimmerdrift Reaches 1323) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | B9947BB-A
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | M2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]
Maskaan is an agricultural world with the potential to become an industrial power.
- As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
- As a preindustrial world, this planet cannot yet manufacture enough high-technology resources to support a modern, star-faring society. Having to import many manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
- The world serves as the subsector capital with the significant extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
- This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
- It is a member of the Maskai Empire in the Poonch Subsector of Glimmerdrift Reaches Sector.
- This world has a nearby Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
- This world has a nearby Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.
- It is the homeworld of the Maskai, a sophontic species and minor race.
- Nearly 100% of the population is composed of Maskai.
- Less than 10% of the population is composed of baseline humans and other non-human sophonts.
- The world is also known as 224-103 by the IISS.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
No information yet available.
Monostellar System
Maskaan Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Maskaan M2 V
Primary 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
System Data
- System Name Maskaan
- System Location Glimmerdrift_Reaches Sector / Subsector J
- Travel Zone Green (No Special Restrictions)
- Stellar Type M2 V
- Gas Giants 3
- Asteroid Belts 0
- Allegiance Maskai Empire
- Bases None.
Mainworld Data
Main World Data
- Starport B: Good Facilities. Spacecraft Shipyards. Refined Fuel. Class IV
- Diameter 9 Large (14,400km)
- Atmosphere 9 Dense, Tainted
- Hydrographics 4 Normal (40%)
- Population 7 90 Million
- Government B Non-Charismatic Dictator
- Law Level B Extreme law (rigid control of civilian movement) GCR 6
- Tech Level A Early Stellar (Jump, Circa 2100) GTL 9
- Core Type Rocky
- Density 0.89 Earths
- Mass 1.4 Earths
- Gravity 1.03 G
- Rotation Period 19 hours
- Orbital Period 377 days
- Axial Tilt 50 degrees
- Orbital Eccentricity 0.008
- Satellites 0
- Surface Pressure 751.775 atm
Mainworld Geography & Topography
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms
No information yet available.
History & Background / Dossier
- Homeworld to a minor species of insect-like aliens.
- This species has managed to carve out the Maskai Empire using massive sub-light hive colony ships and hordes of implacable female warrior caste.
World Starport
Maskaan has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
World Technology Level
Maskaan possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land & Water: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
- Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
- Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
- FTL: Jump Drive-1.
World Government
Maskaan is governed by a Non-charismatic Dictatorship. A continuation of the charismatic dictatorship, where the original leadership has died or retired and replaced by allies or protégés. The reasons for the change in government remain as well as the assertion of rights to rule.
World Military
No information yet available.
World Economy
No information yet available.
Trade Data
- Trade Information
- System Classifications: TBD
- World Trade Number (WTN): 4
- Per Capita Income (WPCI): $ 895
World Demographics
No information yet available.
World Culture
No information yet available.
Urbanization
No information yet available.
Historical Data
No information yet available.
World Timeline
No information yet available.
UWP Listing
No information yet available.
References & Contributors / Sources
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- Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. Gateway to Destiny (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), TBD.
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani
- Author & Contributor: Dakin Burdick
- Author & Contributor: Enoki
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com