Urdanis (world)

Urdanis/Laraa (Dagudashaag 2637) Milieu 1116 B6117CC-B Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 1 Vacuum (trace) Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 7 Moderate (90 million) Government C Charismatic Oligarchy Law C Extreme Law (no privacy) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V M8 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Charismatic oligarchy
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	A98E
Army Size (BEs)	12
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	D6C+5 Resources D Very abundant Labor 6 Moderate (9 million) Infrastructure C Very extensive Efficiency +5 Very advanced
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	4,680
GWP (BCr)	263
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	5,917
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	108,000
Port employees	5,485
Port passengers (annual)	17,500

Urdanis has a trace atmosphere and the little amount of surface water is in a frozen state. The system supports a population in between 10 million and one billion sophonts. This world is designated an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Laraa Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Urdanis, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and the fiefdom of a marquis. Both are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. 10% of the world's population is the Minor Race Chirper. During the Long Night this world was named Gerki Ish.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Urdanis has two stars in the star system.

Urdanis
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks
Urdanis
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.085	2420 - 2570	0.00018
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0011	0.0011	0.01 - 0.03	0.11	1.1
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

World Starport (Sp)

Urdanis 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.

World Size (S)

Urdanis is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.

World Atmosphere (A)

Urdanis has a pressure of less than 0.1 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

World Hydrosphere (H)

Urdanis has no free-standing water or ice on the surface. Wilderness refueling isn't possible on this world. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are classified Desert World or a Hell World depending on their atmosphere.

World Population (P)

Urdanis has a population of 10,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).

World Government (G)

Urdanis is governed by a Charismatic Oligarchy, like a charismatic dictatorship in that a larger group has asserted their right to rule. The group will likely have better rules of succession than a single dictator and may last longer, or may transition to a non-charismatic dictatorship.

World Law Level (L)

Urdanis 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. Travel documents are frequently checked. There is no legal concept of privacy (save for those who can claim necessity for official government business). The police are free to inspect anyone and anything at any time.

World Technology Level (TL)

Urdanis possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• 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-2.

Imperial Landed Nobility (N)

Urdanis, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the fiefdom of a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversees affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial marquis.

History & Background (Dossier)

The tunnel environments of Urdanis have been home to Chirpers for as long as records have been kept. The tunnels (the name is misleading; they are in fact more large chambers than tunnels) are concentrated around a huge crater in the northern hemisphere and support their own self-sustaining ecosystem. The origin of the tunnels is a mystery, but no one disputes they are artificial.

Some hold the tunnels are an Ancients site, but the IISS has refused to give them this classification.

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.

• Jae Campbell. Signal-GK 08 (Signal-GK, 1994), . via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 352.