Koppel (world)

Koppel/Khouth (Corridor 0502)
Milieu 0	E563000-0 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
Classic Era (1116)	E563305-7 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 3 Low (3 thousand) Government 0 No Government structure Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
New Era (1200)	X563010-3 Starport X No Starport Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 0 Barren (1) Government 1 Company/Corporation Law 0 No Law Tech Level 3 Pre-Industrial (basic science)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K9 V
Planetoid Belts	3
Gas Giants	4

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Koppel is a low-population world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.

• This world has yet to take off economically or otherwise and the population remains low for reasons largely unknown.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Khouth Subsector of Corridor Sector in the Domain of Vland.
• During initial surveys this world was named Gakkip.

Description (Planetology)

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Koppel family were an extended clan that made their fortunes trading and fighting with the Vargr during the wild period following the ascension of Empress Arbellatra.

• Their prowess earned them the respect of both the Vargr and the local aristocracy, the latter granting them their own world in recognition of their talents.

History-Era: Rebellion

But by the time of the Final War, the family had largely died out, and its surviving members were scattered across a wide swath of Corridor. Just three members, and elderly matriarch and a married couple who were of child rearing age, still lived on their namesake world proper. Of the three children that the couple bore just one, their son Frederick, survives to the present day.

"Red" Koppel is a personable and likable old man in his early sixties. He has managed to keep the family estate in working order, and keep himself from going insane during the long periods of isolation. An occasional free trader or Vargr corsair ship from Tuglikki will visit once in a while, and Red keeps a radio to contact them, inviting the crew to dinner. Because of his gracious behavior (and lack of valuables) he has managed to win the respect of several Vargr bands, some of whom use his ranch to stash materials and contraband. The old man has great respect for the "doggies", but he pines for human contact, principally for a woman willing to bear him an heir to perpetuate the family name.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• External Link: Peter Gray - TNE RCES
• T4 First Survey