Jode (world)

Jode/Pretoria (Deneb 0805)
Classic Era (1116)	A9A6683-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 6 Moderate (4 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
New Era (1200)	B9A6683-9 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 6 Moderate ( million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F3 IV
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	0

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Jode is an Imperial fluid ocean world located on the main X-Boat route in Pretoria Subsector of Deneb Sector, notable as the homeworld of the Serpents, an extinct Minor Race. The mainworld population is approximately 10% Vargr in composition. Most of the current population of four million live in the orbital complex or in sealed surface environments.

Major export items include pharmaceuticals refined from sea creatures and minerals mined in the island archipelagos. In 1071 Leavitt Labs developed a new combat drug derived from the Jodian salalor, and this discovery has created a booming economy for the world.

Jode has a year of 630 standard days; its actual day length is in fact 24 hours. There are four moons. The planet's surface gravity is 1.3 G and its atmosphere has a high enough concentration of chlorine that even short exposures without a mask will cause extreme irritation and permanent lung damage.

Tukera Lines operates on-world offices and maintenance facilities.

Non-Canon

Jode's atmosphere is an unbreathable soup of carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor. The mixture is kept fluid by friction generated by the world's rotation, and high winds caused by thermal variances in the upper levels. In the lower valleys and canyons, the atmosphere often condenses into a chemical slush that covers the ground in a manner reminiscent of thick snow. Because of the ready availability of raw materials, SuSAG constructed several extraction plants here in the 980s for a variety of chemical and medicinal purposes. The entire population lives in a quartet of orbital habitats located in low orbit. Crews are shuttled down to work four day shifts at the various plants scattered around the surface. Concerns over the vulnerability of this world to Viral infection led to a partial evacuation during the 1130s, but the remaining population has steadfastly refused to relocate. SuSAG has pulled out most of its people, but continues to subcontract its facilities to local companies. The local tech level is too low to maintain the orbital stations, and the local government has consolidated into a bureaucracy to better pool resources.

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.

• Traveller Mongoose: Deneb Sector
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 1
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