Quopist (world)

Quopist/Lanth (Spinward Marches 2215) Milieu 1116 B551679-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 6 Moderate (7 million) Government 7 Balkanization Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	776B
Army Size (BEs)	15
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	B55+2 Resources B Abundant Labor 5 Moderate (700 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency +2 Good
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	550
GWP (BCr)	16
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	2,237
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	7,000
Port employees	270
Port passengers (annual)	500

Quopist has both an unbreathably thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions make it dangerous to visitors. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lanth Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Quopist, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world.

Quopist (world)/Lanth (Spinward Marches 2215) New Era B551679-B Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 6 Moderate (8 million) Government 7 Balkanization Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	877F
Army Size (BEs)	12
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	B55-1 Resources B Abundant Labor 5 Moderate (800 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	248
GWP (BCr)	14
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	4,170
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	6,000
Port employees	310
Port passengers (annual)	500

Era: New Era

Quopist has both an unbreathably thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions make it dangerous to visitors. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Lanth Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

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• Approximately 60% of its population are Jonkeereen.
• About 40% of the population is composed of humans and other non-human sophonts.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The mainworld is a very dry planet. The world's population is scattered in small settlements wherever there is water.

Monostellar System

Quopist Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Quopist M3 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0017	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.17	1.7
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	4

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2215 Quopist (Imperial) - Amber Zone

Starport: Class IV.

Diameter: 1,176 miles (1,900 km).
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 12%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 7.5 million (4 million Jonkeereen).
Government: Tribal.
Control Level: 5.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 4.0.

History & Background (Dossier)

In addition to Quopist Startown, other major settlements on Quopist include Kuru Iga and Aru Dehu.

• Quopist’s main export is valden, a waxy, naturally occurring substance thought to be a byproduct of the life cycle of the world’s main plant, a cactus-like succulent. Valden is used as a catalyst in several chemical processes.

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.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), .
• Shannon Appelcline, "Aliens of the Marches: The Jonkeereen", Freelance Traveller 023 (November 2011)
• Software: Megatraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 42.
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 87.
• Mongoose Traveller: Spinward Marches