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== History & Background (Dossier) == | == History & Background (Dossier) == | ||
This T-Prime/Garden world has been home to a series of genocidal human empires. This world is historically important and has a high population, excellent starport facilities and shipyards. The law level is extremely restrictive, although trade continues to thrive. | This T-Prime/Garden world has been home to a series of genocidal human empires. This world is historically important and has a high population, excellent starport facilities and shipyards. The law level is extremely restrictive, although trade continues to thrive. | ||
| − | * The site of a [[Naval Base]] this planet is the home world to a minor race of humans called the Yileans who are mentioned in GURPS Traveller: Humaniti, p. 135-142. Their homeworld is Gashikan (Gashikan 2732). They are a subspecies of Homo sapiens, but their taxonomic name has not been mentioned. It has been the site of long standing warfare between humans and Vargr. The planet was subject to nuclear attack [[-1658]] | + | * The site of a [[Naval Base]] this planet is the home world to a minor race of humans called the Yileans who are mentioned in GURPS Traveller: Humaniti, p. 135-142. Their homeworld is Gashikan (Gashikan 2732). They are a subspecies of Homo sapiens, but their taxonomic name has not been mentioned. It has been the site of long standing warfare between humans and Vargr. The planet [[Sack of Gashikan|was subject to nuclear attack]] in [[-1658]], and is still subject to [[Urzaeng]] raiding. |
* Today, in the [[Third Empire of Gashikan]], [[Vargr]] slavery is still common, especially in the coreward areas and in most of Trenchans sector. On Gashikan itself, Vargr are subject to immediate and summary execution; elsewhere in the rimward sections of the sector, Vargr segregation, serfdom, and peonage are more common than outright [[Vargr]] slavery, although the latter is far from unknown. | * Today, in the [[Third Empire of Gashikan]], [[Vargr]] slavery is still common, especially in the coreward areas and in most of Trenchans sector. On Gashikan itself, Vargr are subject to immediate and summary execution; elsewhere in the rimward sections of the sector, Vargr segregation, serfdom, and peonage are more common than outright [[Vargr]] slavery, although the latter is far from unknown. | ||
Revision as of 21:17, 13 June 2019
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| Classic Era (1116) | A8679AD-C
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | G5 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jump map from Travellermap.com [1]
Gashikan is a high-population garden world with a billion or more sophonts in population size and a near-ideal utopian environment conducive to most sophonts.
- Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
- It is a member of the Third Empire of Gashikan in the Gashilean Subsector of Gashikan Sector.
- This world-system hosts a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
No information yet available.
Monostellar System
Gashikan Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Gashikan G5 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.98 5600 - 5660 0.93173 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0045 0.0801 0.91 - 1.63 0.45 4.5 Orbit # * * 3 1 6
Native Sophont: Yleans
No information yet available.
History & Background (Dossier)
This T-Prime/Garden world has been home to a series of genocidal human empires. This world is historically important and has a high population, excellent starport facilities and shipyards. The law level is extremely restrictive, although trade continues to thrive.
- The site of a Naval Base this planet is the home world to a minor race of humans called the Yileans who are mentioned in GURPS Traveller: Humaniti, p. 135-142. Their homeworld is Gashikan (Gashikan 2732). They are a subspecies of Homo sapiens, but their taxonomic name has not been mentioned. It has been the site of long standing warfare between humans and Vargr. The planet was subject to nuclear attack in -1658, and is still subject to Urzaeng raiding.
- Today, in the Third Empire of Gashikan, Vargr slavery is still common, especially in the coreward areas and in most of Trenchans sector. On Gashikan itself, Vargr are subject to immediate and summary execution; elsewhere in the rimward sections of the sector, Vargr segregation, serfdom, and peonage are more common than outright Vargr slavery, although the latter is far from unknown.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- GURPS Traveller: Humaniti (pg. 140)
- Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com