Squee'tak (world)

Squee'tak/Ilelish (Ilelish 3103)
Classic Era (1116)	E95A78B-8 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 7 Moderate (30 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K0 V M8 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Squee'tak is a water world with 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water.

• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Ilelish Subsector of Ilelish Sector in the Domain of Ilelish.
• 100% of the population consists of Suerrat.
• The world was once home to a population of Terran Dolphins.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Squee'tak is a binary star system.

• The primary is an orange main sequence.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Binary Solar System

Squee'tak Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Squee'tak K0 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.88	5170 - 5270	0.63928
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0038	0.0663	0.78 - 1.4	0.38	3.8
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	5
	Remarks
	None
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Squee'tak M8 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.085	2420 - 2570	0.00018
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0005	0.0011	0.01 - 0.03	0.05	0.5
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	1
	Remarks
	None

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x5 secondary rocky worlds.
• x4 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Squee'tak is a Big World between 13,600km and 15,200km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 1G and 1.3G. The horizon will appear about 5.4km away. Vessels with only 1G of thrust should avoid landing on this world.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Squee'tak has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Squee'tak has 95-100% of its surface covered by liquid water with only a few islands and archipelagos. Wilderness refueling is possible. Such worlds are Water Worlds or Ocean Worlds.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

History & Background (Dossier)

The world's name comes from the Na'ans language of the Suerrat.

Around -8100, the Suerrat on the world were the first to make contact with another advanced civilisation, when a Vilani exploratory trader arrived in the system.

During the Rule of Man Squee'tak became home to a small population of Terran Dolphins, transplanted to the world as part of a long-term military project, although the reasons for this course of action were kept secret at the time and still remain unclear. The Dolphin and Suerrat populations had generally good relations. They lived in separate, isolated societies that rarely had contact, largely due to geographical difficulties presented by each race's preferred environments. The last confirmed meeting between the two races occurred around 100: the Dolphin population appeared to number in the thousands and as best as can be discerned, everything seemed normal.

• No Dolphins are believed to remain on the world, apparently having become extinct sometime after that last meeting.

World Starport (St)

Squee'tak has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few 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 a downport.

World Population (P)

Squee'tak has a population of 30,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).

• The population is almost entirely made up of Suerrat.
• During the Rule of Man and the Long Night, the world was home to a small population of transplanted Terran Dolphins.

Languages

The following languages are most typically heard:

• Anglic: one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Na'ans: the most widely spoken Suerrat language.
• Vilani: one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Yaudal, a commonly spoken Suerrat language.

Urbanization

Suerrat cities are very crowded. Suerrat populations are at a density where other species find the mental health of the inhabitants deteriorates; by contrast, Suerrat thrive in these conditions.

• Suerrat like natural surroundings and will incorporate vegetation and even small animals into their urban areas, wherever possible.

World Technology Level (T)

Squee'tak possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Advanced automobiles.
  • Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
  • Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
  • Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government (G)

Squee'tak is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. The bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucracy or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence like the military.

Squee'tak is also part of the Suerrat Cultural Region. The Suerrat United Worlds Council is funded through payments of all member worlds, calculated based on each world's population and economic wealth; it also receives voluntary donations from large organisations and businesses, both within and without the cultural zone.

World Law (L)

Squee'tak has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. A few worlds with this law level may be a Red Zone and others will be an Amber Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors). Civilian movement is rigidly controlled. Travel documents are frequently checked, and destinations must often be declared when traveling substantial distances across the world.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Squee'tak, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

Military

For peacekeeping purposes, the Suerrat United Worlds Council can request troops and vessels volunteered from member worlds to be deployed under its purview, but only within the boundaries of the Suerrat Cultural Region.

Trade Data

• Importance: -2 (very unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: D (very abundant)
• Labor: 6 (millions)
• Infrastructure: 6 (limited)
• Efficiency: +1 (average)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 9 (discordant)
• Acceptance: 5 (very aloof)
• Strangeness: 7 (confusing)
• Symbols: A (abstract)

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• ca -250,000: the Suerrat are transplanted to Ilelish by the Ancients.
• -9235: the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over many centuries, pioneers and settlers gradually spread out from Vland, their homeworld.
• prior to -8100: a Suerrat pre-Jump multi-world civilization flourishes, centered on Ilelish.
• circa -8100: The Vilani make contact with the Suerrat and sell them jump technology.
• prior to -5400: the Suerrat have established a multi-world polity using jump drives. It would become one of the first targets of the Vilani Consolidation Wars.
• -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka controls the world.
• -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars.
• -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region. A population of Terran Dolphins are transplanted to the world.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night. There is widespread regression within the sector and some worlds become barren.
• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 76: Ilelish Pacification Campaign.
• circa 100: Dolphins become extinct on the world.
• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• 418-435: the Ilelish Revolt.
• 604-622: the Civil War.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 20.
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 11. (Ziru Sirka worlds: dot map provided)
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 34-37, 95-101.
• TNE New Era 1248 Sourcebook 2: Bearers of the Flame