Jonosva (world)

Jonosva/Tansa (Gushemege 2509)
Classic Era (1116)	B9C7867-9 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere C Exotic (insidious) Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 8 Moderate (600 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G0 III D
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	3

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Jonosva is a moderate population fluid world with over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts.

• A fluid world has an oceanic geography consisting of heavily contaminated water or a substance such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquid.
• This world toils under the control of a military government with conditions reflecting that situation, including curtailed civil rights and limited freedoms.
• It is a member of the Lancian Cultural Region, a sub-polity of the Third Imperium, located in the Tansa Subsector of Gushemege Sector.

• This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

No information yet available.

Jonosva has two stars in the star system.

Jonosva
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G0 III	Giant		2.5	5400 - 6100	50
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.06607	0.5865	5.62 - 9.16	6.607	66.07
	Orbit #	*	2	6	6	10
	Remarks
Jonosva
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	DA	White Dwarf		0.36	14000 - 14000	0.005
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.00016	0.00587	0.06 - 0.09	0.016	0.16
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	0
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

Jonosva's methane-ammonia hydrosphere and its towering ice mountains inspired a unique style in Lancian architecture, of towering crystal structures contrasted to the dark of the insidious flows.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Jonosva, 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.

World Starport (Sp)

Jonosva 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.

• There is an associated Imperial Naval Base hosting elements of the 142nd Fleet.

World Population (P)

Jonosva has a population of 600,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

Linguistic Topography

• Core Anglic: One of the primary dialects of one of the two official languages of the Third Imperium
• Kehuu: The dominant language of the Lancian Cultural Region
• Ushi: A trade language influenced by Anglic and Vilani, used throughout Gushemege.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium

World Government (G)

Jonosva has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. This is a colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.

• This world is under military rule.

World Military

Most Lancians do not like the idea of permanent military forces, and even less the idea of serving in them. As a result, most standing forces, the Pulehov, are small and often composed of non-Lancians. In times of war, the combined Lancian community -- the peoples' army, the Silkku -- is the ultimate defense of this and other Lancian worlds.

• Since Jonosva is under military rule, to all intents and purposes the world is largely controlled by outsiders.

World Law Level (L)

Jonosva has a moderate law 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. All firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Lancian courts, called Ammeinha, are made up of 13 person "benches", a combined judiciary and jury, similar to Solomani Courts Martial. Each district's Ammeinha reflects the district demographics. The emphasis is very much on trial by one's peers.

World Technology Level (TL)

Jonosva 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 Culture

There is a two-tier system of Lancian marriage. At the first level, marriage is seen as an arrangement for procreation and can be expected to be dissolved once any children are weaned. The second tier is a bond for life, and its breaking is a major trauma in Lancian society. Often such "high" marriages grow out of the partners' final "low" marriage.

• Laws of child custody are simple; first-born to same sex parent, then alternate parent.

World Timeline

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

• circa -250,000: The Ancients transplant humans onto the world of Kukhun.
• -9235: The Vilani discover jump drive technology, and over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space. The Kukhunen culture acquires jump technology from these wanderers.
• circa -5400: The Vilani Consolidation Wars - the Kukhunen region is eventually conquered.
• -4045 to -2204: The Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: The Interstellar Wars.
• -2204 to -1776: The Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
• -1776 to 0: The Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
• circa -1700: The reemergent Kukhunen region gradually collapses into civil war.
• -1200: The Lancian movement rises to dominance on Kukhun and within Kukhunen space. Few ships are available throughout the period but limited contact is maintained.
• -143: The Lancians gain modern jump technology from Sylean traders and use it to establish the Lancian Confederation.
• The Year 0: The Third Imperium is founded. There are frictions with the Lancians.
• 76-84: The Vilani Pacification Campaign results in the absorption of the Confederation.
• 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 604-622: The Civil War.
• 624: The Express Boat Network is established.
• 639: The Lancian Cultural Region is established.
• 995-1065: The Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: The Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.

References

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. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), .