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--- traveller:goldenage:systems:reft:topas [2020/11/22 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 \\
+**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 (V) \\
+**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 \\
 **Government:** Impersonal Bureaucracy \\
-**Law Level:** 9 (No weapons outside the home)
+**Law Level:** 9 (No weapons outside the home) \\
+**Language:** French / (Anglic)
 ===== System =====
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 F7 V star.
-^ Orbit ^ Distance ^ Type       ^ Notes ^
+^ Orbit  ^ Distance ^ Type       ^ Notes ^
-|  I    | 38-52Mkm | Phaetonic  | A small world in an elliptical orbit. It's surface melts every time it approaches the star. |
+|  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   | 62Mkm    | Hermian    | A hot vacuum world, low in metals. |
+|  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  | 93Mkm    | Hermian    | A hot vacuum world, low in metals. |
+|  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   | 120Mkm   | Cytherean  | Terrestrial world with a thick, acidic and hot atmosphere. |
+^  IV    | 190Mkm   | EuArean    | **Topas**. Main world. |
-^  V    | 190Mkm   | EuArean    | **Topas**. Main world. |
+|  V     | 320Mkm   | Selenian   | Barren rocky world, cool about 4,000km in size. Some ice in craters. |
-|  VI   | 320Mkm   | Selenian   | Barren rocky world, cool. 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. |
+|  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 |
+|  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. |
+|  IX    | 35AU     | EuTartarian | Methane and carbon terrestrial world. |
-|  X    | 52AU     | Stygian    | |
+|  X     | 52AU     | Stygian    | Cold world with methane and water ice, about 2,500km across. |
-|  XI   | 75AU     | Stygian    | |
+|  XI    | 75AU     | Stygian    | Cold world with methane and water ice, about 1,800km across. |
-There is a large gap between V and VI, and nobody knows quite sure why.
 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.
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 ===== 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.
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 The other worlds in the system are dry, mostly waterless worlds.
 ===== Trade =====