Jone (SM 0433) (world)

Milieu 1116 

Jone/Five Sisters (Spinward Marches 0433) Milieu 1116 B792785-9 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 2 Dry World 20% Population 7 Moderate (80 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G8 V M5 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	5837
Army Size (BEs)	15
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	A6A-1 Resources A Abundant Labor 6 Moderate (8 million) Infrastructure A Extensive Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	540
GWP (BCr)	234
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	6,682
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	88,000
Port employees	1,755
Port passengers (annual)	152,000

Jone has a tainted, unbreatheable atmosphere and little available surface water. The system supports a population between 10 million and 100 million. This world is designated an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Five Sisters Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Jone, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and the fiefdom of a marquis. Both are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships. Jone is a preindustrial hellworld with a population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.

• Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes even hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Five Sisters Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector in the Domain of Deneb.
• It is a balmy tropical world, with a climate of high temperatures.
• This is a "Puzzle" world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor.
• This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
• Jone is a member of the Spinward Main.
• It is a member of the Sisters' Reach.
• The bright supergiant star Deneb is visible in the sky even during daylight hours.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Jone is a binary star system.

• The primary is a yellow main sequence.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Jone has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.94	5380 - 5480	0.80528
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0085	0.0744	0.87 - 1.54	0.85	8.5
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	7
	Remarks
Secondary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.162	2930 - 3060	0.00171
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0018	0.0034	0.04 - 0.09	0.18	1.8
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	4
	Remarks

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x11 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 planetoid belt.

Mainworld Data

Jone' orbits within the starward (HZ₊) region of its star's habitable zone.

Mainworld Size (S)

Jone is a Meso World between 10,400km and 12,000km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.7G and 0.9G. The horizon will appear about 4.7km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Jone has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. While a Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world. The valleys have a rich mix of some very unpleasant gases, which thin out with increasing altitude and in the higher mountainous regions, which is the location of the majority of settlements. Occasionally these gases are disturbed by high winds, bringing them into the higher altitudes. This possibility of mild to severe poisoning gives the world its amber zone qualification. Jone also experiences high temperatures, which add to the "hellish" reputation of the world's atmospheric and weather conditions.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Jone has 15-25% of its surface covered by liquid water or ice. There may be a few small seas. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are Hell Worlds or Poor Worlds depending on their atmosphere. Much of the surface of Jone is arid and hostile.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

»» Mainworld Map

(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)

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

History & Background (Dossier)

Jone is one of the five worlds named after the daughters of the merchant captain Ignaz Ruffleran who explored the Five Sisters Subsector between 142 and 161. The civilization and settlements of Jone perch atop a number of mountains due to a rich mix of unpleasant atmospheric gases that tend to settle out in the valleys. These gases are occasionally disturbed by Jone's high winds, bringing these gaseous compounds into contact with people at higher altitudes which can result in the possibility of mild to severe poisoning.

World Starport (St)

Jone has a Class B Starport, a good quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

• The world is host to a Naval Base, which is the main training center for the 208th Fleet.
• Jone is a Puzzle World and is designated as an Amber Zone. In addition to the particular risks and dangers presented by the atmospheric environment, other factors related to the native life forms, laws, customs, or other conditions that are not well understood contribute to the Amber Zone rating. Visitors are advised to act with caution.

World Population (P)

Jone has a population of 80,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions). Most of these inhabitants live in the upland plateaus, highlands and mountains in sealed environments, mountainside-domed habitats, and arcologies due to the atmospheric conditions at the lower altitudes.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are most commonly heard:

• Riftian Galanglic, one of the principal dialects of one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Technology Level (T)

Jone possesses a Technology Level of TL–9.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics and satellite communication and data networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fusion power.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Ultra high-speed trains and early grav vehicles.
  • Water: High efficiency sailcraft, multihulled seacraft, improved artificial gills.
  • Air: Tiltrotorcraft, exotic VTOL's, PARWIG, and rocket-assisted suborbitals.
  • Space: SSTO spacecraft, early military spacecraft (System Craft), and interstellar STL starships
  • FTL: Prototype Jump Drive-1.

World Government (G)

Jone is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.

World Law (L)

Jone has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. Personal concealable firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Jone, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial 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 contains the fiefdom of an Imperial Marquis: His/Her Lordship the Marquis of Jone
• It contains the estate of an Imperial Knight: The Honourable Knight of Jone, the Imperial representative to the world.

See: Nobles of Jone

Trade Data

• Importance: 1 (ordinary)

World Economy

• Resources: A (abundant)
• Labor: 6 (millions)
• Infrastructure: A (extensive)
• Efficiency: +1 (average)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 5 (harmonious)
• Acceptance: 8 (friendly)
• Strangeness: 3 (somewhat typical)
• Symbols: 7 (somewhat 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.
• 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

0433 Jone (Imperial) - Amber Zone

Starport: Class IV (Class B) - Naval base.

Diameter: 6,837 miles (10,900 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen tainted by an unusual mix of gases at lower altitudes.
Hydrographics: 15%.
Climate: Hot.
Population: 70 million.
Government: Civil service bureaucracy.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 4.5.

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), 10-11.
• 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), 48. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 53.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 109. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 98-102. (UWP only)