Achille (world)

Achille/Old Islands (Reft 2324)
Classic Era (1116)	E301335-9 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 3 Low (1 thousand) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
New Era (1200)	X101100-A Starport X No Starport Size 1 Small (1,600 km, 0.05g - 0.09g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 1 Low (90) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
Fourth Imperium (1300)	X101000-0 Starport X No Starport Size 1 Small (1,600 km, 0.05g - 0.09g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	A9 V M0 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	0

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Jump map from Travellermap.com

Achille is an icy, low-population vacuum world, with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

• Its surface is ice-capped with little or no atmosphere and nearly all of its water frozen.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Old Islands Subsector of Reft Sector.

Astrography and Planetology

Most vessels plying between Amondiage and Sansterre go via St Denis, because the port at Achille is so basic. It is little more than a flat area of bedrock. Fuel must be obtained by cracking ice, but doing so close to the settlement (and the port) is forbidden.

Achille has two stars in the star system.

Achille
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	A9 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.75	7220 - 7400	7.08979
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0162	0.2209	2.32 - 4	1.62	16.2
	Orbit #	*	0	5	4	8
	Remarks
Achille
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0055	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.55	5.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	1	6
	Remarks

History and Background

Colonized after the introduction of the jump drive into the clusters by a utopian group from Sansterre (Reft 2322), the colony remains although the original fervor has waned.

The locals have little interest in offworld contact and make no effort to either welcome visitors nor to make money off them. It is possible to find somewhere to stay and to buy needed goods, but prices are high.

World Languages

• French

New Era

With the arrival of the Regency forces in 1140, Achille was found to be a Cemetery world, with no remaining population. The cause, whether the continued fighting between the Island cluster powers or a Virus attack, remains unknown. The world was renamed Mitchell by the Regency Quarantine Service and serves as one of the their local bases.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 12. (map only)
• John Harshman, Marc Miller. Trillion Credit Squadron (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 47.
• Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Reft Sector." The Travellers' Digest 20 (1990): 26-28.
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb System Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 57.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 33,72.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 165,166.
• Martin Dougherty. Reft Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2010), .
• The Trillion Credit Squadron campaign - Achille by Alex Tingle
• Old Islands by Peter Gray