Primary:
Sassenach's
Eye, spectral class F6V. ICN S4G0302F6V. Mass 1.25 standard. Stellar diameter
1.3 standard. Luminosity 3.04 standard.
Planetary System:
Twelve
major bodies. One inhabited world (Glenshiel, VI). Two gas giants. No planetoid
belts.
VI Glenshiel:
Mean
orbital radius, 261.8 million kilometers (1.75 AU). Period, 756.3 days. No
satellites. Diameter, 17,174 kilometers. Density, 1.0 standard. Mass, 1.95
standard. Mean surface gravity, 1.25 G. Rotation period: 29 hours, 48 minutes,
56 seconds. Axial inclination, 2°41'14.0". Albedo, .29. Surface
atmospheric pressure, 2.4 atm. Composition, standard oxygen-nitrogen mix,
breathable by humans without artificial assistance. Hydrographic percentage,
82%; composition, water and frozen water-ice. Mean surface temperature, 32° C.
Remarks:
Glenshiel
is a backwater world, beyond the bounds of the Principality
of Caledon but still heavily under the influence of Caledon
(Reavers' Deep 1815). It is a Protectorate, enjoying favorable trade relations
and naval support from the Principality, but without representation in the House
of Delegates or the Grand Senate.
Glenshiel has been settled for only 250 years, since Sir James Armstrong of
Caledon founded the settlement now known as Armstrong's Landing.
Sir James, who embraced the ideals of a "back-to-nature"
movement which at that time enjoyed quite a bit of popularity on Caledon,
founded the Glenshiel settlement as a wilderness retreat for those who wished to
escape from the frantic pace of modern life. After his death, however, the
colony slowly began to fall away from his original ideals. It is now an
agricultural community, and Ben Laren, the smaller of two cities on the world,
has become a fishing town where bladefish from
the Northfar Sea are caught and exported; they are popular as a delicacy in the
Principality and in the Imperial territories to trailing.
The world is famous in scientific circles as the location of an important
archeological find, Crash Jura.
Glenshiel is also noted as the site of Anekthor,
an imposing, triple-peaked mountain on the Jura plateau. Shrouded in mystery, it
has never been successfully climbed, and is reputed home of the strange animals
known as "Windstalkers" - which
defy the world's known biology.
More details on Anekthor are covered
in the Gamelords adventure Ascent to Anekthor.