Editing Atsah (world)

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|name= {{World|Atsah|Deneb|Atsah|2913}} 
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* This world was once known as ''Khotsaka''.

== Description (Astrography & Planetology) == 
No information yet available. 

{{MonostellarSystem
|name           = Atsah
|primary        = K4 V 
|PrimaryNotes   = 
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=== System Data ===
[[Lurent]] planetoid ships may be found in the inner system, trading or in the system’s [[Oort Cloud|Oort clouds]] refuelling{{Page cite|name= Deneb Sector |page= 4}}.

=== Mainworld Data ===
Atsah is a temperate world, with low gravity and native flora and fauna. 

==== Mainworld Geography & Topography ====
The downport is expensively designed to look rustic. Walls are simulated mud-brick. Aekhu-Vargr ceremonial artefacts are on
display in various starport museum nooks. The hiring hall looks
as though it was originally a slave auction block. However, even
that is a design element, calculated for effect.

=== Native Lifeforms ===
The Fauna of the world is Vargr-Edible.

== History & Background (Dossier) ==
=== General ===
==== Early History ====
Atsah has had a jump-capable civilisation since before the
founding of the Third Imperium. In year zero Vargr warlords
already had built a civilisation on Atsah, which was then called
Khotsaka.

=== Imperial High (Landed) Nobility ===
{{Imperial Nobility|name= Atsah|Noble=BCF}}

=== World Starport ===
No information yet available. 

=== World Technology Level ===
No information yet available. 

=== World Government ===
Atsah is part of the [[Atsah Cultural Region]], and its population is 80% [[Vargr]], with most of the rest being humans. Atsah has a long history as a significant Vargr world. The [[Atsak Federation]], a small Vargr interstellar polity, was centered on Atsah, originally known as Khotsaka.

The capital of the subsector and the Duchy seat, the world’s
number one employer is the subsector government. Every one
of the 70 million inhabitants is part of the government. The world
is a great producer of that unusual commodity of civilisation:
red tape.

==== World Military ====
No information yet available. 

=== World Economy ===
[[Tukera Lines]] operates offices and maintenance facilities on Atsah.

==== Trade Data ====
No information yet available. 

=== World Demographics ===
No information yet available. 

=== World Culture ===
No information yet available. 

=== Historical Data ===
==== Hard Times ====
Atsah formerly had been the capital of [[Atsah Subsector]] under Imperial administration. The world was an important trade and manufacturing center, and boasted of a high standard of living. Its prosperity became a casualty of the [[Vargr]] invasion of Corridor, which severed its trade links, and of Vargr raiding in the [[1120s]]. The world was ceded by the [[Domain of Deneb]], and it became a part of the DMZ created in Atsah with the [[Dzarrgh Federate]]. Atsah's population has always been fascinated with politics, particularly political intrigue. 

==== Abandonment ====
In the wake of its double [[Abandonment]], first to the Vargr, and then [[Virus]], its political elites have become masters of survival.

The world splintered into several factions after the [[Collapse]], generally city-states separated by vast regions of wilderness. Trade caravans of trucks and huge land trains connect these polities, bringing much needed goods and commodities. The masters of these caravans are the primary rulers of each city-state, and the economic struggles usually form the basis of all politics on the world. While the world is nominally balkanized, the worlds rulers usually meet every two years at the former capitol city of Melva to elect one of their number as the world's main ruler. This process is accompanied by much political jockeying, and sometimes sporadic skirmishing and strongarm politics. The social system is divided into extended family/clan systems that dominate entire neighborhoods. Trade and politics are the two most esteemed professions, every other worker on the world is subordinated to the clans that control these arenas. Intrigue permeates every corner of the world, and the average citizen keeps careful track of their relative status and safety in all social contexts. 

== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
{{Detail}}
{{Sources
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=The Travellers' Digest 02article=Atsah Subsector|page=36-38}}
|S2= {{Ludography cite|name=The Travellers' Digest 19|article=Data/Library: Deneb|page=24-30}}
|S3= {{Ludography cite|name=MegaTraveller Journal 3|article=Domain of Deneb: Sector Data|page=47-58}}
|S4= {{Ludography cite|name=The Regency Sourcebook|page=59}}
|S5= [[Peter Gray]] - [https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Traveller_TNE/conversations/messages/664 Traveller TNE Mailing List] ''Worlds of the Denebian Frontier and Rampart: Last Part'' published 30 July 2001
|S6= [[Mongoose Traveller: Deneb Sector]] (UWP only)

}}

[[Category: Atsah Cluster worlds]]
[[Category: Atsah Cultural Region worlds]]
[[Category: Atsak Federation worlds]]
[[Category: Lurent worlds]]
[[Category: Tukera Lines worlds]]
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