Marhaban (EQ 0426) (world)
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| Primary | G4 V M0 V M2 V M6 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Worlds | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Government | Charismatic dictatorship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Law Level | Extreme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cultural Extension | 9A7F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army Size (BEs) | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Technology Level | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Economic Extension | A6E+5
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| Importance Extension | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resource Units | 748 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GWP (BCr) | 4,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trade Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 8,413 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Classification | Class-A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port Size | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Building Capacity (Tons) | 96,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port employees | 1,615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port passengers (annual) | 393,800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marhaban has a short-sleeve breathable atmosphere. The system has a population between ten million and 100 million sophonts. This system serves as the capital for the subsector. The world has a climate with temperatures at the upper range of human endurance. This world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lentuli Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Domain of Antares. Marhaban, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdoms of a baron and the Subsector duke. All three are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This is the homeworld of the Bwap, a Minor Race.
- Alternate orthography: Maharaban.
This world has been renamed thrice:
- The Bwap name of Taswabwapeaspa;
- The ancient Vilani name of Lentuli;
- And the Second Imperium name of Marhaban, Arabic for ‘Hello’.
Description (Astrography and Planetology)[edit]
Glowl is a star in the solar system of the Bwap homeworld.
Quaternary Solar System[edit]
Marhaban (EQ 0426) Quaternary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Glowl G4 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.985 5660 - 5680 0.94848 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0046 0.0808 0.93 - 1.65 0.46 4.6 Orbit # * * 3 1 6 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Kobpape M0 V
Secondary 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 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Peka-wapakat M2 V
Tertiary Main Sequence 0.44 3470 - 3560 0.0565 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0021 0.0197 0.25 - 0.48 0.21 2.1 Orbit # * * 1 0 4 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Marhaban (EQ 0426) M6 V
Quaternary Main Sequence 0.102 2740 - 2810 0.00034 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0006 0.0015 0.02 - 0.04 0.06 0.6 Orbit # * * * * 2
System Data[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Data[edit]
Marhaban has a 21 standard hour day, and a 358 day year - remarkably close to Terran standard. Marhaban's axial tilt is very small, however, and seasonal variation in climate is minimal.
Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]
Marhaban's land area consists of a single main continent and a number of archipelagoes and smaller islands in a relatively shallow sea.
- Toawa-wap continent
- Asa-wakaba-atewa (capital city, includes human enclave)
- Asa-wakaba Wath-po (spaceport)
- Pesabebawa-peba Valley
- Westateawaekath Mountain Range
- Weewasatho-esawawab Downport (A-class starport)
- Asa-wakaba-atewa (capital city, includes human enclave)
- Western major island chain
- Paethaka-wap-atewa-asta (city)
- Wedethatabaka-wap-atewa (city)
- Southern waters
- Eakeebapebte Island (site of ducal palace)
Mainworld Map[edit]
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms[edit]
- Awahallapah: A large aquatic predator, held in some reverance.
- Bapawa-a-a-bap: A thick trunked tree with blue leaves. It bears a large edible purple fruit.
- Dawa-daw: A bamboo-like swamp plant
- Depwethawa: A predatory animal, known to humans as "marsh lions"
- Kabapa-kapa-wapapab: A spherical grub, edible
- Kapa-bawabaw: A herbivorous mollusc
- Kekepabweke-a: A shrub-like plant with blue leaves that bears an edible seed pod.
- Parawba: A domesticated riding animal and beast of burden, known to humans as "swamp donkeys"
- Pawbawepka: A domesticated predator, known to humans as "salamander pugs"
- Reepa-reep: A winged reptile
- Wabwe-ebta-paseb: A swamp ambush predator
Native Sophont (NIL): Bwap[edit]
Marhaban is the homeworld of the Bwaps or Newts, a minor alien species that resemble Terrestrial salamanders more than anything else. Newts are regarded as bureaucrats par excellance, and have been since the days of the Vilani Imperium.
- Traditional centre of Bwap Culture. Marhaban is the most famous single system within the Imperial Empty Quarter.
- The Bwap, by far the most widespread minor race in Charted Space are, as such, one of the most respected and revered across the stars. Several important Bwap governing agencies, including the Grand Council of Crechés, are also based on the world.
History and Background[edit]
Marhaban’s decision to swear allegiance to the Third Imperium on 208-015 carried great weight on Bwap creches across Charted Space.
Imperial High (Landed Nobility)[edit]
Marhaban (EQ 0426), as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of three members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.
- It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
- It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial baron.
- It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial subsector duke.
World Starport[edit]
Marhaban (EQ 0426) has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
World Technology Level[edit]
Marhaban (EQ 0426) possesses a Technology Level of TL–13 or TL-D in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovideo recorders.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, prototype collectors, advanced fusion plants.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
- Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
- FTL: Jump Drive-4.
World Government[edit]
Marhaban (EQ 0426) is governed by a Charismatic Dictatorship. Charismatic governments justify their ability to rule by simply asserting their right to rule. Charismatic dictatorships are young governments, coming as a recent change and rely on the leader(s) to supply head of government.
This world's culture is also overseen by the Grand Council of Crèches, or Atapas-atta-wapawab. Most Imperial authorities view the Atapas-atta-wapawab more as an administrative department within Bwap culture than an actual political entity, and so haven't acted against its influence. Some Imperial political scientists feel that the Grand Council's influence makes Government Code D: Religious Dictatorship more appropriate. Either way, it's a dictatorship with full public support.
World Law Level[edit]
No information yet available.
World Military[edit]
No information yet available.
World Economy[edit]
Major exports include TL-14 weather control technology, administrative expertise (i.e. Bwaps themselves), copper and iron.
The Bank of Marhaban has great influence in the wider Imperial Empty Quarter.
Trade Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Demographics[edit]
Of its 80,000,000 inhabitants, more than 95% are Bwap.
World Culture[edit]
Bwaps organise themselves into crèches. The crèche is where Bwaps will select a mate, where the eggs will be guarded and tended to, and where the young will be educated by the Satha-a-atta-wapawab (Elders of the Creche). The crèche is also the center of Bwap spirituality, and the focus point of study of the Wapawab (Tree of Life).
World Language/s[edit]
Conceptually, the Bwaps view the world as Wapawab, the tree of life, with everything connected to everything else, and everyone performing a function for the good of the whole. Each tries to place himself and others in that tree and then interact in an appropriate manner. In particular, they have a fondness for being bureaucrats. Or, as some Terrans put it: “They think the Imperium’s a tree, and it’s their duty to keep us saps running.”
The Bwap have several native names for their world, including:
- Wa-bawapakerwa-a-a-a-awapawabawabawaba, loosely meaning “small branch of the large and great tree that floats in the endlessly vast ocean”;
- Peka-wapawab, loosely meaning “beloved, small branch of the great tree”;
- TaswaBwapeaspa, loosely meaning “fruitful branch of the great tree”.
Bwaps use each of the names for their planet under very particular circumstances. The Vilani of the First Imperium named their world Lentuli; Arabic-speaking Solomani later labelled it Marhaban, “hello”, for its welcoming culture in a region otherwise rather hostile.
Urbanization[edit]
No information yet available.
World Infrastructure[edit]
No information yet available.
Historical Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Timeline[edit]
| Date | Event |
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| c. -5000 | The Ziru Sirka makes contact with the Bwap on the Bwap homeworld of TaswaBwapeaspa. The world is swiftly assimilated by the Imperium, and given the proper Vilani name of Lentuli. |
| -3170 | Marhaban is given permission by the Makhidkarun Bureau of the Ziru Sirka to build their own fleet of jump1 starships. |
| -3005 | Colonization of Wesaswek begins. |
| -2800 | The Ishimkarun (Shadow Emperor) of the Ziru Sirka grants the system of Lentuli a license to build Jump2 engines – the only known legal exception to the Ziru Sirka restrictions of Jump2 technology. |
| c. -1600 | At this point in the Long Night, Marhaban and Wesaswek’s technological decline hits bottom at TL 9. |
| c. -1300 | Marhaban re-attains TL 10. |
| c. -1300 | The Grand Council of Creches decides to contact as many of the scattered Bwap creches as possible. |
| c. -1250 | Bwap scouts are sent on re-contact missions. |
| -1163 to -1141 | The legendary journey of the Bwap scout Watwapebpepaeb, from Marhaban to the Old Expanses Sector and back, is made. |
| c. -600 | Two or three dozen Bwap starships visit Marhaban every year. |
| -484 | Bwap members of the Sylean Federation Scouts first visit Marhaban, and are welcomed as long-lost kin. |
| -480 | The return of the Bwap Sylean Scouts is celebrated by Sylean media. |
| -198 | The Absaba-waketh we-bapaaes, a Bwap-Federation trading venture, begins a regular trade route between Sylea and Marhaban. |
| c. 0 | Marhaban is a minor trade nexus, with Sylean, Vargr, Vilani, and Menderes traders routinely stopping over. |
| 428 | A-estaka-sespa of the Sathwawafa clan is selected by Emperor Martin III to rule Marhaban Subsector. He is the first Bwap to be raised up to Ducal status, and one of the very few non-human Dukes of the pre-Civil War era. |
| 432 | At the request of the new Duke, Emperor Martin III changes the name of Marhaban subsector to Lentuli, the name of the dynasty Martin III currently leads. |
UWP Listing[edit]
UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)
- T20 - 993 - Marhaban 0426 A4698AB-C Hw 701 Im
- CT - 1105 - Marhaban 0426 A4697AB-E 801 Im
- MT - 1125 - Marhaban 0426 C4697A7-C 701 La - League of Antares (Regent Brzk's faction)
- TNE - 1201 - Marhaban 0426 X469846-5 Ri 801 Wi
References and Contributors[edit]
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- Jason Kemp. "Gamma Quadrant of the Empty Quarter Sector- Lentuli Subsector." Stellar Reaches 01 (2005): 7. - UWP Only
- Jason Kemp. "Sector In Review: Empty Quarter 993." Stellar Reaches 05 (2006): 37. - UWP Only
- Alvin Plummer. "Maps and UWP’S for the Empty Quarter: 993, 1105, 1125, and 1201 Imperial." Stellar Reaches 17 (2011): 16. - UWP Only
- Alvin Plummer. "Data Dump: Updated Maps and UWPs for the Empty Quarter, 993 and 1105 Imperial." Stellar Reaches 19 (2012): 48. - UWP Only
- Alvin Plummer. "Data Dump: Updated Maps and UWPs for the Empty Quarter, 993 and 1105 Imperial." Stellar Reaches 19 (2012): 48. - UWP Only
- EXTERNAL LINK: Zho.Berka World Write-up at Zho Berka
- World page generated by AB-101
- Author and Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication
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