Trane (world)

Trane/Glisten (Spinward Marches 2038)
Classic Era (1116)	C639422-B Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 4 Moderate (70 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F4 V M3 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Trane is a nonindustrial world, that requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.

• In a technological universe, societies without industrial capability generally suffer as nearly all manufactured and high tech goods must be brought in at significant cost.
• As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Glisten Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector in the Domain of Deneb.
• This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
• This world contains an archaeological site with suspected high-tech remnants of the now-vanished Ancients precursor race.
• Trane is a member of the Spinward Main.
• It is a member of the County of Bellion.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Trane is a binary star system.

• The primary is a white main sequence.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Trane has two stars in the star system.

Trane primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.38	6550 - 6670	3.08729
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0143	0.1457	1.58 - 2.75	1.43	14.3
	Orbit #	*	0	4	4	7
	Remarks		None
Trane companion
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks		None

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x7 secondary rocky worlds.
• x4 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Trane orbits within its star's habitable zone.

• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Trane 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)

Trane 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.

• It experiences moderate temperatures.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Trane 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

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

Native Lifeforms

The planet's oceans are home to a considerable variety of native life.

History & Background (Dossier)

Trane exports locally manufactured firearms and similar products geared to the paramilitary market.

In the 1100s, there were rumors that the government of Trane had issued letters of marque to corsairs operating from the Outrim Void.

This world contains an archaeological site believed to be associated with the now-vanished Ancients precursor race.

This world is a member of the County of Bellion.

World Starport (St)

Trane has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Population (P)

Trane has a population of 70,000 sophonts (tens of thousands).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are most commonly heard:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Technology Level (T)

Trane possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• 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-2.

World Government (G)

Trane is governed by a Participatory Democracy where eligible voters determine laws and policy. What determines an eligible voter varies. There may be smaller councils or regional bodies to draft the policies voted upon. Leadership of the government and all members of the bureaucracy are determined by the voting population.

World Law (L)

Trane 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. Portable energy weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Trane, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

Marquess Jyoti Sharmirrisharma of Trane is of old Vilani nobility, her bloodline running unbroken through thousands of years, dating to the First Imperium. She has inherited tremendous wealth but has come to the realisation that her levers of power are mostly ceremonial. Jyoti has little sway over the participatory democracy of her own fief and none at all over worlds in its immediate vicinity. Frustrated by the Imperium's hands-off approach, she founded the bounty hunting organization, the Order of the Dove and Thorn. Members swear to uphold truth, champion justice, defend the weak and safeguard sentient life. Bounty hunters with the Order of the Dove and Thorn are hand-picked by the Marquess herself or head-hunted by a trusted agent from her Hurscarles regiment.

Trade Data

• Importance: 0 (unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: A (abundant)
• Labor: 3 (thousands)
• Infrastructure: 3 (very limited)
• Efficiency: -4 (very poor)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 1 (monolithic)
• Acceptance: 4 (extremely aloof)
• Strangeness: 1 (very typical)
• Symbols: 7 (somewhat concrete)

World Timeline

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

• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 589-604: First Frontier War.
• 604-622: the Civil War.
• 615-620: Second Frontier War.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
• 979-986: Third Frontier War.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
• 1082-1084: Fourth Frontier War, also known as the False War.
• 1107-1110: Fifth Frontier War.

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2038 Trane (Imperial)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 5,966 miles (9,500 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 90%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 70,000.
Government: Athenian-style democracy (all citizens have a vote from birth – votes are normally cast by a guardian until age 14).
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 10.
World Trade Number: 3.0.

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), 26-27.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• 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), 50-51. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 98.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 114. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 128-132. (UWP only)
• Mongoose 2nd: Bounty Hunter
• Rob Dean - The Zhodani Base