Guezdhe (world)
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Primary | G6 V M2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Feudal technocracy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Moderate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 143C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | 821-1
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Importance Extension | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 2,000 |
Guezdhe is a vacuum world, with no atmosphere or hydrosphere. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a member of Julian Protectorate in the Kakhasaek Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Rukadukaz Republic. 90% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr. Less than 10% of the world's population is the Minor Race Bwap.
Astrography and Planetology[edit]
No information yet available.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Guezdhe Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Guezdhe G6 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.97 5550 - 5600 0.89888 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0044 0.0786 0.91 - 1.61 0.44 4.4 Orbit # * * 3 1 6 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Guezdhe M2 V
Secondary 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
History and Background[edit]
This is one of the Notable Worlds of the Rukadukaz Republic. Originally, there were Seven Notable Worlds, not Eight. However, for a host of complex political reasons, Guezdhe was chosen to be the Eighth.
First, the original worlds were generally led and dominated by the Ovaghoun Vargr. But the Irilitok Vargr population continues to grow and grow, while the Ovaghoun continues to diminish. After population control measures failed and it became politically impossible to directly kill off the Irilitok -- at least without sparking a major war with the rest of the Julian Protectorate -- the Ovaghoun leadership decided to shift as many of the smartest, more politically active, and wealthiest Irilitok Vargr off of Ikon (Empty Quarter 1602). The world chosen as their destination was Guezdhe, a barren and sterile world at the time.
It was hoped that the immigrant flows of Irilitok would stop coming to Ikon (Empty Quarter 1602), and instead gather at Guezdhe. To help the process along, the old starports of Ikon were broken down and relocated to Guezdhe, making it a new center of wealth and progress.
The plans basically failed, as Irilitok immigration simply increased to both worlds, and the world of Guezdhe became a major Irilitok cultural and financial center, with a thin veneer of Ovaghoun rule. (As of 993, the Irilitok still cannot vote for any Republican position, despite their ever-increasing numbers and majority status on an ever-greater number of worlds.)
Politics[edit]
Even without formal political rights, and despite systematic political discrimination in the sphere of interstellar politics, there are just so many Irilitok, making so much money, that their unspoken influence is completely distorting the Rukadukaz Republic. "Perhaps you may choose to never, never, never speak of the growing elephant in the room… but that won't save you from being crushed by it"
The rise of Guezdhe as the Eighth Notable World is just one example of this -- so are the increasingly pro-Irilitok actions of the local Ovaghoun feudal technarchs, laboring to slow their inevitable displacement by Irilitok technicians. Everybody knows -- but no one cares to spell out -- that the Ovaghoun representatives of Guezdhe represent Irilitok interests, and will have a major say in what the future of the Republic will be.
Guezdhe is the home of the best starship yards in the sector, and one of the best in the Julian Protectorate. That alone makes it a place worth visiting for a Traveller -- never mind the high technology, or the strong Irilitok cultural connections to the rest of the Irilitok population, both in the sector and further into Julian Space.
Languages[edit]
- Ikonaz Vargr (language)
- Ikonaz Vilani (language)
- Irilitok (language): Specifically, Ghikzouvrovhok
- Wawa-pakekeke-wawa
World Starport[edit]
Guezdhe 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.
UWP Listing[edit]
UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)
- T20 - 993 - Guezdhe 0511 A300554-E De Ni Va Varg9, Bwap0 212 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
- CT - 1105 - Guezdhe 0511 A300354-F De Lo Ni Va Varg9, Bwap0 812 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
- MT - 1125 - Guezdhe 0511 A300354-F De Lo Ni Va 812 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
- TNE - 1201 - Guezdhe 0511 X300000-0 Ba Va 012 --
References and Contributors[edit]
- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), .
- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 11,47. - {dot map provided}
- Jason Kemp. "Alpha Quadrant of the Empty Quarter Sector- Kakhasaek Subsector." Stellar Reaches 04 (2006): 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. "A Gazetteer to the Worlds of the Empty Quarter." Stellar Reaches 18 (2012): 5.- Short write-up
- 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. "System Flags of the Empty Quarter II." Stellar Reaches 25 (2014): 150.
- World page generated by AB-101
- Data compiled by ’’MIMIC’’ - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com