Zila (world)

Zila/Aramis (Spinward Marches 2908) Milieu 1116 E556727-7 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 7 Moderate (70 million) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K6 V M3 V
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	7657
Army Size (BEs)	200
Economic Details
Technology Level	7
Economic Extension	967-1 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 6 Moderate (7 million) Infrastructure 7 Generally available Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	340
GWP (BCr)	120
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-E
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	70,000
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Zila is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. The system has a population between 10 million and 100 million sophonts. This world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Aramis Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Zila, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world.

Astrography & Planetology

Zila is the moon of a gas giant, and suffers huge tides as a result. Zila has a warm climate and a thin oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere.

Binary Solar System

Zila Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Zila 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
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Zila M3 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0017	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.17	1.7
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	4

History & Background (Dossier)

Prior to the Fifth Frontier War the IISS established a minor trading station at Zila to encourage commerce with the neighboring Vargr.

The wine of Zila has an excellent reputation; recent vintages have been critically acclaimed throughout the Marches. Four wineries dominate the market: Fireau et Fille, Signal, Delatest, and Tukera Wines. The vinyards of Zila often specialize in cultivation of Trake.

In addition to Zila Startown, other major settlements on Zila include Suugadus, Dirniga, and Irkigaki.

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), 28-29.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. The Traveller Adventure (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 61,91-92.
• Marc Miller. Exit Visa (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), TBD.
• 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)
• Kevin Knight. "Planetary Profiles." Traveller Chronicle 01 (1993): 24-25.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 39. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 102.
• 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), 46-51. (UWP only)