Thanber (world)

Thanber/Querion (Spinward Marches 0717) Milieu 1116 B543653-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 6 Moderate (2 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M0 V M1 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	3729
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	12
Economic Extension	955-2 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (200 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	180
GWP (BCr)	7
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	453
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	1,900
Port employees	30
Port passengers (annual)	0

Thanber has both an unbreathably thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a client state of Third Imperium in the Querion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

Astrography & Planetology

The world’s ruling technocrats are supported by Tukera Lines, who own the Starport, which is guarded by Tukera mercenaries rather than Imperial marines. The corporation’s costs are loaded onto visitors in the form of high tariffs on almost everything. The technocrats are opposed to any other power gaining a foothold in their system.

Binary Solar System

Thanber Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Than 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
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Thego M1 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0023	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.23	2.3
	Orbit #	*	*	1	0	5

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0717 Thanber (Imperial Client State)

Starport: Class IV.

Diameter: 1,492 miles (2,400 km).
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen, tainted by micro-organisms.
Hydrographics: 34%.
Climate: Cold.
Population: 2.003 million.
Government: Feudal technocracy.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 10.
World Trade Number: 4.0.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Imperial Navy maintains a courier route with the Imperial frontier at Frenzie (Spinward Marches 1116) via Thanber.

World Nobility

• See Nobles of Thanber

Thanber lies at the edge of a region between Zhodani space and the Darrian Confederation. Thanber combines the technical and political requirements of an ideal pirate haven. It is watched carefully by both the Imperial Navy and the Zhodani naval forces.

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.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 6-7.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Loren Wiseman. "The Ecology of Piracy on the Spinward Main." Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 19 (1984): 11.
• 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), 40. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 45.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 99. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 56-60. (UWP only)