The "outsystem"
My understanding - no doubt informed by several versions of Traveller and probably drifting a bit from any of them - is that in a given Imperial member system, most of the mainworld is under the control/rule of the local government(s).
There is some amount of territory here that "belongs to" and is run by the Imperium: the SPA downport, any reserves administered by local Imperial nobility, any land or territory granted to Imperial entities including bases, training facilities, buildings and land used by the Imperial diplomatic mission, and so on.
The mainworld govt(s) also controls out to 10 diameters out from the surface. Joint control between the mainworld and the Imperium is held of the 10-100 diameter space.
Gas giants are open to "the public" for refueling. I imagine they are jointly patrolled by local assets (if any) and the Imperium (if they happen to be at hand).
My understanding is that the rest is outsystem (my term; just being colorful), and is mostly the domain of the Imperium. Of course this includes planets/bodies closer to the local star(s) than the mainworld.
During Imperial membership negotiations it could be that pre-existing outsystem bases and whatnot were grandfathered in as territories of the mainworld. And as a matter of business going forward from the first day of membership it seems reasonable that a deal might be struct between the Imperium and mainworld government(s) for some of the outsystem territory.
But in general most of the outsystem is under Imperial control; local nobility license bits of such territory for development and use to generate revenue.
What's your understanding of the outsystem?
My understanding - no doubt informed by several versions of Traveller and probably drifting a bit from any of them - is that in a given Imperial member system, most of the mainworld is under the control/rule of the local government(s).
There is some amount of territory here that "belongs to" and is run by the Imperium: the SPA downport, any reserves administered by local Imperial nobility, any land or territory granted to Imperial entities including bases, training facilities, buildings and land used by the Imperial diplomatic mission, and so on.
The mainworld govt(s) also controls out to 10 diameters out from the surface. Joint control between the mainworld and the Imperium is held of the 10-100 diameter space.
Gas giants are open to "the public" for refueling. I imagine they are jointly patrolled by local assets (if any) and the Imperium (if they happen to be at hand).
My understanding is that the rest is outsystem (my term; just being colorful), and is mostly the domain of the Imperium. Of course this includes planets/bodies closer to the local star(s) than the mainworld.
During Imperial membership negotiations it could be that pre-existing outsystem bases and whatnot were grandfathered in as territories of the mainworld. And as a matter of business going forward from the first day of membership it seems reasonable that a deal might be struct between the Imperium and mainworld government(s) for some of the outsystem territory.
But in general most of the outsystem is under Imperial control; local nobility license bits of such territory for development and use to generate revenue.
What's your understanding of the outsystem?