Khuur (world)
Khuur/Sydymic (Ley 3026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic Era (1116) | E959977-5
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See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary | F5 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 4 |
Khuur is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.
- This is a "low technology" world with technology competencies well below technology standards for Charted Space.
- It is a member of the Khuur League in the Sydymic Subsector of Ley Sector.
- Nearly 100% of the population is composed of Sydites. Khuur is the Sydite homeworld.
- Less than 10% of the population is composed of baseline humans and other non-human sophonts.
Description / Astrography & Planetology
This system is part of the namesake Khuur Cluster.
Monostellar System
Khuur Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Khuur F5 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.33 6350 - 6550 2.71319 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0069 0.1366 1.49 - 2.6 0.69 6.9 Orbit # * 0 4 2 6
System Data
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Mainworld Data
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Mainworld Geography & Topography
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Native Lifeforms
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History & Background / Dossier
Khuur, named Sopater historically, was subject to a large-scale Imperial attack during their campaign against the Sydymic Empire. Nuclear weapons (mostly but not always tactical in nature) were liberally used during the ground fighting. The modern name "Khuur" is derived from a Sydymic dialect word meaning "victim".
World Starport
Khuur has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of a downport.
World Technology Level
Khuur possesses a Technology Level of TL–5.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Electricity, hydrocarbon internal combustion, and the most fundamental atomic energy.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Ground cars or automobiles and tracked vehicles.
- Water: Large ships and submersibles with steel hulls.
- Air: Early aircraft including seaplanes and very early unmanned rockets.
World Government
Khuur 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 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
- Circa -120,000: Sydites achieve Iron Age technology (TL-1)
- Circa -30,000: A few enclaves have attained TL-2.
- Circa -25,000: A sudden climate change throws the Sydites’ placid society into turmoil. Technological advance begins to accelerate.
- Circa -10,000: The various small states coalesce into a single world state, which systematically colonizes all areas of Sopater.
- 640-672: The Third Imperium, its fleets returning to the region after the Civil War, regain territory the Sydites have claimed in their absence.
- 673: The Sydymic Empire tries to sue for peace, only to lose two more worlds to the Imperium before the Imperials finally accept a temporary cease-fire.
- 674: A massive Imperial fleet arrives in the Sopater system and begins to deploy for a siege. However, the siege is a ruse; as the Sydites settle into a defensive routine, the Imperials launch an all-or-nothing planetary assault. The defenders of Sopater put up a tremendous fight, resulting in the almost total destruction of infrastructure on the planet.
- Sopater is subsequently renamed Khuur -- "victim".
- 675: With news of the fall of the homeworld, the Sydymic Empire unravels. By the end of the year, the Emperor is dead, he and his extended family assassinated by the Sydymic Fleet Admiral Asmocchek. As the acting head of state, Asmocchek negotiates surrender terms with the Imperials.
- Most of the core worlds of the Empire subsequently choose to realign themselves into a trade confederation rather than have anything more to do with the Imperials than necessary.
- 778: The confederation of Sydite core worlds becomes the Khuur League. The League guarantees the sovereignty of the various worlds not already under Imperial occupation, subject to certain limitations on armed forces.
UWP Listing
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References & Contributors / Sources
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- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), TBD.
- Dave Sering. Ley Sector (Judges Guild, 1980), TBD.
- Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. Gateway to Destiny (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), TBD.
- GURPS Traveller: Humaniti
- Mongoose Traveller: Luriani
- External Link: Freelance Traveller by: Joel Benford
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com