Cipango (world)

Cipango/Cronor (Spinward Marches 0705)
Classic Era (1116)	A886865-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 8 Moderate (100 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
New Era (1200)	A886865-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 8 Moderate (300 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G2 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	1

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Cipango System
Cronor/Spinward Marches 0705
Position	Distance	Name	UWP
Primary		Cipango-Taiyoo	G2V
1	0.5 AU	Zero-Belt	Y000000-0
2	0.7 AU	Himawari	HS00000-0
3	0.9 AU	Kusai	F596267-C
4	1.1 AU	Cipango	A886865-C
1	2	Yubiwa-Ring	YR00000-0
2	25	Tsuki-Shivva	F646668-C
5	1.5 AU	Yon-Belt	G000268-C
6	2.3 AU	Doitsu	H7A0167-B
1	12	Bavaria-32	H100363-B
7	7.1 AU	Fukuzawa	Small GG
1	8	F-8	HS00167-B
2	11	F-11 prim	HS00000-0
3	11	F-11 bis	HS00163-B

Cipango is a pre-agricultural, moderate population rich garden world with over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts in population size.

• Garden worlds are known for their near-ideal utopian environments conducive to most sophonts, plants, animals, and other forms of life.
• It is a pre-agricultural world with an environment suitable for large scale agricultural and livestock industries that have not yet been widely developed.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Zhodani Consulate in the Cronor Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

• This world has a nearby Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
• This world has a nearby Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.
• Express courier routes known as Postal Routes come in from deeper in the Consulate and connect through Cipango to Jewell Subsector.
• It is controlled by Cronor (Spinward Marches 0304).
• The Zhodani name for the world is Sachebr.

Description (Planetology)

Cipango is the main trade and communication route to the Riverland Cluster and serves as the gate to the Riverland Wall, an important Zhodani defensive line. Given this location Cipango enjoys a thriving commercial economy, supported by extensive agricultural and industrial holdings.

Non-canon: The Cipango system is not very impressive, but it still has three garden worlds.

In the inner habitable zone is Kusai that has a foul smelling atmosphere and dangerous wildlife. The climate is a bit too hot to be comfortable to humans, so it has not attracted a large population. It is also within the 100 diameters jump-limit from the sun, so it is rarely visited by interstellar traders.

Cipango itself has a large moon, Tsuki-Shivva that has been colonized. It is a fairly nice place that is a bit cooler than Cipango itself. Most of the new colonists from the Consulate have settled here.

The Cipango system is easily defended since it only has one gas giant, and one population centre. If an enemy (The Imperium) attacks the gas giant it will suffer heavy losses to all ships and SDB stationed there. The F-11 moon that orbits Fukuzawa with 60 degrees separation also has extensive sensor stations, that easily can detect an incoming fleet. If the enemy tries to attack the main world, it will instead meet a strong fleet, and it will not even know from what planet, Cipango or Tsuki-Shivva, that the meson fires are coming from. There are also ships and sensors in the Yubiwa-Ring. Reserves can also be hidden in the Yon-Belt and inside the 100 diameters jump-limit from the sun.

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0705 Cipango (Zhodani)

Starport: Class V - Naval Base.

Diameter: 7,670 miles (12,300 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 64%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 100,000,000.
Government: Subjugated (Chronor High Council).
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 10.
World Trade Number: 5.

History & Background (Dossier)

Cipango is a rich and important, high-technology garden world located in the Cronor Subsector of the Spinward Marches. The system is a member of the Zhodani Consulate and has a major Zhodani naval base containing important fleet assets.

Prior to the Second Frontier War Cipango was part of the Imperium and served as the Imperial subsector capital. The war began with an attack on Cipango before quickly expanding to engulf three subsectors. As a result of the war Cipango became a Zhodani world.

Non-canon: Cipango is a rich world in a strategically and economically important position. The system is heavily protected by the Zhodani Navy that has a base here. Cipango is ruled by a governor appointed by the Chronor High Council. Most of the population is Solomani, but more and more Zhodani is moving in. The Zhodani name for the planet is Sachebr, but this name rarely used.

Cipango was first settled in 356 by a mix of pioneers, traders and farmers from the Imperium with the help of Baron Fukuzawa who also was a very wealthy industrialist. In 423 Cipango and four other worlds in the subsector became members of the Imperium, and Cipango was made the subsector capital. In the Second Frontier War (615 to 620) Cipango was liberated by (lost to) the Zhodani Consulate.

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Classic Traveller The Spinward Marches Campaign
• Classic Traveller The Spinward Marches
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 18 in Article: "A Concise History of the Third Imperium"
• TNE The Regency Sourcebook
• GURPS Traveller: Behind the Claw
• Mongoose Traveller: Spinward Marches
• External Link: Landgrab by P-O "BeRKA" Bergstedt