Shardi (Da 3236) (world)

Shardi/Laraa (Dagudashaag 3236)
Milieu 0	C326ABB-B Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population A High (70 billion) Government B Non-Charismatic Dictator Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
Classic Era (1116)	C326ADB-E Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population A High (60 billion) Government D Religious Dictatorship Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M0 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Shardi is a high-population, industrial world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item.
• Its economy is rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to rapidly improve barring outside forces.
• This is a cold world with an overall climate that is at the lower temperature range of human-congruous sophont endurance.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.
• This is a "Puzzle" world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor.
• It is a mainworld which is a satellite of either a gas giant or another world.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Laraa Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector in the Domain of Vland.
• This world has an Imperial Scout base, capable of handling IISS starships and personnel.
• Colony on Andula (Dagudashaag 3138)

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The main world, a satellite of a gas giant in the second orbit, itself was particularly rich in minerals, and supplied the Vilani with the minerals needed for their expansion rimward.

• Over the next five centuries much of Shardi was worked out and attention switched to the other small rocky bodies in the system.
• The shafts and galleries were reworked and modified to provide homes for the growing permanent population.

Shardi (Da 3236) has a solitary primary star.

Shardi (Da 3236)
	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

History & Background (Dossier)

Human habitation in the Shardi system grew hand-in-hand with the colonization of Kadushi (Dagudashaag 3136).

• This system is very rich in rare earths and precious metals, and very quickly major mining activity was established after the first mineral survey.
• Shardi, Kadushi, and Amluamii (Dagudashaag 3135) managed to survive the Long Night unscathed and supplied the economic impetus and leading political figures in the regions emergence from the chaos.

Economy

• The Shardi government has a 30% equity interest in Cluster Cargo Carriers, LIC.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Shardi, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the fiefdom of a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversees affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.

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.

• Jae Campbell - Periodical: Signal-GK Issue #8 - HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 86.