Avaneya™: Project Crew Handbook A Cerebral Science Fiction Game | Cartesian Theatre™ ™ Visit us on the web at https://www.avaneya.com. This book was typeset on May 31, 2017 from Bzr revision572 using the ConTEXt document engineering system, MKIV 2016.05.17 19:20, and rendered via LuaTeX 0.95.0. References were managed with BibTEX. Inkscape, Graphviz 2.38.0 (20140413.2041) , and Umbrello UML Modeller 2.25.70-3cea5cc were used for various illustrations. The resulting document was tested against MATE Document Viewer 1.2.2, a Poppler based PDF viewer. All of the aforementioned were software libre at the time of writing. Copyright © 2010–2017 Cartesian Theatre™. The Avaneya™: Project Crew Handbook by Cartesian Theatre™ is licensed under the default terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. A copy of the license is available online at the link below. ISBN-13: 978-0-9919804-1-3 Contents at a Glance Preface 14 1 How To Read This Book 15 2 The Game 16 3 Leitmotifs 19 4 Terms and Concepts 28 5 Leading Characters 35 6 Timeline 48 7 Game World 91 8 Game Mechanics 136 9 Selected Technologies 148 10 Viking Lander Remastered 155 11 Engineer Contributors 166 12 Licensing Rationale 203 13 Closing Remarks 205 A Learning Resources 206 B Index 208 ~ 3 ~ Table of Contents Preface ....................................................................... 14 1 How To Read This Book . 15 2 TheGame ................................................................. 16 2.1 Why? ................................................................... 16 3 Leitmotifs . 19 4 Terms and Concepts . 28 4.1 Albedo .................................................................. 28 4.2 ATATÜRK ................................................................ 28 4.3 Bancor .................................................................. 28 4.4 Cornucopianism . 28 4.5 Corporate Personhood . 29 4.6 Earth Return Vehicle (ERV) . 29 4.7 Endothermic Reaction . 29 4.8 Exothermic Reaction . 29 4.9 Free Arcadia Partisans (FAP) . 29 4.10 Fifth Column . 29 4.11 InSitu .................................................................. 29 4.12 Malthusianism . 30 4.13 Mars Direct . 31 4.14 Money As Free Speech . 32 4.15 Regolith . 32 4.16 Reverse-Water-Gas-Shift Reactor . 33 4.17 Sabatier Reactor . 33 ~ 4 ~ 4.18 Sierra ................................................................... 33 4.19 Sol ..................................................................... 34 4.20 Specific Impulse . 34 4.21 Yestersol . 34 5 Leading Characters . 35 5.1 Arda Baştürk . 36 5.2 Henrik Nørgaard . 39 5.3 Khalid Zafar . 40 5.4 Leonard Kissinger . 42 5.5 NayanaRai .............................................................. 44 5.6 Senka Rukavina . 46 6 Timeline . 48 6.1 Promises Made . 49 6.2 Erecting Home . 56 6.3 Euphemisms . 58 6.4 Civil Disobedience & False Flags . 61 6.5 Countdown .............................................................. 69 6.6 Contact ................................................................. 80 6.7 Aftermath & Diaspora . 86 6.8 The User’s Predicament . 89 7 GameWorld ............................................................... 91 7.1 Attire & Personal Equipment . 91 7.2 Avaneya Spacecraft . 92 7.2.1 Avionics, Instrumentation, and Other Equipment . 92 7.2.2 Construction & Form Factor . 93 ~ 5 ~ 7.2.3 Crew Facilities . 93 7.2.4 Payload ............................................................... 93 7.2.5 Propulsion . 94 7.3 Aviation . 94 7.3.1 Aerostats . 95 7.3.2 Fixed Wing . 96 7.3.3 Ascent & Descent Rockets . 97 7.3.4 Trans–orbital Rockets . 97 7.4 Bootstrap Teams . 98 7.5 Buildings . 98 7.5.1 Airlocks . 98 7.5.2 Anchorage . 99 7.5.3 Computer Control Systems . 99 7.5.4 Pressure Ratings . 99 7.5.5 Design . 100 7.6 Communication . 101 7.6.1 Satellite Uplink With Earth . 101 7.6.2 Mars Enhanced Telecommunications Orbiter . 101 7.6.3 Personal Citizen Band Radio . 101 7.6.4 Shortwave DX Radio . 101 7.7 Earth & Lunar Moon . 102 7.8 Economics & Commerce . ..