Stad (world)

Stad/Bascoj (Old Expanses 3039)
Classic Era (1116)	A433A73-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population A High (30 billion) Government 7 Balkanization Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M2 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Stad is a poor, high-population, non-agricultural world with a billion or more sophonts.

• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• This planet has few promising economic prospects. Some hope to start a nascent industrial sector, but it hasn't come to fruition yet.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Bascoj Subsector of Old Expanses Sector.

• This world has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
• This world has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The Stad system is a single star system with 9 planets and 20 major satellites.

Stad has a solitary primary star.

Stad
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

System Data

Orbit		Distance	UWP	Notes
A		---	---	M2 V
A: 1		0.04 AU	A433A73-E	Main World
A: 2		0.08 AU	---	Small Gas Giant
	A: 2-1	105813 km	F422331-D
	A: 2-2	235520 km	FS0026A-D
	A: 2-3	327680 km	HCDA866-D
	A: 2-4	358400 km	HS00200-D
	A: 2-5	358400 km	GS00533-D
A: 3		0.16 AU	G758563-D
	A: 3-1	15400 km	0R000000-0
	A: 3-2	102667 km	FS00812-D
	A: 3-3	200750 km	F100824-D
	A: 3-4	232100 km	F202600-D
	A: 3-5	242550 km	F311531-D
A: 4		0.2 AU	Y661565-D
	A: 4-1	50667 km	GS00365-D
A: 5		0.22 AU	B410622-C
	A: 5-1	148850 km	F100866-D
A: 6		0.24 AU	GA87812-D
	A: 6-1	74250 km	G224800-D
	A: 6-2	264000 km	G7A4663-D
	A: 6-3	387750 km	GS00731-D
A: 7		0.28 AU	F666867-D
A: 8		0.37 AU	F967365-D
	A: 8-1	57120 km	HS00623-D
	A: 8-2	72080 km	GS00623-D
	A: 8-3	160480 km	GS00833-D
	A: 8-4	175440 km	Y100464-D
	A: 8-5	205360 km	F100563-D
	A: 8-6	301240 km	G100437-D
A: 9		0.4 AU	GAA5463-D
	A: 9-1	360000 km	F610263-D

Mainworld Data

Stad is the first planet in orbit around the M2 star with an average distance of 0.04 AU. The planet orbits the star every 11 days. Stad rotates in retrograde to its star with a day length of 174 hours.

Mainworld Size (S)

This world is a Meso World between 5,600km and 7,200km in diameter. The world has low gravity between 0.32G and 0.46G. The horizon will appear about 3.6km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

This world has a pressure of 0.10 to 0.42 atmospheres. The very thin pressures require a respirator or Oxygen Mask. TL–5 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

This world has 25-35% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has a few small seas. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants will be recycled.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

Stad does not native life.

History & Background (Dossier)

Stad is a Solomani world colonized prior to the founding of the Second Imperium. During the Long Night it was a member of the Protectorate of Alba. It functions as a Solomani Navy and Army outpost on the border with the Third Imperium.

World Starport (Sp)

This world 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.

World Population (P)

This world has a population of 10,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

World Government

This world has a Balkanized Government. There is no central world government. The world has several governments competing for control of the world. These may be allies, cooperating, competitors, or at war with each other.

Stad is split into two factions competing for dominance of the planet. A Non-charismatic Dictatorship represents the faction that desires to become more integrated in the Solomani Confederation. The opposed Impersonal Bureaucracy consists of major high status individuals who prefer the semi-independent status granted to the former Protectorate of Alba worlds.

World Law Level (L)

This world has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Machine guns, other automatic weapons, portable energy weapons, and other military weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Technology Level (TL)

This world possesses a Technology Level of TL–14 or TL-E in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early meson communicators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, early collectors, and advanced fusion plants.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-5.

Category	Subcategory	Level
Common	High	E
	Low	A
Comfort	Energy	F
	Computers/Robotics	D
	Communications	F
	Medical	A
	Environment	F
Transportation	Land	H
	Sea	F
	Air	F
	Space	F
Military	Personal	D
	Heavy	F
Novelty		F

World Military

A Solomani Navy and Army base is located in the Stad system due to its proximity to the Third Imperium border and the large number of Imperial Navy bases located in the Old Expanses Sector.

Stad has a sizable home Navy and Army that supplements the Solomani forces stationed in the subsector.

World Economy

No information yet available.

World Demographics

Stud was colonized by Solomani settlers during the Rule of Man. Owing to its history as a member of the Protectorate of Alba and its location on the fridges of Humaniti settlement, the population is almost entirely descendent from the original Solomani settlers.

World Culture

No information yet available.

Historical Data

Stad was settled by one of Solomani families that colonized the systems around White (world). Their political desire for extreme personal and economic freedoms led these families to settle worlds far from the Terran Confederation and First Imperium. During the Rule of Man Stad was integrated into the Second Imperium.

After the collapse of the Second Imperium and the beginning of the Long Night the Protectorate of Alba was founded and Stad became a founding member. The Protectorate was a mutual defense and economic treaty that helped keep the member worlds from experiences the same degradation that other worlds faced. In 198 the Protectorate of Alba joined the Third Imperium as a client state and was dissolved after the member worlds were granted full citizenship in the Imperium.

In 704 Stad was included in the creation of the Solomani Autonomous Region (the system is approximately 50 parsecs from Terra). In 871 Stad joined the Solomani Confederation as a founding member with the other former Protectorate worlds. During the Solomani Rim War Stad was too far from the fighting to experience any raiding by the Third Imperium and never fell under occupation.

World Timeline

• Circa -2300 - Stad colonized
• Circa -2000 - Stad joins the Second Imperium
• -1776 - Collapse of the Rule of Man
• Circa -1800 - Protectorate of Alba founded
• 198 - Protectorate of Alba joins the Third Imperium
• 704 - Solomani Autonomous Region founded
• 871 - Stad joins the Solomani Confederation
• 990 - 1002 - Solomani Rim War

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.

• Classic Traveller Atlas of the Imperium
• [1] - Federation Development Agency - Leroy W.L. Guatney
• [2] - Leroy W.L. Guatney and Lewis Roberts
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani