Bellham (world)
| Bellham/Dunea (Core 1838) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milieu 0 | E989366-4
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| Classic Era (1116) | D989720-7
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | K0 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bellham is a rich world.
- As a rich world, this planet has high-grade living conditions and is highly sought after by immigrating sophonts.
- This world has a prosperous and thriving world economy.
- Some of the sources of this world's wealth are well known, but others remain a mystery. Many speculate on these mysterious sources of wealth. Some even investigate them... to no avail yet.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Dunea Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
- This world has an Imperial Scout base, capable of handling IISS starships and personnel.
- It lies within the Santry Cluster, at the heart of the Dunea Main.
- During the Long Night this worlds was known as Iraddii.
Description (Planetology)[edit]
This system is located on the Dunea Main.
Stellar Data[edit]
Bellham has a solitary primary star. Bellham 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity K0 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.88 5170 - 5270 0.63928 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0076 0.0663 0.78 - 1.4 0.76 7.6 Orbit # * * 3 2 6 Remarks
Mainworld Conditions[edit]
The climate is subtropical year-round in the settled areas, which encourages the free-style architecture, without walls or doors, which the inhabitants prefer.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
This world was a member of the Chanestin Kingdom, a rival to the Sylean Federation in the centuries preceding formation of the Third Imperium.
World Starport (Sp)[edit]
Bellham has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.
World Culture[edit]
The inhabitants of Bellham (which some Solomani call Bedlam) are the only Humans of the Imperium who intuitively understand the K'kree herd instinct, because their planetary culture allows no privacy at all. A desire to be alone for any purpose whatsoever is looked on as pathological.
Visitors naturally find the lack of privacy-inducing features in the local architecture very trying and usually retreat to their ships when they wish to have privacy. Even stranger than the absence of walls and doors in the architecture is the absence of discretion in speech. Bellhamites are taught from birth to say anything and everything that they are thinking or feeling. Not only is a gathering of Bellhamites cacophonous, but tact is virtually unknown.
This culture has not made Bellhamites popular away from their own world, either, but they care very little about that. Apparently conditioned by the barrage from their fellow citizens, Bellhamites seem to have very "thick skins" and often fail to notice other peoples' hurt feelings.
The tech level of Bellham has been steadily decreasing since it was first cataloged. Some researchers maintain that privacy is a necessity for creative thought and warn that Bellham will continue to go downhill if a new cultural influence does not gain ascendancy.
Historical Data[edit]
World Timeline[edit]
Significant events that have affected this world and the surrounding region include the following:
- -1304: King Brzeszcze of Keshi decides that the time is right for his planet to take advantage of its superior technology and conquer neighboring worlds.
- -1250: The Chanestin Kingdom, based on Keshi, reaches its largest size.
- -650: The Kingdom of Sylea is replaced by the Sylean Federation. Sylea begins to once again spread its influence to other worlds.
- -200: Having been depleted by the deprivations of the Long Night, the Chanestin Kingdom now has only one functioning jump ship.
- Circa -120: The Chanestin Queen Nayarit rebuilds a jump-capable fleet in secret.
- -107: Sylean trader-emissaries arrive at Keshi and speak of their growing Federation. The Chanestin are quick to recognize the threat represented by the nation's federal ideas. On the orders of Queen Nayarit, the trade mission is executed. When elements of the Sylean fleet arrive at Keshi, they are engaged by the Chanestin system defense fleet.
- -44: The Sylean Federation and Chanestin Kingdom sign a peace treaty.
- -30: Cleon Zhunastu succeeds Felix Zhunastu as Grand Duke of Sylea.
- Cleon initiates a massive diplomatic campaign against the Interstellar Confederacy.
- -25: The Chanestin Kingdom, seeing the threat posed by the expansion of the Sylean Federation, launches a deep strike against Shudusham.
- -10: The entire Zhunastu conglomerate shifts production to exploiting Fusion Plus, leading to technological improvements which allow it to dominate the Sylean Federation's military contracts.
- 0: The Third Imperium is founded, out of the Sylean Federation.
- 2: The on-off Chanestin-Sylean War ends in a Sylean -- now Third Imperium -- victory, with the conquering of Keshi and final surrender of the Chanestin Kingdom. Keshi is incorporated into the new Imperium.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com