Interdiction

Formal prohibition issued by the Imperium debarring starfarers from contact with a specific area, world or system.

Description (Specifications)

Interdictions must be approved by a member of the Imperial family, but generally such approval is given in response to a request from an interested service, nearly always the Scouts or the Navy. Interdiction may be imposed for any number of reasons, including to shield a military base or other sensitive installation, to ensure the seclusion of private reservations belonging to powerful families, to protect developing societies from interference, or to reserve valuable resource areas being saved for later development or exploitation. Enforcement of interdicts varies with the reason for the restriction as does the penalties for infractions.

Interdicted worlds usually have no starports at all. However, in some instances the interdict only applies to outsiders, local inhabitants being free to come and go as they please. In such cases there may be a starport serving the needs of the locals. Andor and Candory are examples of this kind of interdiction.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Imperium’s practice of interdiction of worlds for diverse reasons has long been a source of contention between liberal and conservative factions in the government. It is generally held that the Scouts mostly recommend interdiction to shield young or sensitive cultures from the interference that interstellar trade and commerce will bring. Algine and 457-973 are examples of this type of interdiction. The Navy is held to be more vindictive in its recommendations, using interdiction to punish local governments. The interdiction of Knorbes in 910 is an example of this type of interdiction.

The Travellers' Aid Society invariably awards interdicted worlds Red Zone travel ratings.

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 Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
• Classic Traveller The Traveller Book
• Classic Traveller Adventure 1 The Kinunir
• Periodical: Classic Traveller High Passage 4 in Article: 'Interdicted Worlds'