Desdemona (world)

Desdemona/Alderamin (Solomani Rim 0215)
Classic Era (1116)	A76999C-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 9 High (3 billion) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law C Extreme Law (no privacy) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G8 V M8 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	3

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Desdemona is a high-population, pre-rich world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• It lacks adequate resources to expand its economy to a rich status.
• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Alderamin Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
• Desdemona claims sovereignty over nearby Purdishi (Solomani Rim 0116).
• This world has a colony at Purdishi (world).

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

It is a world with one small moon.

Binary Solar System

Desdemona Binary Star System

Desdemona
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G8 V	Main Sequence		0.94	5380 - 5480	0.80528
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0085	0.0744	0.87 - 1.54	0.85	8.5
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	7
	Remarks
Desdemona
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M8 V	Main Sequence		0.085	2420 - 2570	0.00018
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0011	0.0011	0.01 - 0.03	0.11	1.1
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
	Remarks

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

0215 Desdemona (Imperial)

Starport: Class V.

Diameter: 7,100 miles (11,400 km). Gravity: 0.86g.
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 87%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 3.6 billion.
Government: Bureaucracy.
Control Level: 6.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: 5.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

Desdemona, originally known as Liriinan (Anglic: Liriinan), is a high-population world with one small moon located in Alderamin Subsector of the Solomani Rim. The system is a member of the Imperium.

• During the First Imperium Desdemona was a rich if relative isolated Vilani world, home to a half-billion people. It was a huge market for Terran merchants, and developed a distinct independent streak.
• Of all the worlds in this loosely controlled subsector, Liriinan is the most independent of all. This isn’t a deliberate choice by its citizens, but an outgrowth of the fact that the planet’s riches are so great that there is little need for them to engage in interstellar trade. Visiting Terran merchants are currently introducing them to the difference between “need” and “want.” Home to a half-billion people, Liriinan is a huge market for Terran merchants, despite its relative isolation. More than any other world in the subsector, it is free to do as it wishes; it is not under the direct control of Sharurshid or the Imperial aristocracy. The local population is beginning to take advantage of this freedom by engaging in “illegal” manufacturing – it is producing goods outside the fixed Sharurshid quotas, specifically intended for trade with Terran visitors. The total amount of illicit manufacturing is quite small in comparison to Liriinan’s handling of its own needs. Only a few thousand people have shown the mental flexibility to try it, though the number continues to expand as young people come of age after being exposed to the practice. The only other factor limiting trade is the planet’s mediocre starport, but as Liriinan is a long run from Terra anyway, this doesn’t affect most ships that call.
• The world itself is one of the most hospitable known to the Confederation, a near-paradise at the end of a long trading route. A slightly lower gravity contributes to the giddy feeling many Terrans experience while visiting here. With less land than Terra, all in the temperate and subtropical zones, there are no deserts or arctic wastelands on the whole planet. The local climate and soil are very favorable for imported food crops and fruit trees, some of which grow so easily that they might almost be considered weeds. The people have developed away from standard Vilani attitudes in their isolation, and are now more relaxed in manner and dress than Imperials on other worlds. All of this makes Liriinan a favorite port of call for Terran merchants, who half-jokingly refer to it as “Tahiti.”

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Desdemona, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of three members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
• It holds the estate of an Imperial baronet.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.

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

• GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim
• External Link: [1]