Keltchner (world)

Keltchner/Trin's Veil (Spinward Marches 2639) Milieu 1116 C525567-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 5 Moderate (600 thousand) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K6 V
Worlds	15
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	5459
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	943-1 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 4 Moderate (60 thousand) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	97
GWP (BCr)	1
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	292
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	20
Port passengers (annual)	0

Keltchner has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. The governance of this world is from . It is a member of Third Imperium in the Trin's Veil Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Keltchner, 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

It is located within the Dodds Cluster.

Monostellar System

Keltchner Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Keltchner K6 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.69	4100 - 4300	0.27288
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0031	0.0433	0.53 - 0.99	0.31	3.1
	Orbit #	*	*	2	1	5

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2639 Keltchner (Imperial)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 5,121 miles (8,200 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 50%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 50,000.
Government: Military (naval governor.
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 3.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

Keltchner's name has several common variations, including Kelcher, Keltcher and Kletcher.

The planet is frequently used for the training of Imperial Army units. A permanent training cadre and "aggressor division" are based here (though not listed as part of the population). Imperial Army divisions pass through at regular intervals. The aggressor division maintains stocks of equipment similar to typical Zhodani, Sword Worlds and Aslan issue, and its soldiers are trained to simulate the fighting style of the major potential foes troops might encounter, as well as a more generic “insurgent/guerrilla force.” Training is of high quality and realism, and results in a few deaths each year.

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 (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 34-35.
• 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), 51. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 118.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 115. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 133-138. (UWP only)