Salinaikin (world)

Salinaikin/Antideluvia (Far Frontiers 0128)
Classic Era (1116)	A000347-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 0 Asteroid/Planetoid Belt Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 3 Low (6 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M7 III
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	3

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Salinaikin is a ring of many small worldlets (planetoids AKA an "asteroid belt"), not capable of retaining an atmosphere or water, and is also a low-population vacuum environment with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

• Life in a vacuum requires great discipline. After all, it only takes one forgotten seal on a vacuum suit to spell death. Those who survive tend to be very methodically-minded and attentive to small detail.
• It is a member of the Salinaikin Concordance in the Antideluvia Subsector of Far Frontiers Sector.

• This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• This world-system has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.
• Asteroid Belts have no climate, but experience extreme differences in temperature between direct starlight and shade.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Salinaikin has a solitary primary star.

• It is a turbulent red giant.

Salinaikin has a solitary primary star.

Salinaikin
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M7 III	Giant		8.3	1900 - 2700	2485
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	2.73565	4.13474	39.63 - 64.6	273.565	2735.65
	Orbit #	5	6	9	12	15
	Remarks		Active star, producing stellar flares and high levels of EM noise.

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x4 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 planetoid belt.
• x3 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Salinaikin is an Asteroid Belt mainworld.

Mainworld Size (S)

Salinaikin is an Asteroid Belt consisting of a few very large objects with diameters of hundreds of kilometers, thousands of bodies of a few kilometers in diameter, and millions of smaller objects.

• Asteroid Belt is the belt when it is the mainworld of a system.
• Planetoid Belt refers to any non-mainworld belt within a system.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

None of the bodies within the Salinaikin belt retain an atmosphere.

• The belt is in vacuum conditions, requiring the use of a Vacc Suit.
• TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

The Salinaikin belt contains a few icy bodies. A few belt objects have frozen volatiles on their surfaces.

• Wilderness refueling is possible within the belt, provided a suitable icy object can be found.
• Water for the inhabitants is generally imported and is extensively recycled.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held chart of the belt exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Placeholder chart, asteroid belt.)

History & Background (Dossier)

Salinaikin serves as the capital of the Salinaikin Concordance.

It is the site of the Salinaikin Institute of Knowledge, a Data Repository and a widely respected academic institution. Its founder was Kalel Escott Salinaikin, who drew up the Unanimous Declaration, the foundational document of the Concordance.

During the early 700s Salinaikin, like many other worlds within the subsector, became increasingly fearful of annexation into the Zhodani Consulate. The leaders of planets across the region came together in a council, which convened on Acropolis, and after deliberation that lasted months ratified the declaration of the Concordance. It guaranteed mutual assistance and support in the event of outside aggression and served to halt the slow expansion of the Consulate.

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

By the mid 700s the state was extant and expanding. Worlds continued to join, and by the early 1000s it had reached its present size.

• The Concordance was named for Kalel Escott Salinaikin, its chief architect.

World Starport (St)

Salinaikin 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 world is host to a Naval Base.

World Population (P)

Salinaikin has a population of 6,000 sophonts (thousands).

• This is a Low Population World and the population would be too low to sustain itself without a little outside assistance. This may represent the home base of a sizable but mostly transient population such as the base of a major starship expedition, the last generation of a dying colony, the first generation of a new colony, or a large outpost that will probably evolve into a colony if not stopped.

World Technology Level (T)

Salinaikin possesses a Technology Level of TL–14 or TL-E in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early meson communicators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, early collectors, and advanced fusion plants.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-5.

World Government (G)

Salinaikin is governed by a Representative Democracy where government leadership is by representatives elected by eligible voters. What determines an eligible voter varies. The representatives determine policy, including selecting members of the bureaucracy. There can be referenda, votes by eligible voters on specific subjects.

World Law (L)

Salinaikin has a moderate law level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Trade Data

• Importance: 1 (ordinary)

World Economy

• Resources: 6 (few)
• Labor: 2 (hundreds)
• Infrastructure: 1 (extremely limited)
• Efficiency: +1 (average)

World Culture

The world lies within the Zhodani Shadow, a region strongly influenced by the society and culture of the Zhodani Consulate.

• Heterogenity: 3 (monolithic)
• Acceptance: 4 (extremely aloof)
• Strangeness: 5 (distinct)
• Symbols: E (extremely abstract)

World Timeline

• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Dale L. Kemper. Ares Magazine, Special Edition #2 (TSR, 1983) (rimward subsectors)
• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Zhodani (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), IFC. (sector named and subsector depicted but no further data)
• Kevin Knight. "The Far Frontiers." Traveller Chronicle 02 (1993): 3-10. (TNE-era Antideluvia Subsector)
• David L. Pulver. GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 1, (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), Pages 5-63. (the Zhodani)
• Don McKinney. Mongoose Traveller: Zhodani, (Mongoose Traveller, 2011), 188 pages. (the Zhodani)