Hiponee (world)

Hiponee/Shiwonee (Massilia 1027)
Classic Era (1116)	B686351-B Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 3 Low (7 thousand) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M3 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	1

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Hiponee is a low-population garden world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts.

• It is a garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most forms of sophontic life.
• Both the population and economy of this world are expected to grow in the near future barring outside forces.
• 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.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Shiwonee Subsector of Massilia Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
• This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
• It is a member of the Stenardee Cluster.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This system is part of the Stenardee Cluster.

Stellar Data

Hiponee has a solitary primary star.

Hiponee
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
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History & Background (Dossier)

This world is part of the Geonee Core.

In -190 a collection of Geonee representatives met at Prindee and declared the Second Geonee Confederation. This government was born as an agreement between the dominant classes of the three Geonee worlds to survive the Long Night: the high-ranking bureaucrats of Hiponee, the industrialist backers of Lagna's dictatorship, and the Meeralo Council of Shiwonee.

A few decades later, a bloody civil war at Hiponee ended with the use of nuclear weapons, nearly wiping out the population. The Confederation made the radical decision to deport all survivors to the inhospitable world of Dreva, subsequently reserving once-heavenly Hiponee for the nobility.

Integrating the Geonee into the Imperium proved difficult. In 120, a major anti-Imperial insurrection ended with the establishment of a naval base at Hiponee.

World Starport

Hiponee has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)

Hiponee has a population of 7,000 sophonts (thousands).

• This is a Low Population World and the population would be too low to sustain itself without a little outside assistance. This may represent the home base of a sizable but mostly transient population such as the base of a major starship expedition, the last generation of a dying colony, the first generation of a new colony, or a large outpost that will probably evolve into a colony if not stopped.
• The population consists of Geonee.

World Languages

• Core Anglic: One of the principal dialects of one of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
• Irkonee: The predominate language of the Geonee.
  • Genosha: A specialised form of Irkonee with many lone words from Oynprith.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

Urbanization

Architecture is Geonee-style.

• Family housing is traditionally designed to be two separate wings, joined by a central courtyard.
• The front part of the house, the "public home", is the abode of a male and any unmarried sons or male relatives. This is where visitors are received and males rest and relax.
• The rear is the "private home", where the females live. The only males permitted in this part of the house are the husband -- as all the women are under his protection -- and immediate male relatives.
• The courtyard is frequented equally by both men and women of the family. A secluded section of the courtyard is kept aside for the home of the selweeda – the Chirper (cerosee) that serves as a symbol of the legitimacy of the patriarch's marriage.

World Technology Level

Hiponee 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

Hiponee is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

World Military

Assets of the Geonee Self Defense Forces are based here.

World Culture

Geonee have a cultural taboo against being seen with a bare head, or showing excessive bare skin. In public, males wear long sleeves and trousers, showing only face, ears, and hands. Females are expected to be completely covered in public, with only eyes and hands exposed.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Hiponee, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

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.

• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), .