Convention of Interdiction

A legal agreement between powers of the Islands Cluster, to interdict the planet Orphee for the protection of its native sophont life.

Description

With non-human intelligent life very rare in the Islands, the Orpheides are of particular interest to local science. The Convention of Interdiction provides for the protection of the Orpheides from outside exploitation but permits some scientific observation.

Blockade

The Convention of Interdiction requires that ships of at least two powers -- and more normally three -- must be on station to maintain the blockade at any given time. In practice, only Joyeuse maintains the blockade full-time. Other powers send a ship occasionally, usually at increasingly long intervals. There are big gaps in the blockade and if permission can be obtained from the government of Joyeuse to visit the world then bypassing any other blockading ships is a relatively simple matter. Permission is granted to scientific parties from time to time, but this has to come from a joint commission based on New Home. People generally find it quicker and simpler to bypass the blockade.

References and Contributors

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.

• Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Reft Sector." The Travellers' Digest 20 (1990): 26-28.
• Martin Dougherty. Reft Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2010), .