Atson (world)

Atson/Querion (Spinward Marches 0111) Milieu 1116 B310598-8 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 1 Vacuum (trace) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 5 Moderate (900 thousand) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K8 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	3
Planetoid Belts	3
Cultural Details
Government	Impersonal bureaucracy
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	5458
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	D43-1 Resources D Very abundant Labor 4 Moderate (90 thousand) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	140
GWP (BCr)	1
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Atson has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a Human dominated Non-Aligned world in the Querion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

Astrography & Planetology

The planet is a small, rocky world with a frozen climate and a trace atmosphere made up of volcanic gases.

Monostellar System

Atson Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Atson K8 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.62	3930 - 3990	0.18766
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0029	0.0359	0.45 - 0.84	0.29	2.9
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0111 Atson (Independent)

Starport: Class IV.

Diameter: 3,045 miles (4,900 km).
Atmosphere: Trace oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: None.
Climate: Frozen.
Population: 900,000.
Government: Bureaucracy (starport authority).
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 8.
World Trade Number: 3.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

The sole employer on Aston is the starport, which provides a jump route via Mizan-fel (Spinward Marches 0311) to the Foreven Sector from the consulate at Terra Nova (Spinward Marches 0511).

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.
• 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), 42.
• 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), 57. (UWP only)