Oeth (world)

Oeth/Shallows (Dagudashaag 0419) Milieu 1116 B310320-B Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 1 Vacuum (trace) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 3 Low (6 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 0 No Law Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K0 IV
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	1416
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	921-3 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 2 Low (600) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	13
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	28,010
Port passengers (annual)	0

Oeth supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Shallows Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Oeth, 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 contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. 100% of the world's population is the Minor Human Race Ziadd. During the Long Night this world was named Kikar.

Astrography and planetology

Oeth is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

Oeth has a solitary primary star.

Oeth Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K0 IV	Subgiant		2.3	4000 - 5000	4.67
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.03071	0.17924	1.72 - 2.8	3.071	30.71
	Orbit #	*	0	5	5	9
	Remarks

History and background

"Freedom by the sword" or "living on a knife edge" are the meanings of the Ziadd word Oeth, and the population of this world have taken the right to bear arms to new heights. All persons living on this world must carry at least one weapon at all times, and all government posts are held until the incumbent is assassinated. The killing of a member of the government is considered "every citizen's right of free speech" and not a crime.

World Starport

Oeth 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 Technology Level

Oeth 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.

World Government

Oeth is governed by a Participatory Democracy where eligible voters determine laws and policy. What determines an eligible voter varies. There may be smaller councils or regional bodies to draft the policies voted upon. Leadership of the government and all members of the bureaucracy are determined by the voting population.

Demographics

Its 6,000 registered inhabitants are Ziadd.

Languages

• Anglic
• Klatha'sh

Urbanization

Ziadd structures tend to be solid and blocky and are usually heavily decorated. Many fly flags and banners declaring allegiance and status.

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.

• Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Shallows." Signal-GK 09 (1994): 57. via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 268.