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The Garda-Vilis System


Garda-Vilis | 1118 | B-978868-A | Sc, O:1119 | 912 | Im | M3V

More information on the world of Garda-Vilis can be found in Traveller Adventure 7: Broadsword.


M3V  Jiala
     [Luminosity 0.354]

0    Large GG  Dirou
     [Size 220, Density 0.3 (these are both as large as they get!),
      52 Day Orbital Period; Mass 6239 (8.25G)]
     6r  B-978868-A  Garda-Vilis
         [Orbits at 1056000km, taking 1.53 days (36.72 hours); 
          Dirou appears 19 degrees wide in the sky from there; 27 degrees
          axial tilt, Orbital eccentricity 0; eclipses of Garda-Vilis
          by Dirou last less than two hours; tidally locked to Dirou]
         [Density 1.02, Mass 1.452, Gravity 1.15; Seismic Stress 920 or
          so, mainly tidal from Dirou; there are _many_ volcanoes and
          groundquakes; the volcanoes give the atmospheric taint of CO2
          and sulphur compounds; the proximity of Dirou leads to massive
          tides (there are _huge_ tidal zones; a lot of the hydrographic
          percentage is tidal areas) and nasty weather; earthquakes often
          give rise to tidal waves too]
         [5 major continents; 2 minor continents;
          7 major islands; 4 archipelagos]
         [Base Temperature 215K; increased greenhouse effect to 1.5 gives
          base temperature of 293K]
         [Native life; vegetation is yellow and red-black; animals have
          two sexes, three limbs and bilateral symmetry]
         [Representative authority is Elite Council, the Executive Branch;
          three-way division of authority; Legislature is Several Councils;
          Judicial is Elite Council; Territorial Law (all the same as for
          Vilis)]
         [Largest cities have populations of 100, 90, 60, 60, 50, 50, 20,
          10, 10 and 10 million respectively; many smaller cities too]
         [Major Exports: Ores, Crystals, Compounds, Agroproducts, Metals,
          Non-Metals, Parts, Consumables, Recordings, Documents]
     9r  G-s0046A-9  Nukralu

2    F-000668-9  The Krenau Belt
     [50m average, 100km maximum; 0.5 AU wide; n-10, m-40, c-60]

3    Small GG  Eppoce
     [Size 20 (this is as small as they get!)]
     4r   Y-R00000-0  The Glytt Ring
     7r   Y-100000-0  Chakres
     8r   Y-200000-0  Uglorro
     9r   Y-100000-0  Ibrite
     10r  G-s00268-9  Kiall
     12r  H-200000-0  Oknyss

Conservative and Stagnant
Passive and Neutral
Discordant and Aloof

Ruled by the neighbouring world of Vilis.

Garda-Vilis is a medium-sized world with a standard, tainted atmosphere, seas covering 80% of its surface and a population of 900 million people, most of which is located on the world's largest continent, clustered around the starport/scout base complex in a number of small cities and farming areas. The planet's resources are adequate for its own needs, but the ruling council has greatly restricted manufacturing and industrial development.

Garda-Vilis is a major link in the communications chain from the demilitarised neutral zone and the Imperial border into the heart of the Spinward Marches. The world was settled in the year -121 and was originally named Tanoose. For reasons unknown, the settlement failed within a few decades. and the colony was taken over by the government of Vilis to prevent its extinction. At this time its name was changed to Garda-Vilis, which means 'New Vilis' in one of the local dialects. The only industries on the planet are wholly owned by the government of Vilis.

Even though very few of the current inhabitants are direct descendants of the original colonists, there is widespread popular dissatisfaction with the Vilisian ruling council. This led to a small rebellion in the year 1103, which was put down at the cost of what little remaining popular support the council had, and galvanised the entire population against it, apart from the few million employed by the starport or the world's few industries. As such the rebellion has grown tremendously in size.

The resistance movement, calling itself the Tanoose Freedom League (TFL), has always taken great pains to demonstrate their basic loyalty to the Imperium, and has never damaged Imperial property or personnel.

Although TFL activity has not increased, sources have revealed that quantities of money and arms have been smuggled on-world. Local officials fear that a shift has taken place in the leadership of the TFL has taken place, and that the TFL may now be co-operating with one or more enemies of Vilis or the Imperium.

Since the population of Garda-Vilis can no longer be trusted, the local loyalist forces have been disarmed and disbanded.

The starport/Scout base complex and the cities near it are defended by ground-based planetary defences, consisting of laser batteries, emplaced missile bays and a deep-site factor-N meson gun plus large numbers of concealed and obvious sensor sites. The planetary defences are run by a factor-9 computer.


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