Karelian (world)

Karelian/Coos (Vanguard Reaches 2004)
Classic Era (1116)	C887989–A Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 9 High (9 billion) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G8 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	5

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Karelian is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• This world is a member of the Trelyn Domain (the Duchy of Trelyn) located in the Coos Subsector of Vanguard Reaches Sector.

• This world-system has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.
• This world controls Weslaco.
• It is a member of the Trelyn Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Karelian has a solitary primary star.

• It is a yellow main sequence.

Alfar Edylsyla has a solitary primary star.

Alfar Edylsyla
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G8 V	Main Sequence		0.94	5380 - 5480	0.80528
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0085	0.0744	0.87 - 1.54	0.85	8.5
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	7
	Remarks		None

System Data

System:

• 5x Gas Giants
• 2x Planetoid Belts

Karelian's two moons are named Ladoga and Onega.

System Importance (Ix)

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Size (S)

This world is a Meso World between 12,000km and 13,500km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.8G and 1.1G. The horizon will appear about 5.1km away. Vessels with 1G of thrust should check with local starport authorities before attempting to land using emergency power..

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

This world has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it. .

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

This world has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible..

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

Colonised twice in its history, Karelian's second settlement grew to control four other star systems before it accepted membership in the Trelyn Domain. Karelian remains a leading Trelyn world, a centre for trade and home to both naval and scout bases on the Domain's spinward border.

Negotiations with the Pan-Melesien Company at Coos resulted in Karelian joining the Trelyn Domain in 972, keeping control of its colonies at Weslaco, Surtun and Yalgoo, while granting independence to Tithira.

To comply with the terms of its Imperial charter, the Allarton Corporation that underpins the Trelyn Domain is theoretically limited to operating in the Trelyn Subsector. Domain operations in Coos Subsector are run by Pan-Melesien.

World Starport (Sp)

This world 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)

World Demographics

Although 90% of the population is Human, Karelian is one of the most cosmopolitan societies in the Vanguard Reaches Sector. Its colonists came from many worlds of the Third Imperium and included more than a dozen minor races, from Bwap to Virushi. There are also Aslan granted land in return for past military aid.

World Government (G)

Karelian is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is 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. The bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucracy or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence like the military.

World Law Level (L)

Karelain has a high law level with laws covering many areas of interactions of people, corporations, and the government. A few worlds with this law level may be Amber Zones. Any interaction with the judicial system requires an Advocate trained in the local legal system. Law enforcement is present almost everywhere, either as people or via technology. Legal proceedings can take weeks to months to resolve and involve a dozen or more people. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (outside private residences or visiting starships).

World Technology Level (TL)

Karelian 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.

Trade Data

• Importance: 4 (important)

World Economy

• Resources: 9 (moderate)
• Labor: 7 (tens of millions)
• Infrastructure: C (very extensive)
• Efficiency: +2 (goood)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 8 (discordant)
• Acceptance: C (xenophilic)
• Strangeness: 6 (very distinct)
• Symbols: 7 (somewhat concrete)

World Timeline

• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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.

• Chuck Kallenbach. Classic Traveller Vanguard Reaches, (Paranoia Press, 1981), various pages. (original data)
• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Classic Traveller Aslan, (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), inside back cover. (the Zhodani; sector named and subsector depicted but no further data)
• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Classic Traveller Zhodani, (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), inside front cover. (the Zhodani; sector named and subsector depicted but no further data)
• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), Pages 11, 50. (dot map provided)
• Chuck Kallenbach. External Link: Vanguard Reaches online updates, 1991.
• David L. Pulver. GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 1, (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), Pages 5-63. (the Zhodani)
• Don McKinney. Mongoose Traveller: Zhodani, (Mongoose Traveller, 2011), 188 pages. (the Zhodani)
• Geir Lanesskog. Mongoose 2nd The Spinward Extents (Mongoose Publishing, 2022), various pages. (sector data and background)