Heraldia (world)

Heraldia/Cemplas (Core 1622)
Classic Era (1116)	C420576-B Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 5 Moderate (400 thousand) Government 7 Balkanization Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M2 V M8 V M7 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Heraldia is a poor, nonindustrial desert hellworld with a population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.

• Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often develop intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
• This world has no free-standing water.
• 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 member of the Third Imperium in the Cemplas Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
• It was known as Genkaaa in the Ziru Sirka.

Description (Planetology)

There are two key worlds in the system: Heraldia ("Genkaaa") and Gyga. Heraldia orbits Uli-Beta, the second largest star in the system, while the gas giant Gyga orbits Uli-Alpha, the largest of the three red dwarves

Genkaaa is a small desert world, with its atmosphere irrevocably tainted by nearly a century of raids and battles fought between the Sylean Federation and the Interstellar Confederacy (circa -201 to -100).

• Prior to this time, the surface was livable, having a thin atmosphere and a 13% hydrosphere.
• Since the time of the Sylean Expansion wars, the remaining inhabitants of the world have been forced to survive in protective domes and underground structures, away from the blazing solar radiation.
• The current inhabitants of Heraldia are particularly proud of their battle-scarred past.

Heraldia has three stars in the star system.

Uli-Alpha
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks		Gas giant Gyga Primary // Distant Companion of Uli-Beta/Uli-Gamma Pair
Uli-Gamma
	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		Companion of Uli-Beta
Uli-Beta
	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		Heraldia Primary // Companion of Uli-Gamma

History & Background (Dossier)

A poor, non-industrial desert world.

Most sites of old Sylean Federation-Interstellar Confederacy battles are monuments. The world attracts millions of tourists each year. During peak months, the tourist population outnumbers the planet's permanent residents.

World Timeline

Significant events affecting this world and its surrounding region include the following:

• -684: A politician from Sketola, Rom Debeshuut, unites the worlds of the Great Spiral into the Interstellar Confederacy. The primary goal is to restore interstellar trade and preserve the technology of the four or five systems that have achieved TL-12.
• -623: After expanding to 32 star systems, the Interstellar Confederacy abruptly stops accepting new members, believing that doing so will have a deleterious effect on their ability to retain the Tech Levels they have built to.
• -301: The Interstellar Confederacy first encounters scouts from the Sylean Federation.
• -260: The Interstellar Confederacy and the Sylean Federation go to war.
• -239: The Interstellar Confederacy suffers a civil war, as combined forces from multiple worlds attack the Capitol at Sketola. The Confederacy government withdraws to Keplo (Core 1322).
• -237: Loyalists retake Sketola.
• -201: After intense battles, Velpare and Heraldia fall to the expanding Sylean Federation.
• -1: The exhausted forces of the remaining Confederacy worlds surrender to the Sylean Federation.

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.

• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 9
• Marc Miller's Traveller T4 First Survey
• Christopher Griffen. The Third Imperium (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), .