Jode (world)

Jode/Pretoria (Deneb 0805) Milieu 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)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F3 IV
Worlds	14
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	3728
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	955-2 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (400 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	180
GWP (BCr)	9
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	5,170
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	4,400
Port employees	1,615
Port passengers (annual)	5,600

Jode is a fluid world with an oceanic geography of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Pretoria Subsector of Deneb Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Jode, 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 is the homeworld of the Serpent, an extinct Minor Race.  10% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.

Jode (world)/Pretoria (Deneb 0805) New Era 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 (2 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	362B
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	955+3 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (200 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency +3 Improved
Importance Extension	0
Resource Units	675
GWP (BCr)	3
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	1,403
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	1,100
Port employees	135
Port passengers (annual)	1,500

Era: New Era

Jode is a fluid world with an oceanic geography of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world was once settled and developed, but the inhabitants have either died off or left leaving behind the remnants of their civilization. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Pretoria Subsector of Deneb Sector and in the Regency Frontier. This is the homeworld of the Serpent, an extinct Minor Race. 20% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.

• This world has colonies at:
  • Kamisaraki (world)
  • Malkei (world)

Astrography and planetology

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

Stellar Data

Jode has a solitary primary star.

Dan-el
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F3 IV	Subgiant		2.2	6500 - 7000	14.8
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.02457	0.31909	3.06 - 4.99	2.457	24.57
	Orbit #	*	1	6	5	8
	Remarks		None

Mainworld Data

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. Its atmosphere has a high enough concentration of chlorine that even short exposures without a mask will cause extreme irritation and permanent lung damage.

World Atmosphere

Jode's atmosphere is an un-breathable soup of carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor with a chlorine taint. 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 of the few islands, the atmosphere often condenses into a chemical slush that covers the ground in a manner reminiscent of thick snow.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

The only major island group is the Festral Archipelago, all that remains of a sunken continent.

Native Lifeforms

Fauna native to Jode includes the following:

• Ankir: Tree-dwelling sirens that weave traps out of vines.
• Salalor: A deep sea creature reaching lengths of thirty metres.
• Sligrit: Dolphin-like aquatic hunters.

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 and Background

There are numerous xeno-archaeological sites located on the surface (and under the sea on the sunken continent); remnants of the Serpents.

World Starport (Sp)

Jode 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.

• There is no downport, only an orbital starport. Jode Orbital contains the class A starport, the starship construction yard, Traveller's Aid Society facilities, the bulk of the pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and a Vargr trading station.

World Population (P)

Jode has a population of 4,000,000 sophonts (millions).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

Urbanization

Settlements include Shuttle City (where landing craft are directed), Erse Yinn and Sussa Lua-Lau.

World Government (G)

Jode 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 Law Level (L)

Jode 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.

World Technology Level (TL)

Jode 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 Economy

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.

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.

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.

New Era

Raided by Vargr Corsairs from 1119 by the Assemblage of 1116 the system defensively operated a very active SDB flotilla. There were 10 attacks in the year to 98-1121 leading to 6 losses. The most famous loss was the liner Artina Maez destroyed on 321-1119 during which several noble TAS members lost their lives.

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

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.

• Gary L. Thomas. "Pretoria Subsector." The Travellers' Digest 01 (1985): 32-36.
• Rob Caswell. "DIS Newsbriefs." MegaTraveller Journal 2 (1991): 3.
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 52.
• Traveller TNE Mailing List Selected Worlds of the Regency Frontier and Rampart, Part 2 published 12 July 2001 by Peter Gray
• Robert Eaglestone. Deneb Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), .
• Peter Gray - BARD OPAL 8522