Ianic (world)

Ianic/Lunion (Spinward Marches 1924) Milieu 1116 E560697-5 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 6 Moderate (9 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V M7 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Impersonal bureaucracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	6455
Army Size (BEs)	30
Economic Details
Technology Level	5
Economic Extension	852-2 Resources 8 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (900 thousand) Infrastructure 2 Extremely limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	64
GWP (BCr)	8
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-E
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	10,350
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Ianic is a rich, desert world with a shirt-sleeve atmosphere but no free-standing water. The system has a population between 1 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting, but possessing adequate wealth to compensate. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lunion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Ianic, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world.

Astrography & Planetology

Ianic is a member of the Spinward Main.

A cool climate, standard oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere world in the Lunion Subsector of the Spinward Marches. Most of Ianic's surface is windswept chilly desert without extensive mineral wealth. Overall, much of the planet is not habitable without starship-grade recycling and imports of fresh water and food. An important industry on Ianic are the isolated ranches that raise Slindi, a large warm-blooded lizard-like creature adapted to desert environments.

Despite its harsh environment and isolated location, Ianic supports a population numbering in the millions, including a sizable number of Jonkeereen, a genetically engineered race of humans adapted for desert-world survival. Most of Ianic's population are spread out across the planetary surface in small towns supported by deep wells or natural watercourses.

Binary Solar System

Ianic Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Ianic Primary 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
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Ianic M7 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.273	1900 - 2700	0.004
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0026	0.00525	0.05 - 0.08	0.26	2.6
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	5

History & Background (Dossier)

The Ianic system plays an important role in the xboat network. The system is used as a storage point for xboats and their supporting tenders that are not in current service throughout the Marches, plus a number of couriers with various capabilities.

These communications and support ships orbit one of the system's gas giants, with a central station coordinating all approaches and departures as well as acting as an accommodation center. Backups of all xboat-carried messages are maintained at Ianic's central station.

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), 24-25.
• 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), 46.
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 92.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 113. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Shannon Appelcline, "Aliens of the Marches: The Jonkeereen", Freelance Traveller 023 (November 2011)
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 98-102.