Vilis (world)

Vilis/Vilis (Spinward Marches 1119)
Classic Era (1116)	A593943-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 9 High (8 billion) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G5 V M8 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	0

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Vilis is a high-population, industrial world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item.
• Its economy is rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to rapidly improve barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Vilis Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector in the Domain of Deneb.
• 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 a Vilis Trace.
• It directly controls Garda-Vilis.
• This world was once known as Svavasorm.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Vilis is a binary star system.

• The primary is a yellow main sequence.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Vilis has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.98	5600 - 5660	0.93173
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0091	0.0801	0.91 - 1.63	0.91	9.1
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks
Secondary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.085	2420 - 2570	0.00018
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0011	0.0011	0.01 - 0.03	0.11	1.1
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
	Remarks

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x6 secondary rocky worlds.
• x2 planetoid belts.

Mainworld Data

Vilis orbits within its star's habitable zone.

• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Vilis is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Vilis has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. While a Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

• It experiences low to moderate temperatures.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Vilis has 25-35% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has a few small seas. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants will be recycled.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)

Native Lifeforms

Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

• The world's ecology is suffering under pressure from human exploitation and industrial pollution.

History & Background (Dossier)

Vilis was originally settled by Sword Worlders from Gungnir (Spinward Marches 1221) – then known as Morglay – who named it Svavasorm.

Vilis became a client state of the Imperium in 470 and a full member in 552.

Over eight billion people reside on this relatively small world, resulting in significant crowding, especially in the cities. Food is grown on planet using efficient means, but as noted the ecology is stressed by the high population and the polluted air. Additional food is imported from orbital habitats, and from other systems. A strong manufacturing base has made all of this possible despite the ecological damage it has wrought.

The Tanoose Freedom League is known to be active on the world.

World Starport (St)

Vilis 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.

World Population (P)

Vilis has a population of 8,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are most commonly heard:

• Riftian Galanglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Sagamaal, the language of the Sword Worlds.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Technology Level (T)

Vilis possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A 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: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
  • Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
  • Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-1.

World Government (G)

Vilis is governed by a Representative Democracy where government leadership is by representatives elected by eligible voters. What determines an eligible voter varies. The representatives determine policy, including selecting members of the bureaucracy. There can be referenda, votes by eligible voters on specific subjects.

World Law (L)

Vilis 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.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Vilis, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the fiefdoms of two members of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial minor duke.

See: Nobles of Vilis.

Trade Data

• Importance: 4 (important)

World Economy

• Resources: D (very abundant)
• Labor: 8 (hundreds of millions)
• Infrastructure: E (comprehensive)
• Efficiency: +1 (average)

The main exports of Vilis include warships, weaponry, and high-technology goods. Vilis Shipyards operate under a Imperial contract to produce patrol cruisers and a larger class of frontier destroyer for the open market.

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 6 (harmonious)
• Acceptance: D (very xenophilic)
• Strangeness: 2 (typical)
• Symbols: 7 (somewhat concrete)

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 589-604: First Frontier War.
• 604-622: the Civil War.
• 615-620: Second Frontier War.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
• 979-986: Third Frontier War.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
• 1082-1084: Fourth Frontier War, also known as the False War.
• 1107-1110: Fifth Frontier War.

Historical Data

The County of Vilis is currently part of the Duchy of Regina following the the creation of that Duchy in 629. Prior to that it was part of the Duchy of Rhylanor (Created 522). Vilis is the capital of that County. Despite being in the Vilis Subsector, Vilis is not the Subsector Capital nor is it the seat of the Subsector Duke, and more importantly it is not subject to him.

Vilis was home to the 3rd Vilis Colonial Division.

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1119 Vilis (Imperial)

Starport: Class V.

Diameter: 5,007 miles (8,000 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen tainted with industrial pollutants.
Hydrographics: 33%.
Climate: Cool.
Population: 8.32 billion.
Government: Oligarchy.
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 5.5.

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.

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