Background/details on Shionthy?

[faherman]

I've been mulling a campaign based in Shionthy (in Regina Subsector), or at least starting from there. Even though the system's interdicted by the Imperial Navy, it's still got a population that *has* to be spacer-heavy, it being an asteroid belt and all. PCs might be local spacers itching to get out to the big leagues, if only they can slip past that blockade. One of them might actually have somehow fallen into Imperial service, then been dumped *back* into Shionthy at the end of his tour, and feel kind of pissed about that.

Has Shionthy been written up in any detail anywhere, beyond "it's a Red Zone, there are antimatter particles"?

 

[Spinward Scout]

Interdicted by the Navy doesn't have to mean that they don't have Navy-subsidized supply ships going back and forth. The ships that perform the blockade need replenishment or replacement. The 'Area 51000' installation might not be self-sufficient, etc... Sounds like a hitchhiker/stowaway story could work.

 

[Easterner9504]

Shionthy

http://traveller.wikia.com/wiki/Shionthy_(world)

The interdiction is from navigation not the system itself. No one is barred from going or leaving; the Interdiction gives the Imperium the mineral rights and have a lucrative trade with the population. What this interdiction prevents is outsiders permanently moving in like Los Alamos in WW2.

IN MY OPINION! Canon is rather vaguely worded unlike other Red Zones with Interdiction forces and/or satellites.

 

[far-trader]

Do check out the link to the landgrab writeup at the bottom of the wiki article faherman. It looks pretty good at a glance.

Shionthy Landgrab

It should answer a lot of canon questions and save you time on meshing them all together. Unless you want to go a different way of course

 

[faherman]

Ooo, perfect! Thanks!