Odye (world)
| Odye/Tunkhika (Ghoekhnael 0323) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | A667A77-G
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | K5 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Odye is a high-population, agricultural garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most sophonts and a billion or more sophonts in population size..
- As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
- Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to incrementally rise barring outside forces.
- The world serves as the subsector capital with the significant extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
- This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
- This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
- This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
- It is a member of the Taakas Yh'Drak in the Tunkhika Subsector of Ghoekhnael Sector.
- This world is also known as Kas'Drak.
- It is the homeworld of the Drakaran, a sophont species and minor race.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
The star is named Kastaakas, which translates from N'Toz as "Mother of the Worlds"
Monostellar System
Odye/Kas'Drak Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Kastaakas K5 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.7 4300 - 4440 0.28697 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0033 0.0444 0.56 - 1.01 0.33 3.3 Orbit # * * 2 1 5
System Data
N'Varr is a secondary world within the system, supporting large Drakaran colonies.
Mainworld Data
Kas'Drak has a single large moon, Biranon (the Hunter). It has been settled by the Drakarans.
Mainworld Geography & Topography
A single supercontinent is surrounded by island chains. The predominant terrain is prairie, steppe and desert, with sparse coastal forest regions. The equatorial region has been partially terraformed to make the climate more suited for herding, using extensive canal networks and weather control satellites.
Native Lifeforms
Most native lifeforms have a single large eye, Drakarans included.
Native Sophont (NIL): Drakaran
More correctly the Drak Ne'Vha, this race is known to most outsiders as Drakaran.
History & Background (Dossier)
No information yet available.
World Starport
Odye has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
World Technology Level
Odye possesses a Technology Level of TL–16 or TL-G in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Personal holovideo and personal meson communicators.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, collectors, and advanced Fusion+.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land, Water & Air: Advanced gravcraft.
- Space: G-Carriers & advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
- FTL: Jump Drive-7 and prototype Hop Drive-1.
World Government
Odye 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.
The various clans police their own territory.
World Law Level
No information yet available.
World Military
No information yet available.
World Economy
No information yet available.
Trade Data
No information yet available.
World Demographics
The population is 100% Drakaran.
World Culture
The common language is N'Toz.
Urbanization
Traditional family dwellings consist of several rooms spaced around a large open courtyard containing a garden.
- Cities tend to be large and sprawling. The Drakaran dislike underground buildings, and except for storage areas few exist.
- Cities are laid out in geometric patterns, a function of the race’s obsession with order and harmony.
- Large ranching regions are always nearby, to provide food animals, particularly during The Stalking, a Drakaran predatory phase.
Historical Data
No information yet available.
World Timeline
- Circa -1500: The matriarchal clan-based Neh'Toz society becomes dominant in the southern latitudes
- Circa -1400: The Limak Neh’Toz religion is founded by the Neh'Toz
- Circa -1050: Neh'Toz create the Great Canal Empire
- -500: Great Canal Empire begins to fragment under the pressure of southern steppe nomads. One remnant, the south-eastern province of Ta'tohk, will retain Imperial culture.
- -400: Inventing the steam engine, Ta'tohk experiences an industrial revolution
- -200: Railway Clans of Ta'tohk dominate the Drakaran supercontinent.
- Circa -150 to -50: Many small wars are fought as greater clans attempt to annex lesser.
- 520: Drakrans colonise the planet N'Varr, also within the Kas'Drak (Odye) system.
UWP Listing
No information yet available.
References & Contributors / Sources
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