Giirakh (world)

Giirakh/Zeda (Dagudashaag 0325) Milieu 1116 B986768-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 7 Moderate (70 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G0 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	7B5A
Army Size (BEs)	150
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	B6D+4 Resources B Abundant Labor 6 Moderate (7 million) Infrastructure D Comprehensive Efficiency +4 Advanced
Importance Extension	4
Resource Units	3,432
GWP (BCr)	491
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	12,267
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	70,000
Port employees	9,765
Port passengers (annual)	747,500

Giirakh has an ideal environment for producing agricultural goods and a balanced population between 10 and 100 million. The governance of this world is from Syrna (Dagudashaag 0329). It is a member of Third Imperium in the Zeda Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Giirakh, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and the fiefdoms of a baron and a minor duke. All three are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. 40% of the world's population is the Minor Race Jala'Lak. During the Long Night this world was named Adziuumla.

Astrography & Planetology

Giirakh is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

Stellar Data

Giirakh has a solitary primary star.

Giirakh
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.06	5860 - 5930	1.22623
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0102	0.0918	1.04 - 1.83	1.02	10.2
	Orbit #	*	*	4	3	7
	Remarks		None

Local Sophont: Jala'Lak

This world has a population of Jala'Lak. Clearly they are not native to Giirakh and consequently are the subject of much debate. In addition to Giirakh, the Jala'Lak can also be found on their homeworld of Uaam (Dagudashaag 0940). For as yet inexplicable reasons, their temper here is vastly different than it is on Uaam -- they are much more savage, even cannibalistic.

History & Background (Dossier)

Giirakh is the major agricultural exporter in Zeda Subsector, feeding the capital itself and many worlds of the Amec Trade Protectorate.

Point of Interest: Local Environmental Laws

There are very strict environmental laws on this world, mainly to protect the agro-businesses' profits. Skimming for fuel within the oceans or purging of ships' wastes within 25,000 km of the planetary surface will cost offenders MCr2 and a five year prison sentence. Enforcement is through the Office of the Environment and their agents, the Eco-Wardens. The wardens are, in some quarters, more feared than the local Religious Inquisitors.

• The Jala'Lak are a protected species. Visitors are warned that injuring or killing a Jala'Lak carries an automatic death penalty.

World Starport (St)

Giirakh 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)

Giirakh has a population of 70,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).

Jala'Lak

Demographics

• Human: 60% of the population.
• Jala'Lak: 40% of the population.
  • The two species do not cohabitate.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Simple Jala'Lak language.
  • This remains similar to the language spoken by Jala'Lak on Uaam.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Technology Level (T)

Giirakh 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)

Giirakh 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 Syrna.

World Law (L)

Giirakh has a high law level with laws covering many areas of interactions of people, corporations, and the government. A few worlds with this law level may be Amber Zones. Any interaction with the judicial system requires an Advocate trained in the local legal system. Law enforcement is present almost everywhere, either as people or via technology. Legal proceedings can take weeks to months to resolve and involve a dozen or more people. All blade weapons and firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

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.

• Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Zeda." Signal-GK 11 (1995): 94. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 127.