Riacon (world)

Riacon/Pretoria (Deneb 0304) Milieu 1116 B666441-8 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 4 Moderate (30 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G6 V M8 V
Worlds	11
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	1314
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	732-5 Resources 7 Few Labor 3 Low (3 thousand) Infrastructure 2 Extremely limited Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	21
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	25,745
Port passengers (annual)	0

Riacon is a garden world with an environment conductive to most sophonts. The system has a population between 10,000 and 100,000, lacking the population to be an agricultural supplier. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Pretoria Subsector of Deneb Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Riacon, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight and a baronet. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Riacon (world)/Pretoria (Deneb 0304) New Era B666441-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 4 Moderate (70 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	151C
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	12
Economic Extension	732+1 Resources 7 Few Labor 3 Low (7 thousand) Infrastructure 2 Extremely limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	42
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	713
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	55
Port passengers (annual)	2,420

Era: New Era

Riacon 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.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is located in the Marzian Loop, a cluster of worlds in the coreward side of the Pretoria Subsector.

Binary Solar System

Riacon Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Riacon G6 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.917	4600 - 5500	0.62
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.00846	0.06531	0.63 - 1.02	0.846	8.46
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	7
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Riacon M8 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.244	1900 - 2500	0.003
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.00224	0.00415	0.04 - 0.06	0.224	2.24
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	5

System Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

Riacon is dominated by the local starport and naval base.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

The local biosphere is inedible to humans, and generally of little value for trade.

History & Background (Dossier)

The local university, Starworld College, provides generous scholarships for capable students of Regency Frontier and even some Wildside systems.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Riacon, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of two members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
• It holds the estate of an Imperial baronet.

World Starport

Riacon 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.

World Technology Level

Riacon 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).

World Government

Riacon is governed by a Representative Democracy where government leadership is representatives elected by eligible voters. What determines an eligible voter varies. The representatives determine policy, including selecting members of the bureaucracy. There can be referendum, votes by eligible voters on specific subjects.

World Law Level

No information yet available.

World Military

No information yet available.

World Economy

No information yet available.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

World Demographics

Virtually the entire population lives in the capitol city near the downport, and in antebellum times traded heavily with the Vargr. Approximately 20% of the world population is refugees from the Abandonment.

World Culture

No information yet available.

World Language/s

No information yet available.

Urbanization

No information yet available.

World Infrastructure

No information yet available.

Historical Data

Since the Collapse it has become a depot for supplies and materials to be shipped to bases and garrisons in the Frontier, and a number of financial houses and security services serve Frontier governments in a variety of ways.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

No information yet 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 Far Future Enterprises 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.
• Mongoose Traveller: Deneb Sector (UWP only)
• EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller TNE Mailing List Selected Worlds of the Regency Frontier and Rampart, Part 1 published 11 July 2001 ny Peter Gray
• EXTERNAL LINK: Sunbane Data
• EXTERNAL LINK: BARD OPAL 8515 by Peter Gray
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science