Walston (world)

Walston/District 268 (Spinward Marches 1232) Milieu 1116 C544338-8 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 3 Low (3 thousand) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Self-perpetuating oligarchy
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	3158
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	721-2 Resources 7 Few Labor 2 Low (300) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	11
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Walston supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. The world has a cold, though still habitable, climate at the lower limits of human comfort. It is a client state of Third Imperium in the District 268 Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector. This world contains a Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. 70% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.

Walston System
District 268/Spinward Marches 1232
Position	Distance	Name	UWP
Primary		Albin's Star	M2 V
0	0.2 AU	Walston	C544338-8
1	0.4 AU	Roberts	Y7??000-0
2	0.7 AU	-	(Empty Orbit)
3	1.0 AU	Greenish	SGG
1	?	- Ring -	YR00000-0
2	?	Moon 1	???????-?
3	?	Moon 2	???????-?
4	?	Moon 3	???????-?
5	?	Moon 4	???????-?
6	?	Moon 5	???????-?
7	?	Moon 6	???????-?
8	?	Moon 7	???????-?
4	1.6 AU	-	(Empty Orbit)
5	2.8 AU	Victir	Y?0A000-0
6	5.2 AU	Temine	H?0A000-0
7	10.0 AU	-	(Empty Orbit)
8	19.6 AU	Scales	Y?0?000-0
9	38.8 AU	Insive	SGG
1	?	Insive Alpha	Y???000-0

Astrography & Planetology

Walston is a member of the Spinward Main. Walston is a member of the Bowman Arm.

Walston's primary is named Albin's Star, while the system's two small gas giants are named Insive and Greenish. The system also contains five rocky bodies in fairly standard orbits.

Walston itself has a cool climate and a thin oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere tainted by mild pollutant affecting low-elevation areas.

Monostellar System

Walston Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Albin's Star M2 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0021	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.21	2.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	0	4

• Walston: Rocky, Habitable C544338-8 Lo 1
• Roberts: Large Rockball X600000-0 Ba Va
• 2 - (Empty Orbit)
• Greenish: Small Gas Giant
• 4 - (Empty Orbit)
• Victir: Iceball X401000-0 Ba Ic Va
• Temine: Iceball E311000-0 Ba Ic
• 7 - (Empty Orbit)
• Scales: Iceball X9A0000-0 Ba
• Insive: Small Gas Giant

General Description

Walston is a planet of unusual stillness. The shores keep their height at all hours, with no astral bodies to pull the tides like the slow breath of a giant beast. The winds, thin as they are, scarcely brush the ice off of the mountains, and on luckier, warmer days, one might be fortunate enough to see rainfall on the rocky coasts, where mountains cast shadows over deserts. Small islands and fortunate coasts enjoy some small bounty, as the deep sea vents keep the waters relatively warm, and cast life-giving moisture across an otherwise arid landscape. In these oases of warmer, wetter weather, the land is very much alive.

Biomes and Lifeforms

The primary biomes of the planet are ice sheets and cold deserts, with some amount of cold, arid plains near the coasts. Most lifeforms exist in close relationship to the waters of Walston, which are teeming with life.

Local fauna on land is primarily small, crawling insects and a number of furry egg-laying burrowers--such as the Walston (animal), named for the planet. The seas of Walston are much more verdant, however, harboring much larger beasts, such as the Alderson's Coastal Hunter, or the Deep-Water Brakarr.

History & Background (Dossier)

Walston's starport and the relatively hospitable environment makes it a popular stopover point on the Bowman Arm.

The only inhabited region of the planet is Settlement Island, which includes the capital at Central Lake. Approximately 70% of Walston's population are Vargr who settled after the Fourth Frontier War, but the government is ruled by a human elite and the Vargr are treated as distinctly second-class citizens.

The planet's subsistence-based economy depends largely on aquaculture and more conventional agriculture.

Government

While the Survey's UWP describes the government as a self-perpetuating oligarchy, it's known to some as a dictatorship--although the term is used loosely. Despite the high Law Level, the planet's military consists of not much more than the dictator's personal guard and the town's own sheriffs and starport security.

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), 18-19.
• 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), 48-49. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 75.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 110. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. Type S (ComStar Games, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Bowman Arm (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), 17-27.
• Martin Dougherty. High and Dry (Mongoose Publishing, 2016), 6-10.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 123-127. (UWP only)