Dinom (world)

D300535-A

Starport	D	Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size	3	Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g)
Atmosphere	0	Vacuum
Hydrographics	0	Desert World 0%
Population	5	Moderate (200 thousand)
Government	3	Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy
Law	5	Moderate Law (no concealable weapons)
Tech Level	A	Early Stellar (jump drive)

See also

UWP

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System Details

A4 V

16

1

0

Cultural Details

Government

Self-perpetuating oligarchy

Law Level

Moderate

Cultural Extension

3438

Army Size (BEs)

0

Economic Details

Technology Level

10

Economic Extension

843-3

Resources	8	Moderate
Labor	4	Moderate (20 thousand)
Infrastructure	3	Very limited
Efficiency	-3	Poor

Importance Extension

-1

Resource Units

67

GWP (BCr)

0

World Trade Number

3.5

Trade Volume (MCr/year)

307

Starport Details

Classification

Class-D

Port Size

3

Building Capacity (Tons)

0

Port employees

25

Port passengers (annual)

1,000

Dinom is a vacuum world, with a complete lack of atmosphere. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world is a satellite of a gas giant or another planet in the system. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lanth Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Dinom, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

Dinom (world)/Lanth (Spinward Marches 1811)

New Era

D310535-B

Starport	D	Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size	3	Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g)
Atmosphere	1	Vacuum (trace)
Hydrographics	0	Desert World 0%
Population	5	Moderate (400 thousand)
Government	3	Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy
Law	5	Moderate Law (no concealable weapons)
Tech Level	B	Average Stellar (large starships)

Era: New Era

Dinom has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world is a satellite of a gas giant or another planet in the system. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Lanth Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

Revision Details

UWP data above are from the
T5 Second Survey, which
supersedes these older sources:

Classic Traveller

D100535-A

Starport	D	Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size	1	Small (1,600 km, 0.05g - 0.09g)
Atmosphere	0	Vacuum
Hydrographics	0	Desert World 0%
Population	5	Moderate (100 thousand)
Government	3	Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy
Law	5	Moderate Law (no concealable weapons)
Tech Level	A	Early Stellar (jump drive)

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Dinom is a small (4,800 kilometer diameter) airless world in far orbit around the central star of the Dinom system. Gravity is about 0.20 gravities. Dinom's star is a very large, very bright giant visible throughout the subsector, and would not normally have planets. Dinom itself is a rogue planet originally a satellite of the system's gas giant. It is now trapped in the trojan position of that gas giant, and trails the giant in its orbit around the star.

Dinom's orbital period is 1,600 years, while its axis of rotation is perpendicular to the ecliptic. The normal orbit causes precession of the axis of rotation by 0.225° per year. In 1130 the axis of rotation points directly at the primary. When in this state, Dinom's atmosphere freezes on to the "Cold Face", and the "Bright Face" is an airless ball of rock.

As the orbital precession continues, the "Cold Face" becomes gradually exposed, and the frozen atmosphere thaws and sublimates back out. By 1200, there is a trace atmosphere as the world enters its more normal daylight cycle mode. Around 1500, Dinom has a normal day/night cycle and a full atmosphere.

Dinom has a solitary primary star.

Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
A4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.93	8100 - 8250	9.98736
Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
AU	0.0167	0.2621	2.73 - 4.71	1.67	16.7
Orbit #	*	0	5	4	8
Remarks		None

Native Lifeforms

Life: Nestled within the abysses (which fill with gas during the gentler periods of Dinom) are the spores of life for the world. In the long changes of temperature, the spores come out and flourish when the time is right. This life is primarily composed of autotrophic forms.

History & Background (Dossier)

Settlement of this world took place only 200 years ago, just as the world was settling into a Bright Face period. The cities were established in the predicted twilight zones to take advantage of the temperate climates.

Other Data

Dinom's population of 230,000 is concentrated in three large cities (names: Rhylan, Medianne, and Napan) which house ore-processing centers. Each city is governed by a board of directors answering to the shareholder-owners (who number about 10 per city) of the ore-processing centers. Token representation for nonshareholders is also provided. The three cities send representatives to Rhylan for the World Board, which also has representation (about 10%) for the non-city dwellers. The Board is responsible for interstellar relations, system defense, industrial production, and Imperial contact.

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. Across the Bright Face/Mission on Mithril (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), TBD.
Loren Wiseman. "Crystals from Dinom." Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 08 (1981): TBD.
Loren Wiseman. Challenge 44 (Game Designers' Workshop, 1990), TBD.
Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 42.
Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 85.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 85.
Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

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