K'Kirka (world)

K'Kirka/Lanth (Spinward Marches 2212) Milieu 1116 CAA5345-8 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size A Large (16,000 km, 1.14g - 1.48g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 3 Low (1 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V
Worlds	7
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	1136
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	721-4 Resources 7 Few Labor 2 Low (100) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -4 Very poor
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	8
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

K'Kirka is a fluid world with an oceanic geography of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lanth Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. K'Kirka, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world.

Astrography & Planetology

K'Kirka is a member of the Spinward Main.

This world is a mining community concerned with extracting rare earths from the mountain ranges. K'Kirka has a pair of unusually dense moons, which have complex and highly eccentric orbits that create spectacular and extremely violent tides on the mainworld when both moons are at their closest approach.

Monostellar System

K'Kirka Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
K'Kirka 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

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2212 KKirka (Imperial)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 11,774 miles (18,800 km).
Atmosphere: Exotic atmosphere (unbreathably dense at low altitudes).
Hydrographics: 47%.
Climate: Tropical.
Population: 1,200.
Government: Representative democracy.
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 8.
World Trade Number: 2.5.

History and Background

No information yet available.

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.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 22-23.
• Marc Miller. Twilight's Peak (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 13.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 42. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 87.
• Hans Rancke-Madsen. "Worlds Within Jump-6 of Regina", JTAS Online (July 18, 2006)
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 104. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 70.