Thapek (world)

Thapek/Dalesabandagh (Far Frontiers 2315)
Classic Era (1116)	B577573-B Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 5 Moderate (200 thousand) Government 7 Balkanization Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F9 V M8 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Thapek is an agricultural, nonindustrial world still lacking adequate means to expand its economy.

• As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• It is a non-aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Dalesabandagh Subsector of Far Frontiers Sector.
• This world-system has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Thapek has two stars in the star system.

Thapek
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F9 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.13	5990 - 6050	1.53382
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0109	0.1027	1.16 - 2.03	1.09	10.9
	Orbit #	*	0	4	3	7
	Remarks		None
Thapek
	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		None

History & Background (Dossier)

In -2361, Thapek was formally accepted as a Client of the Zhodani Consulate. Jealous of some worlds' independence while their own systems had accepted client status with the Consulate, disgruntled factions began targeting worlds left outside the Zhodani sphere, e.g. Yereng and U'kihr. Using Thapek as well as other new clients Zayiri and Raletela as bases, the Zhodani cracked down on the region and put a stop to the attacks.

A client of the Consulate for three thousand years, Thapek eventually turned its back on the Zhodani way of life when exposed to other outside influences. Its client status was removed by the Qlomdlabr in 804.

World Starport (Sp)

Thapek 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 Population (P)

Thapek has a population of 200,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
• The population has Zhodani and Vlazhdumecta heritage.

Linguistic Topography

• Local languages descended from Vlazhdumecta.
• Zdetl, the language of the Zhodani and the Zhodani Consulate.

World Government (G)

Thapek has a Balkanized Government. There is no central world government. The world has several governments competing for control of the world. These may be allies, cooperating, competitors, or at war with each other.

World Technology Level (TL)

Thapek 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 Timeline

• -2361: Thapek formally accepted as a Client of the Zhodani Consulate.
• Circa -2350: The Consulate asserts its military power to prevent attacks on independent worlds in the region.
• 300-420: The First Survey charts the system.
• 804: Thapek's Client status is revoked by the Zhodani Consulate leadership.
• 995-1065: The Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: The Second Survey is published.

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.

• Kevin Knight. "The Far Frontiers." Traveller Chronicle 05 (1994): 34-38.