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  The Extensions Ix Ex Cx 
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  The Extensions 
   Create the Importance Extension, Economic Extension, and Cultural 
  Extension for the system. 
  Ix Ex Cx
   
   
  Ix THE IMPORTANCE EXTENSION 
    
     
   
    
  { +4 } 
     
    
  The Importance Extension is 
  contained between {braces}. 
   
   The Importance Extension (Ix) 
  ranks worlds within a region. It governs 
  the locations of capitals and trade 
  routes. 
   
  IMPORTANCE EXTENSION= 
  Characteristic 
  Value 
  Starport Type A or B 
  +1 
  Starport D or worse. 
  - 1 
  TL A or more 
  +1 
  TL 7 or less 
  - 1 
  per Ag Hi In Pi Ri Pr Pa 
  +1 
   
   Important= +4.  
   Unimportant= 0 or less.  
   
   Trade Routes. Important Worlds are 
  linked by established Trade Routes of 
  J-4 or less.  
   Capitals. Important worlds are more 
  likely to be Capitals of subsectors and 
  sectors. 
  Ex THE ECONOMIC EXTENSION 
   Resources 
   
  Infrastructure 
     
   
    
  (RLIB) 
     
   
   Labor 
   
  Barriers 
  The Economic Extension is contained 
  between (parentheses)]. 
   
   The Economic Extension (Ex) is 
  the strength of a world economy and 
  provides basic insights into the 
  economy’s structure and capabilities.  
   
  ECONOMIC EXTENSION= 
  Characteristic 
  Value 
  Resources=  
  2D + GG + Belts 
  Labor=  
  Pop 
  Infrastructure=  
  2D + Importance 
   
  If Ba, Di, Lo, then  = 0. If Ni, then 1D. 
  Barriers= 
  2D -2 
   
   Resources of a world are any 
  materials available for processing and 
  exploitation. They include natural 
  resources, minerals, ores, metals, 
  energy sources, biological assets, and 
  any other materials of limited 
  availability and suitable for production 
  as goods suitable for sale. 
   Labor for a world is the workforce 
  available for the processing and 
  exploitation of Resources. 
   Infrastructure for a world is the 
  established technical structures that 
  support the population, and especially 
  support exploitation of resources. 
  Infrastructure includes roads, power 
  grids, communications systems, and 
  factories. 
   Barriers are existing inefficiencies in 
  the economy. Barriers include legal 
  impediments to efficiency, tax rates, 
  customs which promote absenteeism or 
  inhibit rewards for merit, and social 
  structures which mismatch ability and 
  job. 
  RU 
  Resource Units = R * L * I * (5 - B) 
   If any value = 0, use 1 instead (to 
  avoid multiplication by zero). 
  Cx THE CULTURAL EXTENSION 
     
   
  Strangeness 
   Homogeneity 
   
   
    
  [HASS] 
     
   Acceptance 
   
  Symbols 
  The Cultural Extension is contained 
  between [brackets]. 
   
   The Cultural Extension (Cx) is a 
  broad insight into the expected social 
  behaviors of the citizens of the world.  
   
   
  CULTURAL EXTENSION= 
  Characteristic 
  Value 
  Homogeneity 
  =Pop + Flux. 
    
   
  Less than 0 = 1 
  Acceptance 
   
  = Pop + Importance 
  Strangeness 
  5 + Flux 
  Symbols 
   
  TL + Flux 
   
   Homogeneity is a measure of the 
  degree to which members of society 
  hold common beliefs. Members of very 
  homogeneous cultures are in strong 
  agreement on the fundamentals of 
  society (usually basic rights, religion, 
  and methods of interaction). Members 
  of non-homogeneous cultures hold 
  many different beliefs on the 
  fundamentals of society. 
   Acceptance is the degree of 
  xenophobia or xenophilia in the culture. 
  High Acceptance is evidenced by 
  friendliness to outsiders and 
  offworlders; Low Acceptance is 
  characterized by fear or rejection of 
  outsiders. 
   Strangeness is the degree of 
  difference for the norms of interstellar 
  society.  
   High Strangeness is evidenced by 
  unusual or outwardly incomprehensible 
  actions, statements, or responses in 
  the course daily activity. Low 
  Strangeness reflects activities close to 
  interstellar norms. 
   Symbols used by the culture may 
  range from the concrete (idols; totems; 
  statuary) to the abstract (symbolized 
  belief systems; group affiliations).
   
   Importance Extension and the Economic Extension apply to the entire system; Cultural Extension applies generally to 
  the entire system, although individual worlds may have their own Cultural Extensions. 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Traveller/09 - Traveller5/Traveller5/T5 Underlying PDFs/T5=4205 SystemGen Chart 005 Importance Economic Cultural.pdf