Dempukish (world)

Dempukish/Laraa (Dagudashaag 2735) Milieu 1116 C99A327-7 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 3 Low (9 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V
Worlds	11
Gas Giants	3
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	3157
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	7
Economic Extension	521-2 Resources 5 Scarce Labor 2 Low (900) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	8
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Dempukish has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. This planet is tidally-locked to its primary star with a hot region facing the the primary, a cold region on the other side, and a habitable area in the twilight zone between. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Laraa Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Dempukish, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. During the Long Night this world was named Shiishiiga.

Astrography and planetology

Dempukish is a member of the Sylean Main.

Dempukish is a large waterworld, believed to be the core of a failed gas giant. It is tidally locked to the systems primary. It has an extreme axial tilt. The north pole permanently faces toward the star and experiences temperatures exceeding 130°C, with the south pole permanently faces away and endures temperatures of less than -150°C. The southern hemisphere is covered by vast ice sheets while the sea boils to the north. The weather is incredibly violent, and the air is tainted by volcanic sulfur compounds.

Monostellar System

Dempukish Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Dempukish M2 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.4258	2400 - 3300	0.027
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0044	0.01358	0.13 - 0.21	0.44	4.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	6

History and background

The world was colonized by Scanian's in the tenth century, who considered it a fitting place to study the teaching of their prophet Benjamin Ra'Scania.

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.

• Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Laraa." Signal-GK 08 (1994): 44. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 85.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 87.