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--- traveller:goldenage:systems:reft:topas [2020/11/16 19:28] – sam
+++ traveller:goldenage:systems:reft:topas [2020/12/23 15:47] (current) – sam
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 //Topas is simply described as a single radioactive desert, where people shelter in the ruins of war torn subterranean cities. The atmosphere is too thin to breathe, and water is almost non-existent. The cities are ruled by a single huge bureaucracy that stifles free enterprise, and strictly controls the distribution of power, air, water and food.//
-**Eu Arean** world, 6,400km diameter, 36% Gravity, 190Mkm orbit (V), Very Thin (20%) Tainted atmosphere, Desert
+**Eu Arean** world ([[https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Topas_(world)|wiki]]) ([[https://travellermap.com/?p=-71.871!18.282!7.3&options=9023|map]]) \\
+**Diameter:** 6,400km (density 4.0)\\
+**Gravity:** 36% \\
+**Day Length:** 24h 45m \\
+**Orbit:** 190MKm (IV) \\
+**Atmosphere:** Very Thin (20%), Tainted \\
+**Hydrographics:** Desert
-Topas has a single rocky moon, 150km in diameter.
+Topas has a single rocky moon, 150km in diameter, at a distance of 39,400km.
-{{ :traveller:goldenage:systems:reft:topas.png?direct&800 |}}
+{{ :traveller:goldenage:systems:reft:topas-map.png?direct&800 |}}
 **Port/TL:** D/7 \\
-**Population:** 300 million
+**Population:** 300 million \\
 **Government:** Impersonal Bureaucracy \\
-**Law Level:** 9 (No weapons outside the home)
+**Law Level:** 9 (No weapons outside the home) \\
+**Language:** French / (Anglic)
+===== System =====
+F7 V star.
+^ Orbit  ^ Distance ^ Type       ^ Notes ^
+|  I     | 31-57Mkm | Phaetonic  | A small world in an elliptical orbit. It's surface alternates between melting and solidifying as it moves around in its orbit, making it uninhabitble. |
+|  II    | 70Mkm    | Hermian    | A vacuum world, low in metals and too warm to be comfortable. It shows some signs of having been settled, probably soon after the Islands were settled, but it was deserted shortly afterwards. |
+|  III   | 120Mkm   | Cytherean  | Terrestrial world with a thick, acidic and hot atmosphere. There were aerostats in the upper atmosphere, but they were destroyed during the civil war on Topas. |
+^  IV    | 190Mkm   | EuArean    | **Topas**. Main world. |
+|  V     | 320Mkm   | Selenian   | Barren rocky world, cool about 4,000km in size. Some ice in craters. |
+|  VI    | 4AU      | Vestian    | A cold silicate world a little over a 1,000km in diameter. |
+|  VII   | 13AU     | Saturnian  | Hybris, a small jovian world with over twenty moons. This world is the source of the hydrogen fuel for the system, but is guarded by several groups with a vested interest in ensuring nobody else has direct access. Instead fuel is shipped to Topas and sold there. |
+|  VIII  | 25AU     | Nebulous   | Giant rocky world (10 Earth masses, 24,000km diameter, 2.7g) with nitrogen atmosphere at around 150bar. Too uncomfortable to settle. |
+|  IX    | 35AU     | EuTartarian | Methane and carbon terrestrial world. |
+|  X     | 52AU     | Stygian    | Cold world with methane and water ice, about 2,500km across. |
+|  XI    | 75AU     | Stygian    | Cold world with methane and water ice, about 1,800km across. |
+There are 'pirates' around Hybris, and sometimes some in the outer system. A fast ship may be able to get to an outer planet, refuel and take off being being caught, but other ships leave it up to the whim of those who control access to hydrogen.
+===== Topas =====
+**Starport:** D \\
+**Berthing Cost:** Cr40/week \\
+**Fuel Cost:** Refined, Cr400/t \\
+**Ship Information:** Admin 10+ (INT, 1d6 hours), Broker 8+ (INT, 1d6 x 10 minutes) \\
+**Contact Black Markets:** Streetwise 8+ (INT, 1d6 days))
 **Topas** is a dry, almost airless world that is geologically active. There are even signs of massive geological activity about ten million years ago which resurfaced a region over a 1,000km across. The atmosphere is too thin to breathe and filled with radioactive dust (though, at least in the low lands, a pressure suit is not needed), and the general surface radiation level is around 30mSv/month, though it spikes to much higher levels in some areas.
+{{ :traveller:goldenage:systems:reft:topas-small.png?nolink&400|}}
 There are very thin ice caps at the poles, though it mostly consists of carbon dioxide ice so is not suitable as starship fuel.
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 Several organisations were setup to manage the rebuilding, and over the course of the next few centuries they morphed into a massive bureaucracy which effectively governs the world today with an iron fist.
-The world has a population of just over 300 million, most of whom live in sealed cities built into craters or constructed underground. The largest city, also the starport, is **Oberton**, with a population of 21 million. There are six other cities with similar populations, and all of them are sprawling subterranean affairs where most people never see the light of day. The wealthy, or lucky, get to live on or near the surface, but the view from there isn't much better.
+The world has a population of just over 300 million, most of whom live in sealed cities built into craters or constructed underground. The largest city, also the starport, is **Uneville**, with a population of 21 million. There are six other cities with similar populations, and all of them are sprawling subterranean affairs where most people never see the light of day. The wealthy, or lucky, get to live on or near the surface, but the view from there isn't much better.
-The other major cities are Odonwell (17m), Tuport (13m), Trixvale (10m), Alpha (10m), Plinmont (8m) and Fumont (5m). Other settlements have a population less than 1 million, often around 100,000.
+The other major cities are Ange (17m), Tuport (13m), Troivallé (10m), Alpha (10m), Plinmont (8m) and Fumont (5m). Other settlements have a population less than 1 million, often around 100,000.
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 === Starport Commission ===
-The Starport Commission runs the starport at Oberton, and also handles off-world trade, including the arrangement with the 'pirates' at Hybris.
+The Starport Commission runs the starport at Uneville, and also handles off-world trade, including the arrangement with the 'pirates' at Hybris.
+The Starport Commission controls access to incoming and outgoing trade, making sure it is suitably distributed to where it is needed. This has come about through levels of bureaucracy rather than due to any specific adherence to ideology. Due to corruption and incompetence, critical supplies don't always get to where they are needed in suitable amounts.
+=== Hybris Trading Consortium ===
-This is a small world with dry deserts, high radioactivity and almost no atmosphere, the few cities are sealed subterranean affairs. There are very thin ice caps at the poles, though it is mostly carbon dioxide ice so not suitable for starship fuel.
+The //Hybris Trading Consortium// is a group of freelancers who have taken control of the gas giant Hybris, the 7th world in the system. It is by far the best place to refuel, and they tightly restrict access to it for anyone other than themselves. They have a deal with the //Starport Commission// where Topas grants them rights over the gas world, in exchange for a trade agreement to bring fuel and water to the inner world.
-Fuel is shipped in from the gas giant world of Hybris. Access to the fuel is tightly controlled by armed bands of not-quite-pirates. They leave alone anyone obviously heavily armed or escorted, but otherwise don't think twice about boarding anyone who tries to refuel there.
+Though they describe themselves as merchants, others see them as pirates and smugglers who have merely settled down to a more sedentary lifestyle. They will attack people who try to scoop fuel from their world, unless they are obviously heavily armed or escorted. They prefer to board and take a cut of any goods rather than destroy.
-Officially, they have a license from Topas government to control access to the hydrogen, in return for providing Topas with Hydrogen and water.
 The other worlds in the system are dry, mostly waterless worlds.
-The government controls access to incoming and outgoing trade, making sure it is suitably distributed to where it is needed. This has come about through levels of bureaucracy rather than due to any specific adherence to ideology. Due to corruption and incompetence, critical supplies don't always get to where they are needed in suitable amounts.
 ===== Trade =====
-==== Wants ====
+==== Imports ====
   * Common Consumables
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   * Robots
-==== Produces ====
+==== Exports ====
   * Radioactives
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   * Crystals and Gems
-===== System =====
-F7 V star.
-  - I - 48Mkm - Phaetonic
-  - II - 57Mkm - Hermian
-  - III - 85Mkm - Hermian
-  - IV - 110Mkm - Cytherean
-  - **V - 190Mkm - EuArean - D**
-  - VI - 320Mkm - Selenian
-  - VII - 1980Mkm - "Hybris" - Saturnian
-  - VIII - 3,700Mkm - Nebulous - giant rocky world (10xEM, 24,000km diameter, 2.7g) with nitrogen atmosphere 150bar
-  - IX - 4,800Mkm -EuTartarian - Methane and carbon terrestrial world
-  - X - 6,500Mkm - Stygian
-  - XI - 8,000Mkm - Stygian
-There are 'pirates' around Hybris, and sometimes some in the outer system. A fast ship may be able to get to an outer planet, refuel and take off being being caught, but other ships leave it up to the whim of those who control access to hydrogen.
 ===== Patrons =====