Farreach (SM 1402) (world)

Farreach/Jewell (Spinward Marches 1402)
Classic Era (1116)	A200400-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 2 Small (3,200 km, 0.10g - 0.17g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 4 Moderate (40 thousand) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M3 III M0 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	5

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Farreach is a nonindustrial vacuum world, which warrants hazardous environment precautions.

• Life in a vacuum requires great discipline. After all, it only takes one forgotten seal on a vacuum suit to spell death. Those who survive tend to be very methodically-minded and attentive to small detail.
• 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 Zhodani Consulate in the Province of Iadr Nsobl, in the Jewell Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

• This dangerous world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it dangerous to visitors.
• This world has a Zhodani Base, capable of handling warships.
• In the Zhodani Consulate this world is known as Zhdedlefi.
• A large number of Vargr reside on the world.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Farreach is a binary star system.

• The primary is a turbulent red giant.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Farreach has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 III	Giant		6.96	2300 - 3100	1556
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	1.5074	3.27182	31.36 - 51.12	150.74	1507.4
	Orbit #	4	5	9	11	14
	Remarks		Active star: it produces high levels of EM noise.
Secondary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0055	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.55	5.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	1	6
	Remarks

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x3 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 planetoid belt.
• x5 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Farreach is a frozen, airless, and waterless world with a small, predominantly Vargr population.

The mainworld orbits within the primary star's outer system.

• It receives very low levels of stellar energy.

• The world orbits just beyond the giant star's huge Jump Shadow.

Mainworld Size (S)

Farreach is a Small World between 2,400km and 4,000km in diameter. The world has low gravity between 0.1G and 0.17G. The horizon will appear about 2.5km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Farreach has a pressure of less than 0.001 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

• Mean temperatures on the surface are frigid, generally only a few tens of degrees above absolute zero.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Farreach has no free-standing water or ice on the surface. Wilderness refueling isn't possible on this world. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are classified Desert World or a Hell World depending on their atmosphere.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

(Blank map, vacuum world.)

History & Background (Dossier)

Farreach is a Danger World and is designated as an Amber Zone. It presents particular risks and dangers due to the environment or native life forms, laws or customs, or other conditions that are not well understood.

• Visitors are advised to act with caution.

The planet is named for being the furthest Zhodani base from their homeworld of Zhdant. This inhospitable planet has a small population, all of whom live and work in the base.

The system's huge primary star causes interference, strange tones and noises, and heavy static on commo and sensors.

Farreach is a part of six worlds that form a thin strip of Zhodani territory projecting into the subsector known as the Riverland Wall. The heavily fortified system contains an important Zhodani naval base.

During the opening of the Fifth Frontier War the Zhodani 1st Assault Fleet struck from Farreach through Louzy (Spinward Marches 1604) for Efate (Spinward Marches 1705) and began the siege of that world.

The famed Imperial 4518th Lift Infantry Regiment fought at Farreach during the Third Frontier War.

World Starport (St)

Farreach 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.

• The world is host to a Zhodani Base.

World Population (P)

Farreach has a population of 40,000 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.
• The world is home to a large number of Vargr.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are most commonly heard:

• Gvegh, a widely spoken Vargr language. Many dialects exist.
• Zdetl, the language of the Zhodani and the Zhodani Consulate.

World Technology Level (T)

Farreach 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)

Farreach has no central government or substantial government apparatus; an Anarchy. The largest governmental structure would be a family, tribe, or single clan. The largest group will be between 50 and 100 individuals, and there may be dozens to hundreds of them. This governmental structure can be stable over long periods of time if the population remains small or geographically separated.

World Law (L)

Farreach has no law in practice. It is an Anarchy. On many worlds, this by itself justifies an Amber Zone advisory. 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.

Trade Data

• Importance: 2 (ordinary)

World Economy

• Resources: C (very abundant)
• Labor: 3 (thousands)
• Infrastructure: 5 (limited)
• Efficiency: -2 (fair)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 1 (monolithic)
• Acceptance: 6 (aloof)
• Strangeness: 1 (very typical)
• Symbols: 6 (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.
• 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.
• 1107-1110: Fifth Frontier War.

Later Historical Eras

History-Era: Milieu 1120

The Zhodani Navy keeps the world of Farreach under close watch as the Vargr population has recently destroyed their last government.

• The world is now under the control of small groups.
• The starport is the only Zhodani enclave

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1402 Farreach (Zhodani)

Starport: Class V - Naval base.

Diameter: 1,865 miles (3,000 km).
Atmosphere: None.
Hydrographics: None.
Climate: Frozen.
Population: 40,000 Vargr.
Government: Anarchy.
Control Level: 0.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 3.5.

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.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 12-13.
• 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), 37. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 60.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 99. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 32. (UWP only)