Ziusudra (world)
| Ziusudra/Ziusudra (Alpha Crucis 0234) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | B555797-A
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | K0 IV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ziusudra is an agricultural world.
- As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
- This is a "Puzzle" 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.
- It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Ziusudra Subsector of Alpha Crucis Sector.
- This world-system hosts a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.
- This world-system hosts a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces, which may be located on or off-world.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
No information yet available.
Monostellar System
Ziusudra Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Ziusudra K0 IV
Primary Giant 2.3 4000 - 5000 4.67 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.03071 0.17924 1.72 - 2.8 3.071 30.71 Orbit # * 0 5 5 9
System Data
No information yet available.
Mainworld Data
No information yet available.
Mainworld Size (S)
This world is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)
This world has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)
This world has 45-55% of its surface covered by liquid water. Wilderness refueling is possible.
Mainworld Geography & Topography
On the world is the Mavinga mega-caldera that lies under the northern most continent. This caldera is an active geological feature that is predicted to have a 85% probability of erupting as a 'super volcano' within a short time period. The size of the caldera would have massive geological and ecological effects.
Mainworld Map
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms
During the Rule of Man Ziusudra’s oceans and major islands were seeded with genetically engineered Terran life replacing the primitive native ecology.
History & Background (Dossier)
Ziusudra is an agricultural world located in Ziusudra Subsector of Alpha Crucis Sector.
Ziusudra is named for the ancient Terran king of Sumer who according to mythology boarded animals on an ark and used those animals to restart life on Terra after a great flood.
World Starport (Sp)
This world has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
World Population (P)
This world has a population of 10,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).
World Government
This world is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.
World Law Level (L)
This world has a moderate law level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.
World Technology Level (TL)
This world possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land & Water: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
- Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
- Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
- FTL: Jump Drive-1.
World Military
The Confederation Navy and Confederation Army maintain bases in the Ziusudra system. The navy base primarily serves as the headquarters for the patrol vessels. These are either assigned to protected trade through the Rimward edge of the subsector or to patrol the border with the Third Imperium.
The Confederation military and the Home Guard of Ziusudra are aiding with the mass evacuations of millions of citizens from the northern continent in preparation for the highly likely geological event.
World Economy
No information yet available.
World Demographics
Ziusudra was first settled by Solomani colonists who remain the majority of citizens today. Approximately 13% of the population are a mix of different minority races, such as Vilani, mixed-Humaniti and other minor alien races.
World Culture
No information yet available.
Historical Data
Ziusudra was colonized during the Rule of Man with the goal to create a Terra-like garden world. Genetically engineered Terran flora and fauna were seeded into the ecosystem and slowly replaced the original native lifeforms. It wasn't until the year 900 that the ecological replacement could be said to be completed.
In 1103 geological sensors indicated that the planet’s Mavinga mega-caldera region on its heavily-populated northern continent is in imminent danger of erupting as a ‘super volcano’ in an extinction-level event. The Secretariat have declared the planet a disaster zone and Home Guard, Confederation Navy and Army forces are moving in to aid in the evacuations of millions of citizens from the most threatened regions.
World Timeline
- -2265 - Alpha Crucis Foundation colonizes worlds in the Ziusudra subsector
- -2204 - Second Imperium founded
- c.-2100 - Terran flora and fauna introduced to Ziusudra ecosystem
- -1776 - Collapse of the Rule of Man
- 740 - Alpha Crucis joins Solomani Autonomous Region
- 871 - Solomani Confederation founded
- 900 - Ecological replacement completed
- 1103 - Mavinga super-caldera predicted to erupt within years
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Classic Traveller Alien Module 7: Hiver (named but further data)
- Classic Traveller Atlas of the Imperium
- MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr (dot map provided)
- MegaTraveller Alien - Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani
- External Link: AB's Traveller Page dead link
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- Mongoose 2nd: Solomani Front
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com