Cyclic (world)

Cyclic/Siridor (Mavuzog 1319)
Classic Era (1116)	B000576-B Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 0 Asteroid/Planetoid Belt Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 5 Moderate (100 thousand) Government 7 Balkanization Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M7 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	1

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Cyclic is a ring of many small worldlets (planetoids AKA an "asteroid belt"), not capable of retaining an atmosphere or water, and both non-agricultural and preindustrial in nature.

• These worldlets warrant 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.
• The worldlets are, for the most part, unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• These worldlets are working towards being an industrial world but lack an adequate workforce to do so.
• It is a subject world of the Korsumug Empire located in the Siridor Subsector of Mavuzog Sector.

• This world is part of the Siridor Trace.
• About 80% of the population is composed of baseline humans.
• About 20% of the population is composed of Jaibok.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Cyclic has a solitary primary star.

• It is a red subdwarf named Ormond.

Cyclic has a solitary primary star.

System Data

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

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

A diagram indicating the positions of all of the major worlds and satellites in the system. Distances are noted in AU.

• Extended system data is available.

Mainworld Data

Cyclic is an Asteroid Belt mainworld.

The belt orbits within the outer system.

• It receives very low levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Cyclic is an Asterioid Belt or Planetoid Belt consisting of a few very large objects with diameters of hundreds of kilometers, thousands of bodies of a few kilometers in diameter, and millions of smaller objects. Asteroid Belt is used when the belt is the mainworld of a system. Planetoid Belt refers to any non-mainworld belt within a system.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

None of the bodies within the Cyclic Belt retain an atmosphere.

• The belt is in vacuum conditions, requiring the use of a Vacc Suit.
• TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

The Cyclic Belt contains a few icy bodies. A few belt objects have frozen volatiles on their surfaces.

• Wilderness refueling is possible within the belt, provided a suitable icy object can be found.
• Water for the inhabitants is generally imported and is extensively recycled.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

A simple chart of the Cyclic Belt showing the core of the belt and the major administration zones within it. Distances, planetoid numbers and sizes, and planetoid positions are representative.

• The core of the belt is made up of larger bodies and lies at approximately 0.27 AU. It is around 0.07 AU wide.
• The belt has an inner dust disk and an outer dust disk, both extending around 0.2 AU beyond the core zone.

The borders of administrative zones are based on set distances from the major named planetoids. They move in conjunction with their designated planetoid.

• All four major named planetoids have the same orbital period and maintain a constant distance from one another.
• Planetoids lying at different distances have different orbital periods and may pass into and out of different administration zones.

History & Background (Dossier)

Cyclic is a formerly prosperous commercial center that is gradually failing.

• The system has been settled for centuries.
• The resources of the system are being exploited.

The system has been occupied by the Jaibok.

• It has been under occupation for around two decades.
• It has been incorporated into the Korsumug Empire.

The Korsumug Immortal Legion Fleet patrols the system.

The standard of the Immortal Legion Fleet.

Multiple businesses, organizations, and private interests are active within the system.

• Commercial traffic is frequent: ships regularly arrive and depart.
• Commo is filled with signals and private chatter. Communications are in Siri, a local dialect of Riftian Anglic.
• Multiple commercial navigation beacons will be active.
• A number of vessels may be operating among the other worlds and moons that make up the system.

Note that social data, though only 40 years old, may be out of date.

• Verified updated data is constantly sought.

World Starport (St)

Cyclic 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 Demographics (P)

Cyclic has a population of 10 million.

• Approximately 9.2 million humans. The majority inhabit one of four large planetoids.
• Approximately 950,000 Jaibok, largely occupation forces and technical staff overseeing operations.

Urbanization

Cities are tunnelled into large rocky planetoids.

• Each has its own starport.
• Smaller facilities exist on other rocky bodies.
• Structures and facilities are sealed.

World Technology Level (T)

Cyclic 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)

Cyclic 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

No faction is currently allowed to maintain a standing military, by decree of Admiral Gagreh, the military governor representing the Korsumug Empire.

• A major Jaibok military garrison is in place on each major planetoid.
• Private security forces ("Feds") operate alongside the Jaibok troops.

World Law (L)

Cyclic has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Economy

• Resources: A (abundant)
• Labor: 6 (millions)
• Infrastructure: 9 (extensive)
• Efficiency: +1 (average)

Trade Data

• Importance: +2 (ordinary)

The primary exports are mineral ores and processed metals. The chief market is Siridor.

The world is not self-sufficient and requires imports of almost every necessity, particularly foodstuffs. Much of its food comes from Weil.

• Luxuries command premium prices.

World Culture

• Homogeneity: A (discordant)
• Acceptance: 9 (friendly)
• Strangeness: 1 (very typical)
• Symbols: D (very abstract)

The most commonly spoken language within the system is Siri, a local dialect of Riftian Anglic.

Historical Data

The system was surveyed early in the history of the region, largely because of its abundant mineral wealth. Small mining operations had began by the mid-400s.

By the 700s control of the system was divided between the Mining Federation and the Cyclic Extraction Corporation, two competing companies. Working conditions were poor within the belt, maintenance was limited, and accidents were common. Supplies were always hard to come by and company stores sold goods and equipment at exorbitant rates: the companies fixed pay rates and prices, strictly controlled third party sales of almost any commodity in order to maintain their monopoly, and harshly punished black marketeers. As a result, workers effectively found themselves in indentured servitude.

A series of uprisings against the intolerable conditions were crushed by hired security, but in 880 an organized and well-armed rebellion overthrew company rule in much of the belt, taking control of most of the Mining Federation's territory and creating the Free Belt region.

• The two companies were able to retain some regions of their territory.
• The success of the rebellion prompted a series of social and economic reforms within the companies.
• Armed liberation movements remain active within the two corporate-controlled zones.

The system was invaded and occupied by the Korsumug Empire in 1086. Armed opposition (largely consisting of private security forces) was quickly overwhelmed but "lone wolf" individuals and independent militias, operating from secret cells or from hidden bases, continue to resist the Jaibok.

• In 1091, with little fanfare, the system was officially incorporated into the Korsumug Empire.

World Timeline

• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• ca 450: independent miners are noted as being active in the system.
• ca 380: first known full system survey (retrieved from a Talokani data archive).
• ca 700: the belt is divided between the Mining Federation and the Cyclic Extraction Corporation.
• 880: a successful armed uprising creates the Free Belt region.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published.
• 1086: the Korsumug Empire occupies the system after a brutal military conquest.
• 1091: the world is incorporated into the Korsumug Empire.

UWP Listing

• Independent miners (ca 450): D000100-A As Lo Va (population approximately 50)

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Classic Traveller Group One Theta Borealis Sector
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science