Rakurram (world)

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Rakurram/Voskhod (Vland 0610)
Classic Era (1116)
B200369-C
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size2 Small (3,200 km, 0.10g - 0.17g)
Atmosphere0 Vacuum
Hydrographics0 Desert World 0%
Population3 Low (2 thousand)
Government6 Captive Government/Colony
Law9 High Law (no weapons out of home)
Tech LevelC Average Stellar (robots)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G7 V
Planetoid Belts 1
Gas Giants 2

Rakurram is a low-population vacuum world, with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

  • Life in a vacuum requires great discipline. After all, it only takes one forgotten seal on a vacuum suit to spell death. Those who survive tend to be very methodically-minded and attentive to small detail.
  • This world toils under the control of a military government with conditions reflecting that situation, including curtailed civil rights and limited freedoms.
  • It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Voskhod Subsector of Vland Sector in the Domain of Vland.
  • This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Description (Planetology)[edit]

Stellar Data[edit]

Rakurram has a solitary primary star.

  • It is a yellow main sequence.
Rakurram has a solitary primary star.
Rakurram
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G7 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.95 5480 - 5550 0.83567
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0086 0.0758 0.88 - 1.56 0.86 8.6
Orbit #  *  * 3 3 7
Remarks None

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Imperial Landed Nobility[edit]

Rakurram, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

World Starport (St)[edit]

Rakurram has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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