Victoria (SM 1817) (world)

Victoria/Lanth (Spinward Marches 1817) Milieu 1116 D6D7772-2 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere D Exotic (dense, high) Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 7 Moderate (10 million) Government 7 Balkanization Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level 2 Pre-Industrial (printing)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K6 V
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	3511
Army Size (BEs)	5
Economic Details
Technology Level	2
Economic Extension	963-5 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 6 Moderate (1 million) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	81
GWP (BCr)	5
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-D
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	10,000
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Victoria system has a population between 10 and 100 million sophonts. This world contains an archaeological site with artifacts suspected to be from the now-vanished Ancients. This world designated as a Red Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it extremely dangerous to visitors. Everyone is forbidden to travel here. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lanth Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb.

Astrography and planetology

Victoria is a medium size world with a dense, tainted atmosphere. The taint requires an oxygen supply or full sealed environment suit to survive, but exists only at the lower elevations. Above 1000m the atmosphere is safe to breathe.

It is located just off the Lanth-Ghandi-Dinomn xboat route. It is also located within the Abyss Rift.

Satellite "Albert"

Victoria has a single moon, Albert, which is large enough to have an atmosphere and appears to even have some surface water. It is officially listed as uninhabited though there have been reports of a stone or sometimes crystalline city on the surface.

Monostellar System

Victoria Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Victoria 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

History and background

The human population of Victoria numbers approximately ten million. The people dwell on high ground, mainly in a region known as the Mesas. There is no world government: laws, government, and technology vary from area to area.

Balloons and dirigibles, sometimes powered by hand-cranked propellers, have made travel possible between areas previously cut off by low ground. In addition to the City of Victoria, the other major settlement on the planet is Sarik Gi. While proper permits might allow visits to Victoria, such permits include strict clauses about trading metal or metal goods to the locals, and specifically prohibits access to Victoria’s moon, Albert. Permits make it perfectly clear that lethal force may be used without warning against any vessel approaching the moon.

Point of Interest: Orbital Bombardment Evidence

Approximately 300,000 years ago Victoria appears to have been subject to a devastating bombardment from space by a variety of weapons, most notably asteroids. The bombardment resulted in a number of immense craters, some of which are today seas or great lakes; the Mesas also appear to have been created by the bombardment.

References and contributors

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), 22-23.
• 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)
• Martin Rait. "Spinward Marches Pre-Imperial History." Meshan Saga 07 (1988): 13-14.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 42. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 86.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 104. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 71-72.