Thanber (world)
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Primary | M0 V M1 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Government | Feudal technocracy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Low | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 3729 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | 955-2
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Importance Extension | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 180 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 453 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 1,900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 0 |
Thanber has both an unbreathably thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a client state of Third Imperium in the Querion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.
Astrography & Planetology
The world’s ruling technocrats are supported by Tukera Lines, who own the Starport, which is guarded by Tukera mercenaries rather than Imperial marines. The corporation’s costs are loaded onto visitors in the form of high tariffs on almost everything. The technocrats are opposed to any other power gaining a foothold in their system.
Binary Solar System
Thanber Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Thanber M0 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.57 3770 - 3850 0.13982 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0027 0.031 0.39 - 0.74 0.27 2.7 Orbit # * * 2 0 5 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Thanber M1 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.5 3620 - 3660 0.08839 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0023 0.0247 0.31 - 0.59 0.23 2.3 Orbit # * * 1 0 5
IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey
0717 Thanber (Imperial Client State)
Starport: Class IV.
Diameter: 1,492 miles (2,400 km).
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen, tainted by micro-organisms.
Hydrographics: 34%.
Climate: Cold.
Population: 2.003 million.
Government: Feudal technocracy.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 10.
World Trade Number: 4.0.
History & Background (Dossier)
The Imperial Navy maintains a courier route with the Imperial frontier at Frenzie (Spinward Marches 1116) via Thanber.
World Nobility
Thanber lies at the edge of a region between Zhodani space and the Darrian Confederation. Thanber combines the technical and political requirements of an ideal pirate haven. It is watched carefully by both the Imperial Navy and the Zhodani naval forces.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 6-7.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
- Loren Wiseman. "The Ecology of Piracy on the Spinward Main." Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 19 (1984): 11.
- 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), 40. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 45.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 99. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 56-60. (UWP only)
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com