Garda-Vilis (world)

Garda-Vilis/Vilis (Spinward Marches 1118) Milieu 1116 B978868-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 8 Moderate (500 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V
Worlds	14
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	8A5A
Army Size (BEs)	150
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	D7B+2 Resources D Very abundant Labor 7 Moderate (50 million) Infrastructure B Very extensive Efficiency +2 Good
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	2,002
GWP (BCr)	1,830
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	31,920
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	500,000
Port employees	8,610
Port passengers (annual)	35,700

Garda-Vilis is a moderate population world, too many sophonts to be an agricultural world but not enough to be an industrial world. The governance of this world is from Vilis (Spinward Marches 1119). It is a member of Third Imperium in the Vilis Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Garda-Vilis, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight and a baronet, and the fiefdoms of a marquis and a viscount. All four are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel.

Astrography & Planetology

This system is located in the Vilis Trace.

Garda-Vilis is a fairly large planet with a normal climate, extensive ocean coverage, and a standard oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere designated as tainted since 25% of humans find that it seriously irritates nasal membranes for the first few weeks of exposure.

Monostellar System

Garda-Vilis Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Garda-Vilis M3 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.3942	2300 - 3100	0.02
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.00404	0.01179	0.11 - 0.18	0.404	4.04
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	6
	Remarks
	None

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1118 Garda-Vilis (anoose (Imperial) - Amber Zone

Starport: Class IV.

Diameter: 8,965 miles (14,300 km).
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen designated as tainted since 25% of humans find it seriously irritates nasal membranes for the first few weeks of exposure.
Hydrographics: 80%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 923,000,000.
Government: Anarchy (starport under martial law enforced by Imperial Navy).
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 5.

History & Background (Dossier)

The majority of the world’s more than 470 million inhabitants dwell on the world’s largest continent, mostly around the coasts. The major population center and capital has grown up around the world’s large Downport, which also serves a small Imperial Scout Base. The remainder of the population is scattered about the largest continents in small cities and farming communities.

Garda-Vilis was originally settled in -121 by Sword Worlders from the Sacnoth Dominate and named Danuuz, which eventually became Tanoose. However, this colony failed and the planet was eventually claimed by nearby Vilis (Spinward Marches 1119) and renamed Garda-Vilis (New Vilis). Ever since, Garda-Vilis has been exploited to the benefit of Vilis. Vilis encouraged agriculture but maintained strict control on the development of heavy industry, keeping the colony economically dependent.

World Government

The world government of Garda-Vilis is a highly unpopular council of Vilis army officers, which led the formation of the Tanoose Freedom League (TFL), loyal to the Imperium but determined to secure home rule. A low-level insurgency went on for some time, flaring up in 1103 and again in 1105. Support for the rebels came from the Sword Worlds and Zhodani Consulate. When the rebellion was put down, the atrocities perpetrated by Vilis troops and mercenaries against the civilian populace triggered an Imperial intervention, with Marine battalions deployed to the world.

History-Era: Milieu 1120

After the Fifth Frontier War, various ill-fated attempts were made to settle the Garda-Vilis question, with the result that the world became balkanized, with one part of the world an Imperial Protectorate while other factions controlled other areas.

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), 14-15.
• 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), 40-41. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 62.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 100. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 61,64-65.
• Tony Jones - The Garda-Vilis system - Memory Lapse Megatraveller campaign