Sontar (world)

Sontar/Bascoj (Old Expanses 2537)
Classic Era (1116)	B9C4943–C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere C Exotic (insidious) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 9 High ( billion) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G3 V M6 V
Planetoid Belts
Gas Giants

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Sontar is a nonindustrial world, that requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.

• In a technological universe, societies without industrial capability generally suffer as nearly all manufactured and high tech goods must be brought in at significant cost.
• As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
• It is the homeworld of the Sontarrans, a Variant Human Race species that has been adapted to Sontar’s high gravity and Insidious Atmosphere
• Sontarran society is highly militarised, with anything other than military or mercenary work served almost exclusively by either penal labour or automation. Even within the military service auxiliary roles such as administration or medical are seen as dishonourable and used as punitive assignments.

• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Bascoj Subsector of Old Expanses Sector in the Domain of Sol.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Binary Solar System

Sontar Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Sontar G3 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.99	5680 - 5720	0.96544
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0815	0.94 - 1.66	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	6
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Sontar M6 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.102	2740 - 2810	0.00034
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0006	0.0015	0.02 - 0.04	0.06	0.6
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	2

Sontar has an Insidious atmosphere caused by a combination of extremely acidic chemistry and high levels of radiation, with 0.6 atmospheres of pressure at sea level. The atmosphere is composed of Carbon Dioxide(99.3%) and Sulfur Dioxide(0.7%).

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Sontar, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

World Starport (St)

Sontar has a Class B Starport, a good quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Technology Level (T)

Sontar possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-3.
• Sontar military forces make regular use of TL 13-14 equipment

World Military

• The systems Naval Base was once an important staging ground for the 810th Fleet during the Solomani Rim War, but since the end of hostilities much of the former facilities have been decommissioned, either mothballed or converted for civilian usage.
• Whilst scale backed from its former size, Sontar still maintains a large military force and plays an active, and very eager, role in securing the region from Interstellar Piracy.

World Law (L)

Sontar has a low law level. Most laws pertain to the protection of military, government and important civilian infrastructure. Citizens are generally expected to defend themselves, with liberal use of force allowed. Machine guns, portable energy weapons, military weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas may not be openly carried or used, but may be traded and transported for use off world.

References

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.

• Classic Traveller Atlas of the Imperium
• Classic Traveller Alien Module 7: Hiver (named but no further data)
• Periodical: Classic Traveller FASA High Passage Magazine
• MegaTraveller Alien - Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)
• MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr (dot map provided)
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 12
• Traveller: The New Era Main Rulebook
• TNE Path of Tears and
• Author & Contributor: Charles Wilkinson