Qi'ire (world)

Qi'ire/Lamas (Deneb 1403) Milieu 1116 A657377-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 3 Low (4 thousand) Government 7 Balkanization Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K8 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	345A
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	721+1 Resources 7 Few Labor 2 Low (400) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	14
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	25
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	2
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Qi'ire is a garden world with a near-ideal environment conducive to most forms of life. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a Human dominated Non-Aligned world in the Lamas Subsector of Deneb Sector.

Qi'ire (world)/Lamas (Deneb 1403) New Era C657301-8 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 3 Low (2 thousand) Government 0 No Government structure Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	No government
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	1233
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	721-1 Resources 7 Few Labor 2 Low (200) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	13
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Era: New Era

Qi'ire is a garden world with a near-ideal environment conducive to most forms of life. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a member of Wilds in the Lamas Subsector of Deneb Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Qi'ire has a solitary primary star.

Qi'ire
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.62	3930 - 3990	0.18766
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0057	0.0359	0.45 - 0.84	0.57	5.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Qi'ire is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Qi'ire has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Qi'ire has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

History & Background (Dossier)

Qi'ire is a neutral buffer zone world situated between the Third Imperium and the Vargr Extents. Its human population is a diverse and fractious lot, and is broken into small family-sized collectives. The population subsists on trade between the Imperium and the Vargr, maintaining and servicing the ships, and entertaining the crews that used their port as a transit point. Many of the collectives are commercial concerns, with families competing for business contracts in areas like hospitality, maintenance, security and administration. Though the competition is fierce, it is restrained by a common legal code shared by each group, and the starport and its environs is considered to be communal property.

World Starport

Qi'ire 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.

Rebellion Era

The Civil War standoff between the Domain of Deneb and the Assemblage of 1116 caused border trade to shrivel up completely, and Qi'ire felt this economic pain. Though not Pro-Imperial, the severity of Vargr corsair raids forced it to rely heavily upon DoD naval patrols to protect it. Virus and the subsequent Collapse were even less kind; the newly declared Regency established its Frontier borders in a way that left the world just outside in the Wilds. About fifty percent of the population had evacuated, due to both the Vargr and Virus, and the remaining population consolidated their technology and infrastructure the best that they could.

New Era

Today the world is a valuable oasis for free traders wandering in the desert of the Wilds. Despite a major tech drop, the world's proximity to the Regency permitted it to keep it from dropping too low, and local maintenance crews can still do ship maintenance in their nearly immaculate starport. The world has been left nearly unscathed by Vampire attacks, the result of strong Regency naval patrols in this vital chokepoint system. The locals have regressed their government and law level to reflect the harshness of their environment, but remain strongly committed to each other and their general survival.

To maintain their morale, and solidify their solidarity, the locals put on a carnival every two local years. This is less of a celebration in the traditional sense than a time of feasting, serious discussion and relaxation. Family elders discuss business, politics and security over heaping plates and large amounts of alcohol. Marriages are arranged, personal relationships are explored or cemented, and offworld diplomacy is handled. Free traders and other offworld crews are treated as honored guests, and are importuned into joining these festivities. Many offworld parties use the festival to handle their own business or to cement major transactions. Some free trade collectives use it to time reunions of their scattered vessels and crews, who convene to show off and trade their accumulated wares.

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, Joe Fugate. "Data/Library: Deneb." The Travellers' Digest 19 (1990): 24-30.
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 53.
• Peter Gray - Traveller TNE Mailing List The Denebian Frontier and Rampart: And Finally.... published 1 August 2001
• Mongoose Traveller: Deneb Sector (UWP only)
• External Link: Sunbane data