L'sis (world)

L'sis/Pretoria (Deneb 0409) Milieu 1116 A764896-8 Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 8 Moderate (100 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F6 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Impersonal bureaucracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	7947
Army Size (BEs)	2000
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	B79+1 Resources B Abundant Labor 7 Moderate (10 million) Infrastructure 9 Extensive Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	693
GWP (BCr)	366
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	19,082
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	114,999
Port employees	31,800
Port passengers (annual)	1,046,500

L'sis is a rich world with a shirt-sleeve atmosphere and a balance of available surface water. The system supports a population in the 100's of millions, which makes it too urbanized to make an agricultural world. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Pretoria Subsector of Deneb Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. L'sis, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight and a baronet, and the fiefdoms of a baron and a viscount. All four are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

L'sis (world)/Pretoria (Deneb 0409) New Era A764873-9 Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 8 Moderate (200 million) Government 7 Balkanization Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	7947
Army Size (BEs)	1500
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	B79-3 Resources B Abundant Labor 7 Moderate (20 million) Infrastructure 9 Extensive Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	485
GWP (BCr)	761
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	47,783
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	130,000
Port employees	5,110
Port passengers (annual)	338,720

Era: New Era

L'sis system has a population between 10 and 100 million sophonts. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Pretoria Subsector of Deneb Sector. This world has a nearby Regency Naval Base, capable of handling warships. 30% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This system is located on the namesake L'sis Main.

L'sis has a solitary primary star.

L'sis
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F6 V	Main Sequence		1.25	6280 - 6350	2.18366
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0126	0.1226	1.36 - 2.36	1.26	12.6
	Orbit #	*	0	4	3	7
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History & Background (Dossier)

Colonized by both Gvegh Vargr and First Imperium Vilani, L'sis had become a reluctant, downtrodden satellite of Pretoria when contacted by the Third Imperium. The people agreed to rebel and join the Imperials; the Navy moved in, and L'sis was transformed into a fortress world. For half a century it provided many of the resources that kept the war going, its people suffering serious hardships; then Pretoria made a deal, abandoning its resistance to the Imperium in return for several concessions, including status as the subsector capital. L'sis was sidelined, its sacrifices forgotten.

This event shaped L'sisian society. The people are focused on their own security and have little confidence in the ability of outsiders to provide it for them. They are cautious in their dealings with others, careful to avoid offense where possible but determined to make sure they are self-sufficient. This has driven their expansion; they control Redi and Kretikaa and have significant holdings in Horizon's Barkat belt, although Imperial pressure has stopped further growth for now.

L'sisian culture remains predominantly Vilani, and the bureaucracy is a professional government that has changed little in almost eight centuries. It supervises all economic and technological resources closely; higher technology is reserved for government use. Many of the larger corporations are state-controlled, and control has tightened in response to the fears about the Urnan war.

World Starport

L'sis has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

• There is an associated Naval Base.

World Population (P)

L'sis has a population of 100,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Government (G)

L'sis is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

World Law Level (L)

L'sis 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. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Technology Level (TL)

L'sis possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Advanced automobiles.
  • Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
  • Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
  • Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

Rebellion and New Era

L'sis was conquered by several corsair groups allied to the Assemblage of 1116. These groups proved too numerous and well dispersed for the Regency forces to dislodge, and most were declared fait accompli. Most of the Vargr invaders were located in a series of high intermontane plateaus that contained most of the world's settlements and industries, and their legitimization forced millions of humans to emigrate into the dry deserts and savannahs of the equatorial regions. In contrast to Riacon, human and Vargr communities rarely intermingle, and fighting frequently occurs where they come into contact with each other. The situation has not been helped by the political fragmentation that exists within both groups, and the world will probably never recover political unity anytime soon. The downport is controlled by the Regency Ministry of the Interior as a means of providing equal access to all local groups.

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.

• Gary L. Thomas. "Pretoria Subsector." The Travellers' Digest 01 (1985): 32-36.
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 52.
• Peter Gray - Traveller TNE Mailing List Selected Worlds of the Regency Frontier and Rampart, Part 1 published 11 July 2001
• JTAS Online The L'sis Main – An Overview by John G. Wood published May 24, 2005
• Mongoose Traveller: Deneb Sector (UWP only)
• External Link: Sunbane Data
• External Link: Peter Gray - BARD OPAL 8517