Tailend (world)
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| Tailend/Williamsburg (Glimmerdrift Reaches 2115) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | C786764–4
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tailend is a nonindustrial world, that requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
- In a technological universe, societies without industrial capability generally suffer as nearly all manufactured and high tech goods must be brought in at significant cost.
- As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Williamsburg Subsector of Glimmerdrift Reaches Sector.
- This world was colonized by and is controlled from Cixntha (world).
Description / Astrography & Planetology
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System Data
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Mainworld Data
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Mainworld Geography & Topography
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Native Lifeforms
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History & Background / Dossier
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World Starport
Tailend 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.
World Technology Level
Tailend possesses a Technology Level of TL–4.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone and telegraphs, widespread printing.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early electricity, hydrocarbon internal combustion.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Trains and early automobiles.
- Water: Clippers and steam ships.
- Air: Dirigibles, balloons, very basic rockets.
World Government
Tailend has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. This is a colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.
World Military
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World Economy
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Trade Data
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World Demographics
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World Culture
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Urbanization
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Historical Data
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World Timeline
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UWP Listing
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References & Contributors / Sources
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- Dave Sering, Steve Crow. Glimmerdrift Reaches (Judges Guild, 1981), TBD.
- Classic Traveller Judges Guild Crucis Margin (Non-canon)
- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), TBD. (star map)
- Citation Missing - K'kree (Alien Module) (Alien Module 2: K'kree) (named but no further data)
- Citation Missing - Hivers (Alien Module) (Alien Module 7: Hivers) (named but no further data)
- Marc Miller. "Wars of the Imperium." Imperial Encyclopedia (1987): TBD.
- Citation Missing - Alien - Vilani & Vargr (dot map provided)
- Citation Missing - Alien - Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)
- Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 14
- Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. Gateway to Destiny (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), TBD.
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani
- Author & Contributor: Dakin Burdick
- Author & Contributor: Enoki
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com