Nguma (world)

Nguma/Ushra (Dagudashaag 1613) Milieu 1116 A9E4546-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere E Exotic (ellipsoid) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 5 Moderate (400 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M1 V M7 V
Worlds	11
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	464D
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	14
Economic Extension	B45+1 Resources B Abundant Labor 4 Moderate (40 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	220
GWP (BCr)	3
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	2,962
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	230
Port passengers (annual)	1,000

Nguma has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Ushra Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Nguma, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world. During the Long Night this world was named Mankhe.

Astrography and Planetology

Nguma is a member of the Rusadaa Trace.

Stellar Data

Nguma has two stars in the star system.

Nguma
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks
Nguma
	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

Mainworld Data

Nguma is a large, inhospitable, and unusual world which exhibits a large orbital eccentricity due to the gravitational effect of the central star's companion. The dense atmosphere is ellipsoid with a variation of two atmospheres between the less dense polar regions and the equator. There is free-standing water only in the higher latitudes during the winter or the high altitudes of the polar regions during the short but intense summers. Much of the equatorial regions remain unexplored.

History and Background

This world has become an important juncture with ships passing into the heart of Ushra from Arnakhish Subsector only because of the medically hostile nature of Lemuria (Dagudashaag 1612).

World Starport (Sp)

Nguma has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

• The class-A starport is an orbital facility with a subsidiary class-C port on the surface.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used on this world:

• 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.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

World Economy

Drexen Corporation is the main employer in the system, using regions of Nguma to manufacture a variety of nanotech 'molecular machines' for export.

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, Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Laraa." Signal-GK 03 (1989): 54. via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 82.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 262.