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* It is the homeworld of the [[Tobai]], a [[sophont]]ic species and [[minor race]]. | * It is the homeworld of the [[Tobai]], a [[sophont]]ic species and [[minor race]]. | ||
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[[Tobibak (world)|Tobibak]] is a minor {{Imperial}} world in the [[Strand Subsector]] of the [[Corridor Sector]], which connects the {{Sm}} to the core worlds of the [[Third Imperium]]. | [[Tobibak (world)|Tobibak]] is a minor {{Imperial}} world in the [[Strand Subsector]] of the [[Corridor Sector]], which connects the {{Sm}} to the core worlds of the [[Third Imperium]]. | ||
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Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]
Tobibak is a nonindustrial water world, which has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water.
- The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
- As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Strand Subsector of Corridor Sector in the Domain of Vland.
- During the Long Night this world was know as Giuun.
- It is the homeworld of the Tobai, a sophontic species and minor race.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
Tobibak is a minor Imperial world in the Strand Subsector of the Corridor Sector, which connects the Spinward Marches to the core worlds of the Third Imperium.
Binary Solar System
Tobibak Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Tobibak 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 Remarks None Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Tobibak M3 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.37 3270 - 3430 0.03081 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0017 0.0146 0.18 - 0.35 0.17 1.7 Orbit # * * 0 0 4 Remarks None
Native Sophont: Tobai
The Tobai are a primitive race in terms of technological advances.
- Surprisingly, they are genetically similar to another species, the Githiaskio, a minor race found on Githiaski (Antares 2406) on the fringe of the Lesser Rift.
- The distance between these worlds and the fact that the Tobai have developed sonar, suggests that the Tobai have been on Tobibak for millions of years.
- How the Tobai came to be on Tobibak remains the central mystery to scientists interested in the world.
- One suggested solution is the Ancients might have seeded the Tobai on Tobibak, just as they had done with Humaniti across space.
History & Background (Dossier)
For decades the Tobicorp Inc. Corporation harvested its abundant aquatic foodstuffs, and mined the minerals on the ocean floor.
- The Corporation also exploited the indigenous octopoid race, the Tobai, using them as slave labor and suppressing the fact that they were intelligent.
- When the whistle was blown to the Ministry of Colonization, it stepped in and prosecuted Tobicorp, and made the planet a Ministerial Protectorate.
- This is unusual since it would normally be the Imperial Scout Service or the Navy that would be assigned to protect the home of an emergent intelligent species.
Imperial High (Landed) Nobility
Tobibak, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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.
- GURPS Traveller Planetary Survey 5 - Tobibak
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com