Staten (world)

Staten/Wuieaaw (Iwahfuah 0424)
Classic Era (1116)	B575A8D-E Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population A High (40 billion) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law D Extreme Law (paramilitary law) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F0 V
Planetoid Belts	3
Gas Giants	4

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Staten is a high-population, industrial world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item.
• Its economy is rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to rapidly improve barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Zodia Colonies, part of the Aslan Hierate, in the Wuieaaw Subsector of Iwahfuah Sector.

• About 80% of the population is composed of humans.
• About 20% of the population is composed of Aslan and other non-human sophonts.
• This world has an Aslan Tlaukhu Base, which may combine the features of an army base for ground forces, a scout base, or even a naval base for starships.

Description (Planetology)

This world is part of the Zodia Cluster.

Stellar Data

Staten has a solitary primary star.

Achimitsu
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.61	7020 - 7220	5.2953
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0161	0.1909	2.02 - 3.48	1.61	16.1
	Orbit #	*	0	5	4	8
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Native Lifeforms

The only native life is a form of photosynthesising algae, responsible for the oxygen-rich atmosphere.

History & Background (Dossier)

Staten (Trokh: Sta'ehloi), is an important, heavily industrialized and high-population world. Although within Aslan Hierate space, Staten is one of the ten Zodia Colonies and populated by biological humans who are culturally Aslan.

• The system belongs ultimately to the Tralyeaeawi clan.

World Starport

Staten has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

• The downport is situated in the capital district, Sta'ehloihye, along with a bazaar of great size and variety.
• The Third Imperium and the Solomani Confederation maintain modest embassies on the Staten highport.

World Population (P)

Staten has a population of 40,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

World Demographics

• Human (Solomani), 80%
• Aslan, 20%
  • Note that all inhabitants are culturally Aslan.

World Languages

• Anglic
• Japanese
• Trokh
  • Minor surgical or genetic modifications are common among upper-class Zodia to enhance proper enunciation of Trokh phrases, notoriously difficult for Humans.

World Government (G)

Staten is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes 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. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.

World Military

The Tralyeaeawi and Yulraleh clans, allies in the Tlaukhu, both maintain military bases in the Staten system.

World Law Level (L)

Staten 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 world with this law level may be an Amber Zone or a Red 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. On worlds with this degree of law, it is difficult to distinguish the police from the military. On others, there is no difference.

Criminal acts are rare but not unheard of in Aslan society. Crimes are different from the insults or slurs that provoke duels, and are classified into three categories: crimes of passion, crimes with victims, and crimes of honour.

• Crimes of passion involve misbehavior prompted by temper, anger, or provocation. The accused is judged by the head of the family, pride, or clan involved.
• Crimes with victims involve taking money or items of value, or violating the person of another for profit (kidnapping, terrorism, piracy). General practice is to have an impartial earleatrais consider the case and present findings.
• Crimes of honour involve failure to observe the rituals established for social behaviour. Judgement is made by the pride or clan head, depending on the severity of the crime. Crimes of honour are the most serious in Aslan society; in practice, most are never tried as a duel to the death occurs first.

World Technology Level (TL)

Staten 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 Culture

Humans of the Zodia clan place enormous cultural value on their hair. All males grow beards if they can and both genders wear their hair as long as practically possible, baldness being strongly associated with sickness and shame. Realistic wigs and even artificial beards for females are common accessories. Both genders have adopted traditional Aslan clothing, although footwear usually includes subtle lifts to increase height (as Humans are shorter than Aslan).

References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), 49.
• Randy Dorman. Clans of the Aslan (Mongoose Publishing, 2025), 150-151.