Jode (world)

Jode/Pretoria (Deneb 0805)
Classic Era (1116)	A9A6683-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 6 Moderate (4 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
New Era (1200)	B9A6683-9 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 6 Moderate (? million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F3 IV
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	0

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Jode is a nonindustrial fluid world.

• A fluid world has an oceanic geography consisting of heavily contaminated water or a substance such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquid.
• 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.
• This world contains an archaeological site with suspected high-tech remnants of the now-vanished Ancients precursor race.
• This die back world was once settled and developed, but the inhabitants have either died off or left, leaving behind the ruins and remnants of their civilization.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Pretoria Subsector of Deneb Sector in the Domain of Deneb.
• It is the homeworld of the Serpents, an extinct sophontic species and minor race.
• There are numerous xeno-archeological sites located on the surface from the Serpents.
• About 90% of the population is composed of humans and other non-human sophonts.
• About 10% of the population is composed of Vargr.
• This world has a colonies at:
  • Kamisaraki (world)
  • Malkei (world)

Description (Planetology)

Most of the current population of four million live in the orbital complex or in sealed surface environments.

• Major export items include pharmaceuticals refined from sea creatures and minerals mined in the island archipelagos.
• Tukera Lines operates on-world offices and maintenance facilities.

Jode has a year of 630 standard days; its actual day length is in fact 24 hours. There are four moons. The planet's surface gravity is 1.3 G and its atmosphere has a high enough concentration of chlorine that even short exposures without a mask will cause extreme irritation and permanent lung damage.

Non-canon: Jode's atmosphere is an un-breathable soup of carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor. The mixture is kept fluid by friction generated by the world's rotation, and high winds caused by thermal variances in the upper levels. In the lower valleys and canyons, the atmosphere often condenses into a chemical slush that covers the ground in a manner reminiscent of thick snow.

Point of Interest: Orbital Habitats

The entire population lives in a quartet of orbital habitats located in low orbit. Crews are shuttled down to work four day shifts at the various plants scattered around the surface. The local tech level is too low to maintain the orbital stations, and the local government has consolidated into a bureaucracy to better pool resources.

History & Background (Dossier)

Jode is an Imperial fluidic ocean world located on the main X-Boat route in Pretoria Subsector of Deneb Sector.

• It is notable as the homeworld of the Serpents, an extinct Minor Race.
• The mainworld population is approximately 10% Vargr in composition.

• Non-canon: Because of the ready availability of raw materials, SuSAG constructed several extraction plants here in the 980s for a variety of chemical and medicinal purposes.
• Canon: In 1071 Leavitt Labs developed a new combat drug derived from the Jodian Salalor, and this discovery has created a booming economy for the world.
• Non-canon: Concerns over the vulnerability of this world to Viral infection led to a partial evacuation during the 1130s, but the remaining population has steadfastly refused to relocate. SuSAG has pulled out most of its people, but continues to subcontract its facilities to local companies.

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.

• Classic Traveller The Early Adventures in Article: 'Of Xboats and Friends'
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Journal 2 in Article: 'DIS Newsbriefs'
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 1
• Mongoose Traveller: Deneb Sector
• External Link: Gray Matter by Author & Contributor: Peter Gray