Aska (world)

Aska/Iiradu (Dagudashaag 3206) Milieu 1116 C201752-8 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 2 Small (3,200 km, 0.10g - 0.17g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 7 Moderate (60 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V M7 V M1 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	3
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	3614
Army Size (BEs)	20
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	C67-5 Resources C Very abundant Labor 6 Moderate (6 million) Infrastructure 7 Generally available Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	252
GWP (BCr)	109
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	3,000
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	57,000
Port employees	270
Port passengers (annual)	18,100

Aska has complete lack of an atmosphere, but does have some water frozen on the planet's surface. The system has a population between 10 million and a billion sophonts, with a self supporting industrial base. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Iiradu Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Aska, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and the fiefdom of a marquis. Both are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. During the Long Night this world was named Vlisis.

Astrography and Planetology

Aska is a member of the Sashar-Pamushgar Cluster.

Stellar Data

The twin stars of Stumifok and Bedic occupy the place of pride with three small gas giants orbiting them. The third star, Trehm, lies in orbit 14 and Aska orbits this third star.

Aska has three stars in the star system.

Stumifok
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks
Bedic
	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
Trehm
	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

History and Background

This vacuum, ice-capped world boasts a surprising population of over 60 million people who live in a number of large underground cities. Aska has to rely heavily on technology from other worlds, and regular shipments to keep the large scale life support system operational. There are daily shipments arriving from Daas, via a contract with Sharurshid.

Much of the population spend their time in sizable employment complexes that house, feed, entertain, and provide jobs for the populace. Space is at a premium in the cities, and as a result it is only the wealthy or criminals who live outside the employment communes. People who live outside the communes are forced to scratch a living as temporary laborers, take illegal work from local gang leaders, or work for the employment companies.

Life on Aska is complicated by the low level of self-control exercised by the population. Askans are very unstable, with severe mood swings and personality shifts being commonplace.

The largest single employer is the law enforcement agency. The agency is constantly looking for the more stable individuals. Their duties are generally quite limited, involving policing residential areas to keep petty squabbles to a minimum.

World Starport (St)

Aska has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used within this astrographic region:

• Core Anglic: One of the principal dialects of 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: Iiradu." Signal-GK 12 (1996): 49. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 42.