Giffard (world)

Giffard/Truax (Gushemege 2337)
Classic Era (1116)	D513677-7 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 1 Vacuum (trace) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 6 Moderate (8 million) Government 7 Balkanization Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M3 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	3

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Giffard is an icy, non-agricultural and nonindustrial world, whose surface is ice-capped and with nearly all of its water frozen.

• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Truax Subsector of Gushemege Sector in the Domain of Vland.
• This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling IISS starships and personnel.
• It is a member of the Gushemege Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Giffard has a solitary primary star.

• It is a red main sequence.

Monostellar System

Giffard Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Giffard M3 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0017	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.17	1.7
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	4
	Remarks
	None

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Local Nobility

Giffard, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Aslan (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), . (named but no further data)
• Classic Traveller Atlas of the Imperium
• MegaTraveller Alien - Solomani & Aslan (dotmap provided)
• MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr (dotmap provided)
• Marc Miller's Traveller T4 First Survey
• Author & Contributor: David Burden of the HIWG
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science