Fosey (world)

Fosey/Mora (Spinward Marches 2621)
Classic Era (1116)	A633656-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 6 Moderate (6 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M3 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	0

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Fosey is a poor, non-agricultural and nonindustrial world.

• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• It has few prospects for economic development. Life here is drastically bleak.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Mora Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector in the Domain of Deneb.
• This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
• Fosey is a member of the Spinward Main.
• A large number of Llellewyloly live on the world.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Fosey has a solitary primary star.

• It is a red main sequence.

Fosey has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks		None

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x8 secondary rocky worlds.
• x2 planetoid belts.

Mainworld Data

The mainworld orbits within the star's Habitable Zone.

• It lies within the zone's prime H region.
• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Fosey is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Fosey has a pressure of 0.10 to 0.42 atmospheres. The very thin pressures require a respirator or Oxygen Mask. TL–5 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

• Close to the seas temperatures are generally moderate.
• Within the continental interior temperatures can become uncomfortably high.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Fosey has 25-35% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has a few small seas. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants will be recycled.

• Away from the seas, the environment is arid and hostile.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)

History & Background (Dossier)

Imperial Naval Intelligence maintains a regional records office on Fosey.

World Starport (St)

Fosey has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

The starport is excellent quality, with banking, refined fuel, maintenance, and a shipyard capable of manufacturing and repairing starships.

• The starport includes several TAS establishments.

World Population (P)

Fosey has a population of 6,000,000 sophonts (millions).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
• Around 750,000 Llellewyloly are resident on the world.

Urbanization

The population is clustered around the rim of the main inland sea in a series of small cities, while the large inland deserts are barely explored.

• Aboriginal human tribes exist in the deep outback. They rarely have contact with outsiders and their population numbers remain unknown.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are most commonly heard:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Hulloyuo-co, a synthetic language trilled and whistled by the Llellewyloly.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Foseian aboriginal Human dialects.

World Technology Level (T)

Fosey possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land & Water: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
  • Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
  • Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-1.

World Government (G)

Fosey is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

A feudal technocracy of Guilds rule, with advancement by competence and seniority. All conducted business is controlled by the various Guilds and often many different Guilds are brought in to finalized the different parts of a brokered deal.

World Law (L)

Fosey has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

All firearms except shotguns are prohibited, as well as Psionic drugs.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Fosey, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

Trade Data

• Importance: 1 (ordinary)

World Economy

• Resources: A (abundant)
• Labor: 5 (hundreds of thousands)
• Infrastructure: 5 (limited)
• Efficiency: +1 (average)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 5 (harmonious)
• Acceptance: 7 (aloof)
• Strangeness: 4 (somewhat distinct)
• Symbols: 9 (somewhat abstract)

The interior has an Aboriginal population of desert nomads that are shunned by the general population. The Aboriginal peoples speak a local language with traces of Vilani and Zdetl. They commune with nature, with the belief that the Universe is one whole. It is said (though generally not believed) that they are direct descendants of the Ancients and possess relics of extreme age.

• They claim that the Garden of Light, the heart of their faith, exists in a hidden place on Fosey.

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 589-604: First Frontier War.
• 604-622: the Civil War.
• 615-620: Second Frontier War.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
• 979-986: Third Frontier War.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
• 1082-1084: Fourth Frontier War, also known as the False War.
• 1107-1110: Fifth Frontier War.

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2621 Fosey (Imperial)

Starport: Class V.

Diameter: 6,004 miles (9,600 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 30%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 2.4 million.
Government: Technocracy.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 4.5.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 32-33.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 46-47. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 112.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 114. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Gregory P. Lee. Cirque (Greylock Publishing, 2014), 90-87.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 103-107. (UWP only)