Towers (world)

Towers/Aramis (Spinward Marches 3103) Milieu 1116 B544448-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 4 Moderate (70 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G8 V K6 V
Worlds	11
Gas Giants	5
Planetoid Belts	3
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	455A
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	E34+1 Resources E Extremely abundant Labor 3 Low (7 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	168
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	305
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	20
Port passengers (annual)	0

Towers is a world suited to becoming an agricultural world, but with a population between 10,000 and 100,000 sophonts it lacks the capability to produce or process sufficient resources to export its projected agricultural produce. This world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it dangerous to visitors. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Aramis Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Towers, 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 contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel.

Astrography & Planetology

Towers is a member of the Towers Cluster.

Towers has a cool climate and a thin oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere tainted by industrial pollutants.

Binary Solar System

Towers Binary Star System

Towers
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G8 V	Main Sequence		0.94	5380 - 5480	0.80528
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0085	0.0744	0.87 - 1.54	0.85	8.5
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	7
	Remarks
Towers
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K6 V	Main Sequence		0.69	4100 - 4300	0.27288
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0062	0.0433	0.53 - 0.99	0.62	6.2
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

Towers was once the seat of government for the Towers Cluster for the few years before the area was absorbed into the Imperium. Towers is an amber zone; its customs include a definite sense of honor and a strict dueling code to right slights and insults. Offworlders are warned to be cautious in their interaction with locals. Even visitors are expected to abide by the local code duello.

Tukera Lines and Oberlindes Lines maintains offices and facilities on Towers.

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.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 28-29.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. The Traveller Adventure (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 19.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 39. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 104.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 104. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 46-51. (UWP only)