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{{UWP | {{UWP | ||
|name= {{World|Kaagaarkha|Gushemege|Isi Ahto|3017}} | |name= {{World|Kaagaarkha|Gushemege|Isi Ahto|3017}} | ||
− | |uc = | + | |uc = C835778-8 |
− | |popc = | + | |popc = 8 |
|zonec = green | |zonec = green | ||
|u1= | |u1= | ||
− | |alg = | + | |alg = ImLc |
− | |class = | + | |class = - / GrayW |
− | |trade = | + | |trade = - |
|nblty = B | |nblty = B | ||
|bases = - | |bases = - | ||
− | |primary = | + | |primary = K0 IV |
− | |belts = | + | |belts = 0 |
− | |GGcount = | + | |GGcount = 3 |
}} | }} | ||
+ | {{World summary |name= Kaagaarkha|trade= -}} | ||
+ | {{World summary ImLc|sector= Gushemege|subsector= Isi Ahto}} | ||
+ | {{World summary comment|trade= Ab}} | ||
+ | {{World summary bases|bases= S}} | ||
+ | * Nearly 100% of the population is composed of [[Graytch]]. | ||
+ | * Less than 10% of the population is composed of baseline [[human]]s and other non-human [[sophont]]s. | ||
+ | * It is part of the [[Graytch Cultural Region]]. | ||
+ | * {{ViMain}} | ||
− | {{ | + | == Description ([[Astrography]] & [[Planetology]]) == |
− | {{ | + | '''Kaagaarkha''' has a solitary primary star. |
− | {{ | + | * It is a turbulent orange giant. |
− | {{ | + | |
+ | [[File:Solitary Subgiant K Type 2.jpg|300 px]] | ||
+ | {{MonostellarSystem | ||
+ | |name = Kaagaarkha | ||
+ | |primary = K0 IV | ||
+ | |PrimaryNotes = None | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === System Data === | ||
+ | The worlds of the [[system]] have been surveyed. They consist of: | ||
+ | * The [[mainworld]]. | ||
+ | * x4 secondary [[world|rocky worlds]]. | ||
+ | * x3 [[gas giant]]s. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Mainworld Data === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[Planetary Size|Mainworld Size]] (S) ==== | ||
+ | {{WorldSize|name= Kaagaarkha|Size= 8}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[Atmosphere|Mainworld Atmosphere]] (A) ==== | ||
+ | {{WorldAtmo|name= Kaagaarkha|Atmosphere= 3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== [[Hydrosphere|Mainworld Hydrosphere]] (H) ==== | ||
+ | {{WorldHydro|name= Kaagaarkha|Hydrosphere= 5}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Mainworld Geography and Topography ==== | ||
+ | No centrally held map of the world exists within [[Argushiigi Admegulasha Bilanidin|AAB]] [[Library Data]] records. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[File:Blank World Map Arid.png|500 px]] <br> (''Blank map, predominantly dry world''.) | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
== History & Background (Dossier) == | == History & Background (Dossier) == | ||
− | + | [[File:Comp-Prog-Dav-R-Deitrick-Starter-Trav-Page-16 16-July-2018a.jpg|right]] | |
+ | '''Kaagaarkha''' is the location of an {{Imperial}} [[Data Repository]]. Such sites are very often treasure troves of secrets and sensitive data. | ||
+ | * The site is heavily guarded. Access to the information it contains is carefully controlled. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[File: Computer-CT-Liz-Danforth-Traveller-Book-pg-70 19-August-2019b.jpg|400 px]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | === World Starport (St) === | ||
+ | {{Starport|name= Kaagaarkha|Starport= C}} | ||
+ | * The world is host to a [[Scout Base]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === World Population (P) === | ||
+ | {{WorldPop|name= Kaagaarkha|multiplier= 8|Population= 7}} | ||
+ | * Almost the entire population consists of [[Graytch]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[File:Graytch Sophont Species 4.jpg|350 px|right]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== World Languages ==== | ||
+ | The following [[language]]s are most commonly heard: | ||
+ | * [[Anglic]], one of the two official languages of the {{Imperium}}. | ||
+ | * [[Ga-ray-cha (language)|Ga-ray-cha]], the primary language of the [[Graytch]]. | ||
+ | * [[Kehuu]], the primary [[Lancian]] language, as common on the worlds of the [[Lancian Cultural Region|Cultural Region]] as [[Anglic]] or [[Vilani (language)|Vilani]]. | ||
+ | * [[Ushi]], a language used throughout [[Gushemege Sector]]. | ||
+ | * [[Vilani (language)|Vilani]], one of the two official languages of the {{Imperium}}. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === World Technology Level (T) === | ||
+ | {{WorldTech|name= Kaagaarkha|WorldTech= 8}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === World Government (G) === | ||
+ | {{WorldGov|name= Kaagaarkha|Government= 7}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === World Law (L) === | ||
+ | {{WorldLaw|name= Kaagaarkha|Law= 8}} | ||
+ | * Graytch legal codes treat almost all crime as an example of mental illness, and hand out banishment as one of their most substantial punishments. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Imperial High (Landed) Nobility (N) === | ||
+ | {{Imperial Nobility|name= Kaagaarkha|Noble= B}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===World Law=== | ||
+ | Graytch legal codes treat almost all crime as an example of mental illness, and hand out banishment as one of their most substantial punishments. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Trade Data === | ||
+ | * Importance: -1 (unimportant) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === World Economy === | ||
+ | * Resources: C (very abundant) | ||
+ | * Labor: 6 (millions) | ||
+ | * Infrastructure: 7 (generally available) | ||
+ | * Efficiency: -1 (average) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === World Culture === | ||
+ | * Heterogenity: 7 (discordant) | ||
+ | * Acceptance: 6 (aloof) | ||
+ | * Strangeness: 5 (distinct) | ||
+ | * Symbols: 8 (somewhat abstract) | ||
− | === | + | ==== World Timeline ==== |
− | {{Imperial | + | Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within: |
+ | * [[Ancient|circa -250,000]]: the [[Ancient]]s transplant humans onto the world of [[Kukhun (world)|Kukhun]]. | ||
+ | * [[-9235]]: the [[Vilani]] discover [[jump drive]] technology, and over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across [[Charted Space]]. The [[Lancian|Kukhunen culture]] acquires [[Jump Drive|jump technology]] from these wanderers. | ||
+ | * [[-5400|circa -5400]]: the [[Vilani]] [[Consolidation Wars]] - the [[Lancian|Kukhunen region]] is eventually conquered. | ||
+ | * [[-4045]] to [[-2204]]: the [[First Imperium|Ziru Sirka]] claims and settles worlds across the region. | ||
+ | * [[-2404]] to [[-2215]]: the [[Interstellar Wars]]. | ||
+ | * [[-2204]] to [[-1776]]: the [[Rule of Man]] administers the worlds of the region. | ||
+ | * [[-1776]] to [[0]]: the [[Long Night]]. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds [[Barren World|become barren]]. | ||
+ | * [[-1700|circa -1700]]: the reemergent [[Lancian|Kukhunen region]] gradually collapses into civil war. | ||
+ | * [[-1200]]: the [[Lancian]] movement rises to dominance on [[Kukhun (world)|Kukhun]] and within [[Lancian|Kukhunen space]]. Few ships are available throughout the period but limited contact is maintained. | ||
+ | * [[-143]]: the [[Lancian]]s gain modern [[Jump Drive|jump technology]] from [[Sylean]] traders and use it to establish the [[Lancian Confederation]]. | ||
+ | * [[0|The Year 0]]: the [[Third Imperium]] is founded. There are frictions with the [[Lancian]]s. | ||
+ | * [[76]]-[[84]]: the [[Vilani Pacification Campaign]] results in the absorbtion of [[Lancian Confederation|the Confederation]]. | ||
+ | * [[300]]-[[420]]: the {{Imperial}} [[First Survey]] charts the system. | ||
+ | * [[604]]-[[622]]: the [[Civil War]]. | ||
+ | * [[624]]: the [[Express Boat Network]] is established. | ||
+ | * [[639]]: the [[Lancian Cultural Region]] is established. | ||
+ | * [[995]]-[[1065]]: the {{Imperial}} [[Second Survey]] charts the system. | ||
+ | * [[1065]]: the [[Second Survey]] is published. Information about the system becomes widely available. | ||
== References & Contributors (Sources) == | == References & Contributors (Sources) == | ||
+ | {{Detail}} | ||
{{Sources | {{Sources | ||
− | |S1= [[Marc Miller's | + | |S1= [[John Harshman]], [[Marc Miller]], [[Loren Wiseman]]. {{CT}} ''[[Library Data (A-M)|Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)]]'', ([[Game Designers Workshop]], 1981), various pages. (Library data entries) |
− | | | + | |S2= [[John Harshman]], [[Marc Miller]], [[Loren Wiseman]]. {{CT}} ''[[Library Data (N-Z)|Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z)]]'', ([[Game Designers Workshop]], 1982), various pages. (Library data entries) |
− | | | + | |S3= {{Ludography cite|name= Atlas of the Imperium|page= page 13}} (Chart locating the world but no further data) |
− | | | + | |S4= {{Ludography cite|name= Vilani & Vargr |page= pages 11, 48, 49}} (Historical overview) |
+ | |S5= [[David Burden]]. "Contact: Lancians" ''[[Alien Realms (fanzine)|Alien Realms]]'', (1992), Volume 2 Issue 2, pages 8-13 (via {{HIWG}}). (The [[Lancian]]s) | ||
+ | |S6= {{Ludography cite|name= Signal-GK 04|article=Contact: Lancians|page= pages 4-7}} (The [[Lancian]]s) | ||
+ | |S7= [[Marc Miller]]. [[T4]] ''[[T4 First Survey|First Survey]]'' ([[Imperium Games]], 1996), page 22. (World details circa [[0|the Year 0]]) | ||
+ | |S8= [[Timothy B. Brown]]. [[T4]] ''[[Aliens Archive]]'' ([[Imperium Games]], 1996). (The [[Graytch]]) | ||
+ | |S9= {{Ludography cite|name= Bearers of the Flame |page= page 22}} (World details circa [[1248|the year 1248]]) | ||
+ | |S10= {{Ludography cite|name= Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag|page= pages 212-213}} (The [[Lancian]]s) | ||
+ | |S11= Author & Contributor: [[David Burden]] of the [[HIWG]]. (Extensive development of the sector) | ||
+ | |S12= A full list of contributors ''[[Gushemege_Sector/meta|can be found here]]''. | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | [[Category: Graytch]] | + | [[Category: Data Repository worlds]] |
+ | [[Category: Graytch Cultural Region worlds]] | ||
[[Category: Graytch worlds]] | [[Category: Graytch worlds]] | ||
− | {{LE | + | {{LE|T5 Second Survey worlds}} |
Latest revision as of 22:36, 12 January 2024
Kaagaarkha/Isi Ahto (Gushemege 3017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Era (1116) | C835778-8
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | K0 IV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 3 |
Kaagaarkha does not meet the criteria for any standard classification.
- It is a member of the Lancian Cultural Region, a sub-polity of the Third Imperium, located in the Isi Ahto Subsector of Gushemege Sector.
- The world has a Data Repository or a centralized collection of information and data.
- This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling IISS starships and personnel.
- Nearly 100% of the population is composed of Graytch.
- Less than 10% of the population is composed of baseline humans and other non-human sophonts.
- It is part of the Graytch Cultural Region.
- Kaagaarkha is located on the Vilani Main.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]
Kaagaarkha has a solitary primary star.
- It is a turbulent orange giant.
Monostellar System[edit]
Kaagaarkha Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Kaagaarkha K0 IV
Primary Giant 2.3 4000 - 5000 4.67 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.03071 0.17924 1.72 - 2.8 3.071 30.71 Orbit # * 0 5 5 9 Remarks None
System Data[edit]
The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:
- The mainworld.
- x4 secondary rocky worlds.
- x3 gas giants.
Mainworld Data[edit]
Mainworld Size (S)[edit]
Kaagaarkha is a Meso World between 12,000km and 13,500km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.8G and 1.1G. The horizon will appear about 5.1km away. Vessels with 1G of thrust should check with local starport authorities before attempting to land using emergency power.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]
Kaagaarkha has a pressure of 0.10 to 0.42 atmospheres. The very thin pressures require a respirator or Oxygen Mask. TL–5 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]
Kaagaarkha has 45-55% of its surface covered by liquid water. Wilderness refueling is possible.
Mainworld Geography and Topography[edit]
No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.
(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Kaagaarkha is the location of an Imperial Data Repository. Such sites are very often treasure troves of secrets and sensitive data.
- The site is heavily guarded. Access to the information it contains is carefully controlled.
World Starport (St)[edit]
Kaagaarkha 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.
- The world is host to a Scout Base.
World Population (P)[edit]
Kaagaarkha has a population of 80,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).
- Almost the entire population consists of Graytch.
World Languages[edit]
The following languages are most commonly heard:
- Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
- Ga-ray-cha, the primary language of the Graytch.
- Kehuu, the primary Lancian language, as common on the worlds of the Cultural Region as Anglic or Vilani.
- Ushi, a language used throughout Gushemege Sector.
- Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
World Technology Level (T)[edit]
Kaagaarkha possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Advanced automobiles.
- Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
- Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
- Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
World Government (G)[edit]
Kaagaarkha has a Balkanized Government. There is no central world government. The world has several governments competing for control of the world. These may be allies, cooperating, competitors, or at war with each other.
World Law (L)[edit]
Kaagaarkha has a high law level with laws covering many areas of interactions of people, corporations, and the government. A few worlds with this law level may be Amber Zones. Any interaction with the judicial system requires an Advocate trained in the local legal system. Law enforcement is present almost everywhere, either as people or via technology. Legal proceedings can take weeks to months to resolve and involve a dozen or more people. All blade weapons and firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.
- Graytch legal codes treat almost all crime as an example of mental illness, and hand out banishment as one of their most substantial punishments.
Imperial High (Landed) Nobility (N)[edit]
Kaagaarkha, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.
World Law[edit]
Graytch legal codes treat almost all crime as an example of mental illness, and hand out banishment as one of their most substantial punishments.
Trade Data[edit]
- Importance: -1 (unimportant)
World Economy[edit]
- Resources: C (very abundant)
- Labor: 6 (millions)
- Infrastructure: 7 (generally available)
- Efficiency: -1 (average)
World Culture[edit]
- Heterogenity: 7 (discordant)
- Acceptance: 6 (aloof)
- Strangeness: 5 (distinct)
- Symbols: 8 (somewhat abstract)
World Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:
- circa -250,000: the Ancients transplant humans onto the world of Kukhun.
- -9235: the Vilani discover jump drive technology, and over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space. The Kukhunen culture acquires jump technology from these wanderers.
- circa -5400: the Vilani Consolidation Wars - the Kukhunen region is eventually conquered.
- -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
- -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars.
- -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
- -1776 to 0: the Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
- circa -1700: the reemergent Kukhunen region gradually collapses into civil war.
- -1200: the Lancian movement rises to dominance on Kukhun and within Kukhunen space. Few ships are available throughout the period but limited contact is maintained.
- -143: the Lancians gain modern jump technology from Sylean traders and use it to establish the Lancian Confederation.
- The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded. There are frictions with the Lancians.
- 76-84: the Vilani Pacification Campaign results in the absorbtion of the Confederation.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
- 604-622: the Civil War.
- 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
- 639: the Lancian Cultural Region is established.
- 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), page 13. (Chart locating the world but no further data)
- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 48, 49. (Historical overview)
- David Burden. "Contact: Lancians" Alien Realms, (1992), Volume 2 Issue 2, pages 8-13 (via HIWG). (The Lancians)
- Leighton Piper. "Contact: Lancians." Signal-GK 04 (1992): pages 4-7. (The Lancians)
- Marc Miller. T4 First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), page 22. (World details circa the Year 0)
- Timothy B. Brown. T4 Aliens Archive (Imperium Games, 1996). (The Graytch)
- Martin Dougherty. Bearers of the Flame (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), page 22. (World details circa the year 1248)
- Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), pages 212-213. (The Lancians)
- Author & Contributor: David Burden of the HIWG. (Extensive development of the sector)
- A full list of contributors can be found here.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com