Zircon (SM 1110) (world)

Zircon/Jewell (Spinward Marches 1110) Milieu 1116 C792668-8 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 2 Dry World 20% Population 6 Moderate (6 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F0 V
Worlds	12
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	6458
Army Size (BEs)	2
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	E52-2 Resources E Extremely abundant Labor 5 Moderate (600 thousand) Infrastructure 2 Extremely limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	112
GWP (BCr)	8
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	65
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	6,000
Port employees	70
Port passengers (annual)	0

Zircon has a tainted, unbreatheable atmosphere and little available surface water. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. The governance of this world is from Arden (Spinward Marches 1011). It is a Human dominated Non-Aligned world in the Jewell Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector. This world hosts a Military Base for support of military ground forces.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The planet has a cool climate and a dense oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere with a low-virulence allergen taint.

Zircon is a member of the Spinward Main.

Monostellar System

Zircon (SM 1110) Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Zircon (SM 1110) F0 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1.61	7020 - 7220	5.2953
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.008	0.1909	2.02 - 3.48	0.8	8
	Orbit #	*	0	5	2	7

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1110 Zircon (Federation of Arden)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 7,058 miles (11,300 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen with a low-virulence allergen taint=.
Hydrographics: 22%.
Climate: Cool.
Population: 6.378 million.
Government: Ruled directly from Arden (subjugated), but currently forming a home government.
Control Level: 5.
Tech Level: 8.
World Trade Number: 3.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

This world was colonized by and is controlled from Zenopit (world).

The Federation of Arden is particularly influential on Zircon and is considered to control the world. Although rated rated "non-industrial," Arden-backed industrial concerns, operated by personnel brought in for the purpose, are currently operating on the planet.

History-Era: Milieu 1120

Zircon was a non-aligned world until 1107, when it was absorbed by the Federation of Arden as a colony. Its system contains a military base.

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.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 12-13.
• 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), 37. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 59.
• 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), 32. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. Showing the Sunburst (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 10.