Biter (world)

Biter/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 1526) Milieu 1116 B354623-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 6 Moderate (3 million) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G7 V M1 V
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	3927
Army Size (BEs)	15
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	957+1 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (300 thousand) Infrastructure 7 Generally available Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	3
Resource Units	315
GWP (BCr)	10
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	2,013
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	3,000
Port employees	185
Port passengers (annual)	14,000

Biter is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. The system has a population between 100,000 and 10 million sophonts. It is a member of Sword Worlds Confederation in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Sword Worlds. This world supports a Sword Worlds Military Base and the system supports a Sword Worlds Naval Base.

Biter (world)/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 1526) New Era B354626-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 6 Moderate (5 million) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	392C
Army Size (BEs)	12
Economic Details
Technology Level	12
Economic Extension	957-3 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (500 thousand) Infrastructure 7 Generally available Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	221
GWP (BCr)	15
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	5,709
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	2,000
Port employees	505
Port passengers (annual)	31,900

Era: New Era

Biter is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. The system has a population between 100,000 and 10 million sophonts. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Biter orbits its primary, Thorin, and a distance of 0.84 AU. Thorin has a companion star named Gondolin.

• Biter's capital city of Ifningholm is located near the equator on the western edge of the continent of Trakismark, on the shores of the Afnarhav Ocean.

Binary Solar System

Biter Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Biter G7 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.95	5480 - 5550	0.83567
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0043	0.0758	0.88 - 1.56	0.43	4.3
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	6
	Remarks
	"Thorin"
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Biter 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
	Remarks
	"Gondolin"

History & Background (Dossier)

Biter was once a thriving planet with more than 20 million citizens, but a war with Hofud (Spinward Marches 1524) in 419-439 resulted in depopulation and the destruction of its environment. Prior to the Fifth Frontier War Biter was a member of the Sword Worlds Confederation. Despite this alliance the Biter system actually contained an Imperial Scout Base supporting the xboat link to the Five Sisters Subsector.

Following the war Biter was occupied and became part of the Imperial Client state known as the Border Worlds Confederation. In 1119 Biter was allowed to join the Imperium.

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 Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), .
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 45.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 72.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 72.
• GURPS Traveller: Sword Worlds
• Mongoose Traveller: Spinward Marches