Introduction and General Information

[SpinwardMarch]

Research Station Gamma - Introduction


Date: 300-1106

Place:
- Vanejen (0709-C686854-5) in Rhylenor subsector of the Spinward Marches.
- It is a rich world
- 9600 km in diameter
- Dense breathable atmosphere
- Seas cover 60% of surface
- Ice caps are 20% of surface
- Population is 543 million
- distributed over three of four continents
- scattered settlements on barren fourth continent

History:
- It is located in a cluster of worlds in a backwater of the Rhylenor subsector
- which sprang to sudden prominence during the Third Frontier War (976-986)
as the Imperium fought off the Outworld Coalation.
- The local people learned about starfaring worlds when the Navy established a base
- "The world was catapulted into the reaches of interstellar society in the course of only a few years."


Equipment
- Personal possessions are very limited
- Change of clothing
- some money
- personal hygiene items
- weapon as listed on character sheet

- Equipment can be purchased, if
- it is available
- must be paid for with the characters' own funds
- must be found in Traveller Book 1 or 3
- must be tech level 8 or below
- imported items (tech level 6-8) have 140% markup

- Special Equipment
- Personal Communicator
- small, earpiece-type
- long-life batteries
- short range (10 km across open areas)
- Cost: Cr 100 each