Mikakesh (world)

Mikakesh/Iiradu (Dagudashaag 2802) Milieu 1116 C300664-A Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 6 Moderate (3 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
style="width: 220px; height: 250px;" Jump map from Travellermap.com
System Details
Primary	M3 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	4638
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	10
Economic Extension	C54-2 Resources C Very abundant Labor 5 Moderate (300 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	0
Resource Units	192
GWP (BCr)	7
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	3,977
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	3,000
Port employees	330
Port passengers (annual)	13,600

Mikakesh is a vacuum world, lacking any atmosphere or surface water. The system has a population in the millions of sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. The governance of this world is from Jarsae (Dagudashaag 2803). It is a member of Third Imperium in the Iiradu Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Mikakesh, 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. During the Long Night this world was named Khikan Luus.

Astrography and planetology

Mikakesh is located on the Vilani Main.

Monostellar System

Mikakesh Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Mikakesh Primary M3 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0017	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.17	1.7
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	4

Mainworld Data

Mikakesh would ordinarily have been something of a backwater with its airless, waterless wastes. Rocky outcrops of its surface poke through ancient layers of dust that range from several tens of meters in some places to a few inches in others.

The world was rescued from obscurity by the discovery of tiny gem-like particle sparsely spread through the surface dust. The inhabitants are engaged in the time-consuming filtering process to recover these particles. The end product is used widely, and sold under a variety of names, and generally known as "star dust".

History and Background

The population of Mikakesh are almost all descended from the original colonists arriving from Jarsae (Dagudashaag 2803). Originally from the country of Karnasta, they were migrants of the Shampka religion who felt compelled to leave their homes due government restrictions. Many of them maintained ties to their home world and are still ruled by the government of Karnasta.

All of the inhabitants live in some 10,000 colects scattered across the surface. The Colects have little physical contact with each other except on holidays, but communications are very common.

World Culture

Mikakesh is a stronghold of the Shampka religion.

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.

• Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Iiradu." Signal-GK 12 (1996): 52. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 85.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 243.