Tacaxeb (world)
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Primary | A5 V M2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Government | Company or Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Low | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 1417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | 733-4
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Importance Extension | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 0 |
Tacaxeb has both an unbreathable thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Rhylanor Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Tacaxeb, 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
Tacaxeb is a member of the Spinward Main.
Binary Solar System
Tacaxeb Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Tacaxeb A5 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.88 7910 - 8100 9.11072 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0083 0.2504 2.61 - 4.49 0.83 8.3 Orbit # * 0 5 2 7 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Tacaxeb M2 V
Secondary 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
IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey
3218 Tacaxeb (Imperial)
Starport: Class III.
Diameter: 1,883 miles (3,000 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: None.
Climate: Cool.
Population: 63,000.
Government: Corporate (Spinward Development Corp.).
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 3.0.
History & Background (Dossier)
Tacaxeb is owned by Spinward DevCorp, which is preparing to open the world to outside investment. A subsidiary of SDC also owns the nearby world of Powaza (Spinward Marches 3220).
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 30-31.
- 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), 43. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 111.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 104. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 74-79. (UWP only)
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