Malk (world)
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| Malk/Esser (Divide 3137) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | C512313-8
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | K2 V BD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malk is an icy, low-population world, with a population less than 10,000 sophonts in population size, warranting hazardous environment precautions.
- Its surface is ice-capped with nearly all of its water frozen.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Esser Subsector of Divide Sector.
Astrography and Planetology
This star system is detailed using the Fringian Variant System Description.
- It is a part of the Bright Peninsula.
Binary Solar System
Malk Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Malk K2 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.82 4830 - 5100 0.49928 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0036 0.0586 0.7 - 1.26 0.36 3.6 Orbit # * * 3 1 5 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Malk BD
Secondary Brown Dwarf 0.0276 950 - 1250 0 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.00092 0.00038 0 - 0.01 0.092 0.92 Orbit # * * * * 3 Remarks 1260 AU from primary
System Data
Doju-Malk System
The primary is Doju, an ordinary orange main sequence star. It has a luminosity of 0.284 Sols, a mass of 0.723 Sols, and a diameter of 1.073 million km. The inner system consists of (I) a vacuum inner world, (II-I) an exotic atmosphere radworld, and (II-II) an exotic atmosphere stormworld. (III) Curso, an exotic atmosphere bigworld orbits within the habitable zone: (IIIa) Malk is its outer satellite and is designated the mainworld. (IV) a corrosive atmosphere inferno world, (V-I) a large gas giant, (V-II) a ringed very large gas giant, and (VI) a vacuum iceworld form the outer system. Many of the worlds retain satellites.
Orinin Subsystem
The companion is Orinin, a magenta-coloured L-type brown dwarf lying approximately 1,260 AU from Doju. It is not luminous, it has a mass of 0.062 Sols and a diameter of 60,000 km. (I) a sparse icy planetoid belt, and (II) a trace atmosphere iceworld form the outer system. The iceworld does not retain satellites.
(III) Curso
(III) Curso (UWP YCA1000-0) is designated a bigworld. It orbits Doju at a mean distance of 0.83 AU (124.2 million km), within the habitable zone. It has an orbital period of 324 days 20 hours and a rotation period of 53 hours. The axial tilt is 2 degrees. Curso has a diameter of 19,712 km, a density of 6.23 g/cm³, and a surface gravity of 1.74 G. The world is geologically active. Its atmosphere is rated as Exotic, with a mean surface pressure of 5.75 bar and a composition of 95% nitrogen (N2), 3% carbon dioxide (CO2), 1% argon (Ar), and 1% water vapor (H2O), abiotic oxygen (O2), ozone (O3), neon (Ne), xenon (Xe) and other trace gases. Approximately 7% of the surface is covered in lakes of liquid water: tidal ranges are negligible. Mean surface temperature: 63°C. The climate is rated as Very Hot and is static, with no seasonal changes during the local year. The atmosphere is very active and powerful weather systems driven by the star surge across the globe.
Satellites
Curso retains two natural satellites, an exotic atmosphere hospitable world named Vasca and Malk, designated the mainworld:
- (IIIa) Vasca (UWP Y5A0000-0, orbiting at 25 Diameters/495,000 km)
- (IIIb) Malk (designated the mainworld, orbiting at 35 Diameters/690,000 km)
Mainworld Data
(IIIb) Malk
(IIIb) Malk is the outer of the two major moons of (III) Curso and is designated the mainworld. It orbits its parent world at a mean distance of 35 diameters (690,000 km), with an orbital period of 48 days 2 hours: it is tidally locked to Curso. The axial tilt is 3 degrees relative to Curso. Malk has a diameter of 8,078 km, a density of 4.33 g/cm³ and a surface gravity of 0.50 G. Tidal stresses generated by the gravitational pull of Curso cause constant geological activity. The atmosphere is rated as Trace, with a mean surface pressure of 0.07 bar and a composition of 85% carbon dioxide (CO2), 13% nitrogen (N2), 1% argon (Ar), and 1% water vapor (H2O), abiotic oxygen (O2), ozone (O3), xenon (Xe), neon (Ne), and other trace gases. Around 18% of the surface is covered in sheets of water-ice. Mean surface temperature: -10°C. The climate is rated as Cold and is static, with no seasonal changes during the local year. The atmosphere is ethereal and weather systems driven by the star ghost across the globe.
Mainworld Geography and Topography
Total surface area: 205 million km², Land surface area: 168 million km², Ice surface area: 37 million km².
Native Lifeforms
Doju-Malk System
No world in the system is known to have native life.
Orinin Subsystem
No body in the subsystem is known to have native life.
History & Background (Dossier)
No information yet available.
World starport
Malk 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.
World technology level
Malk 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
Malk is governed by a Corporate Polity with a single corporation with a typical corporate structure as a government. A company town, or world. The typical corporate run world usually has a single purpose. Examples include mining, agriculture, or other kinds of resource extraction. But rather than a simple base of operations, there are facilities for housing workers and their families including hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure. How, or if, the children of the workers are incorporated into the workforce varies with companies. The corporation running the world may be a subsidiary of a larger interstellar corporation.
World military
No information yet available.
World economy
No information yet available.
Trade data
No information yet available.
World demographics
No information yet available.
World culture
No information yet available.
Historical data
No information yet available.
World timeline
No information yet available.
UWP listing
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References & Contributors / Sources
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com