Callia (world)

Callia/Glisten (Spinward Marches 1836)
Classic Era (1116)	E550852-6 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 8 Moderate (800 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M3 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	0

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Callia is a poor, moderate population desert world with no free-standing water and a population over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts in size.

• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Glisten Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector in the Domain of Deneb.
• It has a significant Jonkereen population.
• Callia is a member of the Spinward Main.
• It is a member of the County of Bellion.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Callia has a solitary primary star.

• It is a red main sequence.

Callia has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x9 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 planetoid belt.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Callia is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Callia has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

• It experiences generally moderate temperatures.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Callia has no free-standing water or ice on the surface. Wilderness refueling isn't possible on this world. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are classified Desert World or a Hell World depending on their atmosphere.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)

History & Background (Dossier)

Jonkeereen, though present in huge numbers, represent less than five percent of the world’s population. They remain almost invisible by dwelling deep in the planet's deserts.

The only water available on Callia is in natural underground aquifers. It is pumped to the surface to provide water for the population, for agriculture, and for industry. It is a scarce and precious resource and wasting water - such as spitting or a failure to recycle urine - is regarded as a serious criminal offence. It is one of the few crimes that is actively pursued on a world noted for its fairly lax laws.

Baseline human Callians are not fond of outsiders, who take from their limited pool of resources, whether they be off-worlders or Jonkeereen; this suits the isolationist Jonkeereen just fine.

Jonkereen from the world work with the Glisten Institute of Planetological Studies.

This world is a member of the County of Bellion.

World Starport (St)

Callia has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of a downport.

World Population (P)

Callia has a population of 800,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

• Less than 5% of the population (no more than 30 million individuals) is made up of Jonkereen.

Urbanization

Huge disorganized towns and cities exist around artesian wells that are managed and controlled by the ruling technician caste.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are most commonly heard:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Technology Level (T)

Callia possesses a Technology Level of TL–6.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fission power generation, advanced water and wind generation of electricity.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, early ATV's, and dedicated AFV's.
  • Water: Amphibious vehicles, improved submersibles, and early SCUBA gear.
  • Air: Early jet aircraft and rotorcraft VTOL's.
  • Space: Early unmanned rocket delivery systems and early manned orbital rockets.

World Government (G)

Callia is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

Communities are ruled by the technician caste, who operate the vital pumps and filters that provide water to the population.

World Law (L)

Callia has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Portable energy weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Callia, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the fiefdom of a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversees affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial viscount.

Trade Data

• Importance: -2 (very unimportant)

Callia has a TL–14 glass production facility, manufactured on Glisten and imported to the world.

• It sources all of its materials locally, using the extremely fine grade sand found on the world, naturally occurring natron, and limestones formed from the shells of tiny desert creatures.

World Economy

• Resources: A (abundant)
• Labor: 7 (tens of millions)
• Infrastructure: 5 (limited)
• Efficiency: -5 (extremely poor)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 4 (harmonious)
• Acceptance: 6 (aloof)
• Strangeness: 1 (very typical)
• Symbols: 2 (very concrete)

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 392: Callia joins the Imperium.
• 589-604: First Frontier War.
• 604-622: the Civil War.
• 615-620: Second Frontier War.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
• 979-986: Third Frontier War.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
• 1082-1084: Fourth Frontier War, also known as the False War.
• 1107-1110: Fifth Frontier War.

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1836 Callia (Imperial)

Starport: Class I.

Diameter: 1,175 miles (1,900 km).
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: None.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 900 million (250,000 Jonkeereen).
Government: Technocracy.
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 6.
World Trade Number: 3.5.

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

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 26-27.
• 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), 50-51.
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 95.
• Hans Rancke-Madsen, "The Outrim Frontier." JTAS Online (June 19, 2007)
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 114. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Callia (Avenger Enterprises, 2009), 2-6.
• Shannon Appelcline, "Aliens of the Marches: The Jonkeereen", Freelance Traveller 023 (November 2011)
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 128-132. (UWP only)
• Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication
• Rob Dean - The Zhodani Base