Ascension (world)

Ascension/Bolivar (Dagudashaag 0639) Milieu 1116 A4206AC-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 6 Moderate (8 million) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law C Extreme Law (no privacy) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Charismatic dictatorship
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	978H
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	14
Economic Extension	955+4 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (800 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency +4 Advanced
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	900
GWP (BCr)	38
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	13,485
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	9,600
Port employees	2,840
Port passengers (annual)	24,000

Ascension has both a tainted, very thin atmosphere and no surface water which makes habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population in the millions, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it dangerous to visitors. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Bolivar Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Ascension, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships. During the Long Night this world was named Islin.

Astrography and planetology

The mainworld is just a small ball of rock. It has little in the way of natural resources to offer. It is poor in most valuable minerals and there are no gas giants.

Ascension has a solitary primary star.

Ascension
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
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History and background

Lying at the center of the Ilelish Rimworlds, Ascension has become the hub of the communications network linking Dagudashaag with Zarushagar Sector.

Point of Interest: Ascension Naval Base

On 172 the Imperial Navy decided to established one of it's largest bases in the region, to protect its spinward borders. The security of the naval station attracted many merchants looking for a safe and stable frontier base of operations during the early years of the Imperium. The naval base was expanded at the time of the Ilelish Revolt (418 - 435), in line with the other naval facilities in the region.

References and contributors

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.

• Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Bolivar." Signal-GK 11 (1995): 70. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 80.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 39.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science