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Aachen: One of the largest cities on Joyeuse (population approximately 140,000); capital of the captaincy of Francia; on the southern coast of the Eaglewood Sea. (Called "Vlrødby" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 39)

Aarhus-class destroyer: a 5000-ton, tech level C (Type FE) escort designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (S09, p. 18)  A new class of ships just entering service, Aarhus-class destroyers will be the main ships-of-the-line of the Dominate Navy.

Abundant Ocean: world-spanning ocean on Hofud, which reaches from the northern polar region of Sacrifice to the southern pole south of Escort. (Called "Budrig Ocean" — Sagamaal for "rich ocean" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 60)

Admiral: the most senior, pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union naval flag officer rank used by the Founders.  In practice, only two worlds had nobles of this rank: Gram and Sacnoth (prior to the establishment of the Sacnoth Dominate).  The Hertug of Gram still uses this title, though it is not recognized by the Dominate.

Admiral Maja II-class galleon: a 1000-ton, tech level C (Type ML) galleon built at the Johanna Hésè & Company shipyards on Gram and operated by Naval Guard Starlines. (MCS, pp. 4-6)  The Admiral Maja II-class galleons are state-of-the-art for commercial passenger travel.  See Hikawamaru-class galleon and Leótrískt-class galleon.

Agricultural (Ag): the trade classification for worlds which "have large portions of their economies devoted to agriculture," in part due to the suitability of their ecosphere. (B03, 2nd ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83)  Agricultural worlds have a thin, standard or dense atmosphere, a hydrosphere of at least 40% but no more than 90%, and a population of at least one hundred thousand but less than one hundred million. (B02, 1st ed., p. 43, and 2nd ed., p. 46; B03, 2nd. ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83; B06, p. 32; MT2, pp. 48, 50)

Albattar (Adabicci ): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon; Merx's Landgrab; GypsyComet's brief; Martyn's non-canon; Weaver's Amber Zone)

Alcocer: city on the eastern shore of the Coraza Ocean in western Casco on Colada. (Marked as "Ruins" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 32)

Áleifr (Ghandi ): world in the Danuuz frontier (and, later, the Ginnungagap rift), surveyed by the Awair Adventure, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary figure. (Phill's Canon)

Alene (Loneseda ): unsettled world in the Sköll cluster along the coreward trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Strikr Expedition, named for the Crown Princess of the Sacnoth Dominate. (Phill's Canon)

Alene Hannedottir Braga: the Crown Princess (Sagamaal: Kronprinsesse) of the Sacnoth Dominate; daughter of Kejserinde Hanne and Storhertug Vilhelm.

Alkutbay-class merchant: a 400-ton, tech level B (Type R) freighter built at shipyards on Gram. (B02, p. 19, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 19-23; TB, p. 59; MT3, p. 82; TNE, p. 374; GT, p. 146; MGT, pp. 119-120)  Alkutbay-class merchants often served as auxiliary support ships for private Exploring Expeditions.  See Karen-class merchant and Shuinsen-class merchant.

Amiral (Sagamaal): most senior flag officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Anchorage: starport on Hofud, with a ground component and a highport component in geosynchronous orbit above the downport. (Called "Ankornst" — Sagamaal for "Anchorage" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 60)

Anderspress: based at New Kalmar on Gram, Anderspress is the oldest and most successful news and library data service in the Sacnoth Dominate.  Established on Gram in 58 F.E., Anderspress has bureaus on every Dominate world as well as on some settled worlds in the Danuuz, Sepireld and Pilgrim frontier regions.

Anduril and surrounding worlds[ᚱ]

Anduril (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ): a Sword World, one of the Far Colonies, named for an ancient Old Terran fictional sword.
    Anduril is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the second to last world of the Far Leg, core-trailward from Narsil.
    One of the Sword Worlds settled from Sacnoth, Anduril remains linked to Sacnoth culturally, economically and politically.  Unlike the other Far Colonies, Anduril was colonized not in a single, coordinated effort but rather by several different groups — including some from Gram — who were eager to establish their own, distinct communities.  Anduril was balkanized for most of its history with the first single, central authority only established recently by the Dominate.

    Anduril has a good quality starport (B) with refined fuel available, starship maintenance facilities able to repair any damage and shipyards capable of constructing non-starships.  There are no orbital facilities but a substantial downport exists at Roheryn  Landings at the starport are virtually impossible during the semi-annual windy seasons.
    Anduril is a large size (9) world with a diameter of 15,232 kilometres and surface gravity of 1.52G, which is fatiguing for off-worlders used to more moderate gravity. (GT01, p. 69; GT31, p. 24)  It has a dense, oxygen-nitrogen mix atmosphere (8) and a normal climate with average temperatures between 22 °C and 29 °C, though weather can be severe due to the world's energetic star and substantial axial tilt (53°). (GT01, p. 69; GT31, pp. 24, 35; GT05, p. 75)  Anduril has a wet hydrosphere (5) with water covering 49% of its surface. (GT01, p. 69; GT31, p. 24)
    Anduril has a moderate-sized population (5) of approximately seven hundred thousand, most of which consists of many settlements scattered across the world's surface, though the city of Greyhaven has grown since the Dominate established the capital there.
    Anduril is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with many independent holdings now nominally in fief to the Dominate Kejser who reigns as Konge of Anduril.  A Governor-General administers Dominate affairs from Dominate House at Greyhaven.  Law enforcement is generally moderate (7) though it can vary rather widely across the world's many domains.
    Anduril has early stellar technological capability (A), among the highest in the Sword Worlds outside of Sacnoth, Gram and Hofud.  Some areas of Anduril have only been superficially explored. (MT5, p. 34)  It is an agricultural and non-industrial world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Anduril world map^[ᚲ]

The Anduril system's only star, Aragorn, is a yellow-white dwarf (F2V). (GT31, p. 24)  The system has eleven worlds, including seven gas giants and two planetoid belts.
    Anduril orbits Aragorn at nearly 33 light-minutes, within the high-energy star's habitable zone. (GT31, p. 24)  The world has two small moons, Merry and Pippen. (GT31, p. 50)

Angantyr: The red dwarf (M2V) star of the Tyrfing system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Tyrfing. (GT31, p. 50; SMSS)

Angurva (Asteltine ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Ansehelm (Anselhome ): one of the Entropic Worlds, settled from Entrope with assistance from the re-emergent Darrians. (Phill's Canon)

Aquitaine: lieutenancy on Joyeuse, named for an ancient Old Terran domain.  Aquitaine generally encompasses the region north of the central Hearth Sea; its capital is Edgewater.

Aragorn: The yellow-white dwarf (F2V) star of the Anduril system, named for the ancient Old Terran fictional wielder of the sword Anduril. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)

Arathrion: one of the three continents on Sacnoth, located in the southern hemisphere and separated from Erl to the northeast by a mountain range and from Eisufer to the northwest by a pair of equatorial isthmuses.  The continent is named for a domain in another work of fiction by the same ancient Old Terran author of the work from which Sacnoth's name is drawn. (GT31, p. 56)

Arcing Sword blazon[ᚿ]

Arcing Sword: Blazon of Caladbolg.  Derived from the mythological sword of ancient Old Terran legend after which the world is named.  The sword Caladbolg was believed to make a circle like an arc of rainbow when wielded. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GBJ1, p. 39)

Ark Sea: largest sea on Excalibur, located mostly in the northern hemisphere but with a large inlet stretching across the equator into the southern hemisphere.  The starport, Fastport, is located on the equatorial shore. (Called "Arkjhav" — Sagamaal for "Ark Sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 53)

Aroundight (Arkadia ): world in the Danuuz frontier, surveyed by the Badawi Adventure, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (GT31, p. 74; GJ6801, "Adventures in the Arkadia System"; Phill's Canon)

Artemis-class sloop: a 100-ton, tech level B (Type S) corvette designed for naval reconnaissance operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (B02, p. 18, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 15-17; MT3, p. 80)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Artemis-class sloops sometimes participated in private Exploring Expeditions.  Some decommissioned Artemis-class sloops have been modified to serve as asteroid prospecting (Type J) packets. (S07, pp. 27-29)  See Vardøhus-class sloop and Vostok-class sloop.

Artur: The red dwarf (K5V) star of the Excalibur system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Excalibur. (GT31, p. 50; SMSS)

Austrasia: commandancy on Joyeuse, named for an ancient Old Terran domain.  Austrasia generally encompasses the region northwest of the Hearth Sea, east of Francia and southeast of Roncevaux; its capital is Ringhold.

auxiliary (boat or ship): a spaceship or starship operated by a military or paramilitary organization but not primarily intended for combat.

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Badawi Adventure (37-39 D.E.): the first private expedition to explore the Danuuz frontier, travelling from Isenfang across deep space into the Danuuz Cluster as far as Svavasorm.

Bådsmand (Sagamaal): junior non-commissioned officer rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Balisarda: official name of Sacnoth at the time of its original settlement from Gram. (GT31, p. 77)

Balmung (Trexalon ): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (M1, p. 11; HRM980630; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; Phill's Canon)

Banebrydende: a Fortrop-class corvette presumed lost during the Sacnoth-Gram War.  See "The Lost Corvette."

Barbarian: Rugged individuals from primitive societies accustomed to hardship, adept at wilderness survival situations and generally inexperienced in technologically-advanced circumstances." (S04, p. 5. 8-9, 30-31)  In the Cleaved Helm campaign, barbarians tend to be non-humans, such as Heodening, or the "devolved" descendants of ancient Darrians.

Barnstokker: the single, small satellite of Gram, named for a mythological tree of ancient old Terran legend. (GT31, p. 24)

Baron (Sagamaal): fifth rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate.  The holding of a baron is a barondømme.

barque (or "barquentine"): a corvette or frigate of at least 800 tons displacement but less than 1000 tons.

battleship (or "battle boat," "battle rider"): a capital ship (or boat) typically with more than 500 crew members, not including craft pilots or ground-fighters. (S09, pp. 38-39, 40-41, 42-43; M3, pp. 33, 35)

Beater (Beater ): a Sword World, one of the Rim Colonies, named for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword. (Phill's Canon)  Beater is a medium size (6) world with a dense atmosphere (8) and a wet hydrosphere (5).  It has a moderate-sized population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Beater has a routine quality starport (C) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

Beowulf: The red dwarf (M2V) star of the Hrunting system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Hrunting. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)

Bergsrå (Wardn ): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (MTJ1, pp. 4-14; Phill's Canon; Merx's Landgrab; GypsyComet's brief)

Bilbo: The red dwarf (M0V) star of the Sting system, named for the ancient Old Terran fictional wielder of the sword Sting. (GT31, p. 50; SMSS)

Biter (Biter ): a Sword World, one of the Rim Colonies, named for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword. (Phill's Canon)  Biter is a small size (3) world with a thin atmosphere (5) and a wet hydrosphere (4).  It has a moderate-size population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Biter has a routine quality starport (C) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

Bivar: The red dwarf (M8V) companion star of the Colada system, named for the birthplace of an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Colada. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)  Also see Rodrigo.

Black Bull blazon[ᛀ]

Black Bull: Blazon of Sacnoth.  Adopted in 201 F.E. (-198 Imperial Era) in defiance of Gram, whose symbol is the Red Wyrm.  The Red Wyrm has often been described by Gram's political foes on Sacnoth as a "monster that lies on a bed of gold and can only be killed by a [special, black] bull," emphasizing the creature's monstrousness and treasure-hoarding — and its susceptibility to being overcome by Sacnoth's own symbolic creature.  Also see Red Wyrm. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Bolgefanger, Aslaug: the last surviving descendant (died 153 F.E.) of the original Dolphins who arrived on the Gram. (See "Non-Humans in Sacnoth Dominate Space," Freelance Traveller, January/February 2022)

Bolgefanger-class engineer-ship: a 1000-ton, tech level B, (a streamlined and "upcrewed" version of the Type XT) auxiliary designed to support commercial starship operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (Space Viking, part three, Analog, January 1963, p. 130; TD01, pp. 17-19; S07, pp. 11-15)  See Shearwater-class engineer-ship and Brokkr-class engineer-ship.

Bordbjerg (Victoria ): world in the Danuuz frontier (and, later, the Ginnungagap rift), surveyed by the Awair Adventure, named for the world's remarkable geographic features.  Homeworld of the Bordbjerging. (Phill's Canon)

Bordbjerging: The primitive Human civilization on Bordbjerg first encountered by the Awair Adventure.  Believed to be the descendants of Long Night era Terran settlers. (J02, p. 21)

Boudicca-class corvette: a 1200-ton, tech level B (Type BC) escort designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (B05, 2nd. ed., pp. 51-52; A01, pp. 10-11, 14-37; S09, p. 19)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Boudicca-class destroyers sometimes led private Exploring Expeditions.  See Fortrop-class corvette and Joyeuse-class corvette.

Bowman (Bowman ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Bowman Expedition and named for Brigader Einar Bowman, leader of the expedition. (M2A, pp. 7, 8; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; Phill's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement in the Bowman Belt which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 11, 24; M2A, p. 7))

Brackishby: The location of the starport on Tyrfing, in the northern polar region of the twilight zone, on the northwestern polar peninsula coast of Daymarch.  Located on an estuary of the Melancholy Sea not suitable for agriculture, Brackishby has only a small startown and is much smaller than the planetary capital, Munarvag, to the southeast. (Called "Brakisgastad" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 54)

Brambleton: One of the largest cities on Joyeuse (population approximately 140,000); capital of the captaincy of Roncevaux; on the southern coast of the Island Sea. (Called "Tholasborg" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 39)

Brigader (Sagamaal): junior field officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Brigadier: a junior flag — or field — officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

brigantine (or "brig"): a corvette or frigate of at least 600 tons displacement but less than 800 tons.

Brillantville: capital of Haulteclere.

Brokkr-class engineer-ship: a 1000-ton, tech level B, (a streamlined and "upcrewed" version of the Type XT) auxiliary designed to support Dominate Navy warship operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (Space Viking, part three, Analog, January 1963, p. 130; TD01, pp. 17-19; S07, pp. 11-15)  See Norðreyjar-class fast courier tender, Bolgefanger-class engineer-ship and Shearwater-class engineer-ship.

Brown Sea: inland sea in the southern hemisphere portion of Midgaard continent on Gram.

Brunhild: lieutenancy on Joyeuse, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (J06, pp. 28-29)  Brunhild generally encompasses the region northeast of the Eaglewood Sea; its capital is Hindmount.

Bucar: The red dwarf (M3V) companion star of the Tizon system, named for an adversary of an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Tizon. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)  Also see El Cid.

Burgos: city on the Southern Islands of Corazon on Colada. (Called "Magnastad" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 32)

Burgundaven: One of the largest cities on Joyeuse (population approximately 120,000); capital of the captaincy of Burgundy; on the northwest coast of the Eaglewood Sea.  The Joyeuse starport is located in Burgundaven. (Called "Svelund" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 39)

Burgundy: captaincy on Joyeuse, named for an ancient Old Terran domain.  Burgundy generally encompasses the region northwest of the Eaglewood Sea; its capital is Burgundaven.

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Caladbolg (Caladbolg ): one of the Rim Stars, settled in 79 F.E. by Terrans seeking the original Gram settlers, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword.  There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Caladbolg. (S03, p. 16-17; TD16, p. 20-21; RM1, p. 45; GT01, p. 70-71; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; GT31, p. 6, 9, 11, 78; 3I:SW, p. 34-35; Phill's Canon)

Caliburn (Caliburn ): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (S03, p. 16-17; RM1, p. 45; GT01, p. 71; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; GT31, p. 78; Phill's Canon)

capital ship (or boat): a gunboat or warship with a spinal mount weapon.  See battleship and cruiser.

Captain: third rank pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union senior naval officer rank used by the Founders.  Still used on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The holding of a captain is a "captaincy."

Caravanserai-class trader: a 200-ton, tech level B (Type A) freighter built at shipyards on Hofud. (ACS2, p. 8)  Older Caravanserai-class traders sometimes served as support ships for private Exploring Expeditions.  See Fríða-class trader and Voyageur-class trader.

caravel (Sagamaal: karavel): a freighter or liner of at least 600 tons displacement but less than 800 tons.

carrack (Sagamaal: karrak): a freighter or liner of at least 800 tons displacement but less than 1000 tons.

carrier: a gunboat or warship which carries smaller combat boats or ships. (S08, p. 16; S09, pp. 34, 35, 36-37)

Casco: supercontinent on Colada which encompasses most of the southern hemisphere and nearly half of the northern hemisphere south of the polar region. (Called "Hjalmaren" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 32)

Castejon: city on the western shore of the Coraza Ocean in eastern Casco on Colada. (Marked as "Ruins" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 32)

Cheng Ho-class barque: an 800-ton, tech level B (Type LC) frigate designed for small-scale military operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (ACS2, pp. 28(12), 29-30, 31)  Named for one of the Gram's escorts, Cheng Ho, from a long line of historical Old Terran warships going all the way back to ancient, ocean-going warships.  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Cheng Ho-class barques led some private Exploring Expeditions.  See Matador-class barque and Surtur-class barque.

Chrysaor (Carse ): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a fantastical sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Cleaved Helm blazon[ᛁ]

Cleaved Helm: Blazon of Durendal.  Derived from the ancient Old Terran legend which recounts the use of Durendal to cleave the helmed head — and body and steed — of an opponent into two parts.

Cocytus: an insidious atmosphere, high-gravity world about which Haulteclere orbits.  Sicambrisprings, a Haulteclere lieutenancy, operates water production facility in its trailing trojans; named for an ancient Old Terran mythological place.  (Renamed "Niflheim" in a later era. (GT31, pp. 37, 38))

Colada and surrounding worlds[ᚵ]

Colada (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ): a Sword World, one of the First Colonies, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary sword.
    Colada is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the next world core-spinward from Joyeuse along the Horseshoe and rim-trailward from Tizon.
    Colada was one of the first worlds settled from Gram and given its position along the Horseshoe, it remains linked to Gram culturally, economically and politically.  Like Gram and the other First Colonies, Colada continues to use pre-Dominate titles for its nobles and pre-Dominate ranks for officers in its Home Guard.

Colada has a good quality starport (B) with refined fuel available, starship maintenance facilities able to repair any damage and shipyards capable of constructing non-starships.  There are no orbital facilities but a substantial downport exists at Valencia.
    Colada is a medium size (5) world with a diameter of 5201 kilometres and surface gravity of 0.41G. (GT01, p. 69; GT31, p. 24)  It has a standard, oxygen-nitrogen mix atmosphere (6) and a normal climate with average temperatures between 22 °C and 29 °C. (GT01, p. 69; GT31, p. 24; GT05, p. 75)  Colada has a wet hydrosphere (5) with water covering 40% of its surface. (GT01, p. 69; GT31, p. 24).
    Colada has a moderate-sized population (5) of approximately three hundred thousand.  The world is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  A Governor-General administers Dominate affairs from Dominate House at Valencia.
    Colada has early stellar technological capability (A), among the highest in the Sword Worlds outside of Sacnoth, Gram and Hofud.  Some areas of Colada have only been superficially explored. It is a non-industrial, agricultural world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Colada world map^[ᚶ]

    The Colada system's primary star, Rodrigo, is an orange dwarf (K2V) which has a red dwarf (M8V) companion star, Bivar.  The system has ten worlds, including one gas giant and a planetoid belt.
    Colada orbits Rodrigo at a bit over 360 light-seconds, within the star's habitable zone. (GT31, p. 24)  The world has one small moon, Minaya, named for a vassal of the ancient Old Terran legendary owner of the sword Colada. (GT31, pp. 24, 32)

Colding (Cogri ): world along the coreward spur of the Sepireld frontier main, named for a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (Phill's Canon)

Colonel: a senior superior officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

Commandant: a senior junior officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

Commander: fourth rank pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union senior naval officer rank used by the Founders.  Still used on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The holding of a commander is a "commandancy."

Commodore: second rank pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union naval flag officer rank used by the Founders.  Still used on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The holding of a commodore is a "flotilla."  In most cases, a commodore was the senior noble on a world or, in some instances, the leader of a major domain on a balkanized world.

Commodore Edowado-class caravel: a 600-ton, tech level B (Type M) caravel built at shipyards on Gram. (ACS2, pp. 5-6; TB, pp. 64-65; ST, pp. 35-36; A13, pp. 19-31; TNE, p. 376; C75, p. 60-65)  (Commodore Edowado was a tremendously prosperous — and famously eccentric — shipping magnate who launched the first commercial passenger service on Gram.)  Commodore Edowado-class ships are the most common 600-ton caravels in service among the worlds of the Horseshoe.  See Geimferð-class caravel and Venerable-class caravel.

Coreward frontier: original name of the Danuuz frontier, before it was surveyed by the Dominate.

Coraza Ocean: the world-girdling ocean of Colada, reaching from the north polar region across half of the equator into the southern hemisphere. (Called "Broetharnesk Ocean" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 32)

Corazon: small island continent in the Coraza Ocean on Colada. (Called "Hjartyn" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 32)

Cornet: most junior officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

Corrougue (Collace ): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

corvette (or "corvette boat"): a streamlined escort without bay weapons.  See barque, brigantine, schooner, cutter and sloop.

cruiser (or "cruise boat," "cruiser rider"): a capital ship (or boat) typically with less than 500 crew members, not including craft pilots or ground-fighters.

Curtana (Faldor ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary sword.  Homeworld of the Lungefisking. (Phill's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Curtana which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 11))

cutter: a corvette or frigate of at least 200 tons displacement but less than 400 tons.

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Dainslaf (Saurus ): world in the Danuuz frontier identified as a prime candidate for settlement, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; GJ2723, "The Five States"; Phill's Canon)  There are primitive, non-human sophonts on Dainslaf, called Heodening by the Sword Worlders. (GT01))

Dakota (Ylaven ): world in the Danuuz frontier (and, later, the Ginnungagap rift), surveyed by the Awair Adventure, named for the native name for the world.  Homeworld of the Dakoting. (Phill's Canon)

Dakoting: The primitive Human civilization on Dakota first encountered by the Awair Adventure.  Believed to be the descendants of Long Night era Terran settlers. (GT31, p. 86)

Dalecarlia-class destroyer : a 4000-ton, tech level B (Type DL) escort designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth.  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Dalecarlia-class destroyers have been the main ships-of-the-line of the Dominate Navy.

Dallia (Dallia ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a loved one of a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (Phill's Canon)

Damsgaard Expedition (29-32 D.E.): the second Sacnoth Dominate expedition to explore the Pilgrim frontier, travelling from Biter along the main rimward and along the "rimward trace" as far as Lydia.

Danegeld (Pagaton ): world along the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for an ancient Old Terran form of tribute. (GJ7618, "The Outrim Frontier, Part 1"; Phill's Canon)

Danuuz (Garda Vilis ): world in the Danuuz frontier, surveyed by the Badawi Adventure, named for a legendary Old Vilani sword, identified as a prime candidate for settlement.  Also see Tanoose. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate," GT31, pp. 86, 103; Phill's Canon)

Danuuz frontier: uninhabited region coreward of the Sword Worlds, originally known as the Coreward frontier.  Named for Danuuz, a promising potential colony world in the region.  The trailing portions of this region will come to be known as the Ginnungagap rift (also the coreward portion of the Sepireld frontier). (GT31, p. 11)

Darkside: one of two continents on Sting, located on the darkside of the planet, mostly barren or ice-covered except in the harsh swamplands near the Terminator Line. (Called "Mœrkeside" — "darkside" in Sagamaal — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 62)

Darrian Arsenal: Secret military facility believed to be located somewhere in the Zeŕmoń system.  Rumoured to be the site of a variety of fantastically-advanced starships and other military artifacts salvaged and preserved from the ancient Darrian civilization. (AM08, p. 24)

Darrian Cluster (Darrian Group ): cluster of worlds at the centre of Darrian space, which includes the Darrian homeworld and the capital world, Myŕ. (AM08, p. 3)

Darrian ruins: remnants of ancient Darrian settlements discovered on several worlds in Sword Worlds space. (AM08, p. 11; also see "An Ancient Mystery: Darrian Ruins in the Sacnoth Dominate," by Professor Erika Narankha of the University of Førstebjerg.)

Darrian space: inhabited region spinward of the Sword Worlds centred around the Darrian Cluster.

Darrians: a non-Terran branch of Humans native to the world Daŕyeń, to spinward of the Sword Worlds in the Darrian Cluster.

Daŕyeń (Darrian ): sparsely-populated Darrian homeworld and one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 23; RM1, p. 44; Phill's Canon; Daryen's Landgrab; Janssen's Landgrab)

Das Central Meer (Sagamaal): one of two large oceans on Sacnoth, located mostly in the northern hemisphere and surrounded by the three continents Arathrion, Eisufer and Erl. (GT31, map, p. 56)

Datrillian (Datrillian ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure associated with the gas giant about which it orbits. (SG1; Phill's Canon)

Daymarch: The largest of three continents on Tyrfing, located mostly in the northern lightside hemisphere and surrounded to the north, east and south by The Seascape.  The northern polar peninsula of the continent is the most inhabited region of the planet and the location of the captial, Munarvag, and the starport, Brackishby (Called "Dagmark" — Sagamaal for "daymarch" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 54)

destroyer (or "destroyer boat"): an escort with one or more bay weapons.

Diadem (Glisten ): world on the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for unusual combination of a belt world located in a circular cluster of star systems. (GT31, p. 11; Phill's Canon)

Diadem cluster: the trailing portion of the Pilgrim frontier.

Dominant Throne (Sagamaal: Fremherskende Trone): the throne of the monarch of the Sacnoth Dominate, also used to refer to the monarch and to the institution of the monarchy.

Dominate House (Sagamaal: Dominatet Hus): the official residence of the Dominate Governor-General on each Dominate world which also serves as the administrative centre for Dominate activities.

Dominion Era (D.E.): New calendar system established with the founding of the Sacnoth Dominate, superseding the Founding Era (F.E.) established with the original settlement of Gram.  The Dominion Era begins with year 1, corresponding to the year 214 F.E. (and the year 4335 in the Old Terran calendar).

Dommer (Judice ): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for one of the ship's of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world.

Dragehavne ("Dragon Ports"): starport construction and operations holding on Sacnoth.

Dragvendel (Tenalphi ): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, identified as a prime candidate for settlement (settled in 61 D.E.), named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; GJ2723, "The Five States"; Phill's Canon)

Duale (Duale ): world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, named for the dual choice of further jump destinations. (Phill's Canon)

Dunsanimeer (Sagamaal): one of two large oceans on Sacnoth, located mostly in the southern hemisphere and surrounded by the three continents Arathrion, Eisufer and Erl. (GT31, map, p. 56)

Durendal (Durendal ): a Sword World, one of the New Colonies, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (Phill's Canon)  Durendal is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the next world coreward from Hofud along the Dyrnwyn Spur.

    Durendal has a routine quality starport (C).  It is a medium size (6) world with a dense atmosphere (8) and a wet hydrosphere (7).  Durendal has a moderate-sized population (5) of approximately two hundred thousand, is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7) and has pre-stellar technological capability (8).  It is a non-industrial, agricultural world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.
    The Durendal system's only star, Roland, is an red dwarf (M1V).  The system has eleven worlds, including four gas giants and one planetoid belt.

Dyrnwyn and surrounding worlds[ᚹ]

Dyrnwyn (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ): a Sword World, one of the New Colonies, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary sword.
    Dyrnwyn is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the last world on the Dyrnwyn Spur, coreward from Durendal.
    Originally settled from Gram, Dyrnwyn is now more closely linked to Hofud culturally, economically and politically, especially due to its relatively remote location at the end of the Dyrnwyn Spur.  Like Hofud, Dyrnwyn is careful to acknowledge the suzerainty of Sacnoth but, also like Hofud, it continues to use pre-Dominate titles for its nobles and pre-Dominate ranks for officers in its Home Guard.

    Dyrnwyn has a routine quality starport (C) at Kettles with unrefined fuel available (from the nearby ocean) and starship maintenance facilities able to repair major damage.
    Dyrnwyn is a large size (9) world with a diameter of 15,422 kilometres and surface gravity of 1.2G. (GT01, p. 71; GT31, p. 24)  It has a thin, oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere (5) and a very cold (icy) climate with average temperatures between -23 °C and -13 °C, though in the region around the "hot pole" — at the centre of the sunward facing hemisphere — the climate approaches normal (with average temperatures between 22 °C and 29 °C). (GT01, p. 71; GT31, p. 24; GT05, p. 75)  Dyrnwyn has a wet hydrosphere (8) with water covering 76% of its surface, most of which is ice-covered most of the time, other than in the region around the "hot pole." (GT01, p. 71; GT31, pp. 24, 49)
    Dyrnwyn has a moderate-sized population (5) of approximately five hundred thousand, most of which is concentrated on the islands of the Sunwarmed Sea and on the Sea's coastline along the northern coast of Sharp.
    Like most of the Sword Worlds, Dyrnwyn is governed by a feudal technocracy (5).  Each domain is ruled by a feudal landholder or magnate, each with a variety of subordinate fief-holders tied to them via complex and diverse feudal techno-economic relationships.  (An independent Governor-General administers Dominate affairs from Dominate House at Kettles.)  Dyrnwyn has moderate law enforcement (7) which is fairly uniform given the concentration of most of the world's population around the "hot pole."
    Dyrnwyn has early stellar technological capability (A).  Some areas of Dyrnwyn have only been superficially explored, especially ice-covered undersea areas of the world ocean. (MT5, p. 34)  It is an agricultural and non-industrial, world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Dyrnwyn world map^[ᚺ]

    The Dyrnwyn system's primary star, Rhydderch, is an orange dwarf (K4V) which has a red dwarf (M8V) companion star, Gwydion.  The system has seven worlds, including a gas giant but no planetoid belt.
    Dyrnwyn orbits Rhydderch at just over four light-minutes, along the outer edge of the star's habitable zone and is tidally-locked to its primary. (GT31, pp. 24, 49)  The world has no moon. (GT31, p. 24)

Dyrnwyn Spur (Sagamaal: Dyrnwynspore): the trace of worlds trail-coreward from Beater to Dyrnwyn. (GT31, p. 99)

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Eaglewood Sea: minor ocean on the equator of Joyeuse, surrounded by Burgundy to the northwest, Brunhild to the northeast and Francia to the south. (Called "Arvildsvaten," in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 39)  The Eaglewood Sea is the only sea on Joyeuse that is free of ice most of the year.

East Sea: small, interior sea in the equatorial region of the Soleland continent on Excalibur. (Called "Ostvaten" — Sagamaal for "East Sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 53)

Edgewater: city on Joyeuse (population approximately 20,000), capital of the lieutenancy of Aquitaine, on the northern coast of the Hearth Sea.

Eisufer: largest of the three continents on Sacnoth, located mostly in the northern hemisphere and separated from Erl to the west by a mountain range and from Arathrion to the southeast by a pair of equatorial isthmuses. (GT31, p. 56)

El Cid: The orange subgiant (K2V) primary star of the Tizon system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Tizon. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)  Also see Bucar.

Eldheitur-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level C (Type EG) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (S07, pp. 34-35; S09, p. 17; MTJ2, pp. 27-31)  A new class of ships just coming into service, Eldheitur-class schooners are intended to replace retiring Vethrfölnir-class cutters.  See Gelid-class schooner and Hornet-class schooner.

Elendil: The red dwarf (M0V) secondary star of the Narsil system, named for one of the ancient Old Terran fictional wielders of the sword Narsil. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)

Eldfluga-class carrack: a 800-ton, tech level C (Type C) freighter built at shipyards on Gram. (JG89, pp. 1, 6, 16-17, 37)  Eldfluga-class carracks are marketed as state-of-the-art commercial starships but some Dominate observers suspect they are improved versions of the decommissioned Matador-class barques intended to subvert the Von Reuter Provisos.  See Kamelljón-class barque and Yánshí-class barque.

Elisabet (Elixabeth ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a loved one of a member of the expedition. (Phill's Canon)

Ensign: sixth and lowest rank pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union junior naval officer rank used by the Founders.  Still used on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The holding of a ensign is a "ensignry."

Entrope and surrounding worlds[ᛉ]

Entrope (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ): originally settled by ancient Darrians, the abandoned colony on Entrope managed to survive the collapse of ancient Darrian interstellar civilization which followed the mysterious Maghiz, though initially with substantial civilizational regression.  More recently, Entrope once again finds itself linked to the Darrians culturally, economically and politically but is careful to maintain its formal independence.
    Ansehelm and Wynstan have been settled by the Entropeans, with material and technological assistance from the Darrians.  In recent decades, Entrope has also been exiling dangerous criminals — and political dissidents — to Irka.  (GJ0829, "The Sword Worlders"; GBJ1, p. 40)

    Entrope is located in a cluster of worlds spin-coreward from the Horseshoe, connecting at Hrunting with the Sword Worlds Main. 

Entropic frontier: inhabited region core-spinward of the Sword Worlds, named for the Entropic Worlds.  Beyond this region is Zhdantian space.

Entropic Worlds (also known as the Entropic Cluster): the four worlds of Entrope, Ansehelm, Irka and Wynstan, settled originally by ancient Darrians and, in the case of Ansehelm and Wynstan, resettled more recently by the Entropians (prisoners from Entrope have also been exiled to Irka). (GJ0829, "The Sword Worlders"; GBJ1, p. 40)^[ᚠ]

Eriksen (Tarsus ): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (M1, p. 11; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; Phill's Canon)  (There are not ruins but biological evidence of an ancient Darrian settlement on Tarsus which was not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (M1, p. 11))

Erl: the smallest of the three continents on Sacnoth, sitting astride the equator and separated from Arathrion to the south by a mountain range and from Eisufer to the east by an equatorial isthmus.  Central Erl is the most heavily settled region on the planet and is the location of the capital, Førstebjerg.  The continent is named for a domain in another work of fiction by the same ancient Old Terran author of the work from which Sacnoth's name is drawn. (GT31, p. 56)

escort: a gunboat or warship without a spinal mount weapon.  See corvette, destroyer and frigate.

Escort: one of the two main continents on Hofud, located mostly in the southern hemisphere but also reaching across the equator into the northern hemisphere at one point. (Called "Baaten" — Sagamaal for "escort boat" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 60)

Evariidi: a large feudal holding on Isenfang. (GJ1508, "Psi-chiatrist")

Excalibur and surrounding worlds[ᚽ]

Excalibur (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon ; Foreven entry ): a Sword World, one of the New Colonies, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary sword.
    Excalibur is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the next world rim-spinward from Sacnoth along the Far Leg, core-trailward from Orcrist and the other Far Colonies.
    Originally settled from Gram, Excalibur has come to be influenced culturally, economically and politically by Sacnoth.  Under the Dominate, Excalibur has adopted Dominate titles for its nobility and Dominate naval and army ranks for its Home Guard.

Excalibur has a routine quality starport (C) at Fastport, with unrefined fuel available (from the nearby sea) and starship maintenance facilities able to repair major damage.
    Excalibur is a small size (4) world with a diameter of 4862 kilometres and surface gravity of 0.54G. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 50)  It has a very thin, oxygen-nitrogen mix atmosphere (2) tainted with volcanic gas and ash, which requires a filter-respirator for breathing, and a cool climate with average temperatures between 11 °C and 21 °C. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 50; GT05, p. 75)  Excalibur has a wet hydrosphere (4) with water covering 36% of its surface. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 50)
    Excalibur has a moderate-sized population (5) of approximately two hundred thousand, is, like most Sword Worlds, governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7) which can very across the many settlements and holdings scattered across the planet.
    Excalibur has pre-stellar technological capability (8).  Some areas of Excalibur have only been superficially explored. (MT5, p. 34)  It is a non-industrial world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Excalibur world map^[ᚾ]

    The Excalibur system's only star, Artur, is an orange dwarf (K5V).  The system has ten worlds, including two gas giants and no planetoid belt.
    Excalibur orbits Artur at nearly 150 light-seconds, within the star's habitable zone but also resonantly locked to the star, rotating three times every two orbits. (GT31, pp. 50, 53)  These unusual circumstances have produced several species of primitive fauna — collectively known as "striders" — which are continually making their way around the world's southern hemisphere, following the sunrise — or in some cases the sunset — terminator line along a remarkable, world-spanning migration route in the mid-latitudes of the major continent. (GT31, p. 53)
    Excalibur has three small moons, the largest of which, Bedwyr, seems to be a captured body which has some mystifying, ancient ruins that are older and seem to be of a different nature from the ancient Darrian ruins discovered on Excalibur itself. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, pp. 52, 54)

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Fafnir (Ficant ): world in the Danuuz frontier, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological creature. (Landgrab; GJ9717, "Ficant"; Phill's Canon)

Fáfnisbani-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level B (Type SB) corvette boat designed for system defence and built at shipyards on Sacnoth, Anduril and Narsil. (S07, pp. 35-38; J09, pp. 32-33; M3, p. 35; MT3, p. 85)  These gunboats are in service with the Home Guards of Sacnoth and most of the other spinward New Colonies and of the Far Colonies.  See Smaug-class schooner and Rakshasa-class schooner.

Fairharvest: Haulteclere commandancy, the largest source of native-grown foodstuffs; operates plantations in Saldanha Flats, around 250 kilometres north of Brillantville; liege-hold to Sicambrisprings.

Fänrik (Sagamaal): most junior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Far Colonies: worlds at the end of the Far Leg — Orcrist, Anduril and Narsil — colonized from Sacnoth during the third-wave of settlement.

Far Leg (Sagamaal: Fjarren Benen): a trace of worlds along the main from Gram through Tyrfing and Sacnoth, then rim-spinward to Narsil. (GT31, p. 99)

Fastport: The location of the starport on Excalibur on the equatorial shore of the Ark Sea. (Called "Raskarhamn" — Sagamaal for "fast port" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 53)  The moderately-sized downport has no orbital facilities.

ferry: a non-jump-capable liner.

Fenrir (Meleto ): unsettled world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Werlauff Expedition, which encountered the survivors of a misjumped Vargr corsair there; named for an ancient Old Terran mythological creature. (Phill's Canon)

Fierabras: the single, small gas giant orbiting at Orbit 3 in the Joyeuse system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure.  It is circled by a ring, "La Couronne D'Épines," at three planetary radii and has two moons.  A vacuum world in a close orbit is the site of a commercial fuel skimming facility and another vacuum world in a far orbit has a commercial search and rescue facility which provides services to starships that suffer mishaps while attempting wilderness refueling.

First Colonies: first four worlds along the Horseshoe — Joyeuse, Colada, Tizon and Hrunting — colonized from Gram in 4 F.E. using the Gram's escort starships, in the first-wave of Sword Worlds settlement. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Firstmountain: capital of Sacnoth (see Førstebjerg).

Firstmountain Monitor (Sagamaal: Førstebjerg Vaktmaður): based at Førstebjerg on Sacnoth, the Monitor is the most widely-read news and library data service on Sacnoth and among the most widely-read services across the Dominate.  The Monitor has bureaus on every Dominate world as well as on some settled worlds in the Danuuz, Sepireld and Pilgrim frontier regions.

Flamberge (Tavonni ): world in the Danuuz frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Flamberge which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 9))

Forestmarch: one of two large continents on Anduril, located mostly in the northern hemisphere, beginning in the southern reaches of the northern polar region and reaching across the equator into the southern hemisphere at a few points.  It is separated from Greatland, the other large continent, by the Inland Sea.  Forestmarch's eastern coast is one of the more heavily settled regions of the world.  The continent is named for its heavily forested interior, the largest such region on the world, made possible by the high mountains on its western coast which provide some protection from the world's heavy seasonal winds.  (Called "Forstermark" — Sagamaal for "Greatland" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 35)

Forlade (Avastan ): world on the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, surveyed by the Guerreiro Expedition; named because it was the farthest point reached by Dominate explorers in that region of the Pilgrim frontier. (Phill's Canon)

Førstebjerg (Sagamaal; see Firstmountain): capital of Sacnoth, located in the equatorial region of Erl. (GT31, p. 56)

Førstebjerg, University of: principal university on Sacnoth, located in the capital city; along with the University of New Kalmar on Gram, one of the two most prominent universities in the Dominate.

Fortrop-class corvette: a 1200-ton, tech level B (Type BC) escort designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (B05, 2nd. ed., pp. 51-52; A01, pp. 10-11, 14-37; S09, p. 19)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Fortrop-class corvettes sometimes led Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  See Boudicca-class corvette and Joyeuse-class corvette.

Founding Era (F.E.): New calendar system established with the original settlement of Gram.  The Founding Era begins with year 1, corresponding to the year 4122 in the Old Terran calendar.  (The Old Terran calendar was maintained for dates prior to the Founding Era, with no efforts made to connect the two dating systems.)  The Founding Era was superseded by the Dominion Era established with the founding of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Francia: captaincy on Joyeuse, named for an ancient Old Terran domain.  Francia generally encompasses the region south of the Eaglewood Sea, east of Neustria and west of Austrasia; its capital is Aachen.

freighter: a ship intended for commerce with cargo displacement greater than displacement for passenger accommodations — including low berths.  A non-jump-capable freighter is sometimes called a "hauler."  See galleon, carrack, caravel, merchant, trader and packet.

Frejya (La'Belle ): unsettled world along the coreward trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Lutadottir Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (Phill's Canon)

Freyr: The yellow dwarf (G6V) primary star of the Hofud system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (GT31, p. 50; SMSS)  Also see Skirnir.

frigate (or "frigate boat"): an unstreamlined or partially streamlined escort without bay weapons.  See barque, brigantine, schooner, cutter and sloop.

Frigørelsen (Sagamaal): "The Unshackling," Sacnoth Dominate term for the brief war between Gram and Sacnoth which began in 212 F.E. and which led, after the defeat of Gram, to the establishment of the Sacnoth Dominate in 1 D.E.  See The Mutiny. (GT31, p. 9; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Fríða-class trader: a 200-ton, tech level B (Type A) freighter built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (B02, p. 19, and 2nd ed., p. 19; TB, p. 64; ST, p. 35; MT3, p. 81)  Fríða-class traders often served as auxiliary support ships for Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  See Caravanserai-class trader and Voyageur-class trader.

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Galatine: official name of Beater at the time of its original survey by Gram. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate," GT31, p. 86)

Gallas: The red dwarf (M9V) companion star of the Joyeuse system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure believed to have crafted the sword Joyeuse. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)  Also see Karl.

galleon (Sagamaal: galjon): a freighter or liner of 1000 tons or more displacement.

Garrincski (Garrincski): world along the coreward spur of the Sepireld frontier main, named for a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (Phill's Canon)

Geimferð-class caravel: a 600-ton, tech level B (Type M) caravel built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (B02, 1st ed., p. 19, 2nd ed., p. 19)  Geimferð-class ships are the most common 600-ton caravels in service among the worlds of the Far Leg.  See Commodore Edowado-class caravel and Venerable-class caravel.

Geléfugle[ᛂ]

geléfugle: an airborne animal native to Tizon which uses naturally-produced lifting gas for buoyancy in Tizon's dense atmosphere, though they rely primarily upon wind currents for horizontal movement.  Geléfugle are herd animals and have been domesticated by aerial ranchers.  The animals are used in the production of a variety of pharmaceuticals and industrial compounds.

Gelid-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level C (Type EG) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (S07, pp. 34-35; S09, p. 17; MTJ2, pp. 27-31)  A new class of ships just coming into service, Gelid-class schooners are intended to replace retiring Milu-class cutters.  See Eldheitur-class schooner and Hornet-class schooner.

Ginnungagap rift: uninhabited region coreward of the Sepireld frontier and rimward of the Danuuz frontier, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological realm. (GT31, p. 11)

Golden Crown blazon[ᛃ]

Golden Crown: Blazon of Joyeuse.  Derived from the mythological sword of ancient Old Terran legend after which the world is named.  The sword Joyeuse was believed to have been wielded by a powerful and glorious monarch.

Governor-General (Sagamaal: Øverste Guvernør): senior Dominate official on member worlds of the Sacnoth Dominate appointed by the Kejser to advise the planetary Hertug or other senior world officials.  (In truth, the Governor-General sees that direction from the Dominate government is executed.)  The Governor-General typically resides at Dominate House, an official residence that also serves as the centre for Dominate administrative activities.

Graban (Grote ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon; GypsyComet's brief)

Grænse (Egypt ): world along the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for one of the ships of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (Phill's Canon)

Battleship Gram[ᚦ]

Gram (battleship): the Sword-class battleship (Type IT) that was flagship of the fleet — including "six lesser destroyers and escorts" — which brought the Founders to Gram from the Old Earth Union (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GBJ1, p. 34)  The Old Earth Union warship had been named for a mythological sword of ancient Old Terran legend.
    The Gram now serves as a core element of Gram Station, the orbital highport component of Gram's starport.

Gram and surrounding worlds[ᚩ]

Gram (world; AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ; Jones' MT entry ): the original Sword World settled in 1 F.E., named for the Gram, flagship of the fleet which brought the Founders to the world.
    Gram is located on the Sword Worlds Main rim-trailward from Joyeuse and core-spinward from Tyrfing, at the juncture of the Horseshoe and the Far Leg.
    Gram was the most prominent Sword World for more than two centuries, the source of the original settlement of the First Colonies, the New Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies.  The Gram Hegemony prevailed throughout the Sword Worlds until The Mutiny, when it was supplanted by the political dominance of the Sacnoth Dominate.
    Gram remains one of the most populous and technologically-advanced worlds in the Dominate and its cultural, economic and political influence endures throughout most of the worlds of the Horseshoe.

Gram has an excellent quality starport (A) with plentiful refined fuel and extensive shipyards offering starship repair and maintenance and also able to build the most sophisticated starships in the Dominate.  There are both orbital and ground components of the starport.  The highport, Gram Station, in a geosynchronous orbit above the downport, is built around the Founders' original warship Gram.  The downport, Hansen's Landing, is located on the opposite shore of the Sunny Strait from Gram's capital city, New Kalmar.
    Gram is a large size (8) world with a diameter of 12,767 kilometres and surface gravity of 1.09G. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 24)  It has a dense, oxygen-nitrogen mix atmosphere (8) and normal climate, with average temperatures between 22 °C and 29 °C. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 24; GT05, p. 75)  The "cloud-veil," an enduring weather phenomenon caused by dust lifted into the dense atmosphere, makes an unclouded view of the daytime sun or the nighttime stars a very rare — and unpredictable — event.  Gram has a wet hydrosphere (5) with water covering 55% of its surface. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 24)
    Gram has an extensive ecosystem, with complex native flora and fauna, which was conducive to the introduction of Terran flora and fauna.  The atmosphere is dense but breathable and because most of the interior of Midgaard, the single large, sprawling super-continent which covers one entire hemisphere, is desert, the coastlands host most of the world's inhabitants.
    Gram has a moderate-sized population (6) of approximately three million.  The world's capital city, New Kalmar, on the west equatorial coast of the supercontinent Midgaard, is by far those most populous city at approximately 400,000.
    Gram's government is a traditional feudal technocracy (5) with a hereditary planetary monarch — Hertug — exercising executive authority at the pinnacle of the industrial and landed nobility.  (The original Hertug was installed by the Sacnoth Dominate, displacing the reigning Admiral and the traditional monarchy that had ruled since the Founding Era.)  Sacnoth Dominate authority on Gram is represented by a Governor-General who is formally identified as an "advisor" to the Hertug but in truth executes direction from the Dominate government.  Nevertheless, the Dominate is careful not to trample on Gram's autonomy in internal affairs.  The Hertug is also advised by the Muster, a tricameral legislative body comprised of the Commissioned Corps (capital-holding nobles), the Enlisted Corps (professionals, technicians and tradespeople) and the Civilian Corps (unskilled, non-property-holding citizens).  Judicial authority rests with a series of feudal tribunals appointed by the ruling noble in each domain.  Gram is a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.
    Gram has moderate law enforcement (7) though this can very somewhat across local domains.  Weapons restrictions are generally low (4), with light assault weapons and energy weapons restricted.  Both trade regulations (3) and civil restrictions (3) are generally low.  Criminal restrictions (9) can be high but there are few restrictions on personal freedoms (3).
    Gram has average stellar technological capability (C) with fusion and advanced fuel cells; Model/6 computers and low autonomous robots; real-time multilingual translators; broad-spectrum antitoxins and enhanced prosthetics; major terraforming and advanced weather control; personal grav belts and light gravitic modules; jump-3 starships; portable plasma guns and Gauss rifles, fusion guns, superdense armor and nuclear dampers; and jump-4 starship prototypes. (MT5, pp. 26-34)
    Gram is a rich, non-industrial, agricultural world.  Primary natural resources exported are agricultural products, ores and radioactives and the primary processed resources for export are agroproducts.  While it has stretched its industrial capabilities in starship production and related technologies like computers and gravitics — which are ubiquitous throughout the Horseshoe — Gram does not substantially produce other manufactured goods for off-world trade.  Indeed, Gram imports many industrial goods from Colada and Joyeuse.

Gram world map^[ᚫ]

    The Gram system's primary star, Sigurd, is a yellow-white dwarf (F2V) which has a red dwarf (M2V) companion star, Sigmund.  The system has ten worlds, including three gas giants, and no planetoid belt.
    Gram orbits Sigurd at 33 light-minutes, at the furthermost edge of the star's habitable zone. (GT31, p. 24)

Gram Hegemony: period from the Founding to The Mutiny / Unshackling when Gram served as the de facto leader of the Sword Worlds.  Gram's leadership position had not been established in any formal manner but was generally recognized as the result of it being the political, social, economic, cultural and technological center of Sword Worlds society.

Gram Home Guard: armed forces of Gram, established in the aftermath of defeat by Sacnoth in The Mutiny / Unshackling.  As a condition of the armistice which ended hostilities, Sacnoth demanded that Gram's expeditionary planetary and space forces be decommissioned.  (In practice, many of the Gram units deployed to other Sword Worlds — primarily the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies — became cadres, albeit at greatly-reduced strength, for the formation of local units on those worlds.)  The former Gram planetary and space forces, also greatly-reduced in strength, were restructured as the Home Guard with operations restricted to the Gram system.

Gram Station: orbital station above Gram, built around the Gram — the troop transport that originally carried the Sword Worlder ancestors to Gram.  The station is becomming a bewildering three-dimensional maze.  From the very beginning, the Gram has been used as an orbital station.  As it has grown too small, new sections have been added as needed, but the station has grown with little overall planning. (GJ2723, "The Five States"; GJ4316, "Old Gram Station"; GT31, p. 94)

Greatland: one of two large continents on Anduril which stretches from its western reaches in the southern hemisphere to its eastern reaches in the northern hemisphere.  It is separated from Forestmarch, the other large continent, by the Inland Sea.  Greatland's western coast is one of the more heavily settled regions of the world; the capital city, Greyhaven, is located there on the section north of the equator.  (Called "Adlerland" — Sagamaal for "Greatland" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 35)

Greyhaven: The capital city of Anduril, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary place related to the sword Anduril, located on the western equatorial coast of Greatland. (Called "Graahavne" — Sagamaal for "Greyhaven" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, pp. 34, 35)

Greve (Sagamaal): fourth rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate (grevidne is the female title).  The holding of a greve is a grevedømme.

Grimes (Maitz ): unsettled world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, farthest world surveyed by the Werlauff Expedition; named for an expedition officer who became a merchant adventurer upon return to the Dominate. (Phill's Canon)

Guan Yu-class cutter: a 200-ton, tech level B (Type EG) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (A04, p. 15)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Guan Yu-class cutter sometimes participated in private Exploring Expeditions.  See Meteor-class cutter and Pilothval-class cutter.

Guard Sea: small, interior sea in the equatorial region of the Soleland continent on Excalibur. (Called "Hærvatten" — Sagamaal for "Military Sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 53)

Gullinbursti (Talos ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a mythological artificial being. (Phill's Canon)

gunboat: a non-jump-capable ship intended for combat.  See capital boat, escort and carrier.

Gwydion: The red dwarf (M8V) companion star of the Dyrnwyn system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)  Also see Rhydderch.

Gyllir (D'Ganzio ): world in the Danuuz frontier (and, later, the Ginnungagap rift), surveyed by the Kruhl Adventure, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological creature. (Phill's Canon)

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Halef (Derchon ): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Hanne Marendottir Braga: Empress (Sagamaal: Kejserinde) of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Hansen's Landing: city on Gram and location of the world's primary starport; named for Commander Flemming Hansen, a shuttle pilot who was the first member of original Gram crew to set foot on the world.  Hansen's Landing lies on the western coast of the Sunny Strait, 1300 miles due west of New Kalmar. (GJ2723, "The Five States"; GT31, pp. 47, 48-49, 88)

Hart (Choleosti ): world in the Danuuz frontier, surveyed by the Badawi Adventure, named for one of the ships of the expedition. (MAFW; GJ8701, "Adventures On Choleosti"; Phill's Canon)

hauler: a non-jump-capable freighter.

Haulteclere (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ; Jones' MT entry ): a Sword World, one of the Horseshoe Colonies originally settled from Gram, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630)  Haulteclere is a medium size (5) world with a very thin atmosphere (3) and a negligible hydrosphere (0).  It has a moderate-size population (4) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Haulteclere has a poor quality starport (D) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

Hauptmann (Sagamaal): senior junior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Hearth Sea: major ocean in the southern hemisphere of Joyeuse, reaching into the polar region in the south and bordered by Austrasia to the northwest, Aquitaine to the north and Neustria to the south. (Called "Hestilsvaten" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 39)  While much of the Hearth Sea is covered with polar ice most of the year, the northern equatorial coast is generally ice-free throughout the year.

Heibergvindkraft: wind-power and hydroelectric energy generating grevedømme on Anduril.

Heodening: the primitive, non-human sophonts on Dainslaf. (GT01, pp. 33, 65-66)  Most Sword Worlders treat Heodening as barbarians.  Their name is derived from the same legendary source as the name of the world.  A small number of Heodening have managed to travel off-world, visiting the Sword Worlds and joining other expeditions and ventures in the various frontiers.  See "Non-Humans in Sacnoth Dominate Space," by Professor Rorik Vestason Raaby of the University of Ny Kalmar.

Hertug (Sagamaal): second rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate.  In practice, because all titles of Konge are held by the Kejser, the Hertug is often the senior noble on a given world.  The holding of a hertug is a hertugdømme.

Hikawamaru-class galleon: a 1000-ton, tech level C (Type ML) galleon built at the Anchorage Spacedock shipyards on Hofud and operated by Hofud Priority Starlines. (MCS, pp. 4-6)  The Hikawamaru-class galleons are state-of-the-art for commercial passenger travel.  See Admiral Maja II-class galleon and Leótrískt-class galleon.

Hindmout: city on Joyeuse, capital of the lientenancy of Brunhild, on the northeast coast of the Eaglewood Sea.

Hoding (Dawnworld ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630 "Hothing"; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GT31, pp. 11, 83; Phill's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Hoding which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 11, 24))

Hofud and surrounding worlds[ᚰ]

Hofud (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ): a Sword World, one of the New Colonies, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological sword.
    Hofud is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the first world along the Dyrnwyn Spur, rimward from Durendal and core-trailward from the Rim Stars Beater and Sting.
    Hofud is one of the most powerful and influential Sword Worlds, having successfully managed to chart a course mostly independent of the influence of Sacnoth and Gram.  Hofud is careful to acknowledge the suzerainty of Sacnoth but, like Gram, continues to use pre-Dominate titles for its nobles and pre-Dominate ranks for officers in its Home Guard.  At the same time, the cultural, economic and political influence of Hofud is apparent throughout the Dyrnwyn Spur and increasingly among the Rim Colonies.

    Hofud has an excellent quality starport (A) with plentiful refined fuel and extensive shipyards offering starship repair and maintenance and also able to build the most sophisticated starships in the Dominate.  There are both orbital and ground components of the starport at Anchorage.
    Hofud is a medium size (6) world with a diameter of 9789 kilometres and surface gravity of 0.75G. (GT01, p. 72; GT31, p. 50)  It has a standard, oxygen-nitrogen mix atmosphere (6) and a normal climate, with average temperatures between 22 °C and 29 °C. (GT01, p. 72; GT31, p. 50; GT05, p. 75)  Hofud has a wet hydrosphere (6) with water covering 62% of its surface. (GT01, p. 72; GT31, p. 50)
    Hofud has a moderate-sized population (6) of approximately one milllion.
    Hofud is governed by a feudal technocracy (5), with the planetary aristocracy headed by a Commodore, who also holds the Dominate title of Hertug and is advised by a Dominate Governor-General, resident at the capital, Home.  Law enforcement is moderate (7) and Hofud is a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.
    Hofud has average stellar technological capability (C). (MT5, pp. 26-34)  Hofud is a rich, non-industrial, agricultural world.  While it has stretched its industrial capabilities in starship production and related technologies like computers and gravitics — which are ubiquitous along the Dyrnwyn Spur and increasingly in the Rim Colonies — Hofud does not substantially produce other manufactured goods for off-world trade.  In fact, Hofud imports many industrial products from Sting and Dyrnwyn.

Hofud world map^[ᚭ]

The Hofud system's primary star, Freyr, is a yellow dwarf (G6V) which has a red dwarf (M2V) companion star, Skirnir.  The system has eight worlds, including a gas giant but no planetoid belt.

Home: capital city on Hofud, located on the equatorial shore of the Oval Sea. (Called "Bomamn" — Sagamaal for "Home" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 60)

Hornet-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level C (Type EG) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (S07, pp. 34-35; S09, p. 17; MTJ2, pp. 27-31)  A new class of ships just coming into service, Hornet-class schooners are intended to replace retiring Kartikeya-class cutters.  See Eldheitur-class schooner and Gelid-class schooner.

Horseshoe (Sagamaal: Haestskoen, Hæstskœn): a trace of worlds along the main from Gram core-spinward through Tizon, then looping around rim-trailward to Morglay. (GT31, p. 99)

Horsehoe Colonies: worlds along the Horseshoe — Isenfang, Haulteclere and Morglay — colonized from Gram in the third-wave of settlement.

Hraðvirk-class fast courier: a 100-ton, tech level C auxiliary (Type X) designed for Dominate Patrol fast courier operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth, Gram and Hofud. (S07, pp. 8-11; S09, p. 12)  These are state-of-the-art ships developed by the Dominate in an effort to improve communication throughout the Sword-Worlds.  The first two ships of this class were Huginn, built at Hofud, and Muninn, built at Gram; the third ship, Hraðvirk, was built at Sacnoth.

Hrefna (Heroni ): world along the coreward spur of the Sepireld frontier main, named for a loved one of a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (Phill's Canon)

Hrunting (Hrunting ): a Sword World, one of the First Colonies, named for a mythological ancient Old Terran sword. (Phill's Canon)  Hrunting is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the first world coreward from Tizon along the Horseshoe.

Hrunting has a routine quality starport (C).  It is a medium size (5) world with a standard, oxygen-nitrogen mix atmosphere (6) and a dry hydrosphere (3).  Tizon has a moderate-sized population (5) of approximately four hundred thousand, is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7) and has early stellar technological capability (9).  It is a non-industrial world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.
    The Hrunting system's only star, Beowulf, is a red dwarf (M2V).  The system has ten worlds, including three gas giants and one planetoid belt.

Hugrekki-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level C (Type LM) frigate designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (ACS1, p. 5)  These are state-of-the-art warships intended to take the place of retiring Tapperhed-class schooners.

Husqvarna: industrial holding on Sacnoth that produces energy weapons and gauss weapons. (TML940522CH)

Hurtigformue: search-and-rescue and air-ambulance ensignry on Tizon.

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Iðunn-class survey scout: a 400-ton, tech level C (Type SZ) auxiliary designed for Dominate Patrol survey operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth, Gram and Hofud. (S09, p. 13; GS, pp. 23-25; GT05, pp. 36, 38-39)

Igliim (Steel ): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, identified as a prime candidate for settlement, named by the Margadsson Expedition for a legendary Old Vilani sword.  (Also named Stål by the Damsgaard Expedition, a translation of "Steel," as it was known to the inhabitants of Caladbolg.) (S03, p. 16-17; RM1, p. 45; GT01, p. 72; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; GT31, p. 10, 11, 12, 64, 66-69, 89; 3I:SW, p. 65-66; Phill's Canon)

Industrial (In): the trade classification for worlds which "have large production bases and can easily engage in the manufacture of finished goods," and often have ecospheres which show signs of degradation due to sustainted industrial activity. (B03, 2nd ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83)  Industrial worlds have a vacuum, trace or tainted atmosphere and a population of at least one billion. (B02, 1st ed., p. 43, and 2nd ed., p. 46; B03, 2nd. ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83; B06, p. 32; MT2, pp. 48, 50)

Inland Sea: that portion of the Outer Ocean on Anduril which separates the world's two large continents, Forestmarch to the west, and Greatland to the east.  The Inner Sea coasts of Forestmarch and Greatland are the most heavily settled regions of the world. (Called "Innesjor" — Sagamaal for "Inner Sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 35)

Irka (Torment ): one of the Entropic Worlds, its name is a Vilani-based translation of the Entropean name; there are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Irka. (S03, p. 8-9; AM08, p. 23; RM1, p. 44; GT01, p. 49; Phill's Canon)

Irresitible Wave blazon[ᛄ]

Irresitible Wave: Blazon of Tizon.  Derived from the mythological sword of ancient Old Terran legend after which the world is named.  The sword Tizón was believed to have been used to drive the wielder's foes into the sea.

Isenfang (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ; Jones' MT entry ): a Sword World, one of the Horseshoe Colonies originally settled from Gram, possibly named from Vilani legend. ^[ᚣ]  Isenfang is a medium size (5) world with a standard, tainted (7) and a wet hydrosphere (7).  It has a moderate-size population (4) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with high law enforcement (8).  Isenfang has a poor quality starport (D) and pre-stellar technological capability (7).

Isildur: The yellow subgiant (G6IV) primary star of the Narsil system, named for one of the ancient Old Terran fictional wielders of the sword Narsil. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)

Island Sea: major ocean in the northern hemisphere of Joyeuse, reaching into the polar region in the north and bordered by Brunhild to the southwest and Roncevaux to the south. (Called "Olundsvaten" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 39)  While much of the Island Sea is covered with polar ice most of the year, the southern equatorial coast is generally ice-free throughout the year.

Istrakhan: starport on Sacnoth, named for a fantastical location in an ancient Old Terran work of literary fiction (written by the same ancient Old Terran author of the literary work from which the name "Sacnoth" was drawn). (GT31, p. 56)  Istrakhan is located on the northern shore of the Halsband Islands, off the Central Sea coast of the central continent, Erl. (GT31, p. 56)

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Dominate noble titles • Kejser • Konge • Hertug • Jarl • Greve • Baron • Ridder

Jarl (Sagamaal): third rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate.  In most cases, a jarl is the leader of a major subdivision of a world.  The holding of a jarl is a jarldømme.

Johanna Hésè & Company: Gram shipbuilder with shipyards at Hansen's Landing starport.  Johanna Hésè is the oldest shipbuilder in the Dominate, its origins going back to the first century of the Gram Hegemony and the earliest days of shipbuilding to support colonization of the New Colonies.  Johanna Hésè claims it played a key role in development and construction of the Rebirth, the first starship built on Gram, but most historians believe this story to be apocryphal. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GT31, p. 9)  Nevertheless, Johanna Hésè is one of the most highly regarded and renown shipbuilders in the Dominate, continuing to build notable ships, including the new Admiral Maja II-class galleons.

Joyeuse and surrounding worlds[ᚥ]

Joyeuse (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ; Jones' MT entry ): a Sword World, named for a ancient Old Terran legendary sword.  Joyeuse is one of the First Colonies, originally settled from Gram in 4 F.E. using the Gram's escort starships. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GT31, pp. 8, 11)
    Joyeuse is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the next world core-spinward from Gram along the Horseshoe toward Colada.
    The first of the Sword Worlds to be settled from Gram, its proximity has also meant that Joyeuse has generally remained linked to Gram culturally, economically and politically.  For example, like Gram, Joyeuse continues to use pre-Dominate titles for its nobles — though there is currently no universally recognized Commodore — and pre-Dominate ranks for officers in its Home Guard.
    Nevertheless — or perhaps precisely because of this — Joyeuse has been chosen to host the Joyeuse Bastion, the first formal Dominate military installation outside the Sacnoth system.

    Joyeuse has a routine quality starport (C) at Burgundaven, with unrefined fuel available (from the nearby sea) and starship maintenance facilities able to repair major damage.  Though Burgundy enjoys substantial economic prosperity from the starport, the port itself is managed jointly, with all domains provided with unfettered access.  There are good quality spaceports, with unrefined fuel and minor repair facilities, at Aachen and Brambleton, and poor quality spaceports, with unrefined fuel but no repair facilities, at Torhold, Ringhold, Hindmount and Edgewater.
    Joyeuse is a medium size (5) world with a diameter of 8720 kilometres and surface gravity of 0.68G.^[ᚧ] (SMSS)  It has a standard, oxygen-nitrogen mix atmosphere (6) and a cool climate, with average temperatures between 11 °C and 21 °C. (GT01, p. 69; GT31, p. 24; GT05, p. 75)  Joyeuse has a wet hydrosphere (4) with water covering 44% of its surface but its smaller hydrosphere — and the fact that the bulk of the world's oceans are not in the warmer equatorial regions — reinforces the cool climate. (GT01, p. 69; GT31, p. 39)  Only the Eaglewood Sea is free of ice most of the year, though the equatorial coasts of the Hearth and Island Seas are generally ice-free throughout the year.  (The Thunder Sea is ice-covered year-round.)
    Joyeuse has a moderate-sized population (5) of approximately eight hundred thousand and a balkanized government (7).  Joyeuse is divided into seven independent, sovereign domains: the captaincies of Francia, Roncevaux and Burgundy, the commandancies of Neustria and Austrasia and the lieutenantcies of Brunhild and Aquitaine.
    Like most of the Sword Worlds, the basic governmental form on Joyeuse is feudal technocracy.  Each domain is ruled by a feudal landholder or magnate, each with a variety of subordinate fief-holders tied to them via complex and diverse feudal techno-economic relationships.  (An independent and nominally supreme Governor-General administers Dominate affairs from a newly-established Dominate House at Burgundaven.)
    In a given domain the chief feudal landholder or magnate exercises supreme executive authority.  Local tribunals appointed by the chief landholder or magnate exercise judicial authority, with the degree of independence of these tribunals varying across sovereign domains.  Generally, decisions of a tribunal can be appealed to the local feudal landholder or magnate, though the noble decides whether or not the appeal will be considered.  In most domains a tricameral assembly known as the Muster exercises legislative authority, though again the degree of independence of this legislative assembly varies from region to region.
    Nearly three-quarters of the inhabitants of Joyeuse live in one of seven cities spread across the equatorial region.  The area around the Eaglewood Sea is generally the warmest and thus the most populous regions of Joyeuse tend to surround this sea, including the cities of Aachen, on the southwest coast, Burgundaven, the starport, on the western coast, and Hindmount, on the eastern coast.  Other areas of principal habitation are the equatorial regions of the larger Hearth and Island Seas, including the cities of Brambleton, on the southwest coast of the Island Sea, Torhold, on the northeast coast of the Hearth Sea, Ringhold, on the northwest coast of the Hearth Sea, and Edgewater, on the north-central coast of the Hearth Sea.
    Cities are mostly enclosed structures, offering shelter from the chaotic weather, and most have a substantial underwater component intended to provide access to the nearby sea during the winter.  There are no settlements in orbit about Joyeuse and little settlement in the rest of the Joyeuse system.  The other minor planets in the primary system, the small satellites of the gas giant and the minor planets in the companion system each have small scientific settlements or highly-automated mining facilities operated by diverse feudal enties on Joyeuse.
    Joyeuse has no planetary military forces but each feudal domain maintains its own military forces and para-military constabulary which can even be "confederalized" for planetary defense and, if need be, can be called upon — in theory, no such call has ever been made — by the Dominate government.  The Dominate has constructed initial elements of a military base on the second planet, Roland, as a potential staging point for military forces in the Horseshoe.
    Joyeuse has moderate law enforcement (7) but this can vary across the different domains which may add some complexity and uncertainty when traveling from one jurisdiction to another.  Weapons restrictions are moderate (5), with concealable firearms and radiation weapons prohibited.  Trade regulations are moderate (5).  Both criminal (5) and civil laws (5) are moderate, typical of the feudal technocracy practiced in the different regions.  There are generally moderate restrictions on personal freedoms (5).
    Joyeuse has early stellar technological capability (A).  Each of the major cities includes a substantial undersea element and high-tech submersible transport is as ubiquitous as gravitics transport is in the air.  An ultra-high-speed, high-capacity freight and passenger monorail system connects each of the major cities in the equatorial region.
    Local technology achievement on Joyeuse includes fusion power for energy generation, early synaptic computer and robotics systems, voice and text transcription and holovision and extensive satellite communications systems.  Local medical capabilities include antiviral vaccination, wide-scale cancer cures and growth quickening.  Beside the undersea elements of most major cities there are also under-ice habitations in the Hearth and Island Seas.  Advanced gravitic vehicles are ubiquitous for land, water and air transportation.  Though there are no starship yards on Joyeuse the local starport is fully capable of conducting major maintenance and repairs on jump drives and gravitic maneuver drives.  Local weapons manufacturers produce advanced combat rifles, reflective armor and combat environment suits.  Plasma guns, crystaliron armor and repulsors are produced by heavy weapons manufacturers.  Some areas of Joyeuse have only been superficially explored. (MT5, p. 34)
    Joyeuse is a non-industrial, agricultural world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.  A variety of higher-tech novelty items are imported from Gram and, occasionally from Sacnoth.

Joyeuse world map^[ᚤ]

    The Joyeuse system's primary star, Karl, is a red dwarf (M3V) which has a red dwarf (M9V) companion star, Gallas, orbiting at 640 light-minutes (Orbit 10).  The system has fourteen worlds, including a small gas giant, Fierabras, orbiting Karl at eight light-minutes (Orbit 3), and no planetoid belt.
    There are six small worlds which orbit between Joyeuse and the gas giant.  A Dominate military base is under development on Roland, the next world out (just inside the 100-diameter limit of Karl).  The third world, Oliver, has a commercial research facility.  The next two worlds, Floripas and Gui, are very small vacuum worlds each also with a commercial research facility.  The next two worlds out, Matilda and Bradamante, have no permanent facilities.  There are two empty orbits between Fierabras and the companion star, Gallas, orbiting in Karl's outer system.
    Four small worlds orbit the companion star, Galas, which has no habitable zone.  Closest to the star is Turpin, a very small vacuum world with a commercial research facility.  The next two worlds out, Aude and Berengier, have no permanent facilities.  The most distant world, Ogier, is a small vacuum world which also hosts a commercial research facility.
    Joyeuse orbits Karl at just 30 light-seconds, at the innermost edge of the star's habitable zone, and has no moon but a single ring, "La Couronne," orbits at two planetary radii. (GT31, p. 24)  Joyeuse is not tidally-locked but has a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance, orbiting in Karl in twelve standard days. (GT31, p. 39)
    The short orbital period of Joyeuse and spin-orbit resonance result in two short, stark seasons: a very hot "daysummer" of constant sunlight (when average temperatures can reach 45 °C), and a very cold "nightwinter" of constant darkness (when average temperatures can reach -45 °C). (GT31, p. 39)  The short seasons — each just over twelve standard days — moderate some of the temperature extremes but also result in chaotic weather in the "spring" and "fall" transitions, especially in what would otherwise be the temperate regions, and have limited the effectiveness of weather control on Joyeuse. (GT31, p. 39)  Temperatures only reach reliably above the freezing point of water year round in the equatorial regions.  (Temperatures in the world's extensive polar regions are generaly below the freezing point of water year round.)
    The meteorological turmoil has encouraged undersea aquaculture on Joyeuse.  The cold climate means there is little opportunity for land-based agriculture or large-scale animal husbandry but there is extensive processing of aquaculture foodstuffs and organics for off-world export.  Joyeuse is also rich in ores and mining operations extend across the world's surface, even into the polar regions — though mining operations away from the equatorial regions are largely automated.  Joyeuse produces few manufactured goods for export — and, indeed, imports many manufactured goods — but exports a fair amount of information associated with agriculture and resource extraction efforts.

Joyeuse Bastion: Dominate military base established on the next planet out from Joyeuse in the Joyeuse system in an effort to protect the worlds of the Horseshoe from potential attack by the Darrians.^[ᚨ] (GT31, p. 41)  Many in the Horseshoe believe the base is instead intended to consolidate Dominate control of Gram and the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies.

Joyeuse-class corvette: a 1200-ton, tech level B (Type BC) escort designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (B05, 2nd. ed., pp. 51-52; A01, pp. 10-11, 14-37; S09, p. 19)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War in accordance with the Von Reuter Provisos, Joyeuse-class corvettes sometimes led private Exploring Expeditions.  See Boudicca-class corvette and Fortrop-class corvette.

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Kali-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level B (Type T) corvette designed for regular military operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (ACS2, pp. 3-4; ST, pp. 36-37; MT3, p. 82; SOM, p. 58; GT13, pp. 84-86)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Kali-class schooners sometimes participated in private Exploring Expeditions.  See Sargon-class schooner and Tapperhed-class schooner.

Kamelljón-class barque: an 800-ton, tech level C (Type LC) corvette designed for small-scale military operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (ACS1, p. 8)  These are state-of-the-art ships intended to take the place of the retiring Surtur-class barques.  See Eldfluga-class carrack and Yánshí-class barque.

Kaptajn (Sagamaal): senior superior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Kára (Callia ): world along the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for an Old Terran mythological figure. (Phill's Canon)

Karen-class merchant: a 400-ton, tech level B (Type R) freighter built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (B02, p. 19, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 19-23; TB, p. 59; ST, pp. 35,36; TA, pp. 129-134; MT3, p. 82; RM1, p. 87; TNE, p. 374; GT, p. 146; MGT, pp. 119-120)  Karen-class merchants often served as auxiliary support ships for Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  See Alkutbay-class merchant and Shuinsen-class merchant.

Karl: The red dwarf (M3V) primary star of the Joyeuse system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Joyeuse. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)  Also see Gallas.

Kartikeya-class cutter: a 300-ton, tech level B (Type CE) frigate designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (B05, 2nd ed., p. 50; J04, pp. 14-21; S07, pp. 30-35; A04, p. 40; MAFS, pp. 1-3; S09, p. 17; M3, p. 35; MT3, p. 84; C58, pp. 18-24)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Kartikeya-class cutters sometimes participated in private Exploring Expeditions.  See Milu-class cutter and Vethrfölnir-class cutter.

Kuapmaður-class galleon: a 1000-ton, tech level B (Type PT) freighter built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (MCS, pp. 6-8)  Kuapmaður-class freighters are the largest galleons typically encountered in service among the worlds of the Far Leg.  See Tahmina-class galleon and Van Rijn-class galleon.

Kejser (Sagamaal): the most senior noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate, held by the leader of the Dominate; currently Kejserinde Hanne Marendottir Braga.

Kejserlig Husstand (Sagamaal): the Imperial Household of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Kenningskirk (Sagamaal): spiritual retreat on Sacnoth with an emphasis upon domestic concerns such as farming, household management and childrearing.  Most of the retreat staff are women, many of whom came to the Kenningskirk as girls.  Students tend to be women as well, though male students are not unheard of. (see "Kenningsboken," GT31, p. 89)

Kettles: Capital of Dyrnwyn and location of the world's starport.  (Called "Katlar" — Sagamaal for "kettles" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 49)

Klarälvenverk (Sagamaal): industrial holding on Sacnoth, largest provider of military equipment to the Dominate government; operates shipyards at Istrakhan starport.

Kommandant (Sagamaal): junior superior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Kommandor (Sagamaal): junior superior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Kommodore (Sagamaal): junior flag officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Końdaŕya (Condaria ): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (Phill's Canon)

Konge (Sagamaal): first rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate, designating the holder of an entire world.  The holding of a konge is a kongerige.  In practice, all titles of Konge are held by the Kejser who is represented on the world by an appointed Governor-General.

Korpral (Sagamaal): junior non-commissioned officer rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Kronprinsesse (Sagamaal): the Crown Princess of the Sacnoth Dominate; currently Alene Hannedottir.

Krýsantemum-class frigate: a 1000-ton, tech level B (Type DE) escort designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (S09, p. 14)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Krýsantemum-class frigates sometimes led Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  See Surtur-class barque.

Kunoniḱ (Cunnonic ): Darrian agricultural world, first world along the Darrian main from Tizon.  Kunoniḱ is where the Founders first encountered the Darrians, sparking the establishment of the First Colonies in an effort to forestall Darrian expansion into the Sword Worlds. (AM08, p. 22; GT31, p. 8; Phill's Canon; Farrell's Landgrab)

Kuntur-class schooner: a 500-ton, tech level C (Type DA) corvette boat designed for system defence and built at shipyards on Gram. (ACS1, p. 7)  These state-of-the-art gunboats are in service with the Gram Home Guard and with most of the Home Guards of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies.

Kusanagi (Mertactor ): world along the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

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La Capital: Capital city on Tizon located on the southern end of the "middle peninsula" of the continent Tres Penínsulas.  (Called "Ny Eital" — Sagamaal for "new capital" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 27)

La Clave: Southern hemisphere continent on Tizon.  The world's starport, Puerto de Ceniza, is located on the northern coast.  (Called "Noegin" — Sagamaal for "the key" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 27)

Lævateinn (Lunion ): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon; GypsyComet's brief)

Lĕmḃĕrẏ (Laberv ): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 22; Phill's Canon; BARD entry)

Leótrískt (Sagamaal): The yellow-white dwarf (F9V) primary star of the Sacnoth system, a Sagamaal translation of the name ("Leothric") of an ancient Old Terran fictional figure who wielded the sword Sacnoth. ("The Sacnoth Dominate," GJ0725; GT31, p. 50; SMSS)  Also see Tharagavverug.

Leótrískt-class galleon: a 1000-ton, tech level C (Type ML) galleon built at the Firstmountain Spacedock shipyards on Sacnoth and operated by Sacnoth-Gram Starlines. (MCS, pp. 4-6)  The Leótrískt-class galleons are state-of-the-art for commercial passenger travel.  See Admiral Maja II-class galleon and Hikawamaru-class galleon.

Lauf (Forine ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Leddyring: The primitive, non-human sophonts on Quernbiter, first encountered by the Tygalfsson Expedition.  The Leddyring are bilaterally symmetrical omnivorous gathers/scavengers with a primitive mechanical civilization.  Due to limiations of the Leddyring physiology, efforts by members of the Tygalfsson Expedition to communicate with them were stunted and mostly limited to simple gestures and pictographs. (A10, pp. 10-13, 40-47; GT01, pp. 13, 33-34, 73; GAR4, pp. 107-115; 1248S3, pp. 53, 110)  See "Non-Humans in Sacnoth Dominate Space," by Professor Rorik Vestason Raaby of the University of Ny Kalmar.

Lieutenant: fifth rank pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union junior naval officer rank used by the Founders.  Still used on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The holding of a lieutenant is a "lieutenantcy."

Lightside: one of two continents on Sting, located on the lightside of the planet, mostly barren, arid steppes except in the harsh swamplands near the Terminator Line. (Called "Lyseside" — "lightside" in Sagamaal — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 62)

liner: a ship intended for commerce with displacement for passenger accommodations — including low berths — greater than cargo displacement.  A liner of 800 tons displacement or less is sometimes called a "yacht."  A non-jump-capable liner is sometimes called a "ferry." See galleon, carrack, caravel, merchant, trader and packet.

Little Sea: inland sea in the southern hemisphere portion of Midgaard continent on Gram. (Called "Litilhav" — Sagamaal" for "Little Sea" — on Gram; GT31, p. 47)

Living Sea: the world-spanning equatorial ocean on Narsil, situation between the northern continent Northernheath and the southern continent Southernheath. (Called "Ivinghav" — Sagamaal for "Living Sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 31)

Lodestone (Iron ): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim cluster, named for being the first world visited by the Margadsson Expedition when exploring the Pilgrim frontier. (Phill's Canon)

Loki (Lanth ): world in the Danuuz frontier (more accurately, the Ginnungagap rift), named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (Phill's Canon)

Løjtnant (Sagamaal): senior junior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.  Also the most junior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

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Lungefisking: The primitive, non-human sophonts on Curtana, first encountered by the Bowman Expedition.  While Curtana is a mostly arid world, the oddly-humanoid Lungefisking appear to be nomadic amphibians.  Due to their reticence and their nocturnal behavior, members of the Bowman Expedition found it difficult to interact with the Lungefisking and they remain rather mysterious. (CP1, pp. 7, 12, 15-16, 20-21, 26; GT, p. 28; GT01, pp. 32-33, 74.  See "Non-Humans in Sacnoth Dominate Space," by Professor Rorik Vestason Raaby of the University of Ny Kalmar.)

Lydia (Lydia ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a loved one of a member of the expedition. (Phill's Canon)

Lyusing (Asgard ): world in the Danuuz frontier identified as a prime candidate for settlement, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; Phill's Canon) 

Lyṙzḋodḣ-class cutter: a 200-ton, tech level B (Type SF) Darrian corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Myŕ. (AM08, pp. 16-17; AM06, p. 42)

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Maghiz: Darrian name for a mysterious interstellar electromagnetic phenomenon emanating from the central Darrian worlds approximately five hundred years prior to the Founding which damaged or destroyed ancient Darrian settlements across what is now Sword Worlds space.  See "An Ancient Mystery: Darrian Ruins in the Sacnoth Dominate," by Professor Erika Narankha of the University of Førstebjerg.

Major: a junior superior officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

Mar Separador: world ocean on Tizon, separating the northern polar continent, Tres Penínsulas from the southern hemisphere continent, La Clave. (Called "Athskillen Sea" — Sagamaal for "Separation Sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 27)  The Mar Separador is only free of ice year-round in the equatorial region.

Margadsson Expedition (25-28 D.E.): the first Sacnoth Dominate expedition to explore the Pilgrim frontier, travelling from Biter along the main rimward and along the "spinward trace" as far as Welsung.

Marshal: most senior flag — or field — officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

Marskal (Sagamaal): most senior field officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Mashdiikhe: Legendary Vilani figure, the protagonist of a set of fireside folktales.  When his village is threatened by a demon, he procures a magic sword, Danuuz, and proceeds to defeat the demon. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Matador-class barque: an 800-ton, tech level B (Type CP) frigate designed for small-scale military operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (B02, 2nd ed., p. 20; TB, p. 59; ST, pp. 36, 37; MT3, p. 83; MGT, pp. 127-128)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War in accordance with the Von Reuter Provisos, Matador-class barques led some private Exploring Expeditions.  See Surtur-class barque and Cheng Ho-class barque.

Medham (Mille Falcs ): world along the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Melancholy Sea: Northern hemisphere sea on Tyrfing, in the twilight zone east of Nightmarch and west of Daymarch.  The western region of the sea, along the central Nightmarch shore — farthest from the sea's northern and southern outlets to The Seascape, is the only region of the world where there is significant sea ice. (Called "Sorlihav" — Sagamaal for "Melancholy Sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 54)

merchant (ship or boat): a freighter or liner of at least 400 tons displacement but less than 600 tons.

Meteor-class cutter: a 200-ton, tech level B (Type EG) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (A04, p. 15)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War in accordance with the Von Reuter Provisos, Meteor-class cutters participated in some private Exploring Expeditions.  See GuanYu-class cutter and Pilothval-class cutter.

Midgaard: world-spanning supercontinent on Gram which reaches into both poles.  Most of the continent's interior is quite arid. (GT31, p. 47)

Midjutland Yards: commercial shipbuilding holding on Sacnoth.

Milu-class cutter: a 300-ton, tech level B (Type CE) frigate designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (B05, 2nd ed., p. 50; J04, pp. 14-21; S07, pp. 30-35; A04, p. 40; MAFS, pp. 1-3; S09, p. 17; M3, p. 35; MT3, p. 84; C58, pp. 18-24)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War in accordance with the Von Reuter Provisos, Milu-class cutters participated in some private Exploring Expeditions.  See Kartikeya-class cutter and Vethrfölnir-class cutter.

Mistelten (Milagro ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Mithril (Mithril ): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran fantastical metal. (Phill's Canon)

Morglay (Gungnir ): a Sword World, one of the Horseshoe Colonies originally settled from Gram, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)  Morglay is a small size (4) world with a thin, tainted (4) and a wet hydrosphere (4).  It has a low population (4) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Morglay has a poor quality starport (D) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

Munarvag: The capital city of Tyrfing, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary place related to the sword Tyrfing.  Munarvag is located on the northwestern polar peninsula of Daymarch, on the Melancholy Sea shore. (GT31, pp. 54, 55)

Muster: a tricameral assembly on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The Muster is typically comprised of sub-assemblies representing feudal landholders and magnates (usually called the "Commissioned Corps"), the professionals, tradespeople and skilled technicians (usually called the "Enlisted Corps") and the common, non-property-holding people (usually called the "Civilian Corps") and exercises legislative authority which is generally subordinate to the executive authority of the world's senior noble.  There are also typically domain-level Musters comprised of similar representative groups in the specific domain.  The Sacnoth Domain has generally shunned the Musters, preferring instead to exercise its authority directly through the local nobility.  These efforts themselves are often resisted by local nobles who frequently refer Domain direction to their Muster for consideration.

Mutiny, The: term used on Gram and sometimes on other worlds of the Horseshoe for the brief war between Gram and Sacnoth which began in 212 F.E. and which led, after the defeat of Gram, to the establishment of the Sacnoth Dominate in 1 D.E.  See The Unshackling. (GT31, p. 9; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Myŕ (Mire ): Darrian capital and one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 23; Phill's Canon; Daryen's Landgrab)

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Nagelring (Nirton): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Namsmann Expedition (25-29 D.E.): the first Sacnoth Dominate expedition to explore the Sepireld frontier, travelling from Biter along the main trailward as far as the start of the "coreward spur" at Xochitl and Skræp and discovering the non-Human Sepirelding along the way.

Narsil and surrounding worlds[ᚷ]

Narsil (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ; Jones' MT entry ): a Sword World, one of the Far Colonies, named for an ancient Old Terran fictional sword.
    Narsil is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the last world of the Far Leg, rim-spinward from Anduril.
    One of the Sword Worlds settled from Sacnoth, Narsil remains linked to Sacnoth culturally, economically and politically, especially due to its relatively remote location at the end of the Far Leg and its proximity to the Darrian Cluster.  Indeed, Narsil is closer to the Darrian homeworld than it is to either Sacnoth or Gram.

    Narsil has a good quality starport (B) with refined fuel available, starship maintenance facilities able to repair any damage and shipyards capable of constructing non-starships.  There are no orbital facilities but a substantial downport exists at Outreach.
    Narsil is a medium size (5) world with a diameter of 7689 kilometres and surface gravity of 0.27G. (GT01, p. 68; GT31, p. 24)  It has a standard, oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere (6) and a normal/cool climate — the world's high orbital eccentricty takes it into the outer region of its star's habitable zone — with average temperatures between 16 °C and 26 °C. (GT01, p. 68; GT31, pp. 24, 29; GT05, p. 75)  Narsil has a wet hydrosphere (4) with water covering 38% of its surface. (GT31, p. 24)
    Narsil has a moderate-size population (5) of approximately two hundred thousand, living in small settlements scattered across the mostly ice-covered northern and southern hemispheres, though the city of Whiteclad has grown since the Dominate established the capital there.
    Narsil is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with a planetary Hertugdømme originally established by the Dominate.  A Governor-General administers Dominate affairs from Dominate House at Whiteclad.  Law enforcement is generally moderate (7) though it can vary rather widely across the world's many domains. 
    Narsil has early stellar technological capability (A), among the highest in the Sword Worlds outside of Sacnoth, Gram and Hofud.  Some areas of Narsil have only been superficially explored. (MT5, p. 34)  It is an agricultural and non-industrial world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Narsil world map^[ᚸ]

Narsil's primary star, Isildur, is a yellow subgiant (G6IV) that is orbited by a red dwarf secondary, Elendil (M0V). (GT31, p. 24)  The system has ten worlds, including four gas giants and two planetoid belts.
    Narsil orbits Isildur at slightly over 13 light-hours, within a highly eccentric orbit that nevertheless remains within the star's habitable zone. (GT31, pp. 24, 29)  The world has no moon. (GT31, p. 24)

Naval Guard Starlines: commercial shipping holding on Gram.  Naval Guard provides passenger and freight service mostly to worlds along the Horseshoe, as well as direct service between Gram, Sacnoth and Hofud — most recently launching new service with the Admiral Maja II-class galleons.  One of the oldest shipping holdings in the Dominate, Naval Guard traces its origins to the original Gram escorts used to explore and settle the First Colonies. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GT31, p. 9)  See Venetian Lines.

Neustria: commandancy on Joyeuse, named an ancient Old Terran domain.  Neustria generally encompasses the region northeast of the Hearth Sea and west of Francia and Burgundy; its capital is Torhold.

New Colonies: first three worlds along the Far Leg — Tyrfing, Sacnoth (Balisarda) and Excalibur — and the worlds of the Dyrnwyn Spur — excepting Galatine (Beater) — colonized from Gram in the second-wave of settlement. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

New Greenland: Small, northern hemisphere continent on the "darkside" of Dyrnwyn which is mostly ice-covered and unpopulated.  (Called "Ny Grœnland" — Sagamaal for "New Greenland" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 49)

New Kalmar (Sagamaal: Ny Kalmar): capital of Gram; location of the University of New Kalmar. (GT31, pp. 47, 48-49)

New Kalmar, University of: principal university on Gram, located in the capital city; along with the University of Førstebjerg on Sacnoth, one of the two most prominent universities in the Dominate.

Nightmarch: second largest continent on Tyrfing, located mostly in the northern darkside hemisphere and surrounded to the north, west and south by The Seascape.  Much of the eastern reaches of the continent, along the Melancholy Sea coast, is covered with glaciers. (Called "Kvællmark" — Sagamaal for "Nightmarch" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 54)

Niflungr Þyngdaraflvirkar (Sagamaal): industrial holding on Sacnoth that produces grav vehicles and other gravitics devices. (TML940522CH)

Nidhog (Smoug ): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological creature. (Phill's Canon; Merx's Landgrab; GypsyComet's brief)

Non-Agricultural (Na): the trade classification for worlds which "must import much of their foodstuffs from off planet" mostly because their ecosphere is not suited for large-scale agriculture. (B03, 2nd ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83)  Non-agricultural worlds have a vacuum, trace or very thin atmosphere, a hydrosphere of no more than 30%, and a population of at least one million. (B02, 1st ed., p. 43, and 2nd ed., p. 46; B03, 2nd. ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83; B06, p. 32; MT2, pp. 48, 50)

Non-Industrial (Ni): the trade classification for worlds which "are forced to import much of their finished goods" because they have insufficient population to support an robust industrial base. (B03, 2nd ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83)  Non-agricultural worlds have a population of less than ten million. (B02, 1st ed., p. 43, and 2nd ed., p. 46; B03, 2nd. ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83; B06, p. 32; MT2, pp. 48, 50)

North Edge Sea: northernmost of two large, interior seas of the Soleland continent on Excalibur, located in the southern hemisphere south of the Ark Sea. (Called "Sarghav" — Sagamaal for "Marsh Sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 53)

Northernheath: the northern hemisphere continent on Narsil, comprised of the land area north of the Living Sea. (Called "Norristæke" — Sagamaal for "Northernheath" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 31)

Norðreyjar-class fast courier tender: a 1000-ton, tech level C (Type XT) auxiliary designed to support Dominate Patrol fast courier operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth, Gram and Hofud. (TD01, pp. 17-19; see also S07, pp. 11-15; MT9, p. 81; GT05, pp. 41, 42-43)^[ᚡ]  With a design based upon the Brokkr-class engineer-ship, these are state-of-the-art ships developed by the Dominate in an effort to improve communication throughout the Sword-Worlds.

Nosyĕ (Nosea ): poor, sparsely-populated Darrian world, third world along the Darrian main from Tizon. (AM08, p. 23; Phill's Canon; Daryen's Landgrab; BARD entry)

Nothung (Noctocol ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Nyord (Bronze ): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, named by the Damsgaard Expedition for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure.  (Originally named Zibar by the Margadsson Expedition, the name of the sword of a legendary Vilani figure, which also translates as "Bronze," the color of the system's primary star.) (Phill's Canon)

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Dominate Army officer ranks • Marskal • Brigader • Oberst • Kommandant • Hauptmann • Løjtnant

Oberst (Sagamaal): senior superior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Odermeer (Sagamaal): small ocean on Sacnoth, located in the northern hemisphere between the continents Eisufer and Erl. (GT31, map, p. 56)

Orcrist (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ; Jones' MT entry ): a Sword World, one of the Far Colonies, named for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword.  Orcrist is a large size (8) world with an exotic atmosphere (A) and a fluid hydrosphere (6).  It has a low population (3) and has colonial governance (6) with moderate law enforcement (6).  Orcrist has a poor quality starport (D) and average stellar technological capability (A).

Orcrist Minerals (Sagamaal: Orcristmineraler): Sacnoth mining and fluid distillation grevedømme on Orcrist.  Due to its expertise in grappling with the habitability demands of Orcrist's non-breathable atmosphere and fluidic hydrosphere, Orcrist Minerals has also become an exporter of artificial environmental systems technologies.

Ormen Hin Lange ("The Long Wyrm"): 10,000-ton cruiser (Type CL), flagship of the Gram Home Guard Space Self-Defence Force. (101 Starships, pp. 66, 381)^[ᚢ]  Named after an ancient Terran monarch's longship, and second of that name; the first was a 5000-ton destroyer (Type FE) smashed in an heroic battle against Sacnoth forces in 212 F.E. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; S09, p. 18, C25, pp. 18-20)
    In accordance with the armistice which ended hostilities between Gram and Sacnoth, the Ormen Hin Lange does not have an active jump drive — though the seemingly over-powered ship was constructed with many essential jump drive components built into the hull.  (Some Dominate critics suspect that the Space Self-Defence Force has secretly prepared to quickly retrofit the remaining required jump drive components, though no evidence of such an effort has been produced.)

Outer Ocean: the world ocean on Anduril. That portion of the Ocean which separates the world's two large continents, Forestmarch and Greatland, is called the Inland Sea. (Called "Ytrishav" — Sagamaal for "Outer Oceans" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 35)

Outreach: good quality starport on Narsil, with only a ground component. (Called "Utrilnir" — Sagamaal for "Outreach" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 35)

Oval Sea: inland sea in the central portion of Sacrifice on Hofud.  Both the capital city, Home, and the starport at Anchorage are located on the equatorial shore of the sea. (Called "Ovelhay" — Sagamaal for "oval sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 60)

Overnålen (Overnale ): world on the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a sword from ancient Old Terran Cultural Roots Revival literary fiction. (GJ7618, "The Outrim Frontier, Part 1"; Phill's Canon)

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packet (ship or boat): a freighter or liner of at least 100 tons displacement but less than 200 tons.

Pilgrim frontier: uninhabited region rimward of the Sword Worlds, originally known as the Rim frontier. (GT31, p. 11)  The trailing portions of this region will come to be known as the Diadem cluster. (GT31, p. 11)

Pilothval-class cutter: a 200-ton, tech level B (Type SH) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (ACS2, book 2, pp. 10-11)  Pilothval-class cutters often served as support ships for Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  See GuanYu-class cutter and Meteor-class cutter.

Poor (Po): the trade classification for worlds which "are undeveloped and marginal backwaters," mostly because their ecosphere is poorly suited for widespread habitation. (B03, 2nd ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83)  Non-agricultural worlds have a very thin or thin atmosphere and a hydrosphere of less than 40%. (B02, 1st ed., p. 43, and 2nd ed., p. 46; B03, 2nd. ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83; B06, p. 32; MT2, pp. 48, 50)

Protectorate Corps (Sagamaal: Protektoratkorps): the liaison service charged with managing relations between the Dominate monarchy and the worlds of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Puerto de Ceniza: Starport on the northern coast of the southern continent of La Clave on Tizon consisting only of downport facilities.  (Called "Osgihamn" — Sagamaal for "Ash Harbor" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 27)

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Quernbiter (567-908 ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary sword.  Homeworld of the Leddyring. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Quernstone: large, egg-shaped crystaline gemstones found on Quernbiter; many are grey and unattractive but some are colorfully iridescent and generally highly prized. (A10, pp. 10-13, 40-47; GT01, pp. 13, 33-34, 73; GAR4, pp. 107-115; 1248S3, pp. 53, 110)

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Rakshasa-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level B (Type SB) corvette boat designed for system defence and built at shipyards on Gram, Tizon and Colada. (S07, pp. 35-38; J09, pp. 32-33; M3, p. 35; MT3, p. 85)  These gunboats are in service with the Gram Home Guard and most of the Home Guards of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies.  See Smaug-class schooner and Fáfnisbani-class schooner.

Red Wyrm blazon[ᛆ]

Red Wyrm: Blazon of Gram.  Derived from the crest of the 8th Scandinavian Army Corps, one of the original Old Terran military units of the Founders.  In ancient Old Terran mythology the lindwyrm was a mythological dragon or giant, winged serpent.  The Red Wyrm has often been described by Gram's political foes on Sacnoth as a "monster that lies on a bed of gold and can only be killed by a [special] bull," emphasizing the creature's monstrousness and treasure-hoarding — and its susceptibility to being overcome by Sacnoth's own symbolic creature.  Also see Black Bull. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GBJ1, p. 39)

Reservere-class merchant: a 500-ton, tech level B (Type MH) freighter built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (ACS1, p. 4)  Reservere-class freighters sometimes served as auxiliary support ships for Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

Rhydderch: The orange dwarf (K4V) primary star of the Dyrnwyn system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Dyrnwyn. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)  Also see Gwydion.

Rich (Ri): the trade classification for worlds which "have good climates and environments and are sought after by most individuals as living places," in part because they are also reasonably well-governed. (B03, 2nd ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83)  Rich worlds have a representative democracy, feudal technocracy, captive, balkanized, civil service bureaucracy or impersonal bureaucracy government, a untainted standard or dense atmosphere, and a population of at least one million but less than a billion. (B02, 1st ed., p. 43, and 2nd ed., p. 46; B03, 2nd. ed., p. 16; TB, p. 83; B06, p. 32; MT2, pp. 48, 50)

Ridder (Sagamaal): sixth and lowest rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate.  The holding of a ridder is a ridderdømme.

Rim cluster: The cluster of six Rim Stars worlds — Lodestone, Bergsrå, Nyord, Vanaheim, Mithril and Nidhog — between Biter and Igliim.

Rim Colonies: The nearest of the Rim Stars — Beater, Sting and Biter — colonized from Sacnoth in the third-wave of settlement.

Rim frontier: original name of the Pilgrim frontier, before it was surveyed by the Dominate.

Rim Stars (Sagamaal: Falsstjarnnir): a trace of worlds along the main from Beater, Sting and Biter rimward — including those in the Trailing frontier — to the "lost colony" of Caladbolg and beyond to the worlds of the Rim frontier. (GT31, p. 99)

Ringhold: city on Joyeuse (population approximately 60,000), capital of the commandancy of Austrasia, on the northwest coast of the Hearth Sea.

Rodrigo: The orange dwarf (K2V) primary star of the Colada system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Colada. (GT31, p. 24; SMSS)  Also see Bivar.

Rogeť (Roget ): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 23; Phill's Canon; BARD entry)

Roheryn: starport located on the northeastern coast of Smalland on Anduril.  Named for the horse of the wielder of the ancient Old Terran fictional sword Anduril. (Called "Hofnir" — or "Hófnir" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 35)

Roland: The red dwarf (M1V) star of the Durendal system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Durendal. (GT31, p. 50; SMSS)

Rømer (Flammarion ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a member of the expedition which first surveyed the world. (Phill's Canon)  (The subsequent discovery of ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on the world will lead to Rømer being declared off-limits for Dominate settlement. (AM08, p. 11; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"))

Roncevaux: captaincy on Joyeuse, named for the site of an ancient Old Terran legendary battle.  Roncevaux generally encompasses the region south of the Island Sea and northwest of Austrasia; its capital is Brambleton.

Rorĕ (Rorre ): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 23; RM1, p. 44; Phill's Canon)

Rummand (Sagamaal): basic enlisted crew rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Rykke-class brigantine: a 600-ton, tech level B (Type EF) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (ACS2, pp. 11-12)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Rykke-class brigantines often participated in Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  See Shiva-class brigantine and Triumph-class brigantine.

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Sacho (Flexos ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Sacnoth and surrounding worlds[ᚬ]

Sacnoth (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ; Higginbotham's TML entry): a Sword World, one of the New Colonies and capital of the Sacnoth Dominate.  Originally named "Balisarda" when its colonization was planned by Gram, Sacnoth was renamed by its early colonists for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword.
    Sacnoth is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the next world rimward from Tyrfing along the Far Leg and spin-trailward from Beater on the Dyrnwyn Spur.
    Sacnoth was the source of the original settlement of the Far Colonies and the Rim Colonies prior to the Unshackling and its leadership of the Dominate.
    Sacnoth is one of the most populous and technologically-advanced worlds in the Dominate and its cultural, economic and political influence is apparent throughout the Sword Worlds, especially among the worlds of the Far Leg and in the Rim Colonies.

Sacnoth has an excellent quality starport (A) with plentiful refined fuel and extensive shipyards offering starship repair and maintenance and also able to build the most sophisticated starships in the Dominate.  There are both orbital and ground components of the starport at Istrakhan.
    Sacnoth is a medium size (7) world with a diameter of 11,540 kilometres and surface gravity of 0.98G. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 50)  It has a standard, oxygen-nitrogen mix atmosphere (6) and normal climate, with average temperatures between 22 °C and 29 °C. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 50; GT05, p. 75)  Sacnoth has a wet hydrosphere (5) with water covering 50% of its surface. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 50)
    Sacnoth has a moderate-sized population (6) of approximately two million.
    Sacnoth is governed by a self-perpetuating oligarchy (5), with a hereditary aristocracy headed by a planetary monarch, the Kongerinde, who is also the Kejserinde of the Sacnoth Dominate.  Law enforcement is moderate (7).  Sacnoth is the capital of the Sacnoth Dominate.
    Sacnoth has average stellar technological capability (C) with fusion and advanced fuel cells; Model/6 computers and low autonomous robots; real-time multilingual translators; broad-spectrum antitoxins and enhanced prosthetics; major terraforming and advanced weather control; personal grav belts and light gravitic modules; jump-3 starships; portable plasma guns and Gauss rifles, fusion guns, superdense armor and nuclear dampers; and jump-4 starship prototypes. (MT5, pp. 26-34)
    Sacnoth is a rich, non-industrial, agricultural world.  While it has stretched its industrial capabilities in starship production and related technologies like computers and gravitics — which are ubiquitous along the Far Leg and increasingly throughout the Dominate — Sacnoth does not substantially produce other manufactured goods for off-world trade.  Many industrial products from Anduril, Narsil and Sting are instead imported by Sacnoth.

Sacnoth world map^[ᚭ]

    The Sacnoth system's primary star, Leótrískt, is a yellow-white dwarf (F9V) which has a red dwarf (M3V) companion star, Tharagavverug.  The system has seven worlds, including one gas giant, and no planetoid belt.
    Sacnoth orbits Leótrískt at 15 light-minutes, in the outer portion of the star's habitable zone, and has two large moons, Hvæssesten Øje and Sværdgrebets Øje. (GT31, p. 50)

Sacnoth Dominate (Sagamaal: Sacnoth Dominatet): interstellar government established in 1 F.E., with capital at Sacnoth.  The Dominate's governance of the twenty Sword Worlds is more formal and unambiguous than was that of the Gram Hegemony which preceded it.  Generally, the Dominate leaves individual Sword Worlds free to govern themselves as they desire, provided that ultimate power is always accorded the Dominate.  For example, the Dominate Kejser is formally also the Konge of each world but, in practice, the Konge is represented by a Dominate Governor-General who administers Dominate affairs on the world while leaving day-to-day governance to the local nobility.

Sacrifice: one of the two main continents on Hofud, located mostly in the northern hemisphere but also reaching across the equator into the southern hemisphere at one point. (Called "Ofrein" — Sagamaal for "sacrifice" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 60)

Sagamaal ("Saga-tongue"): constructed language based on the old Icelandic sagas created on Old Terra during the Cultural Roots Revival of the early Old Earth Union era; spoken as a second language by almost all Scandinavian-heritage Terrans at the time the Sacnoth left Old Earth Union space. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Sansamha (Rahle ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Sansamha which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 9))

Sargon-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level B (Type T) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (B02, 2nd ed., p. 20; ACS2, pp. 3-4; ST, pp. 36-37; MT3, p. 82; SOM, p. 58; GT13, pp. 84-86)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War in accordance with the Von Reuter Provisos, Sargon-class schooners participated in some private Exploring Expeditions.  See Kali-class schooner and Tapperhed-class schooner.

Satan-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level C (Type DE) frigate designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (ACS1, p. 12)  These are state-of-the-art warships intended to take the place of retiring Kali-class schooners.

Sauvagine (Talchek ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Sauvagine which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 9))

schooner: a corvette or frigate of at least 400 tons displacement but less than 600 tons.

Schritt (Shirene ): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon; GypsyComet's brief)

Seascape, The: The world ocean on Tyrfing, covering much of the darkside hemisphere and stretching into the lightside hemisphere around the northern, eastern and southern shores of Daymarch, The Seascape serves to keep much of the darkside free of permanent ice. (Called "Vynav" — Sagamaal for "The Seascape" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 54)

Sekvens (Squallia ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630: "Sequence"; Phill's Canon)

Sepireld (Spirelle ): inhabited world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for the name given to their world by the advanced, non-human sophonts native to the world. (RM1, p. 46; GT01, p. 90; GJ2723, "The Five States"; Phill's Canon; Merx's Landgrab)

Sepireld frontier: uninhabited region trailward of the Sword Worlds, originally known as the Trailing frontier. From the native name of the world Sepireld (Spirelle). (GT31, p. 11)  The coreward portions of this region will come to be known as the Ginnungagap rift and the rimward portions as the Diadem cluster. (GT31, p. 11)

Sepirelding[ᛇ]

Sepirelding: the advanced, non-human sophonts on Sepireld first encountered by the Namsmann Expedition. (RM1, p. 46; GT01, p. 90; see "Non-Humans in Sacnoth Dominate Space," by Professor Rorik Vestason Raaby of the University of Ny Kalmar.) 

Sersjant (Sagamaal): senior non-commissioned officer rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Shearwater-class engineer-ship: a 1000-ton, tech level B, (a streamlined and "upcrewed" version of the Type XT) auxiliary designed to support military and commercial starship operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (Space Viking, part three, Analog, January 1963, p. 130; TD01, pp. 17-19; S07, pp. 11-15)  See Bolgefanger-class engineer-ship and Brokkr-class engineer-ship.

Sharp: Southern polar continent on Dyrnwyn which is mostly ice-covered and unpopulated, except for a moderately temperate region on that portion of the northern coast along the Sunwarmed Sea where some settlements have been established.  (Called "Eghvass" — Sagamaal for "sharp" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 49)

Shibusawabrokers: trading and financial holding on Gram.

Shiva-class brigantine: a 600-ton, tech level B (Type EF) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (ACS2, pp. 11-12)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Shiva-class brigantines sometimes participated in private Exploring Expeditions.  See Rykke-class brigantine and Triumph-class brigantine.

Shuinsen-class merchant: a 400-ton, tech level B (Type MV) freighter built at shipyards on Hofud. (Gr04, pp. 29-33)  Shuinsen-class merchants often served as auxiliary support ships for private and Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  See Alkutbay-class merchant and Karen-class merchant.

Sicambrisprings: Haulteclere lieutenancy, vassal to Fairharvest, operates water production facility in trailing trojans of Cocytus.

Sichuan Shipyards: industrial holding on Gram, largest provider of passenger and transport starships in the Dominate; operates shipyards at Hansen's Landing starport.

Sigmund (Sagamaal: Sigmundr): The red dwarf (M2V) companion star of the Gram system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Gram. ("The Sacnoth Dominate," GJ0725; GT31, p. 24; SMSS)  Also see Sigurd.

Sigurd (Sagamaal: Sigurðr): The yellow-white dwarf (F2V) primary star of the Gram system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure who wielded the sword Gram. ("The Sacnoth Dominate," GJ0725; GT31, p. 24; SMSS)  Also see Sigmund.

Skathi (Tivid ): unsettled world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Zisduurkhaar Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (Phill's Canon)

Skirnir (Sagamaal: Skírnir ): The red dwarf (M9V) companion star of the Hofud system, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (GT31, p. 50; SMSS)  Also see Freyr.

Skofnung (Gunn ): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars claimed by Caladbolg, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; Phill's Canon)

Sköll (Skull ): unsettled world along the coreward trace of the Sepireld frontier main, and first world in the Sköll cluster, surveyed by the Ilmasson Expedition, named for a legendary creature from ancient Old Terran mythology. (Phill's Canon)

Sköll cluster: cluster of ten worlds along the coreward trace of the Sepireld frontier main.

Skræp (Sharrip ): unsettled world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

sloop: a corvette or frigate of at least 100 tons displacement but less than 200 tons.

Småbetjent (Sagamaal): senior non-commissioned officer rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Smalland: small, southern hemisphere continent on Anduril, located in the Outer Ocean off the southeastern coast of Greatland.  Anduril's starport is located at Roheryn on the northeast coast.  (Called "Kleinland" — Sagamaal for "Smalland" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 35)

Smaug-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level B (Type SB) corvette boat designed for system defence and built at shipyards on Hofud and Sting. (S07, pp. 35-38; J09, pp. 32-33; M3, p. 35; MT3, p. 85)  The class name ship is named for a fictional ancient Old Terran monster.  These gunboats are in service with the Home Guards of Hofud and most of the other coreward New Colonies and of the Rim Colonies.  See Fáfnisbani-class schooner and Rakshasa-class schooner.

Snyrtir (Stellatio ): world in the Danuuz frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; GJ8617, "Adventures on Stellatio"; Phill's Canon)

Soldat (Sagamaal): basic enlisted crew rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Soleland: supercontinent on Excalibur which stretches from both poles and across much of the world's equatorial region.  (Called "Enland" — Sagamaal for "sole-land" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 49)

Sort Prins (Sagamaal): professional services holding on Sacnoth, a provider of security services to Dominate merchant lines.

Sotobosk (Motmos): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world, and the farthest extent of Dominate exploration to rimward. (M1, p. 11; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; Phill's Canon)

South Edge Sea: southernmost of two large, interior seas of the Soleland continent on Excalibur, located in the southern polar region south of the Ark Sea. (Called "Sarghav" — Sagamaal for "Marsh Sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 53)

South Nightmarch: the smallest of three continents on Tyrfing, located in the southern darkside hemisphere south of Nightmarch. (Called "Sydi Kvællmark" — Sagamaal for "South Nightmarch" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 54)

Southernheath: the southern hemisphere continent on Narsil, comprised of the land area south of the Living Sea. (Called "Sydligstæke" — Sagamaal for "Southernheath" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 31)

Sting and surrounding worlds[ᚳ]

Sting (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ): a Sword World, one of the Rim Colonies, named for an ancient Old Terran fictional sword.
    Sting is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the second of the Rim Stars, rimward from Hofud, rim-trailward from Beater and coreward from Biter.
    Originally settled from Sacnoth, Sting remains linked to Sacnoth culturally, economically and politically.  More recently, as the influence of Hofud has grown in the Rim Colonies, its influence has been most pronounced on Sting, not only due to its proximity but also in an effort by Sting to assert its autonomy within the Sacnoth Dominate.

    Sting has a good quality starport (B) with refined fuel available, starship maintenance facilities able to repair any damage and shipyards capable of constructing non-starships.  There are no orbital facilities but a substantial downport exists at Greyhaven: The capital city of Anduril, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary place related to the sword Anduril. (Called "Graahavne," in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, pp. 34, 35)
    Sting is a medium size (6) world with a diameter of 9825 kilometres and surface gravity of 0.75G. (GT01, p. 72; GT31, p. 50)  It has a thin oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere, tainted (4) by naturally-occurring toxic gases, which requires a filter for breathing in some regions of the planet, and a normal climate — at least in the twilight zone  — with average temperatures between 22 °C and 29 °C. (GT01, p. 72; GT31, pp. 50, 62; GT05, p. 75)  Sting has a wet hydrosphere (5) with water covering 52% of its surface which moderates the global temperature extremes in the twilight zone. (GT01, p. 72; GT31, pp. 50, 62).
    Sting has a moderate-size population (5) of approximately nine hundred thousand, most of which is concentrated in the world's polar regions.  (Outside the polar regions, most of the terrain in the twilight zone is nearly impassable marshland dominated by hardy flora which is the source of the atmospheric taint.) (GT01, p. 72; GT31, p. 62).
    Sting is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  A Governor-General administers Dominate affairs from Dominate House at Windwatch.
    Sting has early stellar technological capability (A), among the highest in the Sword Worlds outside of Sacnoth, Gram and Hofud.  Some areas of Sting have only been superficially explored. (MT5, p. 34)  It is an agricultural and non-industrial world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.

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The Sting system's only star, Bilbo, is a red dwarf (M0V). (GT31, p. 50)  The system has nine worlds, including two gas giants but no planetoid belts.
    Sting orbits Bilbo at nearly 70 light-seconds, within the star's habitable zone. (GT31, p. 50)  The world has no moons. (GT31, p. 50)

Storhertug (Sagamaal): formal title of the Consort of the Empress of the Sacnoth Dominate; currently Vilhelm Louysson Thabane.

Sunwarmed Sea: Large area — approximately 2200 kilometres in diameter  — of the world ocean on Dyrnwyn around the "hot pole" at the centre of the sunward hemisphere that is mostly free of ice throughout the year.  Most settlement on Dyrnwyn is on the large islands in this sea and along the norther coast of Sharp around its southern shore.  (Called "Liquid Ocean Area" in the Classic Traveller era, location of the "Jarðlaug" — Sagamaal for "warm springs" — Islands; GT31, p. 49)

Surtur-class barque: an 800-ton, tech level B (Type CP) frigate designed for small-scale military operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (S09, p. 21; J08, pp. 24-37; A07, pp. 16-35; TNE, p. 377; GT, p. 139)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Surtur-class barques led several Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  See Matador-class barque, Cheng Ho-class barque and Krýsantemum-class frigate.

Surtursild (Enos ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for its remarkable "Fire Sea" which quickly became a shrine of the Aesirist diety Surtur. (S03, p. 16-17; TD17, p. 20-21; RM1, p. 45; GT01, p. 69; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; GT31, p. 16, 24, 43-44; 3I:SW, p. 54-56; Phill's Canon)

Svavasorm (Vilis ): world in the Danuuz frontier, surveyed by the Badawi Adventure, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; GT31, p. 106; Phill's Canon) 

Sværdverdenerne map[ᚪ]

Sværdverdenerne (Sagamaal): "The Sword Worlds," the twenty worlds of the Sacnoth Dominate (and previously of the Gram Hegemony), encompassing Gram and the four First Colonies to spin-coreward along the Horseshoe settled from Gram, the six New Colonies (including Sacnoth) to trail-rimward along the Far Leg and trail-coreward along the Dyrnwyn Spur also settled from Gram, the three Far Colonies to spin-rimward further along the Far Leg and the three Rim Colonies to trail-rimward into the Rim Stars settled from Sacnoth, and the three Horseshoe Colonies to trail-rimward around the Horseshoe also settled from Gram.

Sverrir Ingridsson Kai-Fu: Hertug of Hofud.

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Tahmina-class galleon: a 1000-ton, tech level B (Type PT) freighter built at shipyards on Hofud. (MCS, pp. 6-8)  Tahmina-class freighters are the largest galleons typically encountered in service among the worlds of the Dyrnwyn Spur.  See Kuapmaður-class galleon and Van Rijn-class galleon.

Tanoose: A corruption of Danuuz, the name of the enchanted sword of the legendary Vilani folk figure Mashdiikhe. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Tapperhed-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level B (Type T) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (B02, 2nd ed., p. 20; ACS2, pp. 3-4; ST, pp. 36-37; MT3, p. 82; SOM, p. 58; GT13, pp. 84-86)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Tapperhed-class schooners often participated in Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  See Kali-class schooner and Sargon-class schooner.

Tĕrańḋ (Terant 340 ): largely uninhabited Darrian desert world, on a spur along the Darrian main at Tĭrẏugḣ. (AM08, p. 23; Phill's Canon)

Tharagavverug: The red dwarf (M3V) companion star of the Sacnoth system, named for a monster in an ancient Old Terran fictional tale. ("The Sacnoth Dominate," GJ0725; GT31, p. 50; SMSS)  Also see Leótrískt.

Thunder Sea: minor ocean in the northern hemisphere of Joyeuse, with the northern polar region to its north and Neustria to the south. (Called "Torvarsvaten" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 39)  The Thunder Sea is ice-covered year-round.

Tĭrẏugḣ (Trifuge ): Darrian agricultural world, second world along the Darrian main from Tizon.  Homeworld to primitive, non-human sophonts. (AM08, p. 23; Phill's Canon)

Tizon and surrounding worlds[ᚻ]

Tizon (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ): a Sword World, one of the First Colonies, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary sword.
    Tizon is located on the Sword Worlds Main, the next world core-spinward from Colada along the Horseshoe, rimward from Hrunting and core-trailward from the Darrian world Kunoniḱ, making it the main entry point for Darrians in the Sword Worlds.
    Tizon was one of the first worlds settled from Gram and given its relatively remote position along the Horseshoe, it remains linked to Gram culturally, economically and politically.  Like Gram and the other First Colonies, Tizon continues to use pre-Dominate titles for its nobles and pre-Dominate ranks for officers in its Home Guard.

Tizon has a good quality starport (B) with refined fuel available, starship maintenance facilities able to repair any damage — though Tizon's tech level limits its maintenance capabilities to Jump-1 starships — and shipyards capable of constructing non-starships. (MT5, p. 29).  There are no orbital facilities but downport facilities are at Puerto de Ceniza on the northern coast of La Clave.
    Tizon is a medium size (5) world with a diameter of 4830 kilometres and surface gravity of 0.51G. (GT01, p. 68; GT31, p. 24)  It has a dense, oxygen-nitrogen mix atmosphere (8) and a cold climate with average temperatures between -12 °C and -1 °C, but the moderating effect of Mar Separador, the single world ocean, serves to keep the equatorial regions generally free of ice. (GT01, p. 68; GT31, p. 24; GT05, p. 75)  Tizon has a wet hydrosphere (6) with water covering 61% of its surface. (GT01, p. 68; GT31, p. 24)
    Tizon has a moderate-sized population (5) of approximately three hundred thousand, is governed, like most Sword Worlds, by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7) which can vary across the many, mostly mining-centred holdings across the world's surface and ocean floor. (GT01, p. 68; GT31, p. 24)  A Governor-General administers Dominate affairs from Dominate House at La Capital.
    Tizon has early stellar technological capability (9).  It is a non-industrial, agricultural world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Tizon world map^[ᚼ]

    The Tizon system's primary star, El Cid, is an orange subgiant (K2IV) which has a red dwarf (M3V) companion star, Bucar.  The system has fifteen worlds, including three gas giants and two planetoid belts.  A small gas giant occupies the next orbit out from Tizon. (GT31, p. 27)
    Tizon orbits El Cid at over 16 light-minutes, within the star's habitable zone. (GT31, pp. 24, 27)  The world has two small moons, neither with any permanent settlements. (GT01, p. 68; GT31, pp. 24)

Tonsonig Málmar (Sagamaal): resources production and processing holding on Sacnoth that produces fissionables, industrial crystals and basic alloys. (TML940522CH)

Torhold: city on Joyeuse (population approximately 80,000), capital of the commandancy of Neustria, on the northeast coast of the Hearth Sea.

trader (ship or boat): a freighter or liner of at least 200 tons displacement but less than 400 tons.

Trailing frontier: original name of the Sepireld frontier, before it was surveyed by the Dominate.

Tranchera (Tarkine ): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Tres Penínsulas: Northern polar continent on Tizon.  The world's capital, La Capital, is located on the southern tip of the "middle peninsula."  (Called "Treskaganir" — Sagamaal for "three peninsulas" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 27)

Treflughting[ᛈ]

Treflughting: The primitive non-human sophonts native to the Darrian world Tĭrẏugḣ.  Treflughting are an aquatic, air-breathing, viviparous people who have rarely been encountered by Sword Worlders and, likely due to their complex artificial life-support needs, never off their homeworld. (GT01, p. 49)

Triumph-class brigantine: a 600-ton, tech level B (Type EF) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (ACS2, pp. 11)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War in accordance with the Von Reuter Provisos, Triumph-class brigantines participated in some private Exploring Expeditions.  See Rykke-class brigantine and Shiva-class brigantine.

Trojansprings: industrial lieutenancy on Haulteclere, involved primarily in resource extraction aimed at providing inputs to food production and artificial life suppport activities.  Vassal to Fairharvest.

Tyrfing and surrounding worlds[ᚮ]

Tyrfing (AAB entry ; Phill's Canon entry ; Foreven entry ): a Sword World, the first of the New Colonies to be settled from Gram. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GT31, pp. 9, 11)  Tyrfing is named for a ancient Old Terran mythological sword.
    Located on the Sword Worlds Main, Tyrfing is rim-trailward from Gram, the first world along the Far Leg, coreward from Sacnoth and spin-coreward from Beater on the Dyrnwyn Spur.
    Located between Gram and Sacnoth, Tyrfing has had to learn to balance the cultural, economic and political influences of both of these larger and more powerful worlds.  Under the Dominate it has grown increasingly aligned with Sacnoth, including adopting Dominate ranks for its nobility and Dominate naval and army ranks for its Home Guard.

Tyrfing has a routine quality starport (C) at Brackishby, with unrefined fuel available (from the nearby sea) and starship maintenance facilities able to repair major damage.
    Tyrfing is a medium size (6) world with a diameter of 9822 kilometres and surface gravity of 0.77G. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 50)  It has a very thin, oxygen-nitrogen mix atmosphere (3), which requires a respirator for breathing, and a normal climate — at least in the twilight zone  — with average temperatures between 22 °C and 29 °C. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, p. 50; GT05, p. 75)  Tyrfing has a wet hydrosphere (7) with water covering 72% of its surface which moderates the global temperature extremes in the twilight zone. (GT01, p. 70; GT31, pp. 50, 54)
    Tyrfing has a moderate-sized population (5) of approximately one hundred thousand, most of which is concentrated in the world's north polar region, around the capital city Munarvag, southeast of the starport.  (Most of the world's twilight zone is ocean, including the south polar region.)
    Like most of the Sword Worlds, the basic governmental form on Tyrfing is feudal technocracy (5).  Each domain is ruled by a feudal landholder or magnate, each with a variety of subordinate fief-holders tied to them via complex and diverse feudal techno-economic relationships.  (An independent Governor-General administers Dominate affairs from Dominate House at Munarvag.)
    Tyrfing has moderate law enforcement (7) which is fairly uniform given the concentration of most of the world's population in the north polar region.
    Tyrfing has pre-stellar technological capability (8).  Some areas of Tyrfing have only been superficially explored. (MT5, p. 34)  It is a non-industrial world and a member of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Tyrfing world map^[ᚯ]

The Tyrfing system's only star, Angantyr, is a red dwarf (M2V). (GT31, p. 50)  The system has six worlds, including one gas giant and no planetoid belt.
    Tyrfing orbits Angantyr at just 40 light-seconds, comfortably within the star's habitable zone but also the source of its tidally-locked circumstances. (GT31, p. 50)  The world has no moon. (GT31, p. 50)

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Unshackling, The (Sagamaal: Frigørelsen): Sacnoth Dominate term for the brief war between Gram and Sacnoth which began in 212 F.E. and which led, after the defeat of Gram, to the establishment of the Sacnoth Dominate in 1 D.E.  See The Mutiny. (GT31, p. 9; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

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Valencia: good quality starport on the southwestern shore of the Coraza Ocean in eastern Casco on Colada. (Marked as "Ruins" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 32)

Vallmo (Pavabid ): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (M1, p. 11; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; Phill's Canon)

Van Rijn-class galleon: a 1000-ton, tech level B (Type PT) freighter built at shipyards on Gram. (MCS, pp. 6-8)  Van Rijn-class freighters are the largest galleons typically encountered in service among the worlds of the Horseshoe.  See Kuapmaður-class galleon and Tahmina-class galleon.

Vanaheim (Olympia ): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological place. (Phill's Canon; Merx's Landgrab)

Vardøhus-class sloop: a 100-ton, tech level B (Type S) corvette designed for naval reconnaissance operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (B02, p. 18, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 15-17; MT3, p. 80)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Vardøhus-class sloops often participated in Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  Some decommissioned Vardøhus-class sloops have been modified to serve as asteroid prospecting (Type J) packets. (S07, pp. 27-29)  See Artemis-class sloop and Vostok-class sloop.

Venerable-class caravel: a 600-ton, tech level B (Type M) caravel built at shipyards on Hofud. (JG89, pp. 6, 12-13, 37)  Venerable-class ships are the most common 600-ton freighters in service among the worlds of the Dyrnwyn Spur.  See Commodore Edowado-class caravel and Geimferð-class caravel.

Venetian Lines: commercial shipping holding on Gram; Venetian provides passenger and freight service to all worlds in the Dominate, as well as direct service between Gram, Sacnoth and Hofud.  See Naval Guard Starlines.

Vethrfölnir-class cutter: a 300-ton, tech level B (Type EG) corvette designed for regular naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (S09, p. 17; MTJ2, pp. 27-31)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Vethrfölnir-class cutters often participated in Dominate Exploring Expeditions.  See Kartikeya-class cutter and Milu-class cutter.

Vilhelm Louysson Thabane: Grand Duke (Sagamaal: Storhertug) and Consort of Kejserinde Hanne, Empress of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Vimmel: a mid-sized feudal holding on Isenfang. (GJ1508, "Psi-chiatrist")

Vishvshaasakgårde: a major agricultural production and processing holding on Narsil.

Vismand (Sonthert ): world in the Danuuz frontier (and, later, the Ginnungagap rift), named for a member of the Awair Adventure, the Dominate expedition to first survey the world.  (A Dominate settlement here is eventually abandoned but primitive descendants of the settlers survive into the Third Imperium era.) (A12, p. 6; GT31, p. 86; Phill's Canon)

Von Reuter Provisos: several stipulations in the armistice that ended the Sacnoth-Gram War which decommissioned a wide-range of Gram warships and placed a variety of limitations on future warship development by Gram.  The Provisos were authored by Amiral Lúðvík von Reuter, the principal Sacnoth military representative in the armistice negotiations.

Vostok-class sloop: a 100-ton, tech level B (Type S) corvette designed for naval reconnaissance operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (B02, p. 18, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 15-17; MT3, p. 80)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War in accordance with the Von Reuter Provisos, Vostok-class sloops participated in some private Exploring Expeditions.  Some decommissioned Vostok-class sloops have been modified to serve as asteroid prospecting (Type J) packets. (S07, pp. 27-29)  See Vardøhus-class sloop and Artemis-class sloop.

Voyageur-class trader: a 200-ton, tech level B (Type A) freighter built at shipyards on Gram. (SOM, pp. i, 32-34; C75, p. 79)  Older Voyageur-class traders sometimes served as support ships for private Exploring Expeditions.  See Caravanserai-class trader and Fríða-class trader.

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warship: a jump-capable ship intended for combat.  See capital ship, escort and carrier.

Welsung (Walston ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)

Whiteclad: The capital city of Narsil. (Called "Vitklædd" — Sagamaal for "Whiteclad" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 31)

Windswept Sea: small sea in the interior of Greatland on Anduril.  During the semi-annual windly season surface travel on the sea is impossible due to high winds. (Called "Blæsjor" — Sagamaal for "Windswept Sea" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, map, p. 35)

Windwatch: good quality starport on Sting, with only a ground component. (Called "Vinduri" in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 62)

Winterglacier: Large, northern hemisphere continent on the "darkside" of Dyrnwyn which is mostly ice-covered and unpopulated.  (Called "Jœkullvetur" — Sagamaal for "Winterglacier" — in the Classic Traveller era; GT31, p. 49)

World Ocean: name on Dyrnwyn and Gram for a large, principal ocean which comprises much of the world's surface. (Called "Vendshavet" — Sagamaal" for "World Sea" — on Gram; GT31, p. 47)

Wynstan (Winston ): one of the Entropic Worlds, settled from Entrope with assistance from the re-emergent Darrians. (Phill's Canon)

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Xochitl (Capon ): unsettled world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary figure. (Phill's Canon)

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Yanick (Ianic) : unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a member of the Expedition. (Phill's Canon)

Yánshí-class barque: an 800-ton, tech level C (Type LC) corvette designed for small-scale military operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (HP1, pp. 44-53)  These are state-of-the-art ships intended to take the place of the retiring Cheng Ho-class barques.  See Kamelljón-class barque and Eldfluga-class carrack.

Yĕgḣrań (Ektron ): sparsely-populated Darrian world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 22; Phill's Canon; BARD entry)

Yeliḿ (Ilium ): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 22; RM1, p. 44; Phill's Canon; Daryen's Landgrab; BARD entry)

Yĕnġranġĕ (Engrange ): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 22; Phill's Canon)

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Zḃumĕ (Spume ): poor, largely-uninhabited Darrian desert world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 23; RM1, p. 44; Phill's Canon)

Zeŕmoń (494-908 ): inhospitable Darrian world, fifth world along the Darrian main from Tizon.  There are rumours of a secret Darrian base located somewhere in the system. (AM08, p. 24; Phill's Canon)

Zġazĕńḋ (Jacent ): poor, sparsely-populated Darrian world, fourth world along the Darrian main from Tizon. (AM08, p. 22; Phill's Canon; Daryen's Landgrab)

Zhdantian space: inhabited region core-spinward of the Sword Worlds, beyond the Entropic frontier.

Zhenya (Zaibon ): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a loved one of a member of the Expedition. (Phill's Canon; Merx's Landgrab)

Zulfikar (Debarre ): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Phill's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Zulfikar which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 9))

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