Riiya (world)

Riiya/Sapphyre (Dagudashaag 2035) Milieu 1116 C558868-8 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 8 Moderate (300 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V M6 V
Worlds	11
Gas Giants	5
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	8758
Army Size (BEs)	2000
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	F77-1 Resources F Extremely abundant Labor 7 Moderate (30 million) Infrastructure 7 Generally available Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	662
GWP (BCr)	686
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	6,292
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	300,000
Port employees	655
Port passengers (annual)	4,600

Riiya has a ideal environment and a balance of available water for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. The system supports a population in the 100's of millions, which makes it too urbanized to make it an agricultural world. Government control of this world is by an external military force.  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. This world is a satellite of a gas giant or another planet in the system. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Sapphyre Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Riiya, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight and a baronet, and the fiefdom of a viscount. All three are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. During the Long Night this world was named Arshi.

Astrography and planetology

Riiya is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

Riiya is the second moon of Denaran, the innermost of five small gas giants orbiting a pair of close binary stars. It is a pleasant, if slightly cold, world that has been continuously inhabited since the First Imperium.

Binary Solar System

Riiya Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Riiya M2 V	Primary	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)
Riiya M6 V	Secondary	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

History and background

During the early 500s Riiya became an important destination on the Durgaarur Loop, a group of systems lying on the rimward end of the Dagudashaag Main. Riiya became a major trade center, and as its power grew it colonized Linara (Dagudashaag 1936) and Sabhaash (Dagudashaag 2036). But over the centuries its government became more bureaucratic and impersonal.

By the late 900s petty laws and red tape were beginning to seriously affect off-world trade. When protests against government policy were voiced the dissenters were either forced into silence or committed to prison. A guerilla movement, dedicated to the overthrow of the regime, sprang up in response.

In 1054 a series of atrocities committed by government troops came to light which sparked an open rebellion. In 1055 the government collapsed, anarchy followed, and the Imperium sent in troops to restore order. The Scout Service has administered Riiya ever since.

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.

• Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Sapphyre." Signal-GK 07 (1993): 15. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 83.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 297.