Shurkar (world)

Shurkar/Kupid (Mendan 0917)
Classic Era (1116)	C599255-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 2 Low (400) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G9 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Shurkar is a low-population, nonindustrial world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.

• As a nonindustrial world, It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Kupid Subsector of Mendan Sector.

• This world-system hosts a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces, which may be located on or off-world.
• Around 80% of the population is composed of baseline humans and other non-human sophonts.
• Nearly 20% of the population is composed of Vargr.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

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Monostellar System

Shurkar Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Shurkar G9 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.9	5270 - 5380	0.69159
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.004	0.069	0.81 - 1.44	0.4	4
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	5

System Data

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Mainworld Data

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Mainworld Geography & Topography

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Mainworld Map

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Native Lifeforms

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History & Background (Dossier)

Shurkar (Mendan 0917) holds a small colony that has long held out against becoming part of any interstellar state.

• The approximately 900 settlers all belong to the same religious cult, that promotes the use of cybernetic technology to extend sophont lifespans by replacing failing body parts with their cybernetic equivalents. The colonists have a number of functional spacecraft, and trade regularly for spare parts and raw materials on Lerigem.
• Good defensive installations, their small size and perhaps their strange customs have protected the colony from Vargr corsairs. Indeed some corsairs, having suffered the loss of a body part in battle, have been known to become believers in order to acquire access to replacement cybernetics.
• Believers in this sort of cult are known as Here-techs.
• There is the equivalent of a military base here.

World Starport

Shurkar has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which includes amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Technology Level

Shurkar possesses a Technology Level of TL–9.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics and satellite communication and data networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fusion power.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Ultra high-speed trains and early grav vehicles.
  • Water: High efficiency sailcraft, multihulled seacraft, improved artificial gills.
  • Air: Tiltrotorcraft, exotic VTOL's, PARWIG, and rocket-assisted suborbitals.
  • Space: SSTO spacecraft, early military spacecraft (System Craft), and interstellar STL starships
  • FTL: Prototype Jump Drive-1.

World Government

Shurkar is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

World Law Level

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World Military

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World Economy

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Trade Data

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World Demographics

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World Culture

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Urbanization

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Historical Data

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World Timeline

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UWP Listing

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References & Contributors / Sources

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• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Vargr (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), IBC. (named but no further data)
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 11,47. (dot map provided)
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Challenge 49 (full data provided)
• Author & Contributor: Angus McDonald AKA Falkayn
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS