Marastan (world)

Marastan/Glisten (Spinward Marches 2231) Milieu 1116 D868764-5 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 7 Moderate (90 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K7 V
Worlds	12
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	5733
Army Size (BEs)	300
Economic Details
Technology Level	5
Economic Extension	967-2 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 6 Moderate (9 million) Infrastructure 7 Generally available Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	0
Resource Units	302
GWP (BCr)	154
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	338
Starport Details
Classification	Class-D
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	90,000
Port employees	60
Port passengers (annual)	15,350

Marastan has an ideal environment for producing agricultural goods and an balanced population between 10 and 100 million. This 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.  The world has been set aside to preserve indigenous life forms, to delay resource development, or for other reasons. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Glisten Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Marastan, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel.

Astrography & Planetology

Marastan lies in the Ffudn Cluster.

Marastan is an Imperial Reserve, containing sprawling examples of flora and fauna collected by the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service during surveys and explorations.

Some of these are now extinct in their home environment but survive on Marastan in carefully segregated reserves. This Imperial collection, available only for research by accredited scholars, is one of the largest in the Imperium. Although the Emperor has never visited the collection, it is reported that action holographs of it are used for decoration and entertainment at the Summer Palace on Umgadin (Core 2320).

Monostellar System

Marastan Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Marastan K7 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.64	3990 - 4100	0.20972
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0029	0.038	0.47 - 0.88	0.29	2.9
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2231 Marastan (Imperial)

Starport: Class II.

Diameter: 7,846 miles (12,600 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 80%.
Climate: Cold.
Population: 92 million.
Government: Multiple societies.
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 6.
World Trade Number: 3.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

Here is a Marastan Military Brief which details some locally produced vehicles and native military formations.

A flare-up of warfare and mercenary activity starting in 1105 resulted from the discovery of vast mineral deposits on-planet, and corporate attempts to gain control of these brought Imperial intervention in 1107. This ended the local wars for a time, though the demands of the Fifth Frontier War drew attention away long enough for a few corporations to gain a foothold.

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.

• Frank Chadwick. Mercenary (Game Designers Workshop, 1978), 21.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 26-27.
• 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), 50-51.
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 99.
• Hans Rancke-Madsen, "The Outrim Frontier." JTAS Online (June 19, 2007)
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 114,115.
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 128-132. (UWP only)