Dana (world)

Dana/Iiradu (Dagudashaag 3005) Milieu 1116 A689576-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 5 Moderate (100 thousand) Government 7 Balkanization Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F0 V M9 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	464D
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	14
Economic Extension	B45+1 Resources B Abundant Labor 4 Moderate (10 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	220
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	3,715
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	3,795
Port passengers (annual)	8,200

Dana has a breathable, habitable atmosphere and a reasonable amount of surface water. The system supports a population in the hundreds of thousands of sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Iiradu Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Dana, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and a baronet. Both are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships. During the Long Night this world was named Khermaasim.

Astrography and Planetology

Dana is located on the Vilani Main. The naval base hosts elements of the 187th Fleet.

Dana has two stars in the star system.

Dana
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.61	7020 - 7220	5.2953
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0161	0.1909	2.02 - 3.48	1.61	16.1
	Orbit #	*	0	5	4	8
	Remarks
Dana
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M9 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.079	2350 - 2380	0.00014
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0009	0.001	0.01 - 0.03	0.09	0.9
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	3
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

The atmosphere is perfectly breathable to humans, though many find the humidity uncomfortable especially in the hottest months.

Native Lifeforms: Kulaak & Quandos

The majority of Dana is water, and some inhabitants have never set foot on land. The seas teem with small edible creatures and are host to a few large predators. The land areas are mostly cleared for crop production. A few inaccessible parts still accommodate the sprawling wet-wood forest. The Quandos is a small fish-like creature noted for both its flavor and mildly intoxicating effects. The tourist industry caters mainly for hunting expeditions for the large and fearsome Kulaak, a solitary predator normally quite placid until enraged by electric depth charges dropped to bring it to the surface.

History and Background

Although not a large exporter of its agricultural products, Dana enjoys a high turnover of various types of trade and a thriving tourist industry. The native population is small, only a few hundred thousand, most of whom are nomadic wanderers on the vast oceans. The rest either drive the farming machinery on those land areas that support agriculture, manage the fishing fleet to harvest the ocean, or work in the necessary support for interstellar trade.

The way of life pioneered by these original colonists is still followed in the form of huge floating arcologies. The structures were originally built from the trees, and are now constructed of higher tech materials.

World Starport (Sp)

Dana has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

• There is an associated Imperial Naval Base, hosting elements of the 187th Fleet.

World Demographics

The three main population groups usually do not mix. The arcology inhabitants prefer a semi-idyllic existence drifting about the planet. They make their income catching the Quandos, a small fish-like creature noted for both its flavor and mildly intoxicating effects. Tourist goods and other sea creatures make up the rest of the income.

The land and sea based farming communities are very much small groups, often located away from the others. This has led to a sheltered, independent spirit amongst them. They meet with outsiders only when produce is brought to Danorkas, the single city. These small communities rely on traveling lawyers and locally elected judges to maintain order.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used within this astrographic region:

• Core Anglic: One of the principal dialects of one of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

Urbanization

Danorkas is the center of Dana's offworld existence. With the starport next door, it provides markets for Dana's produce and a center for tourists. A major hardware import is the specialized farming machinery produced on Aadshas.

World Military

Dana boasts a naval training facility, teaching advanced techniques for marine personnel involving planetary assault and various submarine and survival activities.

Trade Data

Those who live on Niizediju do so with the use of materials technology imported from Dana.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Iiradu." Signal-GK 12 (1996): 47. - HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 80.