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'''Color:''' Red-Orange<ref>''Alpha Dawn Expanded Rules'' pp. 50, [[SFKH-0 ''Warriors of White Light'' pp. 8</ref><br /> |
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'''Stellar Classification:''' M0<ref>[[Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space|Zebulon's Guide]] lists White Light as a F7 (white) star, making it impossible for it to be red-orange.</ref><br /> |
'''Stellar Classification:''' M0<ref>[[Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space|Zebulon's Guide]] lists White Light as a F7 (white) star, making it impossible for it to be red-orange.</ref><br /> |
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'''Habitable Planets:''' [[Clarion (planet)|Clarion]] (White Light II) (ex-Gollywog)<ref>When Star Frontiers was originally published, the planet was called ''Gollywog'', but in later books it was retroactively renamed Clarion, with "Gollywog" being noted as an offensive nickname. Most fans where oblivious over the reason for the name change, and it was generally assumed the staff at TSR thought it as a silly name to begin with. In truth, a "Gollywog" is an obscure black-face doll form England, based on an old children's book. Beyond the "black-face" meaning, "wog" is also a racial slur in the U.K. - basically, the equivalent of the U.S.'s "N-word". Whatever the name was deliberately chosen or not remains a mystery, but it was apparent that TSR found out the meaning and took steps to change it.</ref> |
'''Habitable Planets:''' [[Clarion (planet)|Clarion]] (White Light II) (ex-Gollywog)<ref>When Star Frontiers was originally published, the planet was called ''Gollywog'', but in later books it was retroactively renamed Clarion, with "Gollywog" being noted as an offensive nickname. Most fans where oblivious over the reason for the name change, and it was generally assumed the staff at TSR thought it as a silly name to begin with. In truth, a "Gollywog" is an obscure black-face doll form England, based on an old children's book. Beyond the "black-face" meaning, "wog" is also a racial slur in the U.K. - basically, the equivalent of the U.S.'s "N-word". Whatever the name was deliberately chosen or not remains a mystery, but it was apparent that TSR found out the meaning and took steps to change it.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 19:14, 19 June 2020
White Light primary
White Light star system
System: White Light
Color: Red-Orange[1]
Stellar Classification: M0[2]
Mean Temperature: 3,700 kelvins[3]
Habitable Planets: Clarion (White Light II) (ex-Gollywog)[4]
Subspace Trade Routes[]
White Light is a major hub in Frontier interstellar trade, with four major routes:
K'tsa Kar - 6 Light-Years
Madderly's Star - 8 Light-Years
Timeon - 10 Light-Years
Theseus - 10 Light-Years
Hazards[]
Pirate bands are known to lurk in White Light's asteroid belt.[5]
Notes & References[]
- ↑ Alpha Dawn Expanded Rules pp. 50, [[SFKH-0 Warriors of White Light pp. 8
- ↑ Zebulon's Guide lists White Light as a F7 (white) star, making it impossible for it to be red-orange.
- ↑ 3,427°C, 6,200°F
- ↑ When Star Frontiers was originally published, the planet was called Gollywog, but in later books it was retroactively renamed Clarion, with "Gollywog" being noted as an offensive nickname. Most fans where oblivious over the reason for the name change, and it was generally assumed the staff at TSR thought it as a silly name to begin with. In truth, a "Gollywog" is an obscure black-face doll form England, based on an old children's book. Beyond the "black-face" meaning, "wog" is also a racial slur in the U.K. - basically, the equivalent of the U.S.'s "N-word". Whatever the name was deliberately chosen or not remains a mystery, but it was apparent that TSR found out the meaning and took steps to change it.
- ↑ "Warriors of White Light" System Brief.