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 world wide ocean and an environment suited to sophonts. The system supports a population between 100 million and one billion sophonts. This 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 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 and the fiefdom of a viscount. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. During the Long Night this world was named Mibu.

Astrography and planetology

Rathas is located on the Vilani Main.

Binary Solar System

Rathas Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Rathas M4 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.23	3110 - 3210	0.00584
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0013	0.0063	0.08 - 0.16	0.13	1.3
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	3
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Rathas M6 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.102	2740 - 2810	0.00034
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0006	0.0015	0.02 - 0.04	0.06	0.6
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	2

Native Lifeform: Ratha

The Ratha resembled in outward appearance, massive terran panthers except they had fins instead of feet and four tentacle- like appendages that sprout from their front shoulders. These, they used to manipulate primitive stone tools and appeared 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 in the aquatic Cat-like Ratha. For almost five hundred years the planet was left uncolonized though under close observation but the Ratha never showed any signs of evolving.

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.

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. "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.