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) 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	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.

Thanber/Querion (Spinward Marches 0717) New Era A543755-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 7 Moderate (10 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	4939
Army size (BEs)	12
Economic Details
Technology Level	12
Economic Extension	96B+1 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 6 Moderate (1 million) Infrastructure B Very extensive Efficiency +1 Average
Importance	2
Resource Units	594
GWP (BCr)	46
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	9,322
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	9,500
Port employees	3,615
Port passengers (annual)	33,700

Era: New Era

Thanber is a poor, preindustrial world.

• The world has poor grade living conditions: a scarcity of water and a relatively sparse atmosphere.
• As a preindustrial world, this planet cannot yet manufacture enough high-technology resources to support a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• This world hopes to one day be one of the subsectors industrial powerhouses, but hasn't realized that dream yet. The leaders of this world are regularly embarking on trade missions to attract more investment capital, worker-immigrants, and other necessary stepping stones to achieve this goal. It is a client state of Regency of Deneb in the Querion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

Description (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	Color	Classification	Notes
Thanber Primary	Primary	Red	M0 V
Thanber Companion	Secondary	Red	M1 V

IISS 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..

References & Contributors (Sources)

This article was copied or excerpted from the following copyrighted sources and used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), .
• Journal of the Travellers Aid Society No. 19 in Article: "The Ecology of Piracy on the Spinward Main"
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 40.
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 45.
• Mongoose Traveller: Spinward Marches