Hofud (world)

Hofud/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 1524) Milieu 1116 B666853-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 8 Moderate (600 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G6 V M9 V
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	5C27
Army Size (BEs)	1500
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	B7D+1 Resources B Abundant Labor 7 Moderate (60 million) Infrastructure D Comprehensive Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	4
Resource Units	1,001
GWP (BCr)	3,513
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	21,800
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	570,000
Port employees	16,470
Port passengers (annual)	1,337,050

Hofud is a garden world with an environment conducive to most sophonts. The system has a population between 100 million and a billion 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.

Astrography & Planetology

Hofud is a member of the Spinward Main.

Hofud has at least 11 small moons and a dust ring, an unusual number for a world smaller than a gas giant.

Binary Solar System

Hofud Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Freyr G6 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.97	5550 - 5600	0.89888
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0044	0.0786	0.91 - 1.61	0.44	4.4
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	6
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Skirnir M9 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.079	2350 - 2380	0.00014
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0005	0.001	0.01 - 0.03	0.05	0.5
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	1

Mainworld Topography and Geography

Most people on Hofud live on the larger of the two continents, Ofrein. The smaller continent, Baaten, is far less populated, with only 60 million people to Ofrein's 520 million.

History & Background (Dossier)

In the aftermath of the Sacnoth Dominate, Hofud became a local power through the time of the Hofud Alliance.

In 383, Hofud launched a campaign of conquest against Sting, forcing its government to flee into exile on Biter. Attempts to crush continued resistance led to a 20-year guerrilla war on Biter, which became too costly for Hofud to bear. Unable to accept defeat, the Hofud occupying force began rounding up the population of Biter and relocating them to other worlds.

Prior to the Fifth Frontier War Hofud was a member of the Sword Worlds Confederation, but following the war Hofud became part of the Imperial Client state known as the Border Worlds. Hofud has generally hosted a military base.

Trivia

Hǫfuð ("man-head") is the sword of Heimdallr from Norse mythology, who was the guardian of the burning rainbow bridge Bifröst.

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.

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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)
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• Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 60-62.
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• Martin Dougherty. Sword Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2020), .