Water World
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A Water World has large amounts of water, a necessary ingredient for conventional life, but it has less than an Ocean World.
Description (Specifications)
Water Worlds are often biological treasure houses of aquatic lifeforms and a rich variety of life. If a sophontic society has adequate technology, such worlds can be rich markets full of resources, both mineral, foodstuff, and organic.
Planetary Characteristics
| TC Water World Series (Water) (IISS Scout Handbook, pgs. 490-491) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Code | Size | Atm | Hyd | Pop | Gov | Law | Remarks |
| Ice World | Ic | Any | 01 | 123456789A | -- | -- | -- | World with much of its water in ice form. |
| Average Water World | None | Any | -- | 123456789 | -- | -- | -- | World not completely covered in water. |
| Water World | Wa | 56789 | -- | A | -- | -- | -- | World covered in water. Average depth oceans. |
| Ocean World | Oc | ABC | -- | A | -- | -- | -- | Panthallasic world. Deep water oceans. |
Probably Planetary Orbit & Climate
| World Placement by Zone (IISS Scout Handbook, pgs. 490-491) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (← starward) Habitable Zone / HZ] (staraway →) | |||||||||
| TC | Inner (-) | HZ-2 | HZ-1 | HZ | HZ+1 | HZ+2 | Outer (+) | Remote & Far Systems | Remarks |
| Wa | - | - | Unlikely | Yes | Unlikely | - | - | - | Water Worlds are almost always found within the HZ. |
| Oc | - | - | Unlikely | Yes | Unlikely | - | - | - | Ocean Worlds are almost always found within the HZ. |
| Planetary Orbit & Climate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | HZ | Lifeform/s | Climate/s | Remarks |
| Wa | HZ (+/-) | Conventional Life | Tp, Tr, Tu | None |
| Oc | HZ (+/-) | Conventional Life | Tp, Tr, Tu | None |
History & Background (Dossier)
Water Worlds are among the most easily inhabitable worlds for conventional life sophonts. Even relatively low tech spacefarers can make the most of the typical water world. Thus such worlds are highly desirable.
The biodiversity of such worlds is known for being rich. Many sorts of organic resources can be found on such worlds.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), TBD.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), TBD.
- Marc Miller. Scouts (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), TBD.
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
- EXTERNAL LINK: Beowolf's Libary Data Website (defunct)
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science