Larmai (world)

Larmai/Kuriishe (Dagudashaag 3016) Milieu 1116 C797534-8 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 5 Moderate (700 thousand) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M0 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Self-perpetuating oligarchy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	3436
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	B43-3 Resources B Abundant Labor 4 Moderate (70 thousand) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	92
GWP (BCr)	1
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Larmai is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. The system has a population between 100,000 and 10 million sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Kuriishe Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Larmai, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. During the Long Night this world was named Daad.

Astrography and planetology

Larmai is a member of the Daad Cluster.

Larmai was setled during the same period as Imsu (Dagudashaag 3114), and was originally more important than its fellow colony. This was in no small part due to the proximity of the Sylean Main; indeed, Larmai along with Umeeshe (Dagudashaag 3117) dominated the only viable Jump-2 links to the main.

Monostellar System

Larmai Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Larmai M0 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0027	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.27	2.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5

History and background

Recovered records show that Naasirka provided heavy investment in developing the world as an agricultural showpiece, supplying the industrial centres along the Main. The world at this time did not have a tainted atmosphere, and had a warm but pleasant environment.

The high water coverage and general low-lying nature of the land resulted in extensive wetlands. These wetlands were heavily exploited in the production of 'Pogi', a rice-like grain crop developed through years of selective breeding. Vilani genetic technology was never as developed as that demonstrated by the Solomani, so alternative methods were used to maximize yields (and thus profit). Extensive facilities were built to manufacture agricultural fertilizers, which were distributed via a sophisticated automated monorail network to the fields according to the instructions of an expert computer system. Most of the harvesting and planting was automated, and controlled from a central facility near the main Starport, Deadline.

However, sometime during the early part of the Long Night, the control systems failed catastrophically, and caused an environmental disaster tainting the atmosphere. Excessive amounts of fertilizers were delivered to the extensive wet farm lands, resulting in rampant eutrophication as the algae life bloomed all over the wetlands. The harvest failed, and the rotting material from the oxygen deficient released many reducing gases locally. The atmosphere developed a taint around the former farmlands, now swamplands, and releases of methane, and hydrogen sulfide were not uncommon. In the end, the population of the planet took the only option left to them and destroyed the manufacturing plants, taking with them all that was left of the TL–11 architecture.

The planet fell into an economic decline thanks to the loss of its main industry, and the cessation of star travel. Once contact with Imsu was lost, this former jewel of the original Ziru Sirka's regression was unstoppable, occasionally accelerated by the unwelcome attentions of pirates.

However, since the founding of the Third Imperium the planet has recovered to some extent. The destruction of the production facilities allowed the reaction in the ecosystem to balance out. The swampland areas are dominated by many different varieties of algae, and unsafe to travel without oxygen masks (and in some areas protective clothing) as a result of the reducing environment and resulting in an atmospheric taint.

These growths have proven an economic asset to the planet, and there has been extensive investment by Zirunkariish and Naasirka in actually harvesting the algae for processing into foodstuff, and chemical products. The processing facilities are nowhere near as technologically advanced as they were a millennia ago, a conscious decision on the part of the ruling Siirdi (council) to develop a sustainable technological base. The Siirdi controls the planet absolutely, operating a policy that the Solomani would refer to as an “iron fist in a velvet glove” .The composition of the council is determined by the council itself, and has been since emergency rule was declared following the start of the environmental breakdown.

There is a significant passing trade through the system, as it is still a natural route from the Sylean Main. The four gas giants provide easy refueling. At present, the Siirdi insists that traders purchase a license to refuel, the charge currently set at a sum of ten times the vessel’s fuel tankage in credits. Failure to pay this license fee may have significant ramifications. Although Larmai, or Daad as it is often recorded in Imperial records, was relatively prosperous once more, it is unlikely to regain its position of dominance within the cluster named after it. Additionally, the population of seven hundred thousand is significantly less than it was previously, and the government is opposed to any significant expansion.

References and contributors

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Kuriishe." Signal-GK 13 (1997): 16-17.
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 86.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 216.