Serpent's Reach (world)

Serpent's Reach/Mimu (Dagudashaag 0402) Milieu 1116 A66975A-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 7 Moderate (50 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K1 V M0 V
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	9A7G
Army Size (BEs)	70
Economic Details
Technology Level	14
Economic Extension	E6E+5 Resources E Extremely abundant Labor 6 Moderate (5 million) Infrastructure E Comprehensive Efficiency +5 Very advanced
Importance Extension	3
Resource Units	5,880
GWP (BCr)	750
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	33,132
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	47,500
Port employees	9,145
Port passengers (annual)	2,186,600

Serpent's Reach has a short-sleeve breathable atmosphere. The system has a population between ten million and 100 million sophonts. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Mimu Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Serpent's Reach, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. During the Long Night this world was named Kuush.

Astrography and planetology

Serpent's Reach is located on the Vilani Main.

Serpent's Reach is an idyllic, earth-like world and an important joint Human-S'mrii colony.

Binary Solar System

Serpent's Reach Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Serpent's Reach K1 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.86	5100 - 5170	0.58985
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0037	0.0637	0.76 - 1.36	0.37	3.7
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	5
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Serpent's Reach M0 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0027	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.27	2.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5

Native Lifeform: Serpentian Flora

Zia'zak SIA and LaForge BioTechnology of Medurma (Dagudashaag 2124) harvest the flora of Serpent’s Reach to extract Retroviral HCG (RHCG), a trace organic compound that suppresses human fertility. This is processed to form Ovonil, a widely-used long-duration human contraceptive.

History and background

When the system was undergoing heavy expansion under the auspices of the Imperial Ministry of Colonization in the early 300s, it was found that the population growth rates were falling well below their targets. An IISS investigation discovered Retroviral HCG. When it transpired that the search for an antidote would take too long to meet the Ministry’s needs, they authorized the use of a wide-scale cloning program to boost the population. That program continues to the present day: gleaming high-tech metroplexes stand empty, waiting the day when they will be populated. Present Ministry targets call for a population of 270 million by the year 1190.

The primary provider of clones on Serpent’s Reach is the S'mrii biomedical services Phylum Zia'zak. Their contract is directly with the Imperial government, and they are forbidden by law to sell clones or cloning services to individuals or independent organizations. However, although nothing has ever been proved, rumours persist that clones and 'nonstandard genoproducts' (i.e. androids) are available 'for the right price'.

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): 48. via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 309.