Irphothe (world)

Irphothe/Shallows (Dagudashaag 0515) Milieu 1116 D67989A-5 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 8 Moderate (400 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M0 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Impersonal bureaucracy
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	A677
Army Size (BEs)	300
Economic Details
Technology Level	5
Economic Extension	A75+1 Resources A Abundant Labor 7 Moderate (40 million) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	350
GWP (BCr)	358
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	2,365
Starport Details
Classification	Class-D
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	459,999
Port employees	185
Port passengers (annual)	3,100

Irphothe is either a vacuum world or one with a tainted atmosphere. The system has a population between 100 million and a billion sophonts. This is a low technology world with technology competency below the standard for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Shallows Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Irphothe, 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 marquis and a viscount. All three are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. 10% of the world's population is the Uplifted Race Dolphin. During the Long Night this world was named Mimak.

Astrography and Planetology

Irphothe is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

Stellar Data

Irphothe has a solitary primary star.

Irphothe
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0055	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.55	5.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	1	6
	Remarks

History and Background

Irphothe has become the low-tech retreat for the discontented in the subsector. Originally colonized by the Vilani in the early years of the Ziru Sirka, Irphothe attracted those who had their fill of the hurly-burly of the growing empire. The world was only marginally habitable even at the time of the first explorations but now the fragile biosphere is beginning to collapse under the steady population increase. The vast seas have become the low-cost dumping grounds for many of the large corporations of the region. The pollution is now reaching critical levels, causing the atmosphere to be designated as tainted.

World Starport

Irphothe has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

Local Population: Dolphins

Irphothe is now home to a significant population of Dolphins, one of the furthest known coreward enclaves. Backed by wealthy concerns rimward (it is even rumored that Solomani money is involved) the Dolphins have bought the commercial exploitation rights to the seas in an attempt to halt the environmental damage. This has involved restricting access to many areas and banning dumping. This has led to a number at clashes between Irphothe residents (who on the whole support the Dolphins) and some starship captains who have attempted to circumvent the new proactive environmental laws and discharge their illegal cargoes.

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.
• Delphinic Trinary
  • This language, also known as Delphinese, involves various clicks, rasps, chirps, creaks, hoots and whistles. Due to the spread of Dolphins across Charted Space, it has evolved into a multitude of dialects. It can take a Dolphin some time to learn a new dialect; errors are often seen by both parties as humorous.
  • For communication with Humans and other races, most Dolphins speak ordinary, if flowery, Anglic.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

World Government (G)

Irphothe is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

References

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): 56. via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 80.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 166.