Khastok (world)

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Khastok/Kakhasaek (Empty Quarter 0811)
Milieu 1116
A515485-B
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere1 Vacuum (trace)
Hydrographics5 Wet World 50%
Population4 Moderate (60 thousand)
Government8 Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons)
Tech LevelB Average Stellar (large starships)
See also UWP
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System Details
Primary K9 V M7 V
Worlds 13
Gas Giants 4
Planetoid Belts 2
Cultural Details
Government Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level Moderate
Cultural Extension 2539
Army Size (BEs) 0
Economic Details
Technology Level 11
Economic Extension
C34-1
ResourcesCVery abundant
Labor3Low (6 thousand)
Infrastructure4 Very limited
Efficiency-1Average
Importance Extension 1
Resource Units 0
GWP (BCr) 130
World Trade Number 3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 62
Starport Details
Classification Class-A
Port Size 2
Building Capacity (Tons) 0
Port employees 5
Port passengers (annual) 2,000

Khastok has a trace atmosphere and water available in the form of ice. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Julian Protectorate in the Kakhasaek Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Rukadukaz Republic. 100% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.

Description / Astrography & Planetology[edit]

Part of the Khastok Cluster.

Binary Solar System[edit]

Khastok Binary Star System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Khastok

K9 V

 Primary Main Sequence 0.59 3850 - 3930 0.15775
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0028 0.0329 0.41 - 0.78 0.28 2.8
Orbit #  *  * 2 0 5
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Khastok

M7 V

 Secondary Main Sequence 0.09 2630 - 2680 0.00022
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0006 0.0012 0.02 - 0.03 0.06 0.6
Orbit #  *  *  *  * 2

System Data[edit]

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Mainworld Data[edit]

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Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]

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Native Lifeforms[edit]

No information yet available.

History & Background / Dossier[edit]

The independently-minded Khastok residents do not live as well as most of the Rukadukaz Republic, most of whom live at TL 14 levels (indirectly or directly subsidized by the world of Ikon (Empty Quarter 1602).) On the other hand, their economy is not as tightly bound to Ikon as the rest of the republic, either.

World Starport[edit]

Khastok has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Technology Level[edit]

Khastok possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B in Hexadecimal Notation.

World Government[edit]

Khastok is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. The bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucracy or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence like the military.

  • On Khastok reside several ‘honorary Imperial consuls’ – some human, but most Vargr – who may be able to provide last–minute support and advice for Travellers and the diplomatic teams. Travellers who are wise in the ways of the Vargr ask some of the Vargrs to join them in the negotiations.

World Military[edit]

Pirate risk: like in much of the Vargr Extents, pirating is just a fact of everyday life. Because of the strong Vilani influence in the Republic, local pirates are properly organized and structured, with ‘fees’ and ‘tariffs’ publicly posted on the Net, local interstellar trading houses, and starports. While just about every trader gets a haircut, nobody gets hurt – unless you put up more than a token fight, and even then the reprisal tends to be restricted to “an eye for an eye” level, rather than merely lawless reprisals. (“A life for an eye, a life for a tooth, and ten lives for a life” as less civilized Vargrs put it.)

World Economy[edit]

No information yet available.

Trade Data[edit]

No information yet available.

World Demographics[edit]

No information yet available.

World Culture[edit]

No information yet available.

Urbanization[edit]

No information yet available.

Historical Data[edit]

No information yet available.

World Timeline[edit]

No information yet available.

UWP Listing[edit]

UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)

  • 993 – Khastok 0811 A515485-A Ic Lo Ni Varg5 424 Jr
  • 1105 - Khastok 0811 A515485-B Ic Lo Ni VargW 624 Jr
  • 1125 - Khastok 0811 A515485-B Ic Lo Ni 624 Jr
  • 1201 - Khastok 0811 X515000-0 Ba Ic 024 --

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