Fau (world)

Fau/Shallows (Dagudashaag 0217) Milieu 1116 B423766-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 7 Moderate (30 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K5 V M7 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	6949
Army Size (BEs)	15
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	96B+1 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 6 Moderate (3 million) Infrastructure B Very extensive Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	594
GWP (BCr)	70
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	6,685
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	30,000
Port employees	16,765
Port passengers (annual)	24,100

Fau has a very thin, tainted atmosphere and minimal available surface water. The system has a population between 10 million and 100 million sophonts. The governance of this world is from Adaskaglu (Dagudashaag 0320). It is a member of Third Imperium in the Shallows Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Fau, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and the fiefdom of a marquis. Both are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. 100% of the world's population is the Minor Human Race Ziadd. During the Long Night this world was named Nishi.

Astrography and Planetology

Fau is located on the Vilani Main.

Stellar Data

Fau has two stars in the star system.

Fau
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.7	4300 - 4440	0.28697
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0065	0.0444	0.56 - 1.01	0.65	6.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks
Fau
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.09	2630 - 2680	0.00022
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0011	0.0012	0.02 - 0.03	0.11	1.1
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
	Remarks

System Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Fau is a Meso World between 5,600km and 7,200km in diameter. The world has low gravity between 0.32G and 0.46G. The horizon will appear about 3.6km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Fau has a pressure of 0.10 to 0.42 atmospheres. The very thin pressures require a respirator or Oxygen Mask. This atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds, which requires the use of a Filter Respirator Combination Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–5 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Fau has 25-35% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has a few small seas. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants will be recycled.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History and Background

Fau is a viable Ziadd colony thanks primarily to the support and assistance given by S'mrii during the initial re-colonization. As a result most Ziadd consider the S'mrii close allies and friends, a feeling that is not returned. Fau is primarily known for its war memorials, seafood delicacies, and very active anti-Universalist press.

First Colony

Fau was initially colonized by Ziadd during the Rule of Man and remained a stable if small colony until -692. Then, during the period of expansion by the Ushran Empire, missionaries from the Universal Church of God arrived and started to try and convert the colonists. Unfortunately, under Canon law Ziadd are not considered 'true' Humans but 'artificial' and therefore are not considered to possess a soul. When informed by the missionaries that they would have to reconcile themselves to being second-class citizens in the Kingdom of God the Ziadd colonists grew extremely angry and apparently killed them.

In response, the Universal Church retaliated by forming what Pope Innocent XXI was, centuries later, to describe as an 'unholy' alliance with the Ushrans to attack Ziadd colonies. Within months the Ziadd colony at Fau was crushed under the military heel of the Ushran Empire. The few surviving colonists were enslaved. A Dominican mission was established on Fau to enforce the will of God upon the savages; a task the order of warrior priests accepted with relish.

In -672 the Ushrans gave orders to pull out. The full horror of the occupation will probably never be known but a S'mrii ship visiting the planet a mere six months after discovered the streets filled with decaying and mutilated corpses. Less than twenty-one colonists survived out of an initial population of one hundred and twenty thousand. Unfortunately the survivors were so badly traumatized by their experiences that they were never able to give a full account of what happened. The Church blamed the incident on the Ushran troops and the Empire blamed the 'missionary' zeal of the Universal Church's House of Inquisition.

Fau has since been extensively recolonised.

World Starport (Sp)

Fau 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)

Fau has a population of 30,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).

• The population is almost entirely Ziadd.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used here:

• Anglic: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
  • Galaach: An Ushran trade language derived from Anglic, widely spoken throughout the Shallows, Zeda and Ushra subsectors.
• Klatha'sh: The common language of the Ziadd.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

Urbanization

Ziadd structures tend to be solid and blocky and are usually heavily decorated. Many fly flags and banners declaring allegiance and status.

World Technology Level (T)

Fau 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 Government (G)

Fau has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. This is a colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.

Governance of this world is from Adaskaglu.

World Law (L)

Fau has a moderate 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 except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Historical Data

Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• -2404 to -2215: To trailing and rimward, the Interstellar Wars are waged.
• -2204 to -1776: The Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
  • Fau is colonized.
  • -2176: First contact between Humans originating in the Terran Confederation and the Ziadd.
• -1776 to 0: The Long Night.
• -692: During a period of expansion by the Ushran Empire, missionaries from the Universal Church of God arrive on Fau to convert the colonists.
• -672: The Ushrans pull out of Fau, after massacring the locals.
• -642: War breaks out between the Ziadd and the Ushran Empire.
  • Outmatched by the Ushran navy, the war goes badly for the Ziadd.
• -639: The Ushran capture Zeda after a long and bloody campaign.
• -600: The Ushran Empire has conquered most of the former Ziadd worlds. Remaining Ziadd forces, now scattered, begin a campaign of corsair activity to support the ongoing rebellions on the Ziadd planets.
• Circa -400: The Zeda Alignment corsairs begin to capture whole worlds, the Ushran Navy no longer able to keep them at bay.
• The Year 0: The Third Imperium is founded.
• 46: A series of uprisings on Zeda, supported by the corsairs, sufficiently weaken military control of the world.
• 65: The Ziadd rebellion, supported by the regular troops of the corsair bands, retake Zeda. For the first time in more than six centuries, the Ziadd homeworld is back under Ziadd control.
• 96: The overwhelming might of the Third Imperium forces the Ziadd to choose another long war or integration. They choose to join the Imperium.
• 300-420: The First Survey charts the system.
• 604 to 622: The Imperial Civil War.

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.

• Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Shallows." Signal-GK 09 (1994): 53. Via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 110.