Rias'qanaa (world)
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Primary | K2 IV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Government | Representative democracy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Moderate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 2237 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | A31-4
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Importance Extension | -2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-D | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 0 |
Rias'qanaa has both a thin tainted atmosphere and no surface water which makes habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and a million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Zeda Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Rias'qanaa, 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. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. During the Long Night this world was named Kuukke Nim.
Astrography and planetology[edit]
Rias'qanaa is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.
A dead world, Rias'qanaa was once a moon in orbit around the gas giant Ghirl. Excavations have proved that it once had an atmosphere as well as an extensive jungle ecosystem teeming with life. About two million years ago the planet was knocked out of orbit, killing all life. It eventually entered an elliptical orbit around the sun.
Monostellar System[edit]
Rias'qanaa Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Rias'qanaa Primary K2 IV
Primary Giant 1.608 3700 - 4600 2.834 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.02053 0.13963 1.34 - 2.18 2.053 20.53 Orbit # * 0 4 4 8
Native Lifeform: Xiuhcoatl[edit]
An extinct, eight metre long lizard-like creature whose fossilized remains were first uncovered on Ekha (Dagudashaag 0137) in 732, though the fossils weren't native to the system. A legend claimed that the Xiuhcoatl were capable of expelling hydrogen, which they then ignited using swallowed flints in their first stomach.
History and Background[edit]
Rias'qanaa is home to an excavation team from the Amec university of Epantia, attempting to prove the legendary Xiuhcoatl once lived here prior to the disaster.
In 844 similar fossils were discovered on Feym'n (Dagudashaag 0236) though it was impossible to confirm that, despite appearances, they belonged to the same species. Later similar fossils were found on Zeda (Dagudashaag 0721), Eddum (Dagudashaag 0531) and Nimluin (Dagudashaag 0736).
Most Imperial scientists believe that the Xiuhcoatl fossils have been deliberately seeded to create a mystery. However, scientists in the Amec Trade Protectorate do not share this belief. If the Xiuhcoatl is proved to originate on Rias'qanaa, this may also demonstrate that a race with deep space capability inhabited the space around Bolivar and Zeda subsectors over four million year ago.
References and contributors[edit]
- Jae Campbell. Signal-GK 11 (Signal-GK, 1995), 98. via HIWG
- Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 80.
- Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 297.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com