Echiste (world)

Echiste/Lanth (Spinward Marches 2313) Milieu 1116 C53A313-A Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 3 Low (7 thousand) Government 1 Company/Corporation Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G4 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Company or Corporation
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	1327
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	721-3 Resources 7 Few Labor 2 Low (700) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	0
Resource Units	10
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Echiste has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lanth Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Echiste, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world.

Astrography & Planetology

Echiste is a member of the Spinward Main.

Monostellar System

Echiste Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Echiste G4 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.985	5660 - 5680	0.94848
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0046	0.0808	0.93 - 1.65	0.46	4.6
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	6

History & Background (Dossier)

Echiste holds the Marches record for greatest number of failed outposts. There doesn't appear to be any reason other than an extraordinary run of ordinary bad luck for the failures. The current planetary development company, Echiste Corporation, LIC, is the eighth in eight centuries to try its luck.

History

The second to last attempt to settle Echiste was made in the early 800s by employees of the Société d'Echiste, which obtained an Imperial exploitation charter in exchange for colonizing the planet. The Société d'Echiste was founded by Alexandre Dumont, who believed that the Poisson-fue, a large submarine hunter, could be sold as a delicacy on Rhylanor. He was right, and the young Société prospered.

To convince people to settle on the fledgling world Dumont created a mystique of the frontiersman, drawing heavily on the Norwesters of Terran history and picturing them as heroic explorers. The romance of this vision (and a grant of stock) persuaded enough settlers to immigrate that the colony survived.

Early overfishing led to a better understanding of Echiste's complex ecology. Echistiens now nurture and guard their stocks as well as hunt them. A generation later, the Dírecteurs of the Société decided to expand the world's resource base. A project to mine the rich volcanic ores for metals and minerals from the planet's mantle was begun. This plan was carried out until 881, when the vent of Mont Gros exploded, destroying all the young Société's mining equipment.

Despite initial successes, the Société's population failed to grow to a level acceptable to the Colonial Office, and in 1113 the Office revoked the Société's exploitation grant and awarded it to a new company. The Société still has political power, but no longer receives Colonial Office subsidies. Negotiations between the Société and the new company about how to coexist are underway.

Recently Oberlindes Lines instituted regular jump-5 passenger service to Rhylanor, and the Scouts are studying the feasibility of making Echiste a link in a new jump-5 X-boat connection between Regina and Rhylanor. The company hopes that increased jump-5 traffic between Regina and Rhylanor will improve Echiste's own trade and attract more business and more settlers.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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), 22-23.
• Marc Miller. Twilight's Peak (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 11.
• 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), 42. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 88.
• Robert Prior. "Echiste", JTAS Online (April 18, 2000)
• Hans Rancke-Madsen. "Worlds Within Jump-6 of Regina", JTAS Online (July 18, 2006)
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 104. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 67-72. (UWP only)