Ikaakur (world)
Ikaakur/Concord (Solomani Rim 2205) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Era (1116) | A5569B8-E
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | K3 IV M8 V M5 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 5 |
Ikaakur is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Concord Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
Description (Planetology)[edit]
This world is a gas-giant moon.
Much of Ikaakur's surface is covered by a thick layer of ice. Underneath this surface is a vast liquid water ocean complete with its own native ecology.
Trinary Solar System[edit]
Ikaakur Trinary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Ikaakur K3 IV
Primary Giant 1.262 3600 - 4500 1.916 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.01544 0.11481 1.1 - 1.79 1.544 15.44 Orbit # * 0 4 4 8 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Ikaakur M8 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.085 2420 - 2570 0.00018 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0005 0.0011 0.01 - 0.03 0.05 0.5 Orbit # * * * * 1 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Ikaakur M5 V
Tertiary Main Sequence 0.162 2930 - 3060 0.00171 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0009 0.0034 0.04 - 0.09 0.09 0.9 Orbit # * * * * 3
IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey[edit]
2205 Ikaakur (Imperial) - Amber Zone
Starport: Class V.
Diameter: 2,400 miles (3,800 km). Gravity: 0.14g.
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 64%.
Climate: Frigid.
Population: 6.2 billion.
Government: Dictatorship.
Control Level: 5.
Tech Level: 12.
World Trade Number: 6.
Mainworld Data[edit]
Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]
Ikaakur is continually being subjected to tidal stresses from the gas giant and from other moons. This flexing keeps Ikaakur’s solid core warm and heats the water ice, creating the sub-surface oceans.
Native Lifeforms[edit]
Ikaakur has complex submarine (and so sub-surface) life. All life is non-photosynthetic.
History & Background / Dossier[edit]
Ikaakur is a high-population gas-giant moon located in Concord Subsector of the Solomani Rim. The system is a member of the Imperium and has been issued an Amber Zone travel advisory.
Imperial High / Landed Nobility[edit]
World Starport[edit]
Ikaakur 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]
World Government[edit]
World Military[edit]
No information yet available.
World Economy[edit]
Trade Data[edit]
No information yet available.
World Demographics[edit]
No information yet available.
World Culture[edit]
No information yet available.
Urbanization[edit]
Human settlement on Ikaakur comes in three layers.
- Extensive sealed habitats and underground cities are found on the moon’s “continents”, serving the starport and vital industries.
- Several habitats have been built under the ice in shallow water, serving as bases for exploitation of the moon’s maritime resources.
- Finally, a significant fraction of the population live nomadically near the ocean floor, in submersible vehicles or ocean-bottom habitats.
Historical Data[edit]
A Vilani refueling station was established on a different moon of the gas giant during the Ziru Sirka, but Ikaakur itself remained virtually unexplored. A Terran expedition in about -2100 first discovered the moon’s oceans, and subsequent expeditions categorized the native lifeforms and their uses. Colonization followed, and by the time of the Long Night a thriving settlement existed.
Ikaakur was a minor member of the Easter Concord from its foundation,
During the Solomani period, Ikaakur and its almost-purely Terran-descended population supported the Solomani Cause.
World Timeline[edit]
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Classic Traveller Solomani (Alien Module)
- GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani Rim
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com