Lybone (world)

Lybone/Vaait (Massilia 1614)
Milieu 0	D549688-4 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 6 Moderate ( million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 4 Industrial (combustion)
Classic Era (1116)	D5498BC-7 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 8 Moderate (400 million) Government B Non-Charismatic Dictator Law C Extreme Law (no privacy) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G7 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Lybone is a preindustrial world with a moderate population of over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts.

• As a preindustrial world, this planet cannot yet manufacture enough high-technology resources to support a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Vaait Subsector of Massilia Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
• 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.
• It lies within the Forquee Cluster.
• At the founding of the Imperium this world was known as Mapiikhaar.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Lybone has a solitary primary star.

• It is a red main sequence.

Lybone has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.95	5480 - 5550	0.83567
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0086	0.0758	0.88 - 1.56	0.86	8.6
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x2 secondary rocky worlds.
• x4 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Lybone is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Lybone has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. While the thin atmosphere does not require 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.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Lybone has 85-95% of its surface covered by liquid water with a few small continents, and a number of islands and archipelagos. Dry land is limited. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

History & Background (Dossier)

Lybone is a Puzzle World and is designated as an Amber Zone. It presents particular risks and dangers due to the environment or native life forms, laws or customs, or other conditions that are not well understood.

• Visitors are advised to act with caution.

It is a member of the Forquee Cluster, an important trade route lying within the sector.

World Starport (St)

Lybone has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Population (P)

Lybone has a population of 400,000,000 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 Technology Level (T)

Lybone possesses a Technology Level of TL–7.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early video and early satellite communication networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fuel cells, solar energy, and geothermal power sources.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, hovercraft, and bullet trains.
  • Water: Hydrofoils and early triphibians.
  • Air: Hang gliders and supersonic jets.
  • Space: Deep space probes and interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government (G)

Lybone is governed by a Non-charismatic Dictatorship. This is a continuation of the charismatic dictatorship, where the original leadership has died or retired and been replaced by allies or protégés. The justifications for the original change in government remain as well as the assertion of rights to rule.

World Law (L)

Lybone has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. A world with this law level may be an Amber Zone or a Red Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors). Civilian movement is rigidly controlled. Travel documents are frequently checked. There is no legal concept of privacy (save for those who can claim necessity for official government business). The police are free to inspect anyone and anything at any time.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Lybone, 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 fiefdoms of two members of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversee 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 marquis.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial viscount.

Trade Data

• Importance: -2 (very unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: A (abundant)
• Labor: 7 (tens of millions)
• Infrastructure: 6 (limited)
• Efficiency: +1 (average)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: B (discordant)
• Acceptance: 6 (aloof)
• Strangeness: 8 (very confusing)
• Symbols: A (abstract)

World Timeline

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

• circa -250,000: the Ancients are active within the sector.
• circa -9,000: the Geonee encounter the Vilani.
• -5400 to -4015: the Vilani Consolidation Wars.
• -4045 to -2204: the region is part of the Ziru Sirka.
• -2204 to -1776: the region becomes part of the Rule of Man.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 604-622: the Civil War.
• 624: the Express Boat Network 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 & Contributors (Sources)

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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.

• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), page 22. (world location and some additional system data)
• John Harshman, Marc Miller. Solomani (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), pages 5, 7, 20. (sector background and history)
• Gary L. Thomas. The Travellers' Digest 11 (Digest Group Publications, 1989), pages 6-25. (sector background and history, plus details for the Geonee)
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), page 11. (dot map provided, locating the world)
• Joe Fugate. Knightfall (Game Designers Workshop, 1990), pages 74-80. (sector data including the world, sector background and history)
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), pages 4, 38-41, 102-109. (sector data including the world circa The Year 0)
• David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), pages 57, 59. (sector background and history)

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