Coppelia (world)

Coppelia/Mekee (Core 0919)
Milieu 0	D550000-0 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
Classic Era (1116)	C550154-A Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 1 Low (50) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M1 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Coppelia is a poor, low-population desert world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts.

• This world has no free-standing water.
• This world has a research station engaged in the scientific pursuit of knowledge.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Mekee Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
• The system hosts Research Station Gamma.
• During the Long Night this world was named Marpi Ka.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Coppelia is home to a permanent 8-man orbital research/refueling station, established to study the strange anomalies in the world's gravity field. The world's surface gravity varies at random intervals from 0.3g to over 0.7g for no apparent reason. So far, there is no explanation for these gravity fluctuations. Home of Research Station Gamma (Core).

History & Background (Dossier)

A poor, low population desert world.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Coppelia, 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.

World Starport (Sp)

Coppelia has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used within this astrographic region:

• Core Anglic: One of the principal dialects of one of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

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.

• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 8
• Marc Miller's Traveller T4 First Survey
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science