Gothe (world)

Gothe/Five Sisters (Spinward Marches 0332) Milieu 1116 E42159B-7 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 5 Moderate (300 thousand) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F5 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Impersonal bureaucracy
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	7279
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	7
Economic Extension	741-1 Resources 7 Few Labor 4 Moderate (30 thousand) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	25
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-E
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Gothe has a tainted unbreathably thin atmosphere and very little surface water. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions make it dangerous to visitors. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Five Sisters Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Gothe, 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

Gothe is a member of the Spinward Main.

Gothe is a very cold world with a very thin atmosphere tainted by fine dust.

Monostellar System

Gothe Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Gothe F5 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1.33	6350 - 6550	2.71319
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0069	0.1366	1.49 - 2.6	0.69	6.9
	Orbit #	*	0	4	2	6

History & Background (Dossier)

The population has recently been introduced by the Third Imperium, and lives in purpose-built underground complexes while a new city and starport are constructed with the aim of helping develop the subsector. With financing short, the project is many years behind schedule.

History-Era: Milieu: New Era

Non-canon: Gothe is one of the Sisters' newest colonized worlds. Only settled in the period just prior to the Fifth Frontier War, it seemed that the project was something of a white elephant. The Ministry of Colonization pushed it only as a pawn on the bureaucratic chessboard back at Capital, and as a defiant gesture towards the Third Imperium's enemies. Otherwise the world had few redeeming qualities. Its poverty and confinement to primitive domed cities led to the creation of a restrictive bureaucratic government under the Ministry's supervision, and rather draconian laws reminiscent of Quhaiathat's.

The Quarantine proved to be the world's savior. It became the main J-1 connector from the main port at Mirriam and traffic moving along the main Spin Main trade routes from Raschev (Foreven 3230) and Emape. A massive RQS presence was soon stationed to inspect traffic coming across the border, and had the perverse effect of both strengthening and complicating the world government’s power.

With the demise of the Ministry of Colonization, the government has felt the fiscal sting of going it alone without outside assistance. It plays a double game, supporting the RQS to the hilt, often demanding an expansion of its presence on the world in excess even of the massive bivouac it already maintains, all with the purpose of creating a steady income stream for the world and its inhabitants. But most of the money ends up with the government, who trickles it out to maintain public support. The highest ministers are quite corrupt, and they have a finger in every enterprise that caters to either the RQS or the port. Because of the constant stream of traffic, they can impose higher port fees, and hassle incoming ship crews with unnecessary bureaucratic meddling until a bribe is paid. The paucity with which money is doled out by the local ministries, and the larcenous behavior of high officials, often encourages lower ranking officials and the average gentle-being in the street to emulate their betters and even try to outdo them in graft and gouging. It has been remarked that most local law enforcement is bent towards either of two goals: collecting bribes or suppressing groups that compete with them for bribes.

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.

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• 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), 48. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 52.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 109. (UWP only)
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• Peter Gray - BARD OPAL 9512