Dashi (world)

Dashi/Pact (Dagudashaag 1723) Milieu 1116 C55098B-A Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 9 High (4 billion) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V
Worlds	11
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	BB7C
Army Size (BEs)	15000
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	F8C+4 Resources F Extremely abundant Labor 8 Moderate (400 million) Infrastructure C Very extensive Efficiency +4 Advanced
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	5,760
GWP (BCr)	9,369
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	35,437
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	4,400,000
Port employees	11,845
Port passengers (annual)	53,600

Dashi is a desert world with a thin atmosphere. The system has a population over one billion. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Pact Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Dashi, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a count. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world.  Less than 10% of the world's population is the Major Race Aslan. During the Long Night this world was named Dashi.

Dashi System
Pact/Dagudashaag 1723
Position	Distance	Name	UWP
Primary		Hemen	M2 V
1	0.2 AU	Dashi	C55098B-E
1	17	Splinter	YS00100-D
2	0.4 AU	Kaltra	Small GG
1	10	Necros	FS0056B-D
2	20	Dalin	HS00300-D
3	0.7 AU	Bellatrix	Large GG
1	5	Angros	Y630000-0
2	10	Debendra	Y610000-0
3	25	Vestri	Y430000-0
4	50	Koshi	CS0036A-E
4	1.0 AU	Aprisal	Small GG
5	1.7 AU	Avende	Small GG

Astrography and planetology

Dashi is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

A desert world run by a business conglomerate of seven corporations known locally as the Dashi Combine. The planet is mainly self-sufficient in water and food as a result of intensive hydroponics, mining of the ice rings of a nearby gas giant and strict water recycling.

Monostellar System

Dashi Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Dashi M2 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0021	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.21	2.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	0	4

Mainworld Data

Dashi -- the planet of glass pyramids. Every building on Dashi is formed from the silicon desert, either as fused silica blocks or as screens of brilliantly coloured glass panels. The entire population reside either in the pyramids or in the hollowed-out warrens that lie beneath. There are no independent dwellings. These massive pyramids of fused multicoloured glass tower up to a height of 15km from the ground and burrow down a further 20km under the surface. Despite this, living space is extremely limited. In the warrens, entire extended families live in a single room 10m by 10m.

Native Lifeform: Dashi Algae

Although classed as a desert planet the entire surface is covered in metre-high layers of Dashi algae, a blue-green plant which has been genetically altered to convert ultra-violet rays into oxygen. As a side product, the algae can be milked to produce insulin. This alga is harvested and mixed with essential proteins to provide a basic diet for Dashi’s millions. The planet itself is relatively flat with no mountains over 1km and is almost entirety devoid of water. What little is present can only be found deep underground. Violent and intense storms plague the desert, tearing through the algae covering and releasing the particles of silica and glass which can rip through organics in seconds and strip metal in minutes. These storms occur on an extremely frequent basis. The algae will regrow in less than a day repairing any damage done by storms or harvesting.

History and background

Due to its size and lack of apparent resources the planet was initially named Shudu and then ignored throughout the first and Second Imperium.

It was eventually colonized as a frontier post during the time of the Medurma Pact and at that time a discovery of fine platinum and gold caused a minor rush. Due to the nature of the planet and the need to import all water in the form of ice from the rings of Kaltra, only the traders got rich. It was they who built the first pyramid cities and began building electronic manufacturing sites on planet.

Several Megacorporations bought in and gradually absorbed the original companies. The pure silicon desert, dry climate and ready supply of pure metals made it an ideal manufacturing site and within a short period of time seven companies had virtually total control of the planet. The Large Eurasian Solomani population was imported from Argi and Sapphyre subsectors to act as cheap labour. Within 100 years Shudu had become a major force in the domestic electronics market making cheap tri-vees, holorecorders etc as well as a major exporter of electrical components.

In 485 Shudu entered the main political arena when Emperor Cleon IV elected Himuu Asaria as Sector Duke of Dagudashaag and granted him a free hand to "deal with" the deposed Duke Tarek Viisarikaa who had refused to accept his succession to the throne. He unleashed Admiral Jenkins, who ordered the nuclear destruction of Sennii city in the mistaken belief that the deposed duke was sheltering there. Over 32,000,000 died as a result. The city was totally destroyed. Reduced to a plain of glass. As a reminder of this terrible tragedy the planet was renamed Dashi (Japanese: Great Death).

Economy

Its major export is cheap electrical and electronic equipment and components. Dashi is a major producer of a wide variety of low-cost, high-tech goods. Billions of people exist on the planet either in the massive glass built pyramid cities or in the deep caverns carved out beneath. Dashi is a favorite stop-over as its markets are full of cheap electronic goods and its culture is renowned for its extremely liberal social mores.

In 1117 the planet, under the guidance of Instellarms, geared up to produce electronic military equipment, primarily for Medurman forces.

World Government

The seven companies that make up the Combine own the planet. Most have planetary specialties and interests beyond manufacturing.

• Delgado Trading - owns 20% of the shares. Company colour - Blue. Runs the bureaucracy and ice mining and transport facilities.
• Instellarms – owns 5% of the shares. Company colour - Purple. Responsible for planetary defense and overall coordination of security.
• Ling-Standard Products - owns 8% of the shares. Company colour - Yellow. Oversees the credit facilities and offworld contracts.
• Makhidkarun - owns 21% of the shares. Company colour - Red. Responsible for water distribution and power (mainly solar).
• Naasirka - owns 28% of the shares. Company colour - Black. Runs the Algae harvesting, water and protein reclamation facilities and Euthanasia Centres.
• Sternmetal Horizons - owns 11% of the shares. Company colour - Grey. Runs the tourist facilities and entertainment.
• SuSAG – owns 7% of the shares. Company colour - Green. Responsible for education, on-planet transport and health.

World Culture

Three Dashian expressions sum up the local culture's attitude:

• Mai pen rai: Generally translated as "never mind", a shrugging off of the unimportant and transient. It is the tendency to accept difficulties casually.
• Pai-tio: To stroll, to wander about with no particular aim, to see what's happening in the teeming chaos around you.
• Sanuk: "Fun", but with a greater meaning of deep-rooted and irrepressible joy in life. Everything is automatically divided into a category of sanuk or mai sanuk (never fun).

Dashians also display a great curiosity about subjects that would often be considered private by offworlders.

Point of Interest: Citizen's Credit

Almost from birth a Dashian child begins to accumulate credit. All clothes, toys etc. (except food which is supplied free to all children until their fifth birthday) are automatically added to the child's own credit rating. The cost associated with the actual birth is considered the parent's responsibility. Once a Megacorporation has been chosen as a source of Credit all other sources of credit close. Interest is chargeable at a universal rate of 10% per annum -- there is only one exception, children up to the age of 16 do not accumulate interest. Excessive or abusive use of credit will lead to credit withdrawal. If an individual dies leaving an outstanding credit balance, the other members of the extended family have a period of five years, or until a child reaches the age of 16 whichever is longer, to pay off the debt with the interest frozen. After that period interest rates are resumed.

Urbinazation

Major cities include:

• Shagukaar (Naasirka): 830,000,000; Corporate Starport Facilities only (CSF)
• Kadaka (Makhidkarun): 750,000,000; (CSF)
• Lantau (Delgado Trading): 608,000,000; (CSF)
• Ki Phlaem (Independent): 702,000,000; Starport C
• Hei ling (Sternmetal Horizons): 503,500,000; Spaceport F
• Clearwater (Instellarms): 401,500,000; Starport C
• Junk (Ling-Standard Products): 311,000,000; Spaceport F
• Cleops (SuSAG): 230,000,000; (CSF)/Spaceport F
• T'suen (GTL): 104,000,000; No port
• Shek-Chu (Independent): 40,000,000
• Shahtin (Independent): 33,000,000
• Xuen Tu (Independent): 20,000,000

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Jae Campbell, Leighton Piper. "Port of Call: Dashi." Signal-GK 02 (1989): 26-33. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 83.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 83.