Cthonia (AC 0515) (world)

Cthonia/Orichalc (Alpha Crucis 0515)
Classic Era (1116)	A555ACB-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population A High (70 billion) Government C Charismatic Oligarchy Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M0 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Cthonia (AC 0515) is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
• This is a "Puzzle" world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Orichalc Subsector of Alpha Crucis Sector.

• This world has colonies at:
  • Magus (world)
  • Kinschenck (world)
• Cthonia is a member of the Orichalc Regional Defense Association (ORDA).

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

No information yet available.

Monostellar System

Cthonia (AC 0515) Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Cthonia (AC 0515) M0 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0027	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.27	2.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5

System Data

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Mainworld Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Size (S)

This world is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

This world has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

This world has 45-55% of its surface covered by liquid water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

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Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

Cthonia is a high-population border world located in Orichalc Subsector of Alpha Crucis Sector. The system belongs to the Solomani Confederation and is a founding member of the Orichalc Regional Defense Association (ORDA).

World Starport (Sp)

This world 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.

World Population (P)

This world has a population of 10,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

World Government

This world is governed by a Charismatic Oligarchy, like a charismatic dictatorship in that a larger group has asserted their right to rule. The group will have better rules of succession and may last longer or may transition to a non-charismatic dictatorship.

World Economy

Cthonia is well know for manufacturing cybernetic augments.

World Military

Cthonia has a significant Home Forces naval component that is equipped with a higher proportion of jump-capable vessels than considered normal. These forces, as well the Home Forces of as other ORDA members, regularly exercise with the Solomani Confederation navy.

The ORDA members tend to organize their Home Forces along the Cthonian model, train at their military academy and use equipment designed by them.

Cthonia is the unofficial second home of the Solomani Confederation's Orichalc Border Fleet. The system's well-equipped Home Forces base is more than capable of supporting the fleet.

World Demographics

Cthonia was founded by a mutli-racial group of Terran settlers. The system is nearly entirely populated by people of Solomani descent.

World Culture

Cthonia is famed for its widespread usage of neuro-psychological techniques in many aspects of its society. It is used in the educational system to meticulously channel children into those fields they are most likely to excel in. People tend to be funneled into their eventual roles in a Cthonian corporation, government bureau or military force before adolescence. These techniques and other neural analyses are used in the court system.

World Law Level (L)

This world has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. A few worlds with this law level may be a Red Zone and others will be an Amber Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors). Civilian movement is rigidly controlled. Travel documents are frequently checked, and destinations must often be declared when traveling substantial distances across the world.

World Technology Level (TL)

This world possesses a Technology Level of TL–14 or TL-E in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early meson communicators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, early collectors, and advanced fusion plants.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-5.

Historical Data

Cthonia was one of the earliest Terran Confederation colonies. During the late Rule of Man Cthonia grew to prominence as a trading hub and industrial center and retained this influence even during the Long Night. In 33 the Protectorate of Cthonia was established as a successor to the League of Orichalc that collapsed four centuries earlier. Cthonia was the center of this important pocket empire during the Long Night, and its legacy played a major role in the eventual establishment of the Solomani Movement. The contemporary ORDA is in many ways the successor of the Protectorate and is even referred to as the 'New Cythonian Protectorate.'

• The Protectorate of Cthonia was the last holdout of the pocket empires in the Alpha Crucis sector to be incorporated into the Imperium in 595.
• Cthonia was an early adherent to the Solomani Movement, sending a large delegation to the first Movement meeting on Terra (Solomani Rim 1827) in 685.
• In 1014 Cthonia founded ORDA, a mutual defense alliance consisting of 13 Confederation border worlds. Cthonia leads ORDA and has also used this position to gain economic and political advantages over its neighboring worlds. ORDA maintains a large, sophisticated fleet against the Imperial threat, independent of Confederation control. Although legally entitled to such a navy by the Charter, Confederation officials are concerned about the size of the ORDA armada. However, the potential expansion of Cthonian neuro-psychological techniques to other Solomani worlds has so far impelled the Confederation to leave Cthonia in peace.

World Timeline

• -4200 - Ziru Sirka explore and establish outposts in the Orichalc subsector
• -2290 - Cthonia colonized by Terrain Confederation
• -2245 - Terrain Confederation conquers entirety of Orichalc subsector
• -1776 - Collapse of the Rule of Man
• -1353 - League of Orichalc established
• -127 - League of Orichalc collapses
• 33 - Protectorate of Cthonia established
• 595 - Protectorate of Cthonia dissolved and member systems joined the Third Imperium
• 685 - Delegates sent to the foundational meeting of the Solomani Movement
• 740 - Alpha Crucis joins Solomani Autonomous Region
• 871 - Solomani Confederation founded
• 990 - Solomani Rim War begins
• 1002 - Solomani Rim War ends with Imperial victory
• 1014 - Founded the Orichalc Regional Defense Association (ORDA).
• 1050 - Cthonia is the first world in Alpha Crucis to reach TL14

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Classic Traveller Alien Module 7: Hiver (named but further data)
• Classic Traveller Atlas of the Imperium
• MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr (dot map provided)
• MegaTraveller Alien - Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani
• Mongoose Traveller: Alpha Crucis Sector
• Mongoose 2nd: Solomani Front
• External Link: AB's Traveller Page ^{dead link}
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science