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  A PILOT'S GUIDE 
  TO THE 
  DREXIL THAR SUBSECTOR 
  A Supplement for Travelleg 
  by 
  J. Andrew Keith 
  
  Copyright@ 1984, by Gamelards, Ltd. 
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  playing game of science-fiction adventure in the far future. 
  The 
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  are used under license, 
  The Reavers' Deep Sector is a Traveller sector licensed for development 
  t o  Marischal Adventures and is used with permlsslon. 
  Published by 
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  I l lustratfohs: Willlam H. Kelth, Jr. 
  Edltlng: 
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  Layout: Michael Watklns 
  Graphics: Janet Trautveltw 
  
  Table of Contents 
  I N r n U C T I o N  
  Standards and Assumptkns 
  Map. of the lnptrrtal Domdns 
  Uorld Data 
  REAV ERS' DEEP 
  Astmgraphy 
  Hsiary 
  Hap d t h e  SecW 
  THE OREXILTHAR SUBSEmR 
  Wexllthar Subseetor 
  HapottheSubsectw 
  PLANETARY DESCRlPTlOOJS 
  Uslng the DesalpSbns 
  War\)'*' 
  Cwentr y 
  Traneer 
  maw 
  wed M a r  
  Kraan 
  hken 
  Cassandra Belt 
  Ikrtpost 
  Tashrakaar 
  Luushakaaa 
  Dutrlsasl 
  kellesorr 
  Crenslasr 
  kendal 
  Thsrrlll 
  Lrr8d 
  Garrlson 
  Kamnr 
  Yarhfahl 
  Dntlnar 
  Gawglr 
  lldrtssar 
  Carrfll 
  banash 
  Dlablo 
  Llndrllar 
  REFERENCES ANO USEFUL MATERl* 
  
  Introduction 
  This booklet presents an in-depth look a t  a specific subsector of 
  the Heaverst Deep sector, l y iny at the edge of tho lrnperl urn it contains 
  data on each of the worlds of that subsector, including sufficient detail 
  to inspire adventure ideas set ayainst the backdrop of any parTicular 
  planet or star system. 
  The Drexilthar subseckr is the settlny for The Drenslaar Q u e t ,  
  DuneraiderSI, 
  and 
  &her 
  adventures 
  published, 
  or 
  planned 
  for 
  publication, by Gamelords, Ltd. 
  I t  also, as the world descriptions show, 
  can be the setriny for many more interesting situations that provide a 
  Traveller campaign with a great deal of excitement and action. 
  STANDARDS AND ASSUWTIONS 
  The Drexilthar subsector is a t i n y  portion of the fictional universe 
  which has been exlensivel y described in other Traveller product% M ~ J o ~  
  elements of bac kyround needed to put the reg ion into context are fisted 
  below, or explained in the body of the t e x t  itself. 
  Those intere*sd 
  in 
  further details may consult GDW Supplement 8, 
  Llbrary Data (A-MI, 
  Supplement 1 1 ,  Library Data (N-21, and many other products which fill in 
  more of the background of the Traveller universe. 
  The Drexilthar subsector presented In this booklet is one of 15 
  subsectors that together make up the Reavers' Deep sector. 
  The sector 
  1s a standard of astroyraphic mappiny, 
  containing 16 subsectors 
  arranged In 4 rows of 4 su bsectors each. 
  For Identiflcatlon, subsectors 
  are numbered from A To P, and each is given a name as well. 
  Drexilthar 
  camprlses subsector K In Reavers! Deep. 
  Further Infwmation on the 
  sector Is given later in the booklet. 
  Reaversf Deep Iles in a border region between two large interstel lar 
  states (and touches a third as well). On the fourth side of the sector is a 
  region known as The Great Rift, where Hars are more thlnly scattered 
  than they are outside the Rift. 
  The three interstellar stafes bordering 
  on (and exbnding into) Reavers' Deep are the Imperium, the Aslan Hierate 
  and the Solomani Confederatlon. 
  The lmperlum (known also as the Third Irnperium, as It is a successor 
  to two previous imperial governments) is a gigantic, human-controlled 
  Interst8 l lar government encompassing hundreds of subseclmrs and 
  thousands of worlds. 
  Its control Is loose, however; most worlds handle 
  their own internal affairs. 
  The Aslan Hlerate is a loose heyemny controlled by the Aslan, an 
  intelligent non-human race descended from carnlvore/pouncer stock. 
  The Aslan are a warrlor race, proud and noble, wlth a great territorial 
  drive and 
  an 
  almost feudal soclal system which stresses 
  local 
  Independence and action, 
  
  COREWARD 
  RIMWARD 
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  The 
  Solomani 
  Confederation 
  is 
  .another 
  human-controlled 
  ~overnment, at odds with both the Imperium and the Hierate. 
  The 
  Confederation 
  is 
  a representative democracy, but there is little 
  representation of the actual citizenry in the interstellar government. 
  Individual world governments elect representatives to the higher levels 
  of government; they, too, retain much local power. 
  All three major powers demonstrate the fact that large reg'ions 
  cannot be eaSily governed by a rigid central authority over interstellar 
  distances, thou!:jh each has adopted a different system of dealin~ with 
  the problem. 
  Dates: All dates herein correspond to the Imperial calendar. Dates are 
  centered upon the Imperial Year Zero (A.D. 4521 in Old Terran reckoniny). 
  Years preceded by a minus sign are before that date; years without a 
  sign or preceded by a plus sign are after that date. Each year consists 
  of 365 standard days, numbered from 1 to 365. The full date is expressed 
  as day number-year number; for example, 001-1000 is the first day of the 
  year 1000. The current year is 1110. 
  World Locations: Each subsector contains 80 hexes, laid out in 8 columns 
  of 10. 
  Each hex is individually numbered. 
  Thus, Iidrissar lies in hex 
  0706 of the Drexilthar subsector. 
  WORLD DATA 
  World listings are presented in the format described in the basic 
  Traveller rules, with some extensions to cover specific features of 
  Reavers' Deep. 
  For convenience, format and explanations are given 
  below. 
  Name 
  statistics 	
  Remarks 
  Sample 
  0101 A123456-7 N 
  Poor, Non-Industrial IRG 
  Sample is the name of the world, 0101 its location within the subsector. 
  ~ is the starport type, followed by the six di~its of its UPP: .!., size; b 
  atmosphere; 2, hydrographic percentage; !. the population exponent; ~ 
  government size; .§., law level. Next, 1. is the world's technological level, 
  while.!i is the code for any bases that may be present. Remarks (Poor, 
  Non-industrial, in this case) gives added information, usually, as here, 
  the trade classifications which apply• ..L is the code for the interstellar 
  government, if any, which controls the world; R is the travel zone 
  classification applied to the planet, with §. indicating that a gas giant is 
  present in the system. 
  Starports: The various starport codes are described below. 
  A: 	Excellent installation, capable of annual maintenance overhauls 
  and construction of both starships and non-starships. Refined fuel 
  available. Travellers' Aid SOCiety hostel present in the Imperium, 
  friendly clients, and on some independents. 
  B: 	Good installation, capable of annual maintenance overhauls and 
  construction of non-starships. Refined fuel available. Travellers' 
  Aid Society hostel present only in Imperial space. 
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  C: Routine installation. 
  Repalr facilities and unrefined fuel are 
  - 
  avaitable. 
  D: Poor Installation. No repair faciltt1es. Unrefined fuel available. 
  - 
  E: Frontier installation. Mo facilities w fuel availa~le. 
  - 
  X: No starport. 
  No provision made for stamhip landings, The single 
  - 
  such world in thls subsector Is not actlvely interdfcted, but is 
  hastlle to vblTors. 
  Planetary Size: The planetary sIze digit gives the dlam- 
  of "be warld 
  in thousands of mllm (a slze A world has a diameter d 10,000 miles). 
  A 
  size coda of 0 indicates an asteroid belt alone is presant, 
  Ahspherefype: This dfyit dexrIbes the world% atmosphsre, as shown 
  on the Atmospheres table. 
  Atmospheres of types 5, 6, and B are 
  breathable by humans without artificial aid. 
  Atmosphere types D, E, end F require a longer explanation. These 
  three types are found only on hiy h-gravity worlds, because such worlds 
  have a hlgh pressure gradient; t h a t  Is, the air pressure changes more 
  drastically wlth aititude than on lower gravity warlds On Qpe D worlds, 
  the air pressure at sea level Is tm high tcr support human life, but Is 
  breathable a t  high alfrtudes. 
  On type E wwlds, The wwld surface is 
  elllpwidal, not spherical, in shape; the ahlosphere remains spherical, so 
  t h e  surface pressure varies from e
  ~
  ~
  l
   
  y low at the enos to extremely 
  high a t t h e  middle, w l t h  two breathable bands in between. Type F worlds 
  are exceedingly rsre; thew are massive worlds which, paradoxically, 
  have atmospheres too thin far humans a t  mad altitudes, hut which are 
  breathable near or bsIow sea Iwel Un depresions In the ground). 
  Hydrographic Percentage: Thls digit describes the portion at the worldfs 
  surface covered by water (ar xrmetlmes other liquids), 
  given in 
  increments of log. Thus, a code af 0 means t h a t  there is no water, a code 
  of 1 means 101 water, and x, on up to a code of A, meaning the entire 
  surface is covered by water, 
  Popul~rtlon: T h k  digit gives f i e  exponent of t h e  worldls population 
  level. 
  A code of 0 means the world is uninhabited. A a d e  d 1 means 
  tens of Inhabitan&, 2 means hundreds of inhabitants, and so on up to A, 
  meaning t e n s  of billions of inhabltank 
  Government: This digit describes the world% yovernment, as shown on the 
  B o v m m n t s  table. 
  Law Level: This diglt describes the degree to whlch the government 
  rerh-icts the actions of ind ivld uals. One a s p c t  of particular inbrest 50 
  advenTurers is the nature of local arms control laws, as shown on the Law 
  Levels table, 
  Tech Level: This digit gives the general 
  level of +echnologlcal 
  sophistication for the wwld. 
  The Tech Levels table gives a rough 
  equivalence between various tech levels and their equivalent periods in 
  Terran his?ory, whlch may serve as a gulde. 
  Base% This code describes the presence of any of several 5 pes of naval 
  or scout service bases a t  a world, as shown on the Bases table. 
  
  Trade Classif~catlons: Most en-kies under the Remarks section are trade 
  classifications, as explained in the Trade and Commerce rules, and 
  aescrl bed briefly below. 
  Rlch: A wwld is rrch If it has a government of t y p e  4 throuyh 9, an 
  - 
  atmosphere of 6 ~r 8, ana a population of 6 throuyh 8. 
  Poor: A world Is pow It it has an ahosphere of 2 throuyh 5, ana a 
  - 
  hydrographic percentage of 3 or 18% 
  Agricultural: A world is agriculturai if i t  has an atmosphere of 4 
  throuyh 9, 
  a hydrographic percentage of 4 through 8, and a 
  population of 5 t h r o u ~ h  
  7. 
  . - 
  - 
  Non-agrlculturat: 
  A world is non-agricultural if it has an atmosphere 
  of 3 or less, a hydroyraphic percentage of 3 or less, and a 
  population of 6 or m e .  
  Industrial: A uwld is industrial if it hasan atmosphere do, 
  1, 2, 4, 7, 
  or 9, and a population of 9 or greater. 
  Non-lndushlal: 
  A world Is non-industrial if it has a population of 6 or 
  less. 
  Other R e m a r b  tn addition to trade classlflcaTions, a world's listing's 
  Remarks secSlon may note other features. 
  Asterold Belt: The world has a size of 0. 
  Vacuum World: The wwld has a size a t  least 1 and an atmosphere of 0. 
  Ice-capped: 
  The world 
  has an atmosphere of 0 or 
  1, 
  and a 
  hydrographlc percentage of at least 1. 
  In this case, the 
  h ydro~rap 
  hie percentage represents the area covered by ice- caps. 
  o
  d
   
  wi-ld:   he world has an atmosphere of 2 tnrough 9, and a 
  hydroyraphlc percentage of 0. 
  Water World: The world has a hydrographic percentaye of A. 
  Capital: The wwld is a center of government fw a multi-wwld 
  political unit. 
  Owned by (Name): The world has a type 6 (captive) government, 
  controlIed by the government (w one of the yovernmentd of 
  another world. 
  Military Rule; The world Is governed by the Imperial Navy, usually In 
  the wake of a rebell Ion, war, or other crisis. 
  Exlle Settlement: The world is settled by political exiles and/or 
  refugees who are cut off, for one reason w another, from extensive 
  traffic w lth outsiders, 
  Travel Zone Classifications: The Travel l erst Aid Society classifies all 
  worlds according to their degree of danger t o  travellers, 
  Worlds are 
  coded Red (R), Amber (A), or Green {blanu. The sole Red Zone in this 
  subsector is not, as Is usually the case in Imperial space, actually 
  Interdicted, but contact is strongly discouraged (by the inhabiTants of 
  the planet). 
  Amber Zones are accessible, but pose some hazard to 
  travellws, Most worlds are Green, indicating relative safety. 
  Gas Giants: Gas giant planet5 are important as a source of starship fuel. 
  Systems possessing a t  least one gas glant are coded ulth a G. 
  
  TABLES 
  ATMOSPHERES 
  GOVEWMNTS 
  Code Dascrl~tion 
  0 
  No atmosphere 
  1 
  Trace 
  2 
  Very thln, tainted 
  3 
  Very thin 
  4 
  Thln, tainted 
  5 
  Thin 
  6 
  Standard 
  7 
  Standard, t a l n t ~ d  
  8 
  Dense 
  9 
  Dense, tainted 
  A 
  Exotic 
  B 
  Corrosive 
  C 
  Insidious 
  O 
  Dense,high 
  E 
  Ellipsoid 
  F 
  Thin, low 
  Code D e x r i ~ t i o n  
  0 
  No government 
  1 
  Company/Cwporation 
  2 
  Participatory Democracy 
  3 
  Self-perpetuating Oligarchy 
  4 
  Represen$ative Democracy 
  5 
  Feudal Technocracy 
  6 
  Captive Government 
  7 
  Bal kani ration 
  8 
  Civil Service Bureaucracy 
  9 
  Impersonal Bureaucracy 
  A 
  CharismaticDictatorship 
  I3 
  Non-charismatic Dictatorship 
  C 
  Charismatic Oligarchy 
  D 
  Religious Dictatorship 
  TECH LEVELS 
  LAW LEVELS 
  I 
  - 
  Code D e ~ ~ r i ~ t i o n  
  0 No laws affecting weapons 
  possession. 
  1 
  Body pistols, poison gas, 
  bombs, and grenades 
  prohi bi-ted. 
  2 
  Portabte energy weapons 
  (such as laser rifles or 
  carbines) prohibited. 
  3 
  A l l  autofire weapons 
  (except SMGs) prohibited. 
  4 
  Liyhtassaultweapons(in- 
  ctudlng SMGS) prohibited. 
  Concea'able 
  weapons (such 
  as pistols or revolvers) 
  prohl bited. 
  Code Descrl ptipn 
  0 
  Stone Age - primitive 
  1 
  EkonzeAyetoMiddleAges 
  2 
  14th to 17th Centuries 
  Circa 1700 to 1860 
  4 
  Circa 1860 t o  1900 
  5 
  Circa1900to1940 
  6 
  Circa 1940 t o  1970 
  7 
  Circa1970to1980 
  8 
  Circa 1980 to 1990 
  9 
  Circa 1990 to ZOO0 
  A 
  Interslel lar cornmun ity 
  B 
  Average lmperial 
  C 
  Average Imperial 
  D 
  Above Average Imperial 
  E 
  Above Averaye lmperial 
  F 
  Technical Maximum Imperial 
  6 
  All firearms except shotguns 
  prohibited. 
  7 
  Shotguns prohibited. 
  8 
  All blade weapons except 
  dagy ers prohibited. 
  9 
  All weapons prohibited 
  outside of one's home. 
  M 
  All weapons prohibited. 
  BASES 
  ,Code Desaipt.lon 
  N 
  Naval Base 
  S 
  Scout Base 
  W 
  Scout Way Staflon 
  2 
  Naval Base and Scout Base 
  D 
  NavalBaseandWayStation 
  
  Reavers' Deep 
  The sector c o m n l y  designated Reaversf Deep is a frontler rey ion 
  on the Impwlal border. 
  Bounded to spl nward by territories of the Aslan 
  Hierate, to trailing by the Imperium, to rimward by the Solomani Rim and 
  various Independent wwlds, and t o  coreward by the Great Rift, Heavers' 
  Deep is a diverse reyion showing the influences of all its neighbors. The 
  map on page 5 shows ReaverJ Deep and its relatianshlp to Imperial space. 
  ASTROGRAPHY 
  The Reavers' Deep sec*or conslds of 16 subsecTors; four of these 
  (Farrift, Riftdeep, Riftrim, and Gulf1 are technically a part of the Great 
  Rift, and have only a thin scattering of stars, 
  The other twelve 
  subsectors are more n w m l  In Stellar concentrafions, averagl ny in the 
  neighborhood of 30 wwlds per subsectw. 
  The map opposite is a sactor map which shows the subsectors within 
  Reavers' Deep, Including tho political boundaries of the most prominent 
  states of the sector. 
  HISTORY 
  Little Is known of the early history of the deep. It ts fairly certaln 
  that the Ancients visited several planets in the region; artifacts found 
  a t  various sites in the Deep have Indicated this t o  be the case. 
  Near the end of the Pax Vilanica, as the First lrnperium began 
  sufferiny from internal d issenslon and civl l wars amon y ambitious 
  provincial yovernors, the Saie culture was first discovered in the Deep. 
  One provinclal governor, seekiny possible allies in support of his planned 
  revolt In the Dalbel secl;or, sent explorers out to the uncivil1 zed regions 
  beyond the I r o n t i e s  
  The Saie were the m s t  sophlstlcated race 
  discovered, with a thriving tech 7 culture. 
  The governor sent technical 
  aid t o  t h e  Sale world to help them develop Interstellar travel. 
  Unfmfunately, his plot was uncovered, and he was deposed and executed. 
  The technlcat mission remained on the Saie homeworld, c u t  off frm 
  support and forgotten, 
  The aggressive, militant Saie used their new1 y acquired technology 
  t o  carve out a mall empire in the Caledon, 
  Riftrim, and Nlyhtrim 
  subsectors 
  They became rather thinly spread in the process; when a 
  mwor civil war erupted, their empire collapsed, and t h e  culture vanished 
  almost without a trace. Even The identity of their homeworld and all 
  records of their appearance were lost, buried amid confused legends 
  among the peoples they haa conquered. 
  It was during t h e  period of the Interstellar Wars btween the Yilani 
  and the young, vigorous Terran Confederation that humans of Solomani 
  
  l LEL ISH 
  DARK NEBULA 
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  extraction first settled the Deep. 
  Settlers seeklng to escape the 
  wartorn woflds near Terra set out on an epic journey which ultimately 
  ended with the settlement of Caledon in the Caledon subsector. 
  Other 
  Terrans followed later, durlng the period of the Second lmperium (also 
  known as the Rule of Man), exploring parts of the Deep; by and large, 
  however, the reglon remined most1 y unsettled. 
  The Second lmperium did not last long; the inherited problems of 
  the Vilani regime could not be overcome by their Terran successors in 
  time to prevent a complete collapse. The Long Nlyht ensued, a t  first a 
  slow decline of Interstellar civilization which at last ended in a chaos of 
  petty states and indfvidual strong men attempting to cllny to power in 
  the absence 
  of 
  unified 
  government or 
  conslstent 
  interstellar 
  communication. 
  It itas during the latter part of the Long Night that the Reavers 
  first appeared in the Deep. The Reavers were petty warlords or outright 
  pirates wha parlayed a, few handsful of spaceworthy starships into an 
  oppatuni4-y 50 seize Local power bases and loot backward worlds This 
  was cmmon outslde the Deep as well as within, but ResveH Oeep 
  remained a haven for these freebooters long aWer the rise of new 
  Interstellar states e*In y uished their treed elsewhere. 
  Eventually, the arrival of the aslan t o  spinward and the Third 
  lmperium to traraillny, and the ensulny Aslan border wars fought within the . 
  Deep I4self by these two powers, put an end t o  the Reavers, though the 
  name llngered in romance and fiction - and is still frequently applied to 
  contemporary freebooters operating out of the independent worlds of the 
  Deep. 
  Today, the Oeep is a dlvided region, eslablished as a neutral zone 
  between the lmperiurn and the Hierate many centuries ago. 
  Aslan - and 
  Aalrn dient s t a h  - are present on the spinward and rirnward edges of 
  the 0-p. 
  Thr Imperium is to eoreward - trailing. Territory belonging t o  
  the Satmarti Confederatioh extends through pat? of the Fahlnar 
  subsectw. 
  But the Cora of the Deep is Independent, or under the 
  tmflwnce of the 
  largest political entities in the region, the 
  Principality of Cal.don, and the Carrlllian Assembly. 
  ARhough Influence 
  from Sha larger realms weircling the Deep is pervasive, the Deep has a 
  deeply Ingrained tradition of freedom from oUtside interference that 
  makes It an I n t m n g  -- and Wen dangerow- secltar of the mntier. 
  
  Subsector 'KU of the sector designated ReaveM Deep is the 
  Drexilthat subsector, the name being taken from the world (Drexilthar, 
  0206) which, during the latter part of the Reaver perlod was the capital 
  of a small interstellar state of that name, which controlled several of the 
  stars in this region and extended its influence over several more. 
  The 
  inhabitants of Drexilthar, a human minor race which received jump drive 
  during the turmoil of the Long Night and the clashes of t h e  Reavers 
  proved t o  be an aygresslve, warll ke, and general1 y unprincipled group. 
  Their conquistadores ranyed far and wide, turned back only by the infant 
  Principality of Caledon t o  coreward. 
  Eventual1 y the Principality engineered tbe rebel lion of the former 
  Caledonian colonles of Duncinae, Ranald, and Fulton, slnce conquered by 
  Drexilthar. 
  The war that followed shattered the power of the budding 
  empire, and a period of extreme decline and technoloylcal regression 
  followed (it is generally believed, incidentally, that the warll ke K'tring 
  of Gaqpadje in the Ea subsector are descended from the crew of a 
  warship of the Drexiltharan Imperial Star Navy). 
  Since the collapse of Drexilthar, most af the systems in the 
  subsector have remained independent and fairly aloof. 
  The Carrilllan 
  Assembly has coalesced a t  the edge of the subsectw, and the lmperium 
  has made some encroachmenh, beyond that, the subsector is fair1 y wide 
  open. 
  Traders from Caledon and the Confederacy of Duncinae venture 
  into the subsector from time t o  time, but it Is generally considered a 
  quiet, uninterestlng backwater. This, however, is a misconception, for 
  like most frontier regions, the drexilthar subsector offers variety, 
  danger, riches, and excitement t o  those who care t o  seek them out. 
  
  DREXILTHAR SUBSECTOR 
  The subsector can be baslcall y dlvIded in three park. To coreward 
  and trailing, t h e  lrnpetlum dominates, 
  w i t h  a few client worlds and 
  possessions beyond Imperial boundaries such as Outpost and Kaaniir. To 
  rlmward and Walling, the Carrlllian Assembly Is domlnan?, extending I t s  
  Influence to worlds llke Yarhfahl and rebelllous Ildrissar. The last third 
  Is a broad sweep of diver- 
  and mutually Independent worlds scattered 
  across t h e  spinward half of the subsector. 
  Name 
  Cassandra 
  0304 B000538-C 
  Outpost 
  0306 
  Tashrakaar 0307 
  Luushakaan 040 1 
  Dutrlssal 
  0407 
  Drellesarr 
  0409 
  Omslaar 
  0410 
  Wanda1 
  0507 
  Tharrill 
  0508 
  Sarr ad 
  0509 
  Non-lndush-ial 
  Agricultural, 
  Exil s SeHlement 
  Nort- [ndustriat 
  Non-Industrial 
  Non- lndush-lal, Rich 
  Non-Indudrial, Ic-capped, 
  Vacuum World 
  Non- industrial, Poor, 
  D e w t  Wwl d 
  non- indusfria I, 
  Asb-ofd Belt 
  Non-industrial 
  Pow 
  Non-Industrial, Poor 
  Non- industrial 
  Won-Industrial 
  Rich 
  Agricultura l 
  Nan-lndusfrlal, 
  .!&m WPI 
  MlIbyPy mi* 
  -- 
  Q ~ , G U  nmfi 
  nhclrtal 
  WCuItwdl 
  Nm-lndt&r!sl, 
  Pow 
  b - ! r + d u ~ & l f  
  
  The Drexilthar Subsector 
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  I
  
  Planetary Descriptions 
  The section that follows contains descriptions of each of the 27 
  worlds which lle within the Orexilthar subsector. 
  USING THE DESCRIPTIONS 
  Each 
  planetary 
  description 
  is 
  divided 
  in-to 
  two 
  parts. 
  Plsnetoyraphlc lnformatlon comes first. 
  This is material outlining the 
  scientific data of @eatest Interest known about the system and the world 
  19 contains. 
  Fur most referees and players, i t  Is prlmari ly useful as Ilocal 
  color'. 
  Basic Traveller makes little provision for the detailed 
  infcmation presented in these descriptions, Put such Information can 
  give the referee and the players a much yreater feel for what the world 
  is actually Ilke. 
  Some of the data does have a direct application t o  Traveller. 
  Planetary density, mass, and surface gravity figures, for example, can be 
  useful when creating for space combat purposes. Atmospheric pressure 
  data melds well with M e  material presented in the Gamelordd Traveller 
  supplements on planetary environments (particularly The Undwsea 
  Envlmnment and The Mountain Environment). 
  Where atmospheres are 
  talnted or otherwke unbreathable, exact problem are spelled out t o  
  make for a fuller and more interesting background. 
  Hydrographic 
  percentages are glven in greater detail -to aid mapping. 
  The average 
  surfacer temperature of the world (the mean figure for temperatures found 
  qlony the 40' latitude lines) give a feel for how hospitable the cllmate is. 
  And so forth. 
  Other information provided meshes with GDW Book 6, Scouts. While 
  full system data forms are not provided for each world, there is enough 
  lnfonnatlon t o  allow placement of other worlds in the system and as much 
  furl-her world creation and refininy as the indlvidual referee desires. 
  D a b  given in the plan&ographic information enables virfuall y all of the 
  procedures outllned in Book 6 to be implemented throughout each system, 
  Wterlal has been generated according to Book 6, as amended for errata 
  which have been found in that book. 
  The second part of each enjry is glven over t o  general remarks 
  about the planet. 
  These can amplify data given previously, or can 
  describe cultural or other factors whlch could lead t o  adventure 
  situations. Only the most basic information is given; the referee may 
  take this information and build aaventures as desired. Thus, consulting 
  the m a k i a i  on Tharrill (05081, the referee learns of a companion world 
  rendered unlnhabitable by a virulent play ue, rumors of a lost collection 
  of art treasures there, and some information on the plague and how it 
  wwks From this, an adventure centering on a search for the treasure 
  might be built up, following whatever lines the referee wishes. 
  
  Some of the uortds are (or wlll be) settings for Gamelords' 
  adventures. 
  Yarhfahl (06081, fw example, Is the selling for The 
  Orensbar Q u e ,  Tashrakaar provides the locale for Duneralders. 
  Referees majt wish to consult those adventures to s8e how an interesting 
  situation +om one of the plan&ary descriptions can be developed InTo a 
  full-fledged adventure. 
  Referees shoula also feel free to aevelop the su bsector further. In 
  the llmited space avatla ble hare, It Is Impossible to present more than 3he 
  mast bask information on each tndivIdual planet. 
  But pIane?s wlll be 
  diverse, fl l led 
  with great variety 
  and many 
  dmerent potential 
  adwntures, There is enough going on In this one subsector t o  satisfy 
  even the mod jaded of adventuring p m e s .  WeJve supplled the flrst few 
  sbps- IPS up to you to make i t  wwk . . . 
  THE M L D S  
  The worlds which follow are presented In order aecosding to the 
  subsector Ilstlng. 
  * 
  W P  
  JugJanlsJ, spectrsl class F8V. ICN SM010 1 Fa. Mass 1.1 4 stmdard. 
  ar dlameter 1.18 sfnndard. Lumlnosfty 2.1 3 standard 
  vm m d o r  b d s .  h e  
  lnhmblted world (Iqjadlg~l, V). Flve 
  v 
  Mean wbltd redus. 41 &9 mlllkn klbmetars (2.8 ALB. F~rlod, 4-59 
  years.. . sa+dlttos.. . 
  Dlainetw, 12,354 lr]iome*erm mnsWy, 194- Mess, 2.0 
  standard. Wean surfeee gravfty, 1.3 G bTaWon perk& 15 hours, 34 mlnules, 58 
  seconds k l a l  Incllnatlon, 192'2-1" Altredq 50.. . Surfam atmospWIc pressurtb 
  Watm; coaposlth -chlorlnedlsulphur dchlorlde mix, rrW 
  and 
  requtrtng complete heed-tc-te protection to wqId serious damaga HydMgraphlc 
  pekcentage, 61gE composbtlon -1lquld 
  water mbred wllh hydrochlorle add and 
  sulphurk add. Mean surfs- 
  t e m p e r a t u ~  6 
  Remarks: Shrouded in an eerie yellon-green haze, Lqanjigal Is an 
  environment extreme1 y hostile to humans Unprotected humans would die 
  quickly In the corrosive chlorine whlch makes up the active ingredient of 
  Lqjanjigalfs atmosphere. 
  But the wwld Is home t o  a complete diverse 
  em@& 
  whkh fkrurl%W h7 *k-W%nge 
  -9 
  bmd p n 
  W$gm@bJy d
  b
  t
   
  W y  ahml*y, 
  life en Lqan~lgal t a b  m. w-l9 
  n@#tmarlsh fc& 
  dH#@& 
  tW hutsaniti and ofher oxyga-"b 
  undwdand. 
  The world sup- 
  a<'rws 
  OY sopMiFk, 4W Lam@ km, W 
  lIfe fan which is not rwdlly d&&@ bable to human% Tbh'b pamPgi 
  true h a u s e  cond~obls an +tm &he7 make6 for confur$ing image$ Wm 
  atmospftm d3-, 
  cconceak, a d  partial1 y obxurms vbual wnsa nat 
  adaphd to the murky half-light found an ma surfabe, The n a t i w  are 
  an active, vigwous MCB, p-y 
  ?r w ~ b m + j  
  though 
  , ww - 
  ptii@* 
  ctawr. 
  
  The planet vfould not ordinarily have attracted the attention of 
  anyone but sophontoloyists interested In how a civilization might 
  develop In completely unearth1 y conditlonr However, thirty years ago, a 
  ship belonging to Dakaar Trading, a division of the Dakar Corporation, 
  followed up a clue about the race sprlled by a scout in the service of the 
  Confederacy of Dunclnae, in a bar on Dreliesaar. The scout had been 
  part of a team investigating the Languljigee; the teads geologist, 
  however, had made some Interesting mlneraloglcal discoveries a t  the same 
  time. 
  The Dakaar ship verified the rumors; Lqjanjigal was a world rich In 
  various rare metals and radloactives. 
  But conventional mining 
  techniques were virtually worthless because of the intensely exotlc 
  conditions, and Dakaar officials quickly realized that the COST of 
  working the mlnes there would be prohibitively expensive. 
  Dakaar solved the problem typically. 
  The natlves of Lqjanjigal 
  could work w1thou-t any of the restrlctlons a human work crew would labor 
  under In the plane% corrosive atmosphere; therefore, the natlves were 
  recruited. 
  But the recruiting tacilcs were less than gentle; when the 
  planetary leadershl p protested the ex-hmel y one-slded offer Da kaar had 
  made, two small native villayes were razed by a low-fling pinnace armed 
  with high explosive misslles 
  The natlves, 
  unable t o  resjst the 
  technology at OakaaPs command, gave In. 
  Conditions among the natlves on Lqanjigal are virtually those of a 
  slave l a b r  force. 
  Quotas set by Dakaar are high, with the threat of 
  massive punishment for failure t o  meet them. 
  Various offworld groups 
  have protested Dakaafls higbhanded tactics, but t o  no avail. 
  The 
  natives of the planet themselves are unresponsive to ofters of help, for 
  Dakaar is a very real and immediate presence, and offworlders are now 
  generally distrusted when they speak of friendship and aid. 
  A small orbital facility, comparable to a class D s t a r m ,  fs 
  maintained In orbit around the world by the Dakaar Corporatlon. 
  In 
  includes several small craft armed with missiles, a platoon of mercenaries 
  trained in exotic atmosphere combat, and a staff of technicians and 
  supervisors. Freighters call regularly t o  make ore pickups, otherwise, 
  contact with the world Is minimal. 
  
  COVENTRY 
  (0 103 X565732-2 
  Agricultural, Exile Settlement 
  8 6) 
  t 
  I 
  54K0 103FB. Mass 1 . I  4 standard* 
  2.1 3 standard. 
  Planetar S s m f l g h t  maor bodes One lnhablted wwtd (Coventry, V). 
  F w r  gas 
  e 
  P-- 
  Mean orbltd radlus, 212.43 mllilon kllonteters ( 1 4 2  AU). Fgrlod, 57W6 
  ays. .. no satellites., . Diameter, 9,l 10 klbmsters. Denslty, 09% Mass, a244 
  standard. Mean s u r f m  gravlty, Ddl G Rotatlon perlod: 29 hours, 47 mlnutes, 10 
  seconds. Axfa1 Inctlna+lon, 257'96' Albedo, 5 5  . . . Surface atmospheric pressure, 
  tdatm; camposltfon - 
  standard oxygen-nltrogen mlx, breathable wlthout artlflclal 
  asslstsnc& Hydrographlc percentage, 5 f i  wmposltlon - llquld water end water 
  Ice. Mean surface temperature, -ZC 
  Remarks: Coventry is an exile world established by the Confederacy of 
  Duncinae in the neighboring Ea subsector, Political dissidents and other 
  criminals are frequently offered the choice bebeen trial and punishment 
  or voluntary exile t o  Coventry. 
  This has proven a useful method ot 
  humanely dealing with undesirables, and has worked quite well slnce the 
  system began some 350 years ago. 
  Coventry is a fairly hospitable world. 
  Though the star is somewhat 
  mare energetic than a yellow GO like Sol or Vland, the wwldts atmosphere 
  screens out most of the excess UV and other poTentially harmful 
  radiation, 
  The world's climate Is fairly good, though seasonal varlatlons 
  are extreme because of the significant degree of axial tilt. All in all, 
  though, the norid is not harsh, and exile is not a particularly serious 
  pun ishrnent. 
  Coven try Is, however, rather strict1 y interdicted; the Confederacy 
  maintains a listening post and h o  small warships (10,000-Ton destroyers) 
  in the system a t  all times, based on one of the m n s  of the Innermost gas 
  giant. Traffic can refuei in the system by skimming one of the bas giants, 
  but visits ta Coventry Itself are forbidden. 
  Securlry has been tightened conslderabty (with an increased 
  outpost e a f f  and a bullding program t o  add a small fighter and mall 
  craft launch facility a t  the moon) since the exile ot Admiral Thomas 
  Birnham to Coventry. Admiral Birnham was the leader- of the Rebelllon of 
  '08, whlch nearly tare apart the Confederacy. 
  The charismatlc officer 
  won over all but-a mall pwtion of the Confederacy Navy, and came within 
  a halr's breadth of taking the Confederacy capital and forcing his own 
  appointment as President of the Confederacy Council. 
  Humr has it that the popular rebel leader is the focus of several 
  d lfferent rescue plots The Increased security Is an awempt t o  keep any 
  of these from bearing fruit. 
  Naval assignments to the Coventry station 
  are carefully screened for political reliability, and thus far there has 
  been no trouble. 
  Ll#le is known of conditions on Coventry, but it is believed t h a t  
  the world is ruled by a fairly tightly controlled oligarchy. 
  Lacking 
  
  industry, the exiles have little in the way of technology, setve for 
  periodic luxuries del lvwed by t h e  Confederacy government to ease the 
  exiles' burdens. 
  TRANEER 
  (0 107 E576679-7 
  Daneekq spectral class G5Y. ICN S4K010765. Mass 0.94 standard. 
  ar d a h r  M1 standard. Lumlnosliy 047 standard. 
  w 
  WFP'! 
  SR( mqior bodies. One InhablSd world CTraneer, Ill). Three gas 
  g an s, wo p en* old belts In system. 
  4'aE 
  Mean orbltal rwllus, 1 1 M 6  mlllbn k~lometers hrbd, 269.56 days.. . 
  m . .  
  Dlamater* 9,312 kilomehrs. DenaWy, 191. Mass, 0.244 standard. 
  Mean surf- 
  gravlfy, 043 G Rotatlon perbd: 27 hours, 18 mlnutes, 46 seconds 
  M a l  indlnatfon, 9.4'56 Nbadq 6 2  .. Surface atmospherle pressure, l.2atm; 
  conposltbn - 
  standard axygen-nltr-n 
  mht talnSed with byproducts of lnduatrlal 
  hydrocarbans and other chemlcala Filter mask nay k requlred under some 
  clrcums+an- 
  Hydrographk percentage, 6% composltkn - 
  Hquld w stwr tainted 
  wRh lndustrlal pdtutantsl Mean surface tempersture, 90C 
  Remarks: Traneer was the flrst w i d  &led 
  by the people of Drexllthar 
  during the formation 
  sf their intwstellar empire. 
  Previously 
  uninhabited, it was colonized during this pwiod primarily by Triny and 
  Akakhad political refugees The worldls fwtunes rose and fell with those 
  of Drexilthar, and the end of the emplre brought an economic and 
  technoloylcal collapse on Traneer. 
  True to thelr warlike natures, the Inhabitants fragmented into 
  several rival stay&, 
  and intermtttant wars have plagued the world ever 
  slnce. 
  As recovery proceeded, the various naTlons rsbullt their 
  technoloyfes slowly. 
  Wlthin the lasf 15Q years, heavy Indusky has been 
  restored (and &ly 
  harnessed to national war effork). 
  lndlscriminate 
  pollution and waste followed; the ecology of Traneer has been s6riously 
  damaged by their over industrlalizatlon. 
  Symptoms of the problem - 
  famines, declining birth rates, and The like - are everywhere evident. 
  So tar, relief efforts wgsnized by the Confederacy of Duncinae 
  have come to nought. Each government on Traneer refuses to cooperate 
  untll opposing governmmts are flrst bought under control or elImlna?ed. 
  Since relief efforts on a planetary scale Involve the cooperation of local 
  populations, and those populations refuse to cooperate if the relief 
  workers w n l t  agree to deny their aid b other yovernments, a sltuation 
  of virtual stalemate has developed. 
  Public opinion within the 
  Confederacy Is generally In favor of letting Traneer x r l v a  Its own 
  problew, sInce the Inhabitants are unwilling to accept help. 
  Confederacy-sponsared Invesflgatwy teams, msl of them operating 
  covertly So avold accusations of espionage by local governments, are 
  still sizing up the sltuatlon on Tranaer. 
  Touchy locals, brought up In 
  paranoid suspicion of outsiders, periadIcally pose s threat ta these 
  teams, A t  the same time, g0vWnIMnt cutbacks In The Contederacy have 
  limited the amount aF support that can be given to protect them. 
  The 
  whole project Is slated t o  be shut down and disbanded In a matter of a 
  few m r e  months. 
  
  Traneefls starport tacl llties are primitive and the inhabitants less 
  than hospltable to outsiders. 
  VFsltws are advlsed to avo1d landing a t  
  Traneer unless absolutely necassary, though the world does n o t  
  current1 y bear an Amber Zone classification. 
  DAKAAR 
  to201 642% 12-8 S 
  Mon-Industrial 
  L 
  Closeblnwy syslem cornpzmd of mqlor (spectral class KOY) and close 
  compan an tspeetral dass DM4L Mqjcrr - 
  Tavlrr, specWal class KOY. 
  T 
  ICN S4K0201 KO. Mass 0.825 standard SMlar dan&er M O B  standarb Lumhosl+y 
  042 siandsrd. Compsnlon - 
  Vldar b r b l t  1 6  spedral class DM4. ICW S4K020t MD). 
  Mass M 3  
  s*andord. Sfellar dlameTar ROW standard. Lumlnaslly MOO03 
  standard* 
  flue n or bodes h e  
  lnhabfted world Wnkaar, O. Two gas 
  $&E+~~~I+ 
  w 4  1. ~ ~ r n m  
  9- 
  Mean orbltd radlus, 104-7 mllllon kllometars (0.7 AD Brlod, 16628 
  ays . . . No sa+dlWes.. . 
  Mamdor, 731 4 Mlonwks. Oenslty, 1.09. Moss, 0.1 36 
  standard k a n  surface gravlty, #S G Rotdon perkd: 41 burs, 10 nlnutes, 56 
  seconds. Axlal InctlnaWon, 1 P Z Z W  
  .19 . Surface dnospherlc 
  pressure, tk28strn; composltbn -owygerHrltrogen mlx wlth oxygen fmbdanae OZP 
  FIHer/resplrdor cambtndIon required ta breafhe the atmosphera WARNIN& LACK 
  OF FILTER CAN CAUSE OXYGEN INTOXICATIOW Hydrogr 
  hlc percentage, 4s 
  conpod+bn - 
  llquld "aten Mean surfan +empara%re, 
  1% 
  R m w k  The story of Dakaar Is the s W y  of -the Dakaar Cwpora?ion, a 
  flrm founded three centuries ago on profirs earned from a lanthanum 
  strike on Dakaar by a handful of Independent rnf ners. The lanthanum vein 
  they opened was one of the richest ever dlscoversd In the history of 
  Reaverd Deep, and the miners founded a company ?bat was eventual1 y to 
  become a su bsactor-wi do conglomerate. 
  The company is headquadwed on Dakaar, which is owned by and far 
  the corporation. 
  Several dlvlslons have been spun off - Dakaar 
  Minerals, which runs the planetary lanthanum mfnes and seeks to exploit 
  mineral wealth elsewhere In the subsector; Dakaw Trading, which 
  operates a mall fleer & &amhips In -do 
  and commercial venture% and 
  Dakaar Brokers, a w l d a p a d  Hm wm 
  &ices 
  on most worlds In the 
  reg ion (all of s t a r p w f  C w be-lter outsMe the ImperIum and the Carril llan 
  Assembty) which mate!~ss up buy- 
  and sellers of everything from cargos 
  t o  starships. 
  Dakaar Itself continues to be the cwpwatlon~s single largest 
  asset, but the conglomerate's other Intwerts are collectively much 
  greater In Terms of fame, profits, and awentlon. Though by no means as 
  powerful as the regional &Ice 
  of a mgacorporatlon would be, the 
  Dakaar Cwporation t h i n k  big, and Is doing everything possfble to 
  contlnue yrowlng by leaps and bounds. 
  This includes any number of 
  unethical, Immoral, or even ouSright Illegal, actions. The mnaQemenTs 
  mmo might well be "If we donV ge-f caught, iFs worl-h a 
  Dakaar, fw example, is heavily involved in activities centering on 
  wwlds ltks Drellesaar (04091, whwe an absence of l e a l  laws or law 
  enforcement .,has 
  made the world a favor1Te place -to buy and sell 
  merchandise obtained or used illegally. 
  The Dakaar Brokers agent on 
  Drellesaar has no qualms a b u t  handling pirated, huacked, or stolen 
  
  cargos or mawrial, and Is equally happy to locate weapons, ships, and 
  &her 
  equipment that eventually end up In the hands of terrorists, 
  criminals, and other lawbeakers in areas of space where taws a r e  
  enforced. 
  The loss of control over the Cassandra Belt (0304) two decades ago 
  has se* Dakaar Mlflffals back somuhe ~e rompany cantlnues to make 
  periodic attempts b explo1-t The Be'lt Iltegall'y. 
  Business has been 
  booming for Dakaar Brak4m, however; the rebels on l ldrlssar (0706) have 
  recently p
  m
  W
   large cargos of weapons, and several freighters 
  (Dakaar-clam c l q p  $hfps bought by Dakaar Trading from a shipbuilder In 
  the Pri cl p a t h  of C~ledonl for use in their struggle against the Carril lian 
  Assembly. 
  I t  Is suspected that Qakaar Is behind same of the all-ernpts to force 
  the Imperlm k cbse d ~ w n  thelr base on Outpos? (03061, apparent1 y in 
  hopes of proflHIng frm greater disorder in the region, and from the loss 
  of Imperial support fw $he Cassandra Belt, tbat it mlght be reclaimed by 
  the company. 
  The soowl b- 
  on Dakaar represenb anoTher of the corporaTianfs 
  divisions - Dakaar Swveys - whlch maintains a private Scout-ty pe 
  oryaniratim +or research and survey workwk. Facllltles and operations 
  are canparable to an ordinary scout base. 
  DREXILTHAR 
  (0206 846%9D-7 
  S 
  Non-IndustrIal,Rlch 
  e e  
  lldren, speeral dasa G I Y *  ICN S4KO206W. Moss 0&6 standard. SWhr 
  b93 sfandorb LumlncrsH y 0.778 standard. 
  w 
  M v e n  maor Wes. Cklm In hsb1ted world tPml Whar. ND. Four 
  gas g ~n s m e  
  p anetdd belt In sys+em. 
  b a n  wbWsI radtus, 14M mllbn klbmeters(Ch96 AIR. Psrlod, 35064 
  sddtltes . Mameter, 7,725 kilometers, Denslty, 1 0  1. Mass, 41 26 
  standard, Hean surface gravity, lhSl G b+stbn psrb& 23 hwrq 19 mlnutss, 27 
  seconds. Axlsl Inellnatlon, I B ' 1  I# 
  Atbedq .31 .. . Surface &nwspherle 
  pressure, Waf m; eompdtbn -standard oxygen-ntlrogen mfx, breathable wlthout 
  artlflclal asslsfanca Hydrogra hlc percantage. m, composlSbn - 
  llquld water. 
  Mean surface tenperaturq -A 
  Remerks: Orexilthar Is prlmartly no-temhy as the hmo, of the I lthara, a 
  human mlnw race whlch exploded to carve a pelly Reaver empire In )he 
  Deep In the waning years of the tong Night The Ilthara were and are an 
  ayyressive breed, largely due to the scarclTy of o f d ,  usable land on 
  Drexllthafls surface. The planet had a long Sraditian of slrlfe and 
  turmoil, as several broad racial groups grew up independentty of one 
  another on the three mall continents isolated amony the broad means 
  of Orexllthar. Actual1 y, 1 tthara and Drexilthar are names applied by only 
  one of these groups, the nation/race whlch eventually rose to dominate 
  t h e  other two. 
  The Tring and Akakhad races were absorbed into ?he 
  l ltharan empire, but never complefel y lost fhelr ldentltles. 
  The world rmceived star fl iqht from a Heaver warlord, Wand Admiral 
  Iranak, who took refuge on Drexilthar Pollowlny a defeat which badly 
  
  damaged several of his ships The lltharans were close enough to fusion 
  power and grav technology to provide needed components and repairs 
  under Izanakfs guns, but the Grand Admiral failed t o  realize that they 
  were fully capable of acquiring jump technology in the process. 
  Wlthln 
  20 years, the lltharans were in space; within 50, they had an empire. 
  That empire passed away in the, due to the revolt of Dunclnae In 
  the neighboring Ea subsectw and several unfortunate encounters with 
  starships of the resurgent Imperium, the Principality of Caledon (then In 
  its infancy as a power In the Deep), and the Aslan ~ierate to splnward, 
  The breakup came quickly, and a sharp decline in technology tollowed 
  the bombardment of Drexilthar by the Imperial White Fleet In 268. The 
  planet is only now beginning t o  recover in technological and Industrial 
  capabi lltles, thanks to additional problems in the interven lng years 
  which prolonged the collapse. 
  Orexllthar+s inhabttants are militaristic in the extreme, aggressive, 
  obedient to higher authwlty, and completely without. compassion or 
  mercy t o  the weak. 
  Their dominant culture is Spartan In its 
  subordination of the individual to the state and its rlgorous mllltary 
  training. 
  Offworiders are scorned as weaklings, while the people of 
  Orexilthar are held to be the highert of all human forms In the galaxy. 
  Drexilthar has been classified as an Amber zone by the Traveller9 
  Aid Society, due to the excessive powers of local paramilitary pol ice and 
  this extreme disdain for offworlders. 
  Still, the planet Is not without 
  interest, especially for Its hlstor~cal palco in the past of the Deep, and 
  visltors are permitted to rove about on We world (under close 
  supervision). 
  Orex[ithar Is extremely interested in importing higher 
  technology, though an informal agreement between Dunc inoe, Caledon, 
  the Imperium, and the Carrillian Assembly has placed a ban on such 
  technoloyical transfers. 
  The Scout Base a t  mexllthar is an Imperial station set up in the 
  moon system of the innermost gas giant (planet 11). 
  Cultural specialists 
  have been worklng out of this base for averal years Investigating the 
  people and society ot Drexilthar in depth. 
  
  KRAAN 
  (0208 C50 1 4 56-8 
  Non-lndustrlal, Ice-capped, Vacuum Uwld 
  G) 
  Trlnary star system composed of close double [spectral classes A7111 and 
  an far cunpanbn (spectral class KOW. Ihuble A- 
  khwan, spxtral class 
  Rm 
  Allll. ICY S4KQ208A7. Mass B d  standard. Sbllar dameter 4.66 standard. 
  Lumlnoslty 166 standard huble B- 
  tsglrr Iorblt #a, spectral class F5V. 
  ICN S4K0208F5. Mass 1.3 standarb Far cornpanran - Akeen lorblt 1 18 specTral 
  class KOV. ICR S4KO208KO. (Has no planets, and Is of negllglble- Interest). 
  Pnefnhablted world Kraan, IN. Three gas 
  P 
  Mean wbltat radtus, 15.01 586 rnllllon klkmeters (100.36 AU). Perrod, 
  M 4  years.. . No satellites . . Mameter, 8.594 kilometers. bnslty. 1-09. 
  Mass, 0.266 standard Mean surface gravlty, 0.68 G Rotatfon perlod: 16 hours, 48 
  I rnlnutes. 19 seconds Axlal hd!netlon, 4'1 4' I BZ". Atbedq .22.. . Wbltal 
  eccentrlclty, 2 5  . . . 
  Surface atmospheric pressure, 0401atm; composltkn -near 
  vacuum cond?Ions wIth traces of methanbammon!a In planetary 'summer' 
  : (perlastronl* Hydrogr aphlc percentage, 16 composltlon -frozen water and 
  ammonla Ice Mean perlastron f mper ature, -1 5 5 . X  Mean apastron temperature, 
  -182.3% 
  Remarks: Circling a t  a staggering digance away from its star, Kraan is 
  an unlikely slte for a colony. Heavy metals attracted the colonists, fw 
  Kraan abounds in various radloactives and other useful mineral wealth. 
  The Dakaar Corporaflon recent1 y bought out four sma I l er companies which 
  had held leases t o  assorted sites, and Dakaar Minerals division is 
  beginning t o  year up for extensive changes t o  the planers traditional 
  wgan i zarion and operation. 
  A source of considerable friction on Kraan is the scientific 
  research station a t  t h e  edge of the shadowland muntains, This station 
  was first erected six years ago to study an archeological find of 
  tremendous potential historical value, an Intact base apparent1 y set up 
  by the lltharans when DrextlthaPs empire was a t  ib peak. it has been 
  descrl bed as "a treasurehouse of Reaver-era technology and knowledgek1, 
  and It is now threatened with destruction. 
  The excavafions slt right on top of a deep veln of hlgh-grade 
  l anthan urn ore. 
  When previous companies held Kraan, they, and the 
  colonial government, had permitted the scientists to study and restore 
  the slte a t  their leisure, recognizing the historical significance of this 
  thousand- y ear-o Id wcheologlcal rellc. 
  Sh-I 
  y after Dakaar Minerals 
  bouy h t  out the other companies, however, they dld a fresh survey, noted 
  the presence of the or, and gave the scientists slx months to pack up 
  and leave the area clear for strfp mlning. 
  Natural1 y, the colonial government disagreed w i t h  this ultimatum, 
  and has attempted ta back up the scientists. But Dakaar has a tony 
  reach, and It is generally believed that the best the government os the 
  sclentlsts can do Is delay the lnevltable. 
  The colony on Kraan Is largely Independent of the mInlng 
  operations, though a slgnlficmt prtion of t h e  economy is devoted to 
  sppwtlng t h e  mining community. 
  Kraanvs posltlon In the subseetor klngs 
  a fair amount of business through the class C sl-arpac-t, much d it bound 
  for or orlglnatiny from the freeport at Drellesaar (0409). 
  Piracy is not 
  
  uncommon in the system, with a market tor hiJacked goods on ty 2 parsecs 
  away; a favorite tactic of such pirates Is to lurk in the upper layers of a 
  gas yianvs a&osphere to pounce on craft attempting wilderness 
  refueling. 
  DAKEN 
  (02 10 Cd30233-9 
  Non-f ndustr!sl, Pow, 0- 
  Wcrld 
  6) 
  %fEz 
  Turd, spectral elass FJY. ICH S4K0210FJ. Mass 146 s+andard S+ellrr 
  1.52 s+andar& LumlnosWy 5 3 4  standar& 
  Shc mqjw bocks. h e  
  I n h a W  world mbn, 1Vh Two gas 
  g an s, one emp y orblt U3 in system 
  w 
  Mean orbltd raduq 3 4 W 7  dllbn kilometers U.3 AIR PerloQ 2&9 
  years . . . No sotellWes . . . Warnets, 10,994 kl bmeSerl bnslt y, 1.W Mass, 
  0456 standard. Mean surface gravRy, 0.81 G W a t b n  perlod: 21 hours, 12 
  mln u h s ,  19 second% M n l  Incltna+bn, 1 [PI Y4.Y Nbedq 40 . . 
  r Surface 
  mtmospherlc pressure, P33aSm; compost+kn - 
  shnderd onygem-nlt rogen mfx, 
  breathable wf+h resptra+w fo compensate lor pressure HydrograpMc 
  percentage, & composlfh - 
  IlquId wahr. Mean surface +emperatura, 28'G 
  Remarks Daken Is an extremely hot, arid world, wlth little free-standing 
  wa*; 
  -temperatures are T m  high for humans So survive except near the 
  poles. 
  The world would nevar have been %-i-tled, 
  were it not for the 
  presence there of golosand, a desert life f a r m  similar in evolutionary 
  statw to Earth corals, 
  This colony IHe spreads over large areas of 
  aakenls erg deserts, utllialng a chemosynthetic process for energy. 
  Goldsand Is htghly prized as a splce; it also has certain pharmaceutical 
  u s ,  and is an important Ingredient In m
  e
   types of slow and medical 
  slow drugs 
  Harvesting goldsand Is a dangerous business, Colonles spring up 
  rapidly, g m w  with great speed, and are then scattered by the fierce 
  sandstoms which sweep across The ergs. lndlvidual p a r k  of the colony 
  may survive to start up new colonies In new locations. Thus, t o  harvest 
  goldsand, crews musT reach a colony s m n  alter it forms, and work It 
  quickly betore a storm can carry it off. 
  Goldsand abo forms the chtsf food wurce for the sandroller, a small 
  I25kg) animal which pwes a danger to humans because of the hlyhly 
  poisrrnous spines which mver Its spherical body. 
  Th Is makes guldssrnd 
  harvesting doubly dangerous work, far a goldsand colony is sure to be 
  Intesfed with the spiny maces. 
  A colony of no more than 750 people has been settled around the 
  south polar starpwt for the lasf 125 years They have grown a c c u ~ m e d  
  t o  life a t  the edge of the world's harsh desmtri, and make their primary 
  livIny harvesting yoldsand and selllng k to offworld markets Several 
  companies, lnctudirrg The Imperial meyacffpora-kion SuSAG and the Daksar 
  Carporakion, have al-tmpted t o  cut out the locals and harvest goldsand 
  directly, but planetary conditions are far too harsh, and every attempt 
  has ended in disaster. 
  Recently the Dakar Cwporation attempted to farce an exclusive 
  confract on the colony, To toe up the yoldsand supply. 
  Since the colony 
  
  I 
  twned down this offer, there have been threats, rumors of sabotage and 
  violence, 
  and other problems around the colony. 
   he Dskam' 
  I 
  Corporation, of course, is suspectad uf being behind the problems, but 
  t h ~ e  
  is no prW of thfs, and corporate &lcials have hot1 y denied any 
  lnvotvement in the wrongdolng, 
  CASSANDRA 
  (THE CASSANDRA BELT) 
  (0304 6000538-C 
  M-Industrial, m o l d  Belt 
  61 
  t 
  m 
  Cassandru, spectral dass FOY. Kt4 SMOXMFO. Mass 1.7 standard 
  1.7 standard Lumlnwlty 8.1 standard. 
  I 
  No bhaM+ed worlds. Four gas glents, one 
  ohWs t C 2  $5,119 In spiem. 
  I 
  Belt Frlnge flnner edge) mean wbltd radlus, 128 mllllon 
  Belt Verm (outer edge) mean wbltat radus. 157 mllllon 
  Illlometers (ID5 A h  Rrlod o f k k p o r t  (ltarporf and msln go&men+ 
  faclfltyi, 
  79W4da s.., 
  &!erolds are- pernrdly hss than IXI@ta In dlamster, wHh negllglble maas 
  and grovlty. Settkment is I!gh+, wlth the largest dngle population ewreentratml 
  a* Rockpori, and a large migratory p o p u l a h  d bdhters and other wterdd 
  mlners and workers The populatton dms I& reflect transitory restdents who 
  may work the Mt for only a few monfhr before rnwtng on. 
  Reolarks: The Cassandra Belt is a solid source of mlneral resources, 
  though i t  has not attracted any enormous influx of greedy outsiders, and 
  no parTicular rumors of rlch strikers w bonanzas have been in circulation 
  thus far. The Belt is a steady but unspectacular producer. 
  Unlike many belts, which qulckly degenerate in* 
  lawless 'boom 
  colon leg, the Cassandra belt has a tlrml y established government whlc h 
  tightly regulates law and order in settled p a m  of the Belt, and oven 
  makes a falr attempt zrt enforcement through much of the r&st of The 
  system This was not always the case - t h e  Belt was orlginall y a colony 
  established by Dakaar Mlnera Is, based on Dakaar (0201 1. 
  Twenty-four 
  years ago, 
  intolerable workiny 
  conditions and an 
  unsyrnpathetlc 
  cwpwate management prompted the Cassandra Strike, a system-wide 
  shutdown of prQduction and shfpplng facllftles This was followed by a 
  brief workers' rebellion, which ended when Dakaw found that waging war 
  In an asterold belt against migra-twy wcrrkers was expensive and virtually 
  useless. 
  The new government, ?he Council of Ten, was Lett over +om the 
  leadership of the original workerd prtrteds, and has done a credlble job 
  of turning the rebelllous colony InTo a solldly prosperous Independent 
  state. 
  Thvuyh there is IiWle Input from the scattered mlners (fw any 
  kindofdemocracyrrouldbeimpractical,giventheincrdlblydiversEfied 
  population density, and other limitations of time and distance), the 
  Council is yenera l l y considered to be doing a good job . . . though Kist 
  belt- 
  tend t o  p r e f e  no yovernment at a( t. 
  Under the Councll, an excellent law entorcement organization is 
  rnatntalned for s l a r p r t  and settlement security a t  Rockpart, rrrhcment 
  of claims, and t h e  investigation of uarlous infractions against sysbm 
  laws. 
  This po1Ice fwce generally maintains a t  least twenty patrol 
  cruisers on station throughou* the Belt, ready to respond to distress 
  
  calls and other problems. 
  They are patttcularly on guard against 
  al-brnpts by Dakaar Minerals to expiolt t h e  Belt n1thout government 
  permission, though this sometimes occurs anyway. 
  Rockport Is a class B starport tacllIty, 
  ln addi-tlon t o  ordinary 
  commmrcIal jraffl c and mlneral shipments, the port- handles a faP amount 
  of lmperial milltary traffic travelliny to and from the base on Outpost 
  (0306). Indeed, It was due to shrewd negotiation (ending in guaran* 
  to provide servlce and R I I various lmperlal resource contracts) that the 
  worlrers were able t o  ensure Imperial neutrality - and coverty support- 
  during the rebellion, an imporfant part of thelr success. 
  For d m i l s  on belt mining operations, GDWs boxed Traveller module, 
  Belfslrlke provides much needed background informaTion. 
  OUTPOST 
  (0306 61 10442-E N 
  Non-lndushlal 
  M'W 
  Binary star system: Maor - 
  Db reenal, rpdrd class K7V. 
  OX4K7. Mass MW shndei-dm Swlar dlameTer 4559 stendwih Lumlnosiiy 
  0.064 sSsndard. Cornpanlon - 
  rCeneer twblt #lh spectral class H5V. 
  ICN SllKU3MMS Mass 0331 standarb Stellar dtnmeter -8 
  standard 
  LumimWy 01007 standard 
  %wP? 
  Three mqlor bodes Three gas giants, one lnhablted gas @ant 
  (0 post Ic), one PianeTdd belt ki system. 
  M w  
  Mean orbltal r d u s  of prlmafy, 1 5 M  wllllon kilometers (1-02 A& 
  prlmary, 312-98 days Rlmary Is htge gas @an+, destgne+ad Wgwd 
  Rlmary diameter, 106.000 klbmeters. DensWy, (Uk Mas% 1 19.3 s+anderd. Nne 
  sa.tellRes *. OHpost, third moon (le); mean orbWd radlus , 
  I d 6  nrllbn kilometers. 
  perid, 1 I& days. -. 
  IYo satellRsa.. . mameter, 1,995 kllometars- MnsWy, 1.01. 
  Mass, 0 0 1  9 standarb Mean surfsee gravHy, 0.1 3 6 &Pafin p e h &  none (tldal 
  sock ulth prlmaryk hxlal Inclhatbn, nil 
  7 Z  Albedo, Dl .. . Surface atrnospherlc 
  pressure, W5etm; mmposltlon - 
  e hlorln&lourlne AIX. 
  htmosp hwe requlres 
  pressure andoxygen gear. Hydrographic percentage, a 
  composltfon - 
  frozan 
  wshr-te& Ternperdure varles wlth posltlon ot M5V companion star; extremes are 
  99 days apart. Lawwexiremels - 1 8 f M G  Uppsrextramels -00.7% 
  i 
  Remrks: Though it lies 5 parsecs from the Imperial bwder, Outpost is a 
  military installawon of the Imperiuq established in 872# Outpost is an 
  lmperlal Naval facflIty. 
  The naval base known as Outpost Iles on The 
  third satellite of the sy-ds 
  innermost gas glant. 
  Aside form naval 
  personnel, a small population of civilians (most of them not Imperial 
  cltirens) have established thmsetves on the world in support of the 
  mllltary population, 
  Outpost also boa- 
  a fairly large starpwt, making 
  t h e  rlorld a maJor eross~oads ot trade In this porNon sf the suhsectw. 
  Outpost was established for a number of reasons. Flrst, it provides 
  a certain degree of ~ C u r I t y  and prdectton to trade In t h e  reglon, 
  fwmerl y menaced by piracy and sTrife. In t h e  second place, it maintains 
  comnun [cations betwreen the Imperium and the Confederacy of Ouncinae, 
  an Imperial client in the Ea subsector adjacent. 
  These two mqw 
  functions make t h e  naval installation an irnpwtant presence in the 
  Drexitthar subsector. 
  Though the world has liltle t o  offer the casual visltw, it is a meyor 
  sfopplng-point tor commercial vsssels. 
  Outpost has excellent port 
  
  facilltles, few restrlctlons on trade or conduct, and Is a crossroads 
  where Informaiton, goods, and equ lpment of many kinds are obtainable. 
  Sane wntroversy surrounds the naval base on Oul-posl; howevergas 
  It Is maintained In vlolation oF the treaty which ended the Aslan Bwdw 
  Wars between the Imperium and various pirate clans In that lreaty, the 
  twriTorles of Reavers' Deep between the two interstellar cultures were 
  made a neutral region, under no on& control. 
  In Wablishlng the base 
  at Outpost, the lrnperiurn made use of a loophole llrhlch allowed ground to 
  be leased from ctlant planets or skrtes by t h e  two empires for the 
  purpose of protecting those clients. Outpost was settled In 870 by 500 
  colonists, many ol them retiring Imperial naval personnel; in 87 1, they 
  signed a treaty establishing themselves as a client world, 
  and 
  constructton af the bass Pollowed almost Immedlatel y. 
  Profests have been 
  filed by certain Influential Wan clans, but otherwise no ac-tlon has been 
  taken. Nonetheless, there is a certatn amount of pressure on responsible 
  lmperlal officials to shut down me base, generated both wlthin and 
  wIthout the Imperium . . . pressure which has been exploited by parlIas 
  Interested In sselng the tmperlal presence dlrn~nfshed. 
  TASHRAKAAR 
  (OM7 E65 1695-7 
  POW 
  P R  
  Nsderr, s-al 
  class F6V- ICN S4K0307F& Mass 1.25 standard. W l a r  
  a m  r 1-33 standab Lumln&y 
  M 4  standard. 
  - 
  Seven maw M e s .  h e  
  hhabltsd world ffashrakaar, Wh 
  ree gas g an s, one planetold belt In system. 
  Meon orbl+al rodus, 20485 ~pllllon klbmeters tf 037 ALD. FBrlo4 
  ays . . 
  Two sdelll+esm . Diameter, 10,427 klkmsters. [lensl+y, IDS 
  %isP= 
  Mass 0.435 stmdrrrd. Meon surface gradty, 0.77 G btatlon perlodr 28 hours, 14 
  mlnuhs, 29 second& Axla1 IndlnaHo% OiK'P1 Albedq .l9 - . Surface atmosphiarlc 
  prsssura, Ob4atm;~olapasHIon - standard oxygen-nl+rogen mlx, bbrrts+hablm 
  r R M t  srtfflclal ssdstanca Hydrqaphlc perwnta- 
  compsltlon - 
  nquld 
  rater. Mean surface hmpfature, 8TG PDIar re&ns have a temperafurar of 23' 
  to= 
  Remarks: Tashrakaar is a world encircled by a heat desert; only in the 
  polar regions are the sun's rays att-enu&ed enough t o  allow a tropical, 
  life bearlny environment, The equawrlal regions as far north and south 
  as 45' latltude are lifeless, baked in Temperatures whlch can exceed 70°C 
  under the afternwn sun. 
  The h-oplcal polar region around the Great Polar Sea d w s  support 
  a fairly large colony. 
  Its primary economic basis is the collection st 
  manganese, cabal?, and other minerals elements of high purity which are 
  uncovered on the desert surface afTw a devilblow - a hurricane-fwce 
  s l w m  whlch drlves sand rather than rain. These minerals were laid down 
  eons ago, when The central desert was the floor crf e p t anet-wide ocean. 
  Now they attract the i n t e r m  of various mtneral exploitation tim whlch 
  collect the w e  In great tracked rock extractors called orecrawlers. 
  Valuable minerals are extractad from ?he surfaca of the d a b  as M e  
  crawlers creep rrlowl y along, and the worthies residue, called w e e p ,  Is 
  dwnped astern. 
  The planetary government grants llcenses for crawler operation to 
  companies intermed in the mlnlng business. 
  A lease of Cr2,500,000 is 
  
  I 
  paid to work speclflc tracts of tand for ore, provldlng t h e  meyor 
  government revenues for the polar seltlemnts. 
  Some dftficul-ties face the colony. One of the greatest dangers Is a 
  degenerate human culture known locally as the Duneraidem Outcasls 
  from the colony, the Duneraiders live a marginal, nomadic existence at 
  I 
  the e d g e  of the great deserk. Duneraiders and colonists ate bitter foes, 
  I 
  and colonists caphrred by the nomads are frequent1 y offered up to the 
  1 
  d e w  god5 in t h e  hopes of tringlng water. A few Duneraider trlbes have 
  proved amenable to peaceful deal! ngs, 
  but most remain imp1 acabl y 
  h&i l e. 
  Several lmperla I corporations wwk -the deserts of Tashra kaar, 
  inclualng Sternmetal Horizons, LIC and Dalgado Trading, both large 
  rnegacwporations The naval base a t  Outpost I03061 prw ides protection 
  to these imperial companies when they reques* It, a recourse not 
  ava llable h smaller, non-lmperlal companies llke FulTon Metals, Dlvernco 
  of Tharri I I, or the ever-present representatives of Dakaar Minerals. 
  For more InformatIan on TashrakaaFs mlning operatfons, see the 
  Game lords' adventure Duneralders. 
  LUUSHAKAAN 
  (0401 D541513-4 
  Mon-Industrial. Poor 
  Fllcker, spectral dass M I  Y. ICN S4K0401 HI. Mars 0-457 standard 
  b5I I standarb Lurnlnoslty 0 3 3  standard. 
  b e  oqjw body. QlelnhaMtad world (luushakaan, L One 
  n system. 
  Mean d t a l  redus, 
  m l l t h  kl1ome)ers &I6 A1D. Rrlod, 34-58 
  s a t d l b .  .. Illan*, 
  9,430 klbme)srs. Denslty, 144. Hosq a254 
  s+andard. Mean sut-fsoe gravWy, 065 G raOTat1on peflod: none Wtdd lock wlth 
  primary). Ma1 IncllnaWon, 1U4~14.lU Abedo, 3 9  .. . 
  Surface sf mospherlc 
  pressure, ObOatm; composHlon - 
  standard oxygen-nllrog8n mlx ulf h sulphur and 
  sulphur awn wnd talnts Re ulres fflhr mask Iw dmospherlc breathing 
  ~ ~ d r o ~ r e p h &  
  percantage, 1& Fornpos~lon - 
  frotsn watw-lek Mean surface 
  I-emperature, -I#% 
  Remarks: Occupying the inner orblt around its dlm red sun, Luushakaan is 
  a cold, d Ismat world. The averaye afr temperature never rtses above OaC, 
  and is frequent1 y far below that. 
  Some heat is provided by the several 
  actlve volcanos found In t h e  viclnity of t h e  world% only major 
  se-l-flmen-t, bu-t this only adds to I-he hazards of survlval on t h e  plane?. 
  Luushakaan, like many other worlds in The subsector, Is primarily a 
  mining sel-tlement. 
  The planet is under the control of the Imperial 
  megacorpwatlon 
  Sternmetal Hwi zms, 
  LlC, 
  which 
  administers the 
  government of t h e  planet as well as running t h e  mining operations. 
  Despkte its dismal appearance and miserable climate, Luushakaan is 
  a hot p r o p q .  Extensive deposits of rad load'ives and oTher worthwhile 
  minerals have made it an excellent invertment for Sternmetal, and the 
  source of considerable jealousy among rival cornpan is. 
  In recant 
  months, the warld has h e n  the abject of several Wadewar ralas by an 
  unknown but ev ldentl y strong assailant. Evidence has pointed strongly 
  
  towards Delgado Tradlny, LlC, as t h e  culprlt, and Sternmetal has 
  launched two rnlnor retaliatwy attacks against Delgado operations In the 
  Cassandra Belt as a resu It. 
  R e b r W s  Note: In reality, the tradewar raids on Luushakaan were 
  mounted by the Da kaar Corporation, using mercenaries and equipment 
  disguised to appear as Delgado personnel. 
  By enflaming a m q o r  
  confrontat!on between the two giants, the smaller corpwatlon hopes to 
  be able t o  make slgnfficant gains, bDth In breaking t h e  Sternmetal 
  monopoly on Luushakaan and in other lucrative or potentla t l  y lucrative 
  1
  markets, as well. 
  DUTRISSAL 
  (0407 CAC4US-8 
  Non- I nd ustrla l 
  Lat+assa, spec+ral class K3V. ICN S4KO407KS Mass 0672 s+8ndardm 
  o r  dometer 4703 standard. LumlnasHy 021 slandard. 
  w 
  Slx mdor b d e s  me tnhoblted world (Dutrlsssl, IVh Two gas 
  Mean wbftal radus, 15748 mlllton k l b m d w s  (la5 AC& Fgrlod, 47959 
  ays . . . wo satdlltes 
  Dlamder, 17,579 klbmeierr Oenslty, 1-02. Mass, 189 
  w 
  standordm Mean surface gravwy, 1.27 & Rotatbn perlod: 17 hours, 25 mlnutes, 54 
  seconds krtal Incllnatlon, IU'8'7.1" Albedq .t9.. . 
  Surface ahospherle pressurg 
  2.2atm; composl+kn - hydrogen-mdhane-ammonla mix. Rated INSIDHIUS defeating 
  all personal pr&ec+lva measures wlthln 2-1 2 b u r r  -ME 
  MUTlW AWlSm 
  Atmosphsre hlghly dan-us 
  +o human ltfa Hydrographic pereeniagg, 47$ 
  compasltlon - llquld ammanla. Memn surfs- 
  temperature, - 3 s  
  Remarks: A small research colony working with experiments on lo+ 
  temperature superconductors has been Mablished on Dutrlssal; the 
  syslem ts otherwise unath-active and unlnhabited. 
  Orbital starport 
  facll4ties are malntalned by the lnstltute of Science and Technology on 
  DunclnawEa, which Is also responsible for the research station. 
  Work 
  there is hazardous and boring a t  the same time; borlng due to t h e  
  lsolatfon of the station, hazardous because of the dangers posed by the 
  rrwldts lethal atmosphere. 
  The hydrogen which makes up a signtflcant percentage of that 
  atmosphere Is hlghly insidlous In nature. 5hIeldlng on buildings and ships 
  w i l l  defeat the atmosphere, but suits and small vehicles canno-t be bullt 
  t o  prevent hydrogen diffusion, a process whereby atoms of hydrogen 
  mlgrate dlrectly through fabrlc, plastrcs, and even metals which may be 
  perfect1 y afr-tlg ht. 
  Thls poses a great danger, for hydrogen and oxygen mlxed In air 
  w l l l  comblne, explosively, lf a spark or flame should ignite it. Sults or 
  vehicles with electronic clrcultry have been known t o  suffer desh-uctive 
  explosions as a result of t h b  process; suit work Is hlghly dangerous 
  under these conditions. 
  N o r  can the rate of hydrogen dWusion and 
  bulldup be gauged wlth any accuracy, 
  The lnstttute offers high risklhigh pay employment a t  the station 
  for scientist (particularly those wlth Gravitlcs skill, as the ultimate aim 
  of the research Is to Increase the efficiency of gravitic drives and 
  
  modules through the use of supercooled candudtive circui*, 
  support 
  personnel (cooks, vehic te operators, vacc suit-trained workers, computer 
  technicians, &cJ, and even security guards Two or three incidents of 
  a+tempted theft of computer files and/or sabotage of The proJect have 
  already taken ptace; it Is thought that m e  government or group in the 
  sub- 
  is interested in acqulri ng the technologlca l improvements 
  being designed a t  The station t o  equip a starship or fleet with improved 
  drives (which, It is believed, could achieve a 30% Increase in efflclency 
  over curran? stateof-th+ark 
  grav- based drive systems, allowing 
  accelar&lons of up to 76 in ships prev tousl y limited by power outputs t o  
  66 acceleration). 
  In game terms, M e  development of thIs technology would permi? 
  construction of drives at current Tonnages and costs, producing t 
  additional G of acceleration (and a 1G drive could be built for 75% of the 
  lowest tonnage and c& 
  glven In rtarship construction rules). However, 
  t h e  sy-m 
  1s dill expwimental,and subdect la tai lures (roll 6+ once per 
  change In vector, or four times per day under constant acceleration, for 
  a complete breakdown). 
  It may never be perected to a relaible 
  a tternative to available drlves. 
  DRELLESARR 
  (0409 0310550-A 
  Non-f ndustrlal 
  anmy s t w  systen: M or - 
  Dskean, spectral class MSK 
  @!%409k5. 
  Mass 0.394 stm%rd. 
  Stellar &meter M 5 4  standad 
  Lumlnosfty IM202 standard- Qompanlon - 
  Ladarr brbIt #a, spectral class M5V. 
  ICN MK0409H!ir Mass 0358 shndard. Stellar dkmeter 0531 standard- 
  LumhWslt y 0407 atandarb 
  Three mqjor bodlss. 0 ' ~  
  lnhdted kwld (Pellesarr, O. Two gas 
  wbPts u4 1% 1S)ln sys%m 
  Mean orbl+al radlus, 29.92 rnlllkn klbnseters 101;2 A& MI04 52615 
  satellWes. . OlaM+er, 4,920 klkrmters. WnsIty, 1.0 1. Mass, 0.053 
  standard. Mean surface gravlty, OjB G Ratetbn perlod: none #Ida bck ulth 
  prlmsryh M a l  fndlnath, 7'1 2 8 B  Albaba, .I 0.. . 
  Surface s ~ m o s p ~ l c  
  pressure, 
  M7a+m; oomposltlon - 
  prlmarll y ntlrogen, w Hh trace elemenh (klygen supply and 
  pressure war requtred Hydrographic percemtage, 
  cornposHbn - 
  llquld water. 
  Wan surf- 
  +ernparntum daystde. 31PC b a n  surfs- 
  hmperature, nlghtslda 
  -2% 
  I 
  Remarks: Dretlesarr is a mall tidal-locked world occupy iny an unusual 
  orblt b-n 
  twcr dlm rpris 5m& Wirtaq CIaLsplde TernpwWurs~ are 
  u n c d d a b t y ,  but IW htfolm&y, 
  hat. m a w  
  gf tb Rlsmhndcs uf the 
  orb% d Drellesaw W Lad*, 
  T b  W
  d
   
  sbm ot The systam, every 
  p
  h
  w
   
  yew sees tmpwalum &VWB 
  =Ur. 
  tn B)ln T h  af Burning, 
  swap dayside fmpwshirw 
  ar6un-d 40%. 
  flbe time of Twa Suns 
  se@s 
  drop b I% 
  na~arrl average given In the planeary 
  shifWi&g t h b  =Cum m b W t  26 days 
  tba Time of Bwnf h s  Then, 26 
  days lam, mm5 the Tim of Dw Sm,, *hen daydds ~
  p
  a
  r
  ~
  e
  s
   
  range 
  arou~d $PC* as +he mnpnlm star Is Met agark from fhm world, 
  AfwWer 26 days tfflngs a- 
  T1m sf TW Suns, and a ffnal pariod 
  bptflw I+ 
  b g ~ k  
  h the Tim OY B u W ~ Y ~  
  mce mQre. 
  Colonized In the w a  
  the Reavws, Drellwm was originally 
  founded by .the great Reaver warlord BLaclya~k Duquesne as a refuge 
  
  for his ralders. The colony on this harsh and desolate world has never 
  been very large (even today it numbers only about 800,0001, 
  but it has 
  endured despite its less-than-ideal setting. 
  Drellewrr has little to offer- no spectacular mineral deposits, and 
  1 
  an environment unable to support life as we know it - in short, nothing 
  t o  support the colony economlcally or in any other important way. 
  But 
  the colonists on Orellesarr have supplemented thelr meager birthright 
  with intelligence and determination, and have kept allve some old 
  trad ltions to keep their colony flourishing. 
  1 
  Drellesam is a Freeport - in every sense of the word. 
  A lawless, 
  wide-open frontler community, the colony serves as an open port where 
  repairs, alterations, and improvements can be pertmed on visitlng 
  j 
  stwships, equipment legal or illegal purchased, goods marketed . . . all 
  1 
  with no questions asked. 
  The vlsitor to Dreilewr can buy cr sell almost anything, w i t h  few 
  r d r l c t i o n s  and fewer hasles. 
  A Psionics Institute is openly maintained 
  on the world, for here, beyond the bounds of the imperium, anti-pslonics 
  attitudes are less prevalent - though not entirely forgotten - and the 
  people of Drellesarr are tolerant of anything whlch attracts business. 
  ~ a t u r a  
  I l y, a penalty is pa Id for all this freedom. Drel lssarr's lack of 
  law enforcement (or oi laws t o  enforce) has made the world a dangerous 
  one. Citizens and visitors alike are armed, and nothing prevents anyone 
  from using these arms to kill over the peltlest offense or dlspute. 
  Drellesarf is officially listed as an Amber Zone, and visitors are urged to 
  be polite, tolerant, and very, very careful. 
  On Drellesarr, lack of tariffs brings down the c o d  of most services. 
  Generally, prices on starport maintenance, repairs, and other -vices 
  are 25% lower, with occasional exceptions. Goods and ~ l c e s  
  of an 
  illegal nature (illegal In other worlds, that is) are available as well, 
  though the prices are not llkely to be quite as low. 
  It should be 
  remembered that many of the Items obtainable here w i l l  be shlen, 
  huacked, w pirated - no guarantees are made ID 
  protect buyers fran 
  the coss@cjuenc.gs of purchasing such 1hoV merchandise, should the 
  wiginal own* hrrn up later. 
  
  DRENSLAAR 
  (04 10 0453694-7 
  Rich 
  Cnrrlnta, spectral class K5Ve ICN S4K04 l0K5. Mass 0.57 standard. 
  a r  dameter &566 standard. Lumlnoslty 048 standard. 
  Rw 
  Slx m q w  bodes. One lnhablted world (Drsnslaar, P. Three gas 
  w
  d
  d
   
  belt b syrtsn. 
  b a n  wbltal radus, 4468 mtllbn kllometws (0-3 AIA. b r i o 4  7W9 
  ays . . . e satellite . . . 
  Dlalmelwr, 6.586 kllomeferr Oenslty, 1-05 Mass, a129 
  F% 
  standard. Mean surface gravity, 0.52 6 Rotation p e r W  none 61dal lock wIth 
  prtmary). h l a l  Incllnatbn, P1 f 1- 
  Atbedo, 48.. . Surface atmospherb 
  pressure, 0.48atr; c m ~ I t I o n  
  -standard oxygen-nltrogen mlx, breathable 
  wfthout arHflclal assistance. hdrographlc percentage, 372C conposltlon - 
  w a t e r  
  and frozen water-k& 
  Mean surface temperature, dayddq 7
  e
   
  Mean surfsce 
  temperature, +rtllght zone, 4EPC Mean surface +eaperature, nlghtslde, -TC 
  Remarks: Like Yarhfahl (06081, Drenslaar is a world which lives under the 
  Shadow of the Cawlllian Assembly, though It Is not formalfy a member of 
  that Intwsfellar government, 
  Drenslaw is In a tldal lock wlth ITS sun; half The world is a burning 
  d e s d ,  the other half is locked In pwpetual icy niy ht. A narrow band - 
  a twillght zone - provldes Ideal conditions for human habltstton, wlth a 
  large sea extendlng from the permanent glaclers of the dark sl de Into the 
  more pleasant climes of the habifable band, provldfng an excellent place 
  fw a colony. 
  ti bration from the world% satellite, a fairly large (diameter 2400km) 
  and close body, shifts the twilight zone back and M
  h
   
  in a slow regular 
  course, provid ing periods of light and dak. The ha bitable band spork a 
  comprehensive ecology, and interesting and exotic life forms are known 
  t o  dwell in the less pleasant reglons h sunward and nightward. 
  The colony i t d f  has been biased by very ferlile agricultural 
  land, and is very well off. 
  The government Is distant, but not 
  particularly restrictive, and llte for the colonists is, on the whole, a 
  falrl y pleasant proposition. 
  Recently, t h e  Carrillian Assembly, 
  under the leadership of Hlgh 
  Justice Daldreem, has 'invltedf the world to jol n the Assembly; planetary 
  government officials have been stalling. Drenslaar is quite well otf now, 
  and would certainly lose much by membership in the Assembly. 
  The 
  government hopes that t h e  rebellion of lldrlssar w i l l  keep the Assembly 
  occupied for the moment, so that they wltl not turn to Drenslaar and back 
  up their 'I nv Itation' wWh forca; meanwh ll e, dlplanatic alternatives are 
  being explwed as quickly as possible. 
  The colony suffers tram a ma~w problem In communications. Stellar 
  activity (and the proximity of the star to Wenslaarl makes radio signals 
  highly unreliable; land lines are heavily relied on, and most electronics 
  gear must be thwoughly shielded againST interference. 
  An unusual 
  weather prediction system Is in operation on Drenslaar, lnvolvin y weather 
  stations sh-ung along the nigh-kide edge monitoring weather conditions, 
  and sending repork back via a transoceanic cable laboriously at down 
  by eolony watercraft. 
  
  GRENDAL 
  <0507 
  C889855-A S 
  ~: Hopewell, spectral class G3V. leN S4K0507G30 Mass 0.98 standard. 
  ~dlameter 0.958 standard. Luminosity 00886 standard. 
  P1ane1"lIry Syste.: Nine major bodies. One Inhabited world (Grendal, II). Three gas 
  giants, one planetoid belt, one empty orbit (IOlln system. 
  II Grend.!!!: Mean orbital radius, 94025 million kilometers (0.63 AlJ). Period, 184.5 
  days ... Two satellites ... Diameter, 13,715 kilometers. Density, 1.01. Mass, 
  1.101 standard. Mean surface gravity, 1-0 Go Rotation period: 22 hours, 58 
  minutes, 47 seconds. Axial Inclination, 3"17'2.6" Albedo, .45 ••• Surface 
  dtmospherlc pressure, J,9atm; composition -
  standard oxygen-nitrogen mix, 
  breathable without artificial assistance. Hydrographic percentage, 96%; 
  composition -liquid water. Mean surface temperature, 15°C, 
  Remarks: Grendal was first explored, named, and settled by Dr. Charles 
  Abercrombie, a scientist from the principality of Caledon, who surveyed 
  this region of space 750 years ago. The world was almost ideal, Earthli ke 
  in gravity, climate, and most other factors -
  though with a much greater 
  atmospheric pressure at sea level, and with far more extensive oceans. 
  The scientist assembled colonists from the Principality and emigrated 
  within two years of his original survey. 
  The planet is named after the world's most fearsome life form, a 
  bipedal, sea-dwelling amphibian christened the grendal by Abercrombie, a 
  long time fan of the old Earth classic, Beowulf (the capital-starport 
  complex is named Beowulf, in keeping with this tradition). The grendal 
  lives In coastal waters (down to a pressure of 6-7 atmospheres), but can 
  also visit the surface and walk (rather awkwardly) on land. It is a fierce 
  and dangerous creature, massi ng up to 300kg, and has been known to ra id 
  colonial settlements for food (stealing livestock, game, garbage, and 
  unwary colonists indiscriminately). Primarily nocturnal in its habits, the 
  grendal has rarely been seen for more than a few minutes at a time. 
  Little is known about their habits or natural environment, or they shun 
  noisy undersea craft and make short work of individual divers. 
  Grendals and colonists live in an uneasy balance, the grendals 
  occasionally raiding a settlement, the colonists shooting 
  back as 
  necessary, but not going out of their way to make trouble for the 
  creatures. 
  This has necessarily tended to make pelagic exploitation 
  difficult, and a few vocal groups have been arguing for a more aggressive 
  campaign against the grendals so that undersea farming and mining 
  colonies can be established. Because the land on Grendal is broken into 
  numerous island archipelagos, a step in this direction will be needed 
  soon, as population continues to expand. 
  Against this are set various groups opposed to violence against the 
  grenda Is, inc I ud ing environmenta Iists, conservation ists, and 
  a sma II 
  minority who are convinced that the grendals are not dumb animals at all, 
  but actually representatives of an intelligent amphibian species with a 
  sophisticated undersea civilization. Reports come in from time to time of 
  grendals spotted using tools, wearing small artifacts, and so forth, but 
  these are usually not credible- most are easily explained as the results 
  -34­
  
  of tm much alcohol, mls-taiten slghtings, poor vlsi bil lty, or coincidsncs. 
  i 
  Still, suspicions that the grendals may be more than a savage nuisance 
  are the source of conslderable Iccal speculation and Inter&. 
  The Scout base on Grendal is on an island near ~eowulf Down 
  starport l e a d  to the ll SS under a cl tent plane agreement. The base is 
  small, wtfh a staff of l e s  than 50, but the staff xenologlst is tasclnatad 
  by the grendal question, and has been agltatiny for funds and personnel 
  t o  mun-t a proper study of the beasts. 
  - -  . . 
  - 
  Drathler, spectral class GOY. ICN SBK05CBGO. Mass 194 standard. 
  ar dameter 1 XI3 standard* Lumboslty 1-21 standarb 
  eP 
  S e w  mwor W
  r
   
  Me InhablW world Uharrlll, IY), one 
  4!m=HF& 
  p rn a y a 
  able world (hatar, WW Two gas grant% two planetdd belts, one 
  captured planet (Anatar, YE, whtch falls *o W o w  accepted planetary progressbn 
  laws,ln sys* 
  #$!!?% 
  Mean orbl+d radlus, 15656 mlllbn klkmeters (1.1 M& Rrbd, 4 1 M  
  satdlltes .. . 
  DIameler, 13,677 kltonseters. Dendty, ID& Masq 1&0 
  standarb Mean surface gravl9. 1-0 G R&atl#rt p e r m  25 hours, 17 Inu- 
  12 
  seconds. M a l  tncllnatbn, 5"17Wn 
  Mbedq +33 .. . 
  Surface atfaospherlc pressurn 
  Ibatm; compasl?km - 
  standard oxygm-nltrogen mlx, breathabte wlthout artlftelal 
  assistance. Hydrographic percentage, 5% compasltbn - 
  llquld water- Mean 
  surtace temperature, 1% 
  F 
  Mean orbttal rndlus, 19448 mllllon kltomders (id AM. Perlo4 530.87 
  ays. 
  Ho satellites . . . 
  Dlawlw, 1 1309 Wloneters. mnslty, 1.04. Mass, 0697 
  standard. b
  n
   
  surface gravlty, b91 G blatfon perbd: 18 hours, ZB mtnu- 
  35 
  sscmds. Axlab lncltnotlon, 1 fi19*r QbItal eccentrlclty, .100. 
  Albedo, 30 . . . 
  Surface atmospheric pressurg ldatm; composltton - 
  stendsrd ox ygen-nitrogen 
  mix with vkal talnt. Requites fllter mask to keathe atmosphere dractly. 
  Hydrographic percentam 71%; composlHon - Ilquld water. Mean summar surface 
  temperature (a) apastron), I 1% 
  Mean wlnter surf- 
  temperature tat 
  perlastron), %5% 
  Rmarks: Than-ill 
  is a 
  pleasant agricultural 
  world 
  with 
  a fairly 
  unremarkable history. Sell-led form the Carril lian Assembly shortly after 
  t h a t  stat& formation, She colony never jolned, preferring to remain a 
  q ulet, independent backwater wald. 
  Anatar, T harrillts sister world iE797000-O), was settled a t  the same 
  I
  time, and was, with the exception of s considerably chillier climate, 
  vlrfually equal in potentlal to Tharritl Itself. 
  Both colonies thrived 
  until, amut two centuries ago, disaster shuck Anatar. The Red Plague 
  of 922 was one af the mod horrible catastrophes In human hidwy. 
  The origlns of the plague are n a t  known with any certainty. 
  It is 
  believed to be The resulf of a drasHcally mutated virus of earth origin, 
  but there is no proof for or against thls theory. Nor Is It known whefher 
  The source of the infection was on Anatar itself, or If the disease was 
  brought in from some other world where, perhaps, natural immunities w 
  differences In environmen*, diet, cr other facTws prevented t h e  virus 
  from tlourlshiny. 
  I t  Is certain t h a t  it flourished on Anatar. 
  In ane planetary year 
  {undsr hrro years standard), 90% of the population was wlped out. 
  The 
  
  rmalnlng populace was evacuawd Into large orbital stations and kept 
  plague further. 
  under quarantine until doctws were cerkain they would not sprsad the 
  '1
  The Red Plague Is ex-kemely virulent, running its course In less 
  than 48 hours, from inltlal infection to (usual1 y) the death of the victim. 
  SyrnptMRs Include fatigue (with rapidly decllniny physical faculties), 
  I
  d lzzinsss, d IswlenTaTion, and t h e  appearance of dlsflguring red xrres on 
  the face and body. 
  In yam terns, the charact- 
  takes 2 poinrs of 
  damage every three hours for 48 hours, randomly against Strength, 
  Dexterity, and Endurance. If still alive after 48 hours, the character 
  w i l l  begin to recover a t  normal rates Survivors bear the scars for life. 
  Rumor has it that, auring the evacuation, a starship carrylng a 
  large shlpmant of valuable palntlngs, sculpture, ana other priceless 
  pleees from the Planetary Museum crashlanded somewhere In the 
  wilderness nwthuesl of the capital clty. Two expedltions have visited 
  the w o r l d  in hopes of locatlng and salvaging the l o d  artwork; both of 
  them conjracted the Red Plague - iwo survivors came back from the flrst 
  expeditlon, 
  and none from the second. 
  This has caused fresh 
  consideration of the problem, and bas led to the t h w y  that the virus 
  can be absorbed through exposed skin as well as through the lungs. ~o 
  one has been w l l  ling to tesk thls assumption, however, by another visit t o  
  Anatar. 
  SARRAD 
  (0509 D88AMO-8 
  Non-lndurh-la[, Ha* 
  m i d  
  Vanadmr, s p e c h i  class U V .  ICW S4K050904. Mass b% standard* 
  ar dtamehr &94 stsndarb Luminosity R778 standard 
  w 
  h e  Inhabited world (Surrad, ID. Three gas 
  F 
  Mean crbltal radus, 75& mlllkn kTlomehrs 1QJ hUI. Fwbd, 151.80 
  ay s . . bb saWlWes. 
  Mameter, 14003 klbmeters atnslty, 096. Mass, R96 
  standard. Mean surface gravft y, &96 G Rotation perlod: 25 howq 5 1 mlnutes, 13 
  second% h?al Inellnatlon, F18%@ 
  Hbedo, 4 5  . . . Surface aTmospherlc pressure, 
  Wattn; Eornposltbn- standard o ~ r y ~ I t r q e n  
  mht, brea*hable w f t h w t  artHtdal 
  assfstance Hydrographk percentam a 
  cunposltlon - 
  Hqutd water Ice a t  
  pofesh Mean surface temperaturw, 4m 
  I 
  R-ks: 
  Sarrad Is a waTwworld tony a part of the Carrillian Asssmbly. 
  Up until three yezlrs ago, the colony thwe supported a populatlon of 
  aver three million In a vast complex of undersea structures grouped 
  around Starport Island, with a scatiwl ng of outposts ly lng faHhw out to 
  oversee mariculhrre and &her pelqlc exploitation. 
  Then, in a tragic caredrophe, the colony domes Inexplicably 
  failed. 
  Safety Interlocks apparently were inadequate, and the entire 
  populatlon was ntped out as s8a water flooded InTo the colony domes 
  under great prwure. 
  A f e w  thousand people survived the hwritlc deluge, rnosTly starport 
  workers, outpost personnel, and a few lucky IndIvIduals who managed .to 
  reach secure parts sf the domes whfch were not flmded out entirely. But 
  the magnitude of the diasl-er was overwhelming. 
  
  No one has any %lid evidence as to t h e  cause d The Sarrad 
  disaster, Official shrles are citing a failure of cmputw-monftomd tai I- 
  safes on the main submarine lock, but thIs is large speculzrhion based on 
  survivor9 stories and computer simulations aimed at seeing Just how ~1 
  massive a fall ure could have come about; no hard evidence exists. 
  W e  fanciful stories have been circulating as we1 I. The colony was 
   
  demoyed by termrim inn s y n p m y  with the i~dr~sseran 
  resistance 
  (un tikely - the I ldrissaran resistance wasn't particularly well aryanlzed 
  Three years ago). 
  The colony was destroyed by a hostile, infe[etllgent, 
  aquaTlc life form (unlikely - no other evidence of such a life form has 
  yet been uncovered on Sawad), The colony was destroyed a t  the orders 
  of High JusFice Daldreem f w  xlme obscure purpose of hls own Iprobably 
  the result of I ldrlssaran propaganda - Daldreem Is general1 y conceded to 
  be a megalomaniac and a tyrant, but no plausible purpose can be offered 
  for such a blatant and apparently senseless order). 
  A f t e r  the de!riructlon of the colony, the Assembly moved t o  r e W l e  
  Sarrad; 
  preparations far thts are almst camplete. 
  The Dakaar 
  Corporation has offered to asslst the assembly In t h e  new c o n ~ u c t l o n  
  and colonization &ort in exchange fw rlyhts to opwate a fleet of 
  seagoing mineral extraction and processing vessels out of The rebuilt 
  colony. This Mer has been accepted, and work is scheduled to begin on 
  new colony domes wlthin a year. 
  GARRISON 
  (0601 A357%6-6 
  N 
  Mllltary rule 
  A GI 
  FksMtds sfar, spectral dess M 1 V. 
  ICN S4KObo1 MI. Mass 0457 
  wd. Stellar d~amsta 
  0.5 1 1 stmdarb Lumh-toslty 0 4 3 4 4  standard. 
  Ptanetsr 
  abu: Two m w b&% 
  One h h a b M  world (liarrlspn, bL Two gas 
  &Told 
  WtYn sysnn* 
  Mean orbltsl radlus of prlnrry, 29 mlllhn klbneters (0.19 
  AUI. W l o d  
  o pr mary 44.75 days . . 
  Rlnsy Is small gas %ant designated Obe. Prlmsry 
  * 
  dfamehr, 48,W kllomdws. Dsndty, &I% Mass. 1 M1 standard. Flvr 
  satelll)es. . 
  Gwrlson, hnermos? mwn [M; mean orbltd raduq 14&000 
  k!bmbrr. brtod, 1.92 days.. 
  Ho salellltes a,.. flameter, 5,250 kllomeks 
  bnslty, 0.97. 
  Mass, 4 4 5 1  standard. M6M surface rnYfty, 0.56 IS1 M+alstlan 
  perlod: none Wdsl lock with prlmaryl. Ibtlal lndlnbtqon, P147.T CJbed~ 
  27.. . 
  Surfaca atmwpherlc pressure, 045d-m; cornpos1tlon - 
  standard oxygen-nlirogen 
  mfx, breathable wt)houf aflffclal a s d s i a n a  Hydrographic per#n+age, 7a 
  compwltlon - llquld water annd wa*er-I- 
  ban surface temperature, YC. 
  F 
  Remarks: Garrison IS the inner moon of a gas giant eirclIny HoshWs 
  star. 
  Long the site of a q o r  Imperial frontler installation (hence the 
  wwldls name, the planet also has supp- 
  a fairly large colony tar 
  several hundred years. 
  Ten years ago, in the wake of. protests over civ tllan versus military 
  prlorlty a t  the planeqary port faclllties, a swiss of lragtc blunders and 
  misunderstandings (culmlnating In the so-called BIrfhday Massacre, when 
  1 2 prohsters were kll led while *ging 
  a prcrtest march on the Emperor's 
  Birthday) led to a planet-wide rebllion. Local naval and Marine fokces 
  were quickly reinforced from neighboring worlds, and the rabellim was 
  rapidly put down. 
  Garrison was declared under martial law, with Marlne 
  
  Cmandant Greyson Implmenting a number of exwemely srrlngen+ 
  d IrecTives t o  prevent a further outbreak of violence on the world. 
  Resentment t o  the military government runs deep, and new pm-bsts 
  have begun against Greyson's refusal to hand the reins ot government 
  '
  back to civll administrators. 
  It is wioely believed that Greyson en~oys 
  his power as Mllitiilry Governor Pro Tern, and is delltmately slowing any 
  moves towards a return t o  the prerebellion r t a t u r  Two mqjor protest 
  strikes by s t a r p m  workers have taken place In the past year (both 
  suppressed by Hari n-I, 
  whlie four unsuccessful assassination a*mpts 
  against Greyson have been mounted. 
  Natural1 y, these activities have 
  done nothing but solidify Greysonts power, and glve him an excu9 tn 
  clamp down still farther on the population. 
  Garrlsonts high law level indlca-tes axh-emely rlyld controls on 
  civilian movements, almost constant harassment by milltary police, and a 
  shlngent curfew Imposed on cltizens without specific work permi*& The 
  planet Is posted as an Amber Zone by the T r a v e l l d  Aid Socie-ty. 
  Luguun, spctral class Gt V. 
  Cff S4KOM)3Glm Mass l r02 standard. Sleller 
  am r 1 4 1  standarb Lumlnoslty 1.1 0 standard. 
  P W  
  m a w y  Srs* : Slr rnqlor bodleb h e  Inhsblted world hanlfr, ID. 
  gas 
  $anis, two plansdd Wts b system 
  P-' 
  Mean orbltal radlus, 130.86 mlllbn klkrneters (0.87 Am. Rrlod, 29-7 
  ays . ma sahlllte . . . 
  Dtarneter, 9,789 klloders. knswy, 0.97. Moss, 0409 
  standard. Mean surface gravity, 0.73 G lbtatbn perbck 19 hours, 41 rnlnwb& 58 
  setxmds. Axtal Incllndon, t 11 819' Albedo, 4 4  .. . 
  Surface ntmosphsrlc 
  pressure, U l s t m ;  composf+lon - 
  standard oxygen-nitrogen mlx, bresthable rHlmut 
  artlflclal assTstanca Hydrogrsphlc percentam 8 I* cornposltlon - 
  llquld ~ a t w  
  and we+er-fcs. Mean surface hmpsrature, 1 (% 
  Remarks: Kaaniir Is a very pleasant world circling a yellow sun just 
  beyond the boundaries of t h e  Impwlum, 
  Smewha-t cooler than Terra or 
  Vland, the world% maln habitation 1s concentrated in the warm temperate 
  band around the equator. 
  This region is ideal for agricultural 
  production, and agriculture is the primary basls of the Kaanilr colony, 
  The world, though ouhlde the Imperium, is owned and operated by 
  the Impererlal megacorporation Makhid kar un; the corporate g ianVs gourmet 
  foods dlvision has developed the colony into a series of large 
  plantations where various types af agricultural delicacies are grown fa- 
  export into the Imperi urn. Mqiw prducts of the colon y include m
  e
   very 
  flne wines (any Kaaniir vintage is highly prized by connoisseurs, and m o s t  
  average 1 - lh to 2 limes the basic price of less exalfed vintings), plus a 
  mutated form ot an anclent and very famous Terrestrial coffee, Jamafca 
  Blue W~ntaln. The Blue Mountain Label coffee yrown on Kaanllr fetches 
  prices of up t o  Cf50 per kilogram, and is a popular trade item. These are 
  only lwo of the more famous products yrown on Kaanllr - many dlffsrent 
  )rub, vegeables, meat an imals, and other rare g a u r d  foods are raised 
  and processed on the planet as well. 
  
  Makhid karun enjoys a complete nmnopol y over Kaaniir foodstuffs; 
  the Planetary Manager of the wortd Is also the head of the planet% 
  government (what there Is of it). LIl-fle actual convol k exercised over 
  the populace; there are company regulations (we1 I-errforced), but few 
  laws. 
  This makes for same interesting cultural variations; for example, 
  rnurQer is n o t  a crime, but the man who kills a worker is required to see to 
  it t h a t  the dead workerrs production quotas are met far t h e  remainder of 
  the mnrs expeCted working Ilfe. This can be done by working double 
  shiffs, by paying a fixed sum to offsel- I-he quota, by indenturing a famll y 
  member, or by sponsaring an offworld imnlgrant. 
  Justice is completely 
  subwdinated TQ corpwate elilctency. 
  Though wages are good and mgulatlons n o t  unnecessarily harsh, 
  many workers are dlssatistled with -their lot. Kaaniir is run along the 
  time-honffed prlnclples of a 'company town' - with the corporation 
  providing all services, and charging tho- 
  agalnst the pay credihd to 
  t h e  waskers; it is rare for an employee to save enough to buy himself free 
  and leave the plane. 
  Organized probsf has not been a factor on 
  Kaanllr yet, but attempts to stou away, hback vislting freighters, or 
  dthemlse escape the planet coverlly, do take place on an individual or 
  small group Iwel. 
  Makhldkarun does not own ships To service the colony directtr, 
  charters t o  independents and shi pplng cmpanles are granted, instead. 
  The charter contracts places ship crews under company regulatjons whlle 
  on Kaanlir, 
  making them subJect to penalties fw interference in 
  production, whether throuyh injury to, w murder off, a worker, cr 
  through assist1 ng - knouinyl y or not- in an escape attempt. 
  The lmperium maintains a Scout base In planetary orbit, which 
  serves primarily as a connecting llnk To The Cassandra Belt and the naval 
  base a t  Outpost. 
  YARHFAHL 
  (Q608 CX58796-6 
  spectra dass U V .  ICN S4KMWK3. Mass M 7 2  standard. 
  0.703 standard LurntnosWy 0.216 standar& 
  I 
  Four mqJor bodies h w  tnhablted wwld (Yarhfahl, Ilk N3 gas 
  I 
  *an 
  orbltal radlus, M.92 mltlkn kilometers to65 AIR. Psrlod, 23-9 
  . 
  mameter, 1 4525 kt tomehrs. b n s l t  y, 1.0 1. Mass, 0426 
  grovlty, b75 G Ro+a+bn perlod: 27 holrs, 48 rnlnutez!, 7 
  seconds. Axla1 fndlnatbn, t 2*18'1%5rr Atbaa 9 1  . . . 
  Surf ace atmspherlc 
  pressure, =ah; 
  composlfbn - 
  s+andw d oxypn-nI+rogen mlx, breathable w Ithoul 
  wtlflctnl assfstance. Hydrogrophlc psrcmta* a* 
  ~;mposltlon - 
  tlquld water 
  and water-ice Maan surface hmpsrature, 1 ZeC. 
  R m a r k s  An independent world just beyond the boundaries of the 
  Carrll lian Assmbl y, Yarhfahl has long been considered w e  Important tor 
  its posi?lon in space than for any Intrinsic value of tne world itself. 
  Since the Assembly colonization af nearby lldrissar, Yarhfahl has been a 
  
  necessary staging point for commercial h-aff ic bdween the Assembly and 
  the new colony, and enjoyed a small spurt of economlc youth as a result 
  of tnls traffic. 
  Locally, however, there was and is lii-tle t o  attract 
  in*eresT to Yarhfahl itself. 
  Modest fishlny and pelagic marlcultural 
  ,
  indush-les supporf. the majority of the 19 million people inhabiting the 
  uwld. 
  Wlth t h e  recent oultreak of rebellion on I ldrissar, Yarhfahl has 
  assumed an even greater strategic Importance. 
  One of the first 
  responses of the k s m b t y  was to orbit a large tleet a t  Yarhfahl, seltlng 
  the world up as a staginy area for operations against me lldrissaran 
  rebels. Local shipping was seized and pressed into service, and The 
  YarMah tan government forced to cooperate in various ' p r o k t l v e  
  measwag, which vlrtuall y ellmlnated the world as an independent entity. 
  Wlthout a local army or navy of I t s  own, YarMah l has been unable to offer 
  sgn1f lcant resistance. 
  Agents of the I l d r i ~ a r a n  rebels have been ai-tempSing to stir up 
  trouble on Yarhfahl, and a IImited resis-rance movement hss formed to 
  begin striking back a t  the Assmbly, 
  For w e  information on Yarhfahl and its pmple, see The Drenslsar 
  Quest, a Game lords* advenlwre. 
  DATINAR 
  (06 1 0 843 1685- A 
  Non-Industrial, Pow 
  4 
  Thurn, spectral class K7V. ICN S4K0610Kh Mass OSfBstsndarb S t e l l s r  
  r 0.559 stmdarb LumlnosWy 0427 standard 
  SeiF 
  fEE'eE? 
  Four mqlor -L 
  h e  
  lnhablted world (Oatlnar, Dm Three gas 
  Meon abl+tsl radks, 29-92 mllllon klbmsters (0.2 AM. Pert04 44.54 
  ays .. . 
  IY, s a b l l h s  . . 
  Warn*, 
  7,245 kTlometers. DenJty, 099. Mas& 0.124 
  F= 
  stsndarb Mean surface gravlty. O.9 G F b t d o n  perlod: 38 hours, 5 olnuteq 22 
  seconds. Mat Indlnatloh 21'1 422 N b d h  30.. - Surface atmospheric 
  pressurn OJ84im; eomposltlon - 
  standard oxygen-nltrogsn mix. Rssptra+w 
  requfred to breathe a+rnasphsra Hydrograp hlc pereen tam 1 
  compslibn - 
  IlquId water and water-Ice Mean surface tempwatur@ -2% 
  Remarks: Datlnar Is evldence of The dangers of relying on a one-crop 
  mark&. 
  The world was colonized in the wake of a mqor platinum-kid1 urn 
  shl ke rtearl y 200 years ago, and the population expanded by leaps and 
  bounds as production of ore grew every year. Just. over a decade ago, 
  however, two of the planers three largest mines shut down as me veins 
  they were exp loiting gave out; the cost of further we exploration was 
  pronounced proh t bitlvely expensive by the corparatlons involved. 
  Epulpment and personnel were wlthdrawn . . . and a massive recession s t  
  in as a result. 
  Some minlng continue% of course, but production I$ 
  down to the 
  lowest ebb since the ptane* was first opened for Wd+lement. Without tho 
  mines, the remainder Of We populaflon (and it is quite a large one - 
  Datinar atWacTed a very slzable number of immfgrants during the boom 
  yeard has been economlcall y ruined. 
  The population ts capable of 
  
  rnaintainlng a self-suppwting colony, but the lack of offworld income lm 
  by the mine failures shows in all areas of life. That money was needed, 
  badly, t o  he1 p maintaln w&er reclamation programs, starport maintenance 
  requirements, and slmllar vital econmic nsesssIties 
  MaWws have not Improved since High Justice Da ldreem invoked 
  emergency pouers to dominate the Assembly. 
  ~ u s t  
  when the economy was 
  hitting a low ebb, rut nous Assembly taxation undid all of the attempts ot 
  four successive administra-tions t o  shwe up the weakened fiscal 
  situation. Rocrullment of Assembly Peace keepers provided some work, 
  but the colony still teams wlth unemployed, hopeless ci-tlzens. 
  Several other wwlds of t h e  Assembly have been conlrlbutlny 
  voluntary aid $0 relieve the economic crisis on Datlnar, and traders can 
  pick up good money and free fuel runnIng charter cargas In to the world, 
  Meanwhlle, some hope continues to wstain -the planets Inhabitants- the 
  hope of discoverlng new w e  deposits to attract minerals firms back to 
  Datlnar. 
  Rumors of such a find in the remote and rugged counh-y of 
  Lakharr far to the northwest of the capital has caused an upsurge of 
  hope, but the man who claimed to have found this new dte died in a knlfe 
  fight in a startown tavern, and his lnfwMfion was lost. Further attempts 
  t o  locate the new mines have thus far been fruitless. 
  b 
  Shurrupsan. spectral cluss K4V. iCN S4K0702U4. M a s s  0621 standard. 
  0448 s+andard. 
  SIX maw bodies. h e  InhabItd wwld twarglr, ID. Thr- 
  gas 
  7 
  Mean crbltal raduq 77.79 mlllfm kllometws (452 AW. Brlod, 17M0 
  F= 
  ays . . . No sabllkes .. . 
  Dtam&w, 6,592 klbmetera. Dsnslty, 1.02- Mass, 0.1 28 
  shndard. hban surface gravlty, 0.51 G Rotation perfod: 31 hours, 37 mlnutes, 29 
  sscomds. M a t  Incllnatlon, 8'1 S 1 2 P  A#bedq 91 .. . Surface atmospheric pressure, 
  W+m; composWlon - 
  sfandard oxygen-nllrogen mlx, bra&hsble wHbut artlflclal 
  asalstance. 
  rpMc percen+age, SC$j compos~tIon - 
  llquld w a t e r  and ra+%r- 
  1- 
  k a n  ~2ZLparnr~ 
  sc 
  Remarks: Llke most of the Imperial worlds a t  the edge of the 
  dmilltarlzed zone, 
  Gaarglr revolves around the lrnpertal m l l  ltary 
  presence on the frontier. The world holds a naval base and a Scout 
  servlce installation, and little else. Less than 7,000 people actually llve 
  on t h e  planet, all of them milltary personnel or their dependents- even 
  the customary d v f  li an support colony has no* sprung up In the shadow of 
  Gaarglr's bases 
  This is due to the fac-t that Gaargir has been closed to colon lzation 
  for some time. It Is known that the world has been used targety as a 
  training ground for naval and Marine forces - waryames have been 
  regularly held in the system and on the planet. 
  Occasionally, the 
  lmperium has even hlred mercenary units to parttcj pate as the opposltlon 
  in these wargames, t o  ylve the Imperial forces the toughest po$stble 
  training. 
  Bu-t it Is also suspected that the world has been used as a 
  
  provlng ground for secret equipment, vehlcles, and other new tech- 
  nology, and that this is the reason no colonists have been brought in. 
  There has been some agltation from varlous sources t o  have the 
  world, 
  whlch is a pleasantly Earth-like planet, 
  declared open t o  
  colonltation. The Navy has, thus far, refused, and discourages visits by 
  privatestarships. The world is not Interdicted, and the class B starport 
  facilities can be utilized by vlsltlng civilians, but the Navy permlts no 
  deviation from established approach plans, restricts orbital paths ana 
  times, and otherw lse llmlts operations by private craft to ensure greater 
  securiTy. 
  Clvilian craft have been shot down for deviating from these 
  procedures; on a t  least one occasion, i t  was later determined that the 
  ship In question was in the pay of the Solomani government, and had 
  origlnall y come from the Fahlaar subsector on an espionage misslon. 
  ILDRISSAR 
  (0706 C995836-7 
  Lassara, spectral class F5V. CN S4K0706F5. Mass 1.3 standard. Stellar 
  ame e r  1.4 standard. Lumlnos!-t y 5 5  standard. 
  PY 
  enetarv Svsten: Ugh+ mdor bodies. One InhabIted world (Ildrlsser, V1. No gas 
  c e n t .  In system. 
  Mean orbital redlus, 299.2 mllllon kllomeSers (20 
  AU). 
  Perlod, 90607 
  ays . . . wo satellites . -. DIameW, 15,792 klbme*ers. Denslty, 1.1 2. 
  Mass, 1.59 
  m 
  standard. Mean surface gravlty, 1.26 G Rotatbn perlod: 22 hours, 39 mlnutes, 9 
  secunds. k i a l  Incllnatlon, 8046'8.9" Albeda, 2 8  . Surface atmospheric pressure, 
  1.Batm; composltlon -standard oxygen-nltrogen mlx wlth talnt from sulfur 
  compounds of volcanlc arlgln. Filter mask requlred t o  breathe atmosphera 
  Hydrographlc percentage, 54s; composltbn - Iiquld water and water-Ice. 
  Mean 
  surface tempwatur- 26% 
  Remarks: lldrissar was, 
  until recently, 
  a member of the Carrlllian 
  Assembly. The world awacted settlers due to the great mineral wealth 
  located by surveys of the planet; the hlgh density of lldrlssar was an 
  early lndicatlon of the abundance of heavy metals and radioactives 
  present there. 
  Thls, in turn, is responsible for the world's rather high 
  surface gravity, and for the vulcanism which prevails over much of the 
  planers 
  surface. . . hence 
  the 
  atmospheric 
  taint, 
  caused 
  by 
  concenlratlons of sulphur compounds of unhealthy propwtlons. 
  lldrissar was settled from the Assembly over two hundred years ago 
  (though It was occupled intermittantly by cwpwate outpo* 
  and other 
  mlnlng concerns prior t o  that time). As a member world of the Assembly, 
  lldrissar enjoyed many benefits, most part-lcularly the support of other 
  Assembly planets during the lean times of the early colonial period. 
  With the assumptlan of extraordinary powers by High Justice 
  daldreem, in direct contravention of the Articles ot Assembly, the people 
  of lldrissar were hlt particularly hard by the many changes in government 
  policy which ensued. Higher Taxes, a fixed market prlce for ore sold $0 
  the Assembly far below those available from other markets (access to 
  whlch was to be great1 y restricted), and orders fcr The nationali ration of 
  several key industries were all seen on Ildrissar as being completely 
  
  contrary t o  colonial interests, Several political factlansfonned, urging 
  resistance t o  the Assembly - from conservatives who mug ht a return to 
  rule by the Articles and the Council of Justice t o  a handful of extremists 
  who urged complete independence. The extremists used their influence 
  and wealth t o  beyin doekpillng equipment and arms, and in hiring 
  offworld mercenaries (for lldrlssar was pow in manpower, but could afford 
  t o  hire the best In technology and srvlce). 
  Rwcwntly (1 1091, attempts by Asssmbl y Peacekeepers to enforce 
  Daldreefls new laws led t o  the notorious Starport Massacre, an atrocity 
  which h-lygared (prematurely, from the lldrissarian PaWlotsT point of 
  view) a full-scale planetary uprising. 
  The Assembly responded t o  the 
  defeat of the local garrlson by gathering a large force, including a 
  continyent of elite Aslan mercenarie, t o  launch a renewed attack on the 
  rebelllous colony. 
  Althouyh succesdul in the early stages of their 
  invasions, t h e  Assembly drive has lost mmenntum, and the war on I ldrisar 
  continues t o  rage a t  thls tlme. 
  CAR RILL (THE CARRILLIAN BELT) 
  (0710 A0009AE-C 
  N 
  Asteroid belt, Industrial, 
  Non-agricultural, Capital 
  m 
  Carrfll, specfral class MIII. ICN S4K071DA5. Mass90standard. Stellar 
  r 4.6 standard. Lum~noslty 90.0 standard. 
  bodies. Three gas gIan+s, one osterdd belt 
  (14 
  #3,83 In system. 
  Belt Frlnge Gnnw edge) meen orbltal radlus, 7540 mllllon 
  . Belt Verge buter edge) mean orbltal radlus, 1,0004 mlllbn 
  kilometers (6.7 AU). Perlod of Caplfol (planetold holdfng maln admlnls+raflvs 
  centers), 13-86 years . . 
  Asterdds are generally less than 1500km In dfamster, wlth negllglble mass 
  and gravlty. Settlement has been extremely heavy, wtth a large number of wbnles 
  belng established In hollowedaut badfes of varying stzes and orbttr The maln 
  starpwt and admlnlsfratlve center Is a t  Capitol. 
  Remarks: The asteroid be13 a t  Carrill was never considered a padicularl y 
  important system, as the Belt offered little in the way of resources that 
  were not in greater abundance elsewhere. In the year 517, however, the 
  sysTenfs Importance grew dramatlcal l y . 
  In that year, rivalries beheen various worlds in the Drexilthar and 
  Ffah l nar subsectors threatened the region with a major intsrstel lar war, 
  The Imperlum, with numerous trade Interes-ts in the reylon, stepped in t o  
  encourage a peaceful ssftlement - backed with the threat of direct 
  actlon If thls sewlament were not reached. A serles of conferences were 
  held in the Carrllllan Belt, a t  an astsrold designated "Round Tablet1, as 
  that system qualified best as neutral ground amony the disputing par-Ties. 
  The result of these conferwnces was the agrsemsn-t, in 519, for the 
  various worlds involved in the conferences to federate Into a single 
  state for the regulation of Wade, economic coordination, and common 
  defense. 
  The Articles of Assembly slgned In that year established the 
  Carrillian Assembly, and dedgnated the Belt as t h e  capitol of the new 
  federation, 
  
  I
  In the years since that agreement, the Carrillian Belt has swollen In 
  population, industry, and technology, and has become a powerful system 
  In Its own rlght. The Belt houses the main admlnlstrative machinery of 
  the ~ssembl 
  y, 32% of the Assemblyts mqjw industrial might, and the largest 
  naval base of the m b l y  Peacekeepers A population of 6.8 bltlion is 
  no\j spread among the asteroids of the Belt. 
  Recently, wlth t h e  assumption of extraordinary powers by High 
  dudice Daldreem, the CarrI I lIan BelT has undergone s iransformatlon into 
  a repressive police state. The size of the local Peacekeeper forces has 
  mare than quadrupled, and harassment, permits, Invaslon of privacy, and 
  rigid control of all individuals have become the norm. The system was 
  recent1 y posted as an Amber Zone by the Travellers' Aid Society due to 
  this larye scale intrusion of government into every facet of sveryaay 
  l ife. 
  KAANASH 
  (0801 B55687A-7 2 
  Rllnkear, s p c k a l  dass BY. IC# S4K080105 Mass 0.94 s+ondarb 
  ar dlameter 0.91 stands& Lumlfioslty 067 s+andwd. 
  w - 
  Twelve maor bodlel* Two lnhsblted worlds Msanash, Ill; CSaanlr, 
  our gas g ants, one planetdd belt, one empty a b W  UB, one captured body 
  bzaanlr, lY), In sys?em. 
  !I-% 
  Hean wMtsl radlus. 79.29 mtllkn kllarnwbrs 
  A t h  Rrlod, 14536 
  ays... 
  e ~ a t e l l l t e . . ~  Man~,9,394klbmeters.Densl~y,lQA Masq0.249 
  standard. Mean surface gravlty, a 6 4  G Rotatbn perlod: 32 hours, 18 mtnutes, 2 
  seccmds. k l a l  Incllnufbq 35't.P ANbrdq 40.. . 
  Surface ~rwsspherfc 
  pressure, 
  Mfrstm; composFHbn - 
  standard oxygen-nltrogen m l ~ ,  breathable mlthout 
  artlflclal asststan- 
  tiydrographlc percentas 6* conposltlon -1lquld water 
  arid water-fa& Mean surface tempet-&urn 21% 
  P- 
  Mean wbltal radlus, 11W0 mlllton klkmsters a 7 6  ALD. hrlod, 24W1 
  ays . . . tb satdlltss . . . 
  Mameter, 1 1.470 kllometera Ibnslty, 1.01. 
  Mass, 0477 
  standard. b a n  surfam grevlt y, 0&8 
  lWatlon pertod: 23 hours, 55 minutes, 10 
  sacand% ktlal tndIno$'lon, 1 [Pfrrl W Aibed~ JB 4. - Surface stmospherlc 
  pmrure, QgSs+m; wmpositlon - 
  oxygan-nltropn mlx, +dnled wlth +races of 
  sulfur dlcrrdd& Fllter masks requked for prolonpd breathlna of plsnstary 
  atmosphere. Hydrogaphk percentage, 9lk comp0sl~lon - 
  ltquld rater and water- 
  1- 
  Mean surface temper&ur% QC; temperuture Is rdsed mewhmt by vulcanism 
  In some areas 
  Remarlts: The Kaanash system contains Tuo inhablTed worlds, Kaanash 
  itself and its sister world Gaanir lC779655-6). The two worlds were 
  settled in separate naves; Kaanash Is the alder colony. Gaan ir originally 
  uent u n d t l e d ,  due to the tainted atmosphere of the world. 
  Some 275 
  years after Kaanash was colonized, however, an IdealisHc group of 
  political refugees from Ganldha in the neighboring Urlagyash subsector 
  fled their home world and sought asylum on Ksanash. The colony refused 
  this group (known as Technocratd permission to land, but offwed to 
  support Wem In colon i zlng G w n  ir Instead. I t  was hoped that the mineral 
  wealth of Gaanir could thus ba exploited, and the disruptive political 
  philosophies of the Technocrats turned away at the same time. 
  The Technocrats set up their colony on Gaanfr, following the 
  philosophy of government whlch had proven too radlcal fw Ganidha 
  
  and Kaanash, 
  They cherished feelings of dlsli ke tor their sponsors on 
  ' 
  Kaanaa, howeww, +or GaanSr was a hell-hale by cmparlson wlth green, 
  pleasant Kaanash. Seethlny with volcanos, the main land mass of Gaanlr 
  was unpleasant, and the worldfs orbit, near the outer edge of the stavs 
  I 
  habitable zone, made the cllmate chilly wh%n molten lava wasn't making 
  things b 
  hot (the name Gaanir Is derivea from the Keeper of t h e  Winds in 
  anncien? Vilani myThs, a befaced being whose alternate gusts of hot 
  and cold air fit t h e  description d the planet perfectly). 
  Gaanir and Kaanash have tony been rlvals, competing fm trade, 
  Imperial support, and ewnornic aid. 
  Gmnir Is general1 y the loser In 
  these ccmpeTltIons, because of the edge in technology and @ facilitias 
  enjoyed by Its rival. But the onyoing interplanetary compeTition Is good 
  tw outsiders- trade w i t h  both worlds Is kisk and profitable (buy & - I ,  
  sell a t  +1, over and above usual trade modifiers). Rumor has It, however, 
   
  t h a t  Gaanlr has been eonsideri ng taking diiect aggressive action against 
   
  Kaanesh; certainly, there are tmwlst wyanlzations on Gaanir which 
  have already done so, Naval and Scout persnnel stationed In the sy- 
  (the bases are on a distant gas gianrs moon, away from the immediate 
  rlvalry) have been keeplng a close eye on things t o  prevent the 
  development of open strife. 
  DIABLO 
  (0803 B9C7477-8 
  Nan-Industrfai 
  Mow btnary syslem: M w - 
  Wltetr. spectral dess FOV* 
  m a 0 3 F &  Mass 1.7 ~ t r n d a ~ ~  
  Stellar d l o m r  1.7 standard LumlnosMy 8.1 
  sfsndardr Campanton - Flame brblt &X, spectral &ss DG Kt4 S4KOBOMm Mass 
  OdJ standardr Shllar diameter MI 2 &andarb Lrtmtnostty (M0006 stsfidarb 
  Phmtwr S r s h ~  
  Seven maw bodies. (he Inhabbd world (Dlablo, H l h  Fwr gas 
  glantq two planetdd bans h system. 
  P- 
  h n w b l t a l  radlw, 101.73 mlllbn kllomeSers 0 4 8  AL& Per104 13440 
  ays . 
  r. me sdeJLWe. .. Dlanehr, 15,322 k l l o l a ~ r &  mnslty, 1.15 Mass, 141 
  standard Wean surtaca gravtly, 1.27 G btsSton perlod: 22 hours, 10 mkutas, 10 
  L 
  R-kw 
  WMo Is an WWWhv W t a  w l B  lylng JUR wlthln the 
  boundarb af Wthe Impdusl. Undw+lMwy 
  @lr~&awes, s&tl m@nt 
  of 
  such a w d d  wuld be hl@ty un t?kdy# fqr tb planet mJays srafece 
  tatper- 
  In excess d M@% 
  b d  tt&s m 
  uWmspheri~ lnsare 
  of roughly m m  (Esrth B l l b w l  
  b 
  1 m. 
  Howwe, Diablo O dr 
  sbwm d li%$i~lPgrsQe 
  d a y a n *  a 
  subhncn consfdembly M e r  fhan bthmm4 fmm& Qndw l41e m i c  
  pmsswes & #IS and datflar worldu 
  Daysthws ha- mny Il~gortant 
  IndugMaI appllcatlam, and minlny 
  W e  W
  n
   
  WStaMshed on 
  Diablo to explolt This valuable ramwb. 
  The world holds a number of enneIav#s e 9 n d  $y CiHfmreM WSBpahls 
  and cwporations (hence the *P&Ikanlzedf govwnmnt o) the plan&+ 
  
  Each enclave Is scrttled In underground complexes heavily reinforced 
  against outside pressures and temperatures. Enclaves have shuttleports 
  for landlnys by mall craw, but the planetary starport, a class B factlity, 
  Is maintained in orbit. 
  The port is owned and operated by the 
  megacwporatlon Haialez e t  CIe, LIC, which itself has no direct interesr 
  in mining operatlons on the world. 
  Each enclave is a small 'company town! completely controlled by the 
  ownlng company (among these companies are megacorporations such as 
  Delgado Trading, ~ing-Standard Products, Sternmetal Horizons, and the 
  Ilke, as well as smaller companies operating on a local level). Conditions 
  tend t o  be harsh because of the complete control management has over 
  the workers. 
  Mercenaries in the pay of the various companlss enforce 
  local company laws and regulations, which vary In stringency, but 
  average around law level 7. 
  The situation on Diablo has been xrmewhat unstable of late, since 
  the declaration of a tradewar between Delgado Tradlng and Sternmetal 
  Horizons, Both sides have been hiring additional mercenaries t o  beef up 
  security, and outrlght inter-company warfare Is expected . . . once the 
  problems of waglng an effective campalyn in Diablds hetllsh environment 
  are conquered. 
  The envtonment on Diablo w l l l  overcome all forms of personal 
  protection t indlvldua l protective suits, 
  battledress, etc3 within 12 
  hours. 
  Vehicles and ships w i l l  not be compromised as quickly, but 
  breakdowns are common. 
  Roll 11+ once every hour while operating in 
  Dlablds atmosphere, to suffer a keakdown of some type (the referee can 
  determine the exact nature, depending on the situation). 
  Mlning 
  operatlons are conducted entire1 y underground, with tunnels being 
  conslantl y extended around various enclaves. 
  People visit the surface 
  of Diablo as rarely as possible. 
  
  LIffDRITAR 
  (0809 C5795A7-8 
  Non- l n d ustr i a l 
  GBV. ICN S4K08- 
  Mass M 7 1  dandard. 
  Lumlnoslty a 5 2  standard. 
  anetwr S ~ S ~ R :  
  SIX rnqjor bodter Cmelnhablted world (Llndrltar. ID. No gas 
  Zanfs, one planefold belt. three empty a b t t s  ((0, i 4 ,  051 in system. 
  Wan orbltal radlus, 116.69 mllllon kllomders (a78 ALR. Perlo$, 26%0 
  satellite . . . 
  Mameter, 431 8 kllome+ws. hnslty, b99- Mass, b242 
  standerd. Mean surface gravity, 0 6 2  G Rotatlon prlod: 29 hours. 53 mlnu+es. 31 
  saconds. k l a l  Incllnatlon, 121 8'0.1" fib& 
  3 1  . . . 
  Surface atmospheric 
  pressure, Osatm; composltlon -oxy gen-nltrogen mlx wlth oxygen content 
  slgnlflcantly above nwmsl concentraflons (31s. Fllter requlred t o  breathe 
  atmosphera Y W t &  L
  a
   
  OF FILTER CAN CAUSE OXYGEN INTOXICATIOM Hydrographic 
  percantage. 9* 
  ccomposltbn - 
  Ilquld water end water-lca Mean surface 
  temperature, 3% 
  Remarks: Llndrltar Is a pleasant, almost idyllic wwld, largely oceanlc, 
  with numerous island chains and small landmasses. 
  The planet is rather 
  close to Its primary, and has a warm, tropical cllmate In the 30"-60" 
  latitudes; It Is raTher too warm for human habitation around t h e  
  equatorial zone. 
  Llndritafls atmosphere is of mndard pressure, but the perfect1 y 
  1 nnocuous oxygen- n ltroy en mix can be dangerous, due t o  the 3 1% oxy sen 
  concentration, 
  BrsathIng untlltered air leads t o  a severe condition of 
  hypoxia, with an eifect rather simliar to intoxication on beings from a 
  m o r e  Earthll ke world - Including humans. 
  Indeed, tindrltarfs colonists 
  have evolved an interesting rellglon which relles heavily on the euphoria 
  of Weathlng the oxygen-rlch alr; visions and prophecies by oracular 
  seers hlgh on oxygen are a major element of rellqlous observance (a 
  simll ar state of affairs can be found on pysad i, In the Aramls subsector of 
  the Splnward marches; comparisons between These lwo retiyions of 
  ecstasy can be found In Unlty and Dlverslty: 
  Humanltl Among The Stars 
  [Capltol Press, 10961 - see also The Traveller Adventure). 
  The world is part of the Carrillian Assembly, but thus tar has been 
  Ill-tle influenced by t h e  assumption of power by High Justlce Daldreem and 
  the ensuing 
  problems (such as the lldrissarian rebellion) which 
  accompanied it. Lindrltar has pretty much gone its own way, meeting t h e  
  new W m b l y  taxes and contributing its quota of *oops to Oaldreenfs 
  expansion of the Peacekeepers. 
  Laws have been tightened somewhat in 
  accordance with decrees from Carflll, but by and large, life has gone on 
  untouched by outside problems. 
  This may, however, change, tor undersea exploration has turned up 
  useful ore deposits uf various radioactives deep underwater, As these 
  certainly have important milltary app llcations, Daldreemts government Is 
  likely to turn a great deal more unwanted attention on the world. 
  A few 
  far-sighted 
  individuals in Lindritar are thought to be already in 
  cmunlcatlon wlth the I ldrtssarlan rebels, 
  planning a reslstancs 
  movement agafnsT the day when Daldreefrts peacekeepers appear to spoit 
  the tropical paradise of 
  the island c o l o n i e ~  
  
  References and Useful Material 
  Referees will find a large number dTraveller products pamcularly 
  useful in creating adventures, 
  scenarios, 
  situatlons, 
  and usable 
  background t o  yo with thls and other Pllotrs Gulde booklets, 
  A few d 
  these Include: 
  From GAbE DESIGHERY WORKSHOP . . . 
  Book 6, Scouts 
  Supplement 6,76 Patrons 
  Supplement 8, Library Data (A-MI 
  Supplement 11, Llkary Data (N-Z) 
  Double Adventure 6, DivIne Interventlor&4fght crf. Conquest (the 
  latter Takes place In the adjacsnf €a subsector) 
  Boxed Module 2, Beltshlke 
  From GAMELORDS, LTD. . . . 
  The Undersa Environment, The Mountain Environment, and The 
  D e s m  Envlronment, plus other releases in the Gamelords' Planetrdry 
  Envlronmenh series Iaddltlonal titles w i l l  deal wlth Arctic, Juny le, 
  Pelagic !sea surfacel, Vacuuw€xotlc, and similar topics of interest), 
  Each booklet can be used to create specltlc condltions for particular 
  unusual environments. 
  Deserts Ilk8 those of Tashrakaar and Daken can 
  be dealt wlth using The Desert Envlronment, condltions on Grendal with 
  The Undersea (and The Pelagic) Environment, and so tarth. 
  The Orenslaar Quest is a full-length adventure taking ptace on 
  Yarhfahl against t h e  backdrop of the rebellion ot lldrlssar. 
  I t  uses t h e  
  rules and concepts flrzt developed In The Undersea Environment to 
  create a complete adventure situation. Duneraiders does the same thing 
  +or Tashrakaar and The Desert Envlronment, while Ascent to Anekthor 
  takes place In the adjacent Caledon subsector - i t  is an unusual 
  adventure linked with The Mountain Envlronment. 
  Wanted: Adventvrers and Sfartown Liberty are the first volumes of 
  two new series (Wantads and Encounters) which are applicable t o  planets 
  anywhere, Including the Drexllthar subsector. 
  They provide quick 
  adventure situatlons t h a t  can be injected in an ~nyolng campalgn or 
  used as a startlng polnt for new scenarios 
  And mwe to come, . . 
  Now releases from Gamelords uil l continue to tie together to 
  present a un If led, interconnected serles of inferesti ng Traveller 
  products. 
  Look tor continuat[ons of t h e  Environments series, the 
  Wantads series, the Encount- 
  serles, more PlloYs Guldes (to other 
  subsectors of Reavers1 Deep, as we1 l as subsectors of other, more distant 
  sectors), and of course, further adventures using t h e s e  and other 
  Gamelords' Traveller releases. 
  -48- 
  
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  I -  
  I 
  -' , From the, nwiggti~ 
  the Fmperium ~arn%a 
  A 
  ofa si~gla 
  srubaector af fimvera' Deep on the 
  t mpwial fmntlem. This ~supplemmt presents 
  baok$round tnfsrm&ti.on on the Deep and on 
  tha Drrxtlthar submGtor (setting for the 
  GamslisPdar, Ltd. adventures PRe &rWam 
  "Qmat end Dun-), 
  E a ~ h  
  world in the 
  subsector ist e-xptoracf l n $ufficiec~t dapth to be 
  tM ~ t t l n g  
  tor one or mom 8pe0ific adm- 
  turm fur use with TmIlm~, 
  Planetaty data 
  on each warid is also of ulse In conjurrcfion 
  with the Gamelord8 YmaIk* supplengents 
  dealing wi€h anvlrunmeslts. 
  Gome explore the TmvmlW univem . , , 
  with A PHat's GuMm ta Hn DmxWth~ 
  Subme- 
  tar. 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Traveller/01 - Classic Traveller/Third Party Materials - CT/Classic Traveller - FASA/FASA_Gamelords/GL-A2980-A Pilots Guide to Drexilthar Subsector.pdf