Mongo : Jewell : Spinward Marches

(1204 Spinward Marches, 0404 Jewell; A369685-A)

Name	UWP	Base	Trade	z	pag	Polit	Star(s)
Mongo	A369685-A	A	Ag Ni Ri		603	Im	M6 III	M0 D

Section	Includes
Referee's Notes	Stuff you probably shouldn't read
Encounters	Encounter tables
Local Information	Available at Referee's discretion
System Data	Astrographic information
TAS Advisories	What you must know
TAS Report	Information for travellers
Library Data Entry

System Data

Primary :: M6 III

Orbit		Name	UWP	Grav	Day	Year	deg C	Diam	Rem	Zo
Stel	Sat	Name	UWP	Grav	Day	Year	deg C	Diam	Rem	Zo
5		Secondary				1.67			M0 D	I
9		Mongo	A369685-A	0.36	9.2	86.26	15	5.3	A Ag Ni Ri	H

Secondary :: M0 D

Orbit		Name	UWP	Grav	Day	Year	deg C	Diam	Rem	T max	T min	Zo
Stel	Sat	Name	UWP	Grav	Day	Year	deg C	Diam	Rem	T max	T min	Zo
0		gas giant	Large GG	4.50	14.6	0.08		287.5				O
	7	satellite	Y600000-0	0.75		6.66	1198	10.1		1252	1150
	8	satellite	Y220000-0	0.25		8.14	1257	3.5		1312	1207
	11	satellite	Y400000-0	0.52	5856.0	13.12	1126	6.1		1176	1080
	12	satellite	Y100000-0	0.12		14.95	1126	1.6		1176	1080
	15	satellite	Y300000-A	0.36	236.3	20.90	1126	4.3	Re	1176	1080
	40	satellite	Y310000-0	0.35	57600	91.00	1169	4.8		1222	1122
	45	satellite	Y200000-0	0.17		108.6	1155	3.0		1207	1108
1		gas giant	Large GG	3.33	19.8	0.24		304.5
	1	ring	YR00000-A						Re
	2	ring	YR00000-0
	6	satellite	G560200-9	0.61	439.6	6.35	1262	7.5	Sc	1382	1166
	11	satellite	Y330000-A	0.34	22944	15.76	1183	4.5	Re	1296	1091
	20	satellite	Y100000-0	0.12		38.64	1197	1.0		1312	1105
	35	satellite	Y100000-A	0.10	91.4	89.45	1168	2.1	Re	1281	1078
2		gas giant	Large GG	1.79	18.6	0.56		207.8
	6	satellite	Y300000-0	0.38	68928	7.14	1217	5.0		1443	1062
	7	satellite	Y430000-0	0.51		8.99	1131	6.7		1344	985
	9	satellite	Y530000-0	0.48		13.11	1202	8.5		1426	1050
	10	satellite	Y410000-0	0.49	5856.0	15.36	1231	5.6		1459	1075
	11	satellite	Y100000-A	0.07	11328	17.72	1159	2.1	Re	1377	1011
	20	satellite	Y650000-0	0.83		43.44	1260	9.8		1492	1101
	40	satellite	Y200000-A	0.24		122.9	1217	2.6	Re	1443	1062

TAS Advisories

TAS facilities located in starport bar complex, through the Weary Traveller bar.
Ag trade rating is awarded despite hydrographic percentage because of extensive ocean agriculture.
Permit required to visit the Secondary; high temperature safety certification also required.
Crew members should be restricted from visiting Hivernation.

TAS Report

Mongo: Party Central

    Mongo has only one major claim to fame: the largest starport bar complex in the Spinward Marches. Where even most class A starports have only one or two bars of note, Mongo Downport has a whole complex of bars, lounges, and nightclubs -- the entertainment area is actually larger than the business sectors.
    Bars range from the "authentic" TL-1 tavern the Pig and Sawdust to the ultra-exclusive Nakege Room, which is open only to Imperial nobility -- or those who have paid the 20MCr one-time membership fee and have been sponsored by a noble.
    Those reminiscing about the day they were demobbed from the services might arrange to meet at the Green Man, an exact replica of the bar of the same name on Lunion (2124 Spinward Marches; 0504 Lunion; A995984-D), complete down to the simulated windows with authentic holovid from the Lunion bar windows themselves.
    The theme bar Hivernation, named for the famous Gege Anderson film of Greindahl's novel, serves hallucinogens and other mind-altering substances in an immersive holovid and virtual (and real) reality environment said to be controlled by an actual hiver computer. Patrons enter and exit via low berth, and must sign a release beforehand allowing the bar to freeze them for any length of time for both entry and exit suspension -- in practice, the longest low berth period revealed by any customer is three weeks, and the bar traditionally cooperates fully with patrons' travel schedules. It is not recommended for working crew, however, as the experience is thoroughly disorienting.
    For the gamblers, the Lirian Casino offers all sorts of games just waiting to redistribute the wealth of tourists, while the Attica Privateer is a nightclub with a pop-culture pirate theme and floor shows in addition to the gambling.
    Even those grease monkeys who don't like to leave their ships will be at home in the Zuchai Room, which reproduces the engineering section of a fictional military starship. Beer is brewed in surplus air tanks, stills improvized from conduit and fusion packs distill the rum, while the coffee is thick enough to drink with chopsticks.
    And of course, no such complex would be complete without a fern bar. Larry's Lounge is exactly what you would expect. It even includes complimentary plastic suit rental for those who want the full experience. Even the worst karaoke performer need not be embarrassed here.

    Hourly shuttles run from the downport to the highport; Mongo Highport is completely business, with merely a small passenger waiting area -- most liners prefer to run their own shuttles to the surface.

    Outside Downport City, there are few tourist areas. The planet's ocean-based agriculture is worth a visit for the educational travellers, but with the short day it's not really a beach resort kind of world. Nightlife is hard to come by when night only lasts a few hours. In fact, the local day is short enough that the whole world operates on Imperial time, and the light and dark periods are just treated as an inconvenience.

-cam MW

(ref: Mongo (1204 Spinward Marches): "The Fifth Frontier War" The Spinward Marches Campaign)