Gishmarkash (world)

Gishmarkash/Iiradu (Dagudashaag 3209) Milieu 1116 C536114-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 1 Low (80) Government 1 Company/Corporation Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K8 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	5
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Company or Corporation
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	1137
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	A01-3 Resources A Abundant Labor 0 Barren (8) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	7
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	7,000
Port passengers (annual)	0

Gishmarkash supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. This world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions make it dangerous to visitors. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Iiradu Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Gishmarkash, 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. During the Long Night this world was named Garkanlu.

Astrography and planetology

No information yet available.

Gishmarkash has a solitary primary star.

Gishmarkash
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K8 V	Main Sequence		0.62	3930 - 3990	0.18766
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0057	0.0359	0.45 - 0.84	0.57	5.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
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History and background

The Gishmarkash system is owned and run by GISHMARCo Test & Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of GSbAG, specializing in starship systems testing and development.

World Economy

The abundance of common planetary bodies in the system make for an ideal testing ground for starship systems and complete starships. Two or three projects are generally ongoing at any one time so areas of the system are frequently prohibited from unauthorized vessels, particularly the main world, gas giants, and belts — hence the Amber Zone status.

Gishmarkash is the final testing ground for products. Teams come from other research or manufacturing facilities within the GSbAG group with products ready for testing. There are no research or repair facilities in the system so the teams are required to be self sufficient in terms of specialists, spare parts, and so on. GISHMARCo provides accommodations, in-system transport, co-ordination of the test areas, administration, and basic support services. A large recreation facility on the main world, frequented by the research teams, is also available.

Early project suffered from in-system industrial espionage. In order to counter this, GISHMARCo has two separate defense systems; a standard SBD squadron stationed at the mainworld, and a unit of high speed, high stealth, intercept craft (specially made by Phylum U'Chakzii-Ziask for this purpose). This latter unit patrols the perimeter of the test areas, using high powered passive sensors to monitor for intruding craft or drones. Any suspicious result in a rapid interception and impounding of suspect craft. Ostensibly for research purposes, but also for defense, GSbAG has special authorization from the Imperial Navy to maintain one of the most powerful Deep Site Meson Weapons in Imperial space on the mainworld.

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.

• Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Iiradu." Signal-GK 12 (1996): 53. - HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 129.