Winston (SM 0620) (world)

Winston/Querion (Spinward Marches 0620)
Classic Era (1116)	E887573-6 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 5 Moderate (500 thousand) Government 7 Balkanization Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K5 V M9 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Winston is an agricultural, nonindustrial, pre-rich garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most sophonts, but still lacks an adequate population to expand its economy to a rich status.

• As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Sword Worlds Confederation in the Querion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

• 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.
• Winston is a member of the Spinward Main.
• It is one of the Entropic Worlds.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Winston is a binary star system.

• The primary is an orange main sequence.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Winston has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.7	4300 - 4440	0.28697
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0065	0.0444	0.56 - 1.01	0.65	6.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks
Secondary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M9 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.079	2350 - 2380	0.00014
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0009	0.001	0.01 - 0.03	0.09	0.9
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	3
	Remarks

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x8 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 planetoid belt.

Mainworld Data

Winston is a non-industrial, agricultural garden world with a dense oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere.

It orbits within its star's habitable zone.

• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Winston is a Meso World between 12,000km and 13,500km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.8G and 1.1G. The horizon will appear about 5.1km away. Vessels with 1G of thrust should check with local starport authorities before attempting to land using emergency power.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Winston has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

• It experiences moderate temperatures.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Winston has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

• There are three continents.

(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

Native Lifeforms

Winston has a thriving biosphere, with jungles and forests dominant on all three of its continents. Indigenous life forms are primarily insectoids, though larger forms feature a muscular-pumped respiratory system, and so can achieve disconcertingly large sizes.

• A notable species is the Yphitz, an aggressive insectoid predator.

History & Background (Dossier)

It is one of the Entropic Worlds and historically, both the Darrian and Sword Worlds confederations have laid claim to the system. Winston was a thinly colonized Darrian world before being taken by the Sword Worlds during the Fourth Frontier War. The Imperium has generally backed Darrian claims while the Zhodani Consulate has backed the Sword Worlds claim.

In 1105 Winston was a Sword Worlds holding.

World Starport (Sp)

Winston has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of a downport.

World Population (P)

Winston has a population of 500,000 sophonts (hundreds 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.
• Sagamaal, the language of the Sword Worlds.
• Te-Zlodh, the language of the Daryens.

World Technology Level (T)

Winston possesses a Technology Level of TL–6.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fission power generation, advanced water and wind generation of electricity.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, early ATV's, and dedicated AFV's.
  • Water: Amphibious vehicles, improved submersibles, and early SCUBA gear.
  • Air: Early jet aircraft and rotorcraft VTOL's.
  • Space: Early unmanned rocket delivery systems and early manned orbital rockets.

World Government (G)

Winston 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.

World Law (L)

Winston 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.

Trade Data

• Importance: -2 (very unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: 7 (few)
• Labor: 4 (tens of thousands)
• Infrastructure: 2 (extremely limited)
• Efficiency: -5 (extremely poor)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 2 (monolithic)
• Acceptance: 3 (xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 2 (typical)
• Symbols: 3 (very concrete)

World Timeline

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

• -924: the Maghiz causes the collapse of interstellar Darrian society. The Winston colony is left isolated.
• -855: Draygon's Disease, a terrible plague, rapidly destroys the first colony.
• -271: Winston is found abandoned by a scout ship from Mire. Old agricultural settlements have grown wild but the transplanted crops are still present. Entrope establishes a new colony.
• -204: A medical center is rediscovered during an archaeological survey sent by Daryen. The entire world is quarantined to prevent the escape of Draygon’s Disease. However, subsequent decades of analysis fail to find any microorganism that could explain the ancient plague.
• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 589-604: First Frontier War.
• circa 600: the First Frontier War sunders Winston from the rest of the Confederation. Having no real industry, Winston is left alone in exchange for its food exports.
• 604-622: the Civil War.
• 615-620: Second Frontier War.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
• 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
• 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.
• 1082: The Fourth Frontier War is disastrous for Winston. Over a third of its population and most of its technology are lost. New Sword Worlds occupation starts.
• 1107-1110: Fifth Frontier War.

Later Historical Eras

History-Era: Milieu 1120

Throughout the Fifth Frontier War the Sword Worlds' Joyeuse Fleet patrolled Winston as part of the larger Darrian Campaign. When the Joyeuse Fleet was driven off by Imperial forces, the Darrians seized Winston and the armistice was arranged before the Sword Worlds could retake the system.

Winston is a balkanized world that has lost a great deal of its population and technology in the repeated fighting between Darrians and Sword Worlders. Some nations on Winston remain sympathetic to the Sword Worlds, but most are loyal to the Darrians.

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0620 Winston (Darrian)

Starport: Class I.

Diameter: 7,644 miles (12,200 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 68%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 528,000.
Government: Martial Law (under a Darrian admiral).
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 6.
World Trade Number: 2.5.

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.

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• 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), 40. (UWP only)
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• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 99. (UWP only)
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