Dakushan (world)

Dakushan/Shallows (Dagudashaag 0518) Milieu 1116 E2009A8-A Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 2 Small (3,200 km, 0.10g - 0.17g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 9 High (9 billion) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K5 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Charismatic dictatorship
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	9B5A
Army Size (BEs)	1500
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	B8C+2 Resources B Abundant Labor 8 Moderate (900 million) Infrastructure C Very extensive Efficiency +2 Good
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	2,112
GWP (BCr)	36,892
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	2,192
Starport Details
Classification	Class-E
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	10,800,000
Port employees	195
Port passengers (annual)	13,100

Dakushan is a vacuum world, with no atmosphere or hydrosphere. The system has a population over one billion. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Shallows Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Dakushan, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a count. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. 70% of the world's population is the Minor Human Race Ziadd. During the Long Night this world was named Dakushan.

Astrography and planetology

The planet has very stringent rules on the export or import of anything that could harm the fragile balance that allows the world to survive with no source of water or free hydrogen (which would allow water to be made by cracking oxygen bearing rocks), and a population of more than nine billion. All the money raised by the sale of the naturally occurring resources is used to import the bare essentials for life on this world.

Monostellar System

Dakushan Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Dakushan K5 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.7	4300 - 4440	0.28697
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0033	0.0444	0.56 - 1.01	0.33	3.3
	Orbit #	*	*	2	1	5

History and background

Dakushan was originally colonized by the passengers and crew of a jump 1 Vilani starship attempting to travel to Station One, however the lack of readily available fuel in the system prevented the ship from going any further and the shortage of native live on the main world caused the stranded colonists to die off in short order. Later. several small outposts were established but none prospered.

By the Rule of Man the planet was again all but uninhabited, with small ruined bases dotting the surface and a small base established to rescue any stranded wayfarers, however the base personnel were very badly hit by the Plague of Duskir which depopulated the world. During the Rule of Man this world was left empty as it seemed to be of no value to anyone. This barren condition was maintained until the time of the First Survey when exploitable deposits of Thorium and Platinum were found by the scouts.

After the initial rush, a colony was established with the current population consisting of 70% Ziadd and 30% other human races. The culture of Dakushan has reached TL–12 in all respects apart from the use of fusion generators. In place of these the Dakushan's use fission power and solar cells to provide all the energy requirements at what is now a thriving industrial society.

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.

• Citation Missing - Signal-GK 9 via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 80.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 79-80.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science