Capital (world)
Capital/Core (Core 2118) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milieu 0 | A586A98-C
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Classic Era (1116) | A586A98-F
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | G2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 5 |
Capital is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.
- This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
- This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
- It is a member of the Sylean Worlds, a cultural region and full member state of the Third Imperium in the Core Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
- This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
- This world has a nearby Imperial Way Station.
- Prior to the founding of the Third Imperium, this world was named Sylea, and was home to the Syleans, a minor human race.
- About 50% of the population is composed of Syleans.
- About 50% of the population is composed of other humans and non-human sophonts.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
- Central world of the Imperium and seat of government since its founding. Situated in the center of the Imperium, Capital's astrographical position has proven of prime importance as a communications hub, a cultural center, and an industrial focus.
- Capital is home to the Imperial Guard, Imperial Palace, Moot, and the Moot Spire among other well-known points of interest within the Third Imperium.
Monostellar System
Capital Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Capital G2 V
Primary Main Sequence 1 5720 - 5770 1 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0047 0.0829 0.95 - 1.68 0.47 4.7 Orbit # * * 4 1 6
System Data
No information yet available.
World Data
The planet is a pleasant world, 7,600km in diameter and with a surface gravity of approximately 0.7G.
- The atmosphere is a dense mixture of oxygen and nitrogen.
- Three fifths of the planetary surface is covered by water oceans, with five major continents and one minor continent including five large islands and nine archipelagos.
- Capital has a rotational period of 24h 4m 1s and an orbital period of 364.97 standard days, with an axial tilt of approximately 20.5°.
Native Lifeforms
No information yet available.
History & Background (Dossier)
A high population world in Core Subsector of Core Sector.
- Capital is a member of, and the capital world for, the Imperium.
- The system hosts a Naval Base and a Scout Way Station.
Imperial High (Landed) Nobility
Capital, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of five members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.
- It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
- It holds the estate of an Imperial count.
- It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial subsector duke.
- It holds the fiefdom of the Imperial archduke.
- It also serves as the seat of the Emperor of the Third Imperium.
World Demographics
Fourteen billion sentients inhabit Capital, a number which has remained fairly constant through the entire Third Imperium.
- Of these, eighty percent are primarily racial Vilani, eleven percent are Solomani and six percent are native Syleans, and the remaining three percent consists of a mixture of various human and non-human minor races.
World Culture
- Progressiveness: Conservative and Indifferent
- Aggressiveness: Unaggressive and Peaceable
- Extensiveness: Harmonious and Friendly
Points of Interest: Places & Buildings
- Adjacent to the Moot Spire is a building holding the headquarters of the Order of Starship and Crown.
- Adjacent to the Imperial Palace is the headquarters of the Honorable Order of the Emperor's Guard.
- Adjacent to the Headquarters of the IISS is the headquarters of the Order of the Arrow.
- The building formerly occupied by the Sylean Grand Senate now holds the headquarters of the Ancient and Preeminent Order of Sylea.
- Capital has 5 primary cities:
- Benca (Class A starport / population 6 billion)
- Cleon (Class A starport / population 4 billion)
- Mifa Lanco (Class A starport / population 3 billion)
- Turthu (Class A starport / population 9 billion)
- Ton Vorn (orbital complex) (Class A starport / population 5 billion)
- Capital has 28 secondary cities (Class F spaceports / population 500 million total)
- Capital has 135 tertiary cities (Class H spaceports / population 50 million total)
History-Era: Rebellion
Under the divided Imperium, with no emperor officially proclaimed by action of the Moot, Capital is a head without a brain, and the separate domains of the Imperium have been forced to fend for themselves under the independent leadership of their local archdukes.
- Once the current political turmoil has settled down and the Imperium is reunited, Capital will again take its place as the centerpiece of human civilization.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Classic Traveller Adventure 3 Twilight's Peak
- Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
- Classic Traveller The Traveller Book
- Periodical: Classic Traveller Travellers' Digest No. 9 in Articles: "Capital, World Profile" & "Capital, Cultural Profile"
- MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia
- Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 8 (Core Subsector)
- Marc Miller's Traveller Milieu 0 Campaign
- Marc Miller's Traveller T4 First Survey
- GURPS Traveller: Nobles (pg. 21)
- Novel: Traveller 5th Edition Agent of the Imperium
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
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