Dishalu (world)

Dishalu/Khandi (Dagudashaag 2013) Milieu 1116 A553764-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 7 Moderate (50 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M1 V M4 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	5939
Army Size (BEs)	120
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	F6C+1 Resources F Extremely abundant Labor 6 Moderate (5 million) Infrastructure C Very extensive Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	1,080
GWP (BCr)	146
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	32,572
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	50,000
Port employees	62,580
Port passengers (annual)	38,500

Dishalu has a scarcity of water and a relatively sparse atmosphere. The system has a population in the 10s of millions of sophonts. Government control of this world is by an external military force. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Khandi Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Dishalu, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships. During the Long Night this world was named Kanne.

Astrography and Planetology

Dishalu is a member of the Rusadaa Trace.

Stellar Data

Dishalu has two stars in the star system.

Dishalu
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks
Dishalu
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.23	3110 - 3210	0.00584
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0025	0.0063	0.08 - 0.16	0.25	2.5
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	5
	Remarks

Mainworld Topography and Geography

Dishalu is a small planet with a thin atmosphere that is only breathable unassisted half a kilometer below sea level. As a consequence all the settlements are built deep in the Gejiu F'har trench. The trench is a massive ten-kilometer-wide scar that circumnavigates the planet's northern hemisphere. In places the trench is over twenty five kilometers deep. The settlers have carved their cities into the walls of the trench. The rest of Dishalu is a relatively barren planet, with only lichen and mosses living on the surface. The trench supports an extensive ecosystem, with insects and a number of fliers.

Native Lifeform: Kra

A carnivorous flier native to Dishalu, the Kra is considered one of the most dangerous of the native lifeforms.

History and Background

Dishalu's major export is its young people, sent off-world as courtesans or Houri on a ten-year indenture. Once the indenture is completed, they are allowed to return and marry. They are in great demand and much sought after as companions. The training houses, which all Dishaluns must attend from the age of three until their indenture, serve as schools where the students are taught skills and disciplines to act as companions, teachers, bodyguards, and advisers to their contractors. Houri are, by contract and culture, forbidden from marrying non-Dishaluns through many contractors do try and retain their companions for life.

Point of Interest: Shabhai Ryi City

The primary settlement of this world is Shabhai Ryi, situated three quarters of a kilometer below the surface. The city houses over twenty million people, and is carved deep into the blood-red stone. The port extends extends out of the trench walls on several platforms. Elevators run on the outside of the city giving a spectacular view of the trench floor twenty kilometers below.

World Starport (St)

Dishalu 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.

• There is an associated Imperial Naval Base, hosting elements of the 206th Fleet.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used here:

• Anglic: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

References and Contributors

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.

• Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Khandi." Signal-GK 12 (1996): 60. - HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 83.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 91-92.