Lunion (world)

Lunion/Lunion (Spinward Marches 2124) Milieu 1116 A995984-D Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 9 High (8 billion) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G5 V
Worlds	11
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	7E3B
Army Size (BEs)	1000
Economic Details
Technology Level	13
Economic Extension	C8H+3 Resources C Very abundant Labor 8 Moderate (800 million) Infrastructure H Very comprehensive Efficiency +3 Improved
Importance Extension	5
Resource Units	4,896
GWP (BCr)	65,632
World Trade Number	5.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	53,320
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	8,800,000
Port employees	26,720
Port passengers (annual)	114,700

Lunion is an industrial world with a tainted atmosphere. The system has a population over one billion. This system serves as the capital for the subsector. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lunion Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Lunion, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdoms of a count and the Subsector duke. All three are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. The system supports both an Imperial Naval Base and a Scout Base with the additional starship traffic.

Astrography & Planetology

Lunion is a member of the Spinward Main.

Lunion serves as the crossroads of commerce and information to Glisten (Spinward Marches 2036) and beyond, as well as the Border Worlds. As a major trade hub several Megacorporations and numerous smaller companies have offices located in the starport.

Lunion has a solitary primary star.

Lunion Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G5 V	Main Sequence		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
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History & Background (Dossier)

Lunion's naval base is home to the Imperial 43rd Fleet, and its IISS facilities rival any in the Imperium.

The world contains a significant population of Aslan.

The jointly owned shipyard is the L'Union Navires Royaux, a maker of fine space and starcraft, with wide cooperation and technology agreements with many other corporations including Dzofakael in the Vargr Extents.

Imperial Landed Nobility (N)

Lunion, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of three members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial subsector duke.
• Please see: Nobles of Lunion

World Technology Level (TL)

Lunion possesses a Technology Level of TL–13 or TL-D in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovideo recorders.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, prototype collectors, advanced fusion plants.
• 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-4.

While the world is rated as TL–14, some of the high tech companies on the world are researching TL–16 theoretical technologies. A major goal of the planetary government is upgrading local infrastructure to the highest TL–15 standards of Imperial Space.

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.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 24-25.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 46. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 92.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 113,115.
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Gregory P. Lee. Cirque (Greylock Publishing, 2014), 109-114.
• Citation Missing - Behind the Claw (UWP only)
• Tony Jones - The Lunion system - Memory Lapse Megatraveller campaign