Sabmiqys (world)
| Sabmiqys/Gimgir (Antares 2117) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milieu 0 | E560100-7
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| Classic Era (1116) | A560056-H
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | G3 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sabmiqys is a desert world,
- This world has no free-standing water.
- This die back world was once settled and developed, but the inhabitants have either died off or left leaving behind the ruins and remnants of their civilization.
- This a "forbidden" world designated as a Red Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it extremely dangerous to visitors. Everyone is forbidden to travel here.
- This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
It is a world within territory claimed by the Third Imperium, in the Gimgir Subsector of Antares Sector.
- It is the homeworld of the Gya Ks or Sabmiqys, a possible sophont species and minor race.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]
Sabmiqys is a quarantined system within Imperial space.
Monostellar System[edit]
Sabmiqys Primary Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Sabmiqys Primary G3 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.99 5680 - 5720 0.96544 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0047 0.0815 0.94 - 1.66 0.47 4.7 Orbit # * * 3 1 6 Remarks None
System Data[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Data[edit]
The mainworld is a desert planet occupied by intelligent robots, notable for its extraordinary Tech Level of H (17).
- The local name of the planet was given as Sabmiqys, the name that appears on charts today. The planet is a desert, with less than 5% of the surface covered by water. There are indications that the planet once had a 25% hydrography rating, but some prehistoric cataclysm of unknown nature caused the loss of most of the water.
- The planet's orbit is highly eccentric, resulting in a harsh environment with extreme seasonal variations in climate.
Mainworld Size (S)[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]
Sabmiqys has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]
No information yet available.
Mainworld Map[edit]
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms[edit]
No information yet available.
Native Sophont (NIL): Gya Ks or Sabmiqys[edit]
This species was thought at first to be of omnivore-gatherer stock. They average 2.5m in height, and mass about 100kg. The Sabmiqys are thin and lithe, with no body hair and a bumpy, thick, spongy gray hide. They have two legs, four tentacle arms with four finger manipulators, a head with two eyes, four nostril slits, and a wide mouth with over 100 teeth. Very few exist, and the society seems to be made up of robots of all kinds. What really shocked the Scouts, however, was that a few of the Sabmiqys claimed to be over 10,000 years old!
- The Sabmiqys are actually extremely sophisticated pseudo-biological robots.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Scouts from the Vilani Imperium first flew by the world in -5889, but their ships were destroyed by internal explosions. The system was interdicted and named Gashukubi (Anglic: Gashukubi), which is Vilani for "Certain Death".
Towards the end of the Interstellar Wars, Terran breakthroughs in weapons technology produced the meson gun. The first Vilani to encounter this weapon were horrified -- their ships exploded from the inside, just like in the Gashukubi legends. Rumours of the "gashukubi" weapon did much to sap the Vilani will to fight.
Imperial High (Landed) Nobility[edit]
Despite being a world nominally under Imperial control, this world-system's Red Zone rating has kept any Imperial Nobility from being appointed to it.
World Starport (Sp)[edit]
Sabmiqys 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 Population (P)[edit]
No information yet available.
World Demographics[edit]
Sabmiqys, population 100%
World Government (G)[edit]
Sabmiqys is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.
World Law Level (L)[edit]
No information yet available.
World Technology Level (TL)[edit]
Sabmiqys possesses a Technology Level of TL–17 or TL-H in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Pocket meson communications.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Advanced collectors and early antimatter plants.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
- Space: G-Carriers & advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
- FTL: Jump Drive-8 and Hop Drive-1.
World Military[edit]
No information yet available.
World Economy[edit]
No information yet available.
Trade Data[edit]
No information yet available.
Urbanization[edit]
No information yet available.
World Infrastructure[edit]
This world possesses TBD infrastructure.
World Culture[edit]
No information yet available.
World Language/s[edit]
Unknown
Historical Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Timeline[edit]
No information yet available.
UWP Listing[edit]
No information yet available.
First Contact[edit]
With the founding of the Second Imperium, the Vilani soon realized that the Gashukubi system was defended by planetary-based meson weapons. The startling truth was that the inhabitants possessed a superior weapons technology. When the Sylean Federation created meson screens as a protection against meson fire, it opened the way for first contact in 311.
The Scouts were met by armed robots. Many of the first contact crew were herded off at gunpoint, never to return. This pattern was repeated on several subsequent contact attempts. Within the Scouts, the word Sabmiqys came to describe any mission with a small chance of survival.
Natives: Mechanimorphic Life?[edit]
Eventually, the Scouts learned the local language and asked to meet "those in charge". Finally, they got to meet the actual Sabmiqys. The race was, apparently, descended from omnivore/gatherer stock.
In the late 600s, a Scout contact party stumbled upon a robot repair facility. They discovered that a "living" Sabmiqys was undergoing extensive repairs.
The Sabmiqys are actually extremely sophisticated pseudo-biological robots.
The truth gradually emerged that the original inhabitants of the planet had all been killed by a virulent virus in approximately -8000. The virus came from a Sabmiqys sub-light probe upon its return from a nearby star system. The ship was studied for six months -- the incubation period of the virus. Once the deaths started, it was all over very quickly. The entire population -- estimated in the millions -- died within 10 days.
The remaining million or so robots left on the planet decided that space travel was of little or no value, and have never pursued interstellar exploration.
Aftermath[edit]
Currently, Sabmiqys is still an interdicted Red Zone world. The robots are not counted as population, as the Imperium does not recognize their sentience. Travellers are advised not to go to Sabmiqys for any reason. Many who have violated the Red Zone restriction have never returned.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Joe Fugate. Robots (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), TBD.
- Loren Wiseman. Challenge 28 (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 17. in Article: Contact: The Sabmiqys
- Marc Miller. Referee's Companion (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), TBD.
- Joe Fugate, J. Andrew Keith, Gary L. Thomas. World Builder's Handbook (Digest Group Publications, 1989), TBD.
- Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), TBD.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com