[This is detail for the ongoing PBM Traveller games -- James T. Perkins]
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World Detail
0203 Astel Tine B655AAC-E N TP CA TI G
SYSTEM PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Gas Giants: Gas giant planet(s) are available for wilderness
refueling. Planetoid Belts: No planetoid belts in system.
SYSTEM DEMOGRAPHICS
Alignment: Terran Imperium. Travel Zone: Green: No particu-
lar danger or problem to travellers.
STARPORT
Classification: Good quality starport with refined fuel,
overhaul, shipyards for non-starships. Bases: Naval Base:
Port facility for the support and maintenance of naval
vessels. Includes administration sections, and some secu-
rity personnel. Trade Classifications: Terran-Prime. Sub-
sector Capital.
WORLD PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
World Size: 6,000 miles (9,600km). Atmosphere: Thin.
Hydrographics: 50% water.
WORLD DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: Tens of billions. Government: Charismatic Dic-
tator. Government by a single leader enjoying the confi-
dence of the citizens. Law Level: Weapon possession is
prohibited. Technological Level: Above average Imperial.
NOTES
Astel Tine is the capital of Chosen Subsector, and is the
artistic and technological center of the Subsector. It is
very populated and does not sport a shipbuilding facility
(having shoved those tasks off to more remote systems closer
to a source of raw materials), and has a lovely climate.
The government of Astel Tine is the Wehlmar government, a
dictatorship which enjoyed by the people and was founded in
875. The name of the government is taken from the first
dictator, Otto Wehlmahr, who with the help of an army and a
groundswell of peasant support imposed order and civiliza-
tion on the overpopulous, backward feudal society that
existed before 875.
Surprisingly the government is constitutional and the ascent
to power is very organized, requiring consent of a citizen's
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senate to ascend above dictatorial advisor level.
The biggest city on the planet is Port City, which obviously
is co-located with the planet's main starport. Port City
has approximately 10 million citizens and sports a number of
famous Educational centers, most notably the Hoskins Naval
Medical School and the Unified Academy of Languages.
The Unified Academy of Languages on Astel Tine, founded in
894, is a prestigious school in this dark frontier corner of
the Terran Imperium. The original school was founded under
Astel Tine's Wehlmahr government by researchers and busi-
nessmen who wished to understand the language of local
worlds and capitalize on the marketing of technology.
The largest market for technology were the Menion peoples in
neighboring Menion Subsector, and research into the Menion
language, history, and society served as the fulcrum to this
school's prestige. Smaller but very significant markets for
technology existed on neighboring worlds, and lingo-cultural
studies of these worlds also proved very fruitful to the
academy.
When the Imperial rescue of the Menion Allegiance began in
997, Astel Tine's government was glad to join a civilizing
force and free itself from the backwardness of the surround-
ing worlds while maintaining its own internal structure. As
a result, the government fostered education of Imperial
diplomats, scientists, economists, and governers at this
very Academy, thereby providing ready research and instruc-
tion for the new order of government in Chosen Subsector.
The planet's huge population growth has been stopped by sen-
ate order, and has actually been diminishing over the past
30 years. Other conservational efforts were instituted one
hundred years before that. Nevertheless, the planet has a
dearth of material resources and must rely on imports of
radioactives and metals.
One very successful business of the planet is tourism: the
art and technology, its museums and sheer Terra-like physi-
cal beauty draw travellers from all over the Sector.
It also houses the Terran side of the Terran-Menion Cultural
Exchange Center, and is the diplomatic center for Terran-
Menion Relations of the entire Sector.