Katris (world)

Katris/Ushra (Dagudashaag 1220) Milieu 1116 C41047B-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 1 Vacuum (trace) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 4 Moderate (60 thousand) Government 7 Balkanization Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V M5 V
Worlds	15
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	637B
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	832+1 Resources 8 Moderate Labor 3 Low (6 thousand) Infrastructure 2 Extremely limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	48
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Katris has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Ushra Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Katris, 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 Kenkha.

Astrography and planetology

Katris is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

Binary Solar System

Katris Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Katris M2 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0021	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.21	2.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	0	4
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Katris M5 V	Secondary	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

History and background

The Katris system would be largely uninteresting were it not for the fact that a huge space battle occurred here during the Interstellar Wars era. The battle was fought on the edge of the system, close to the star’s Oort cloud.

Although no-one has been able to actually locate the site, lumps of wreckage and even whole sections of ships occasionally tumble into the system, taking up a cometary orbit round the star. These are worth a fortune on the collector’s market and are highly prized by historians and archaeologists. Oddly, all the wreckage recovered so far has been Vilani.

Katris's main export is powdered Khafi root, a prolific plant that has been known to grow to a height of 3m and spread to 8m from a single root. Powdered Khafi root, sold under the Katris ‘Pure Blend' label, has become a popular, if expensive stimulant drink sold throughout the Sector

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.

• Jae Campbell, Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Ushra." Signal-GK 03 (1989): 52. via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 81.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 184.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science