Trindel (world)

Trindel/Ashton (Gateway 1725)
Classic Era (1116)	B565989-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 9 High (2 billion) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K7 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	4

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Trindel is a high-population, pre-rich world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• It lacks adequate resources to expand its economy to a rich status.
• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• It is a member of the Trindel Confederacy in the Ashton Subsector of Gateway Sector.

• This world-system has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.
• This world has a colony at Marina.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Trindel has a solitary primary star.

• It is an orange main sequence.

Trindel has a solitary primary star.

Trindel
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.64	3990 - 4100	0.20972
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0059	0.038	0.47 - 0.88	0.59	5.9
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
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Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Trindel is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Trindel has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Trindel has 45-55% of its surface covered by liquid water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

History & Background (Dossier)

Trindel is the capital of one of the three states that collectively make up the Trindel Confederacy.

The Imperial megacorporation Sternmetal Horizons LIC has offices on Trindel; Sternmetal is the only Imperial concern to make much of an impact in the Confederacy.

World Starport (Sp)

Trindel 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.

• There is an associated Naval Base.

World Population (P)

Trindel has a population of 2,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

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

Urbanization

The largest city is an arcology called Rothton, a complex of towers over two kilometers high spanning the Arianus Straights between Malawar and Couloomb.

World Technology Level (T)

Trindel possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C 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-3.

World Government (G)

Trindel is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.

World Military

This world is home port for the Trindel Confederate Navy, TCN. The 1st TCN Battle Squadron calls this world home. This defensive squadron relies on Archipelago Class System Monitors to prevent invasion. This is also the site of manufacture for the Trindel Class Battle Riders, deployed aboard Starbelt Class Fleet Tenders for offensive operations and patrols.

The Trindel Confederacy's navy consists of ships loaned to a central command structure by the three member states, which in turn receive them under loan from individual worlds. Thus a Confederacy vessel might be serving under its world flag, state flag, or the Confederacy flag, and be subject to different priorities at different times.

World Law (L)

Trindel has a high law level with laws covering many areas of interactions of people, corporations, and the government. A few worlds with this law level may be Amber Zones. Any interaction with the judicial system requires an Advocate trained in the local legal system. Law enforcement is present almost everywhere, either as people or via technology. Legal proceedings can take weeks to months to resolve and involve a dozen or more people. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (outside private residences or visiting starships).

Historical Data

The storied Galastrian Metals corporation collapsed during a workers' revolt on Tharver in 302, but within three years the League Concord had been signed, establishing the Galian Trade League, a trade corporation which essentially took over most of Galastrian's former holdings under looser reigns of authority and control. By the mid-500s, the League incorporated all of what is today the Galian Federation, the Plavian League, the Trindel Confederacy, and the coreward worlds of the Viyard Concourse.

Timeline

These are some of the more important historical events that have affected this world:

• -1700: Human explorers enter Gateway Region.
  • Colonies on Bremen, Tharver, and Salur founded.
• -500: Interstellar Corporations arise in Galastrian Trade Federation.
• -312: Galastrian Metals founded on Tharver.
• -198: Gateway Sector named.
• -150: Corporate Sector Wars ongoing in Gateway Sector.
• The Year 0: To spinward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• 251-320: Series of workers' revolts in Gateway.
  • Galastrian Metals collapses in 302.
• 300 to 420: The Imperial First Survey.
• 911-918: Galian Civil War. Plavian League, Trindel Confederacy, and Galian Federation emerge from collapse of Galian Trade League.

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.

• Periodical: MegaTraveller Journal 4 in Article: 'Gateway Systems'
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science