Taa (world)

Taa/Pretoria (Deneb 0701) Milieu 1116 A651643-9 Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 6 Moderate (3 million) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G7 V
Worlds	12
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	3
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	3626
Army Size (BEs)	15
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	B54-3 Resources B Abundant Labor 5 Moderate (300 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	0
Resource Units	154
GWP (BCr)	7
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	2,367
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	2,550
Port employees	4,470
Port passengers (annual)	1,000

Taa has both an unbreathably thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a Human dominated Non-Aligned world in the Pretoria Subsector of Deneb Sector.

Taa (world)/Pretoria (Deneb 0701) New Era X651677-3 Starport X No Starport Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 6 Moderate (2 million) Government 7 Balkanization Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 3 Pre-Industrial (basic science)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	2611
Army Size (BEs)	100
Economic Details
Technology Level	3
Economic Extension	B53-2 Resources B Abundant Labor 5 Moderate (200 thousand) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	132
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	0
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-X
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	1,000
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Era: New Era

Taa has both an unbreathably thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Wilds in the Pretoria Subsector of Deneb Sector. 20% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Because of the two jump bridges maintained at hexes 0405 and 0407, Taa is directly connected to 32 Imperial worlds by a Jump-1 route that ranges throughout Pretoria and enters both Aramis and Lamas subsectors.

This world is located on the Marzian Loop.

Stellar Data

Taa has a solitary primary star.

Taa
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.95	5480 - 5550	0.83567
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0086	0.0758	0.88 - 1.56	0.86	8.6
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

Although Taa has never been a significant world, a class-A starport was built to take advantage of an expected upswing in crossborder traffic. For a time the port was prosperous as shipping companies tried to expand into the region. The transborder run was handled by specialist merchant lines, adept at negotiating the customs and legal difficulties encountered when crossing from the Vargr Extents into Imperial space. The situation was positive for over 20 years, but the port at Taa never became profitable enough to pay back its costs. Maintenance was deferred and parts of the installation fell into disrepair. The port was then sold, in time being purchased at a bargain price by what became the Taa Starport Company, which is partially funded by the Akhstuti.

World Starport (St)

Taa 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.

World Population (P)

Taa has a population of 3,000,000 sophonts (millions).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

World Technology Level (T)

Taa possesses a Technology Level of TL–9.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics and satellite communication and data networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fusion power.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Ultra high-speed trains and early grav vehicles.
  • Water: High efficiency sailcraft, multihulled seacraft, improved artificial gills.
  • Air: Tiltrotorcraft, exotic VTOL's, PARWIG, and rocket-assisted suborbitals.
  • Space: SSTO spacecraft, early military spacecraft (System Craft), and interstellar STL starships
  • FTL: Prototype Jump Drive-1.

World Government (G)

Taa 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 Military

There is a native-built class of ship noted for its unusual design; the Ballista Class Solar Sailor, which has some military applications. They serve in the Taa Navy.

World Law (L)

Taa has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Machine guns, other automatic weapons, portable energy weapons, and other military weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

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.

• Gary L. Thomas. "Pretoria Subsector." The Travellers' Digest 01 (1985): 32-36.
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58.
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 52.
• Mongoose Traveller: Deneb Sector (UWP only)
• External Link: Sunbane Data