Rathas (world)

Rathas/Mimu (Dagudashaag 0210) Milieu 1116 A95A8DB-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 8 Moderate (900 million) Government D Religious Dictatorship Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V M6 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	3
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Religious dictatorship
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	AA7D
Army Size (BEs)	1200
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	D7C+4 Resources D Very abundant Labor 7 Moderate (90 million) Infrastructure C Very extensive Efficiency +4 Advanced
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	4,368
GWP (BCr)	2,635
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	107,602
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	675,000
Port employees	8,295
Port passengers (annual)	91,500

Rathas is a water world with a worldwide ocean and an environment suited to sophonts. The system supports a population of between 100 million and one billion sophonts. This world is designated 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 member of Third Imperium in the Mimu Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Lancian Cultural Region and the Domain of Vland. Rathas, 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 viscount. 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 Mibu.

Astrography and planetology

Rathas is located on the Vilani Main.

Rathas has two stars in the star system.

Rathas
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.23	3110 - 3210	0.00584
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0025	0.0063	0.08 - 0.16	0.25	2.5
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	5
	Remarks
Rathas
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M6 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.102	2740 - 2810	0.00034
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0013	0.0015	0.02 - 0.04	0.13	1.3
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
	Remarks

Native Lifeform: Ratha

The amphibious Ratha resemble in outward appearance massive Terran panthers except they have fins instead of feet and four tentacle-like appendages that sprout from their front shoulders. These, they use to manipulate primitive stone tools. They also appear to have a comprehensive language.

History and background

When the Ratha were initially discovered, the S'mrii thought they'd discovered an intelligent, albeit primitive race. For almost five hundred years the planet was left uncolonized but under close observation. However, the Ratha never showed any signs of developing a true society or civilization.

By this time the S'mrii had made contact with the Vilani, and through them several other minor races, and had began to realize that what they'd discovered was an intelligent animal rather than a primitive sentient race. Eventually the S'mrii agreed to open the planet for colonization -- though only in the colder polar seas that are not inhabited by the Ratha.

In 105 a scientist discovered what appeared to be the remnants of a giant stone wall which ran for 20 kilometers before stopping suddenly in the shallow seas of Chukhzui. Extensive excavations in the area and landsat scans have revealed no other signs of civilization on the planet and it is still unclear whether this is some sort of natural phenomenon, something left by a visiting race or the last remnant of a once mighty Rathas civilization. There are still some who believe the Rathas may be the devolved remnant of a once sentient race but this view is not supported by the majority of sophontologists.

World Starport

Rathas has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Kehuu, the primary language of the Lancian Cultural Region.
• Sfuizia, the primary language of the S'mrii, used throughout the S'mrii ConSentiency.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
  • Note that this language is in official use (as it is throughout the Imperium) but in practice is disfavoured by most S'mrii.

References

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, Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Mimu Subsector." Signal-GK 05 (1992): 45. - HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 289.