Palama (world)

Palama/Sashrakusha (Corridor 3240)
Classic Era (1116)	A597100-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 1 Low (80) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M0 V M7 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Palama is a low-population world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.

• This world has yet to take off economically or otherwise and the population remains low for reasons largely unknown.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Sashrakusha Subsector of Corridor Sector in the Domain of Vland.
• It is part of the Lancian Cultural Region.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Palama is a binary star system.

• Both are red main sequence stars.
  • They are close companions.

Palama has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0055	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.55	5.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	1	6
	Remarks
Secondary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.09	2630 - 2680	0.00022
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0011	0.0012	0.02 - 0.03	0.11	1.1
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
	Remarks		Approximately 0.008 AU from the primary.

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x8 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 gas giant.

Mainworld Data

Palama has a circumbinary orbit, circling around both stars and receiving their combined energy output.

Mainworld Size (S)

Palama is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Palama has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. While a Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Palama has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

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)

Palama was only colonized relatively recently, when TL-15 survey technology was used, detecting previously unnoticed resources. Prior to this, the planet's dense, tainted atmosphere made it unattractive to colonists.

World Starport (St)

Palama 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)

Palama has a population of 80 sophonts (tens).

• This is a Low Population World and the population would be too low to sustain itself without significant outside assistance. This may represent a transient population such as the crew of a starship, the final survivors of a dying colony, an advance team setting up to receive colonists, or a small outpost where establishing a colony is not the primary objective.
• Almost the entire population consists of Lancians.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are most commonly heard:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Ga-ray-cha, the primary language of the Graytch.
• Kehuu, the primary Lancian language, as common on the worlds of the Cultural Region as Anglic or Vilani.
• Ushi, a language used throughout Gushemege Sector.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Technology Level (T)

Palama 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 Government (G)

Palama has no central government or substantial government apparatus; an Anarchy. The largest governmental structure would be a family, tribe, or single clan. The largest group will be between 50 and 100 individuals, and there may be dozens to hundreds of them. This governmental structure can be stable over long periods of time if the population remains small or geographically separated.

World Law (L)

Palama has no law in practice. It is an Anarchy. On many worlds, this by itself justifies an Amber Zone advisory. 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.

Imperial Landed Nobility (N)

Palama, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

Trade Data

• Importance: 1 (very unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: 4 (scarce)
• Labor: 0 (none available)
• Infrastructure: 1 (extremely limited)
• Efficiency: -3 (average)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 1 (monolithic)
• Acceptance: 2 (very xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 1 (very typical)
• Symbols: 9 (somewhat abstract)

World Timeline

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

• circa -250,000: The Ancients transplant Humans onto the world of Kukhun.
• -9235: The Vilani discover jump drive technology, and over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space. The Kukhunen culture acquires jump technology from these wanderers.
• circa -5400: The Vilani Consolidation Wars -- the Kukhunen region is eventually conquered.
• -4045 to -2204: The Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: The Interstellar Wars.
• -2204 to -1776: The Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
• -1776 to 0: The Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
• circa -1700: The reemergent Kukhunen region gradually collapses into civil war.
• -1200: The Lancian movement rises to dominance on Kukhun and within Kukhunen space. Few ships are available throughout the period but limited contact is maintained.
• -143: The Lancians gain modern jump technology from Sylean traders and use it to establish the Lancian Confederation.
• The Year 0: The Third Imperium is founded. There are frictions with the Lancians.
• 76-84: The Vilani Pacification Campaign results in the absorption of the Confederation.
• 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 604-622: The Civil War.
• 624: The Express Boat Network is established.
• 639: The Lancian Cultural Region is established.
• 995-1065: The Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: The Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.

References

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.

• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), page 6. (Chart locating the world but no further data)
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 48, 49. (Historical overview)
• Gary L. Thomas. "Corridor Sector Data/Library." The Travellers' Digest 18 (1989): 33-34.
• David Burden. "Contact: Lancians" Alien Realms, (1992), Volume 2 Issue 2, 8-13 (via HIWG). (The Lancians)
• Leighton Piper. "Contact: Lancians." Signal-GK 04 (1992): pages 4-7. (The Lancians)
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 6. (World details circa the Year 0)
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), pages 212-213. (The Lancians)
• Martin Dougherty. The Great Rift (Mongoose Publishing, 2018), 39-41.
• Author & Contributor: David Riddell. (Extensive development of the sector)