!taarra (world)

!taarra/Gaakookeer (Gzirr!k'l 0523)
Classic Era (1116)	A88AA9A-D Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population A High (80 billion) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K2 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	3

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!taarra is a high-population water world, which has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water and a population of a billion or more sophonts.

• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• It is a member of the Two Thousand Worlds in the Gaakookeer Subsector of Gzirr!k'l Sector.

• The world serves as the subsector capital with the significant extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• This world-system has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

!taarra has a solitary primary star.

!taarra
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.82	4830 - 5100	0.49928
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0073	0.0586	0.7 - 1.26	0.73	7.3
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

!taarra is a Meso World between 12,000km and 13,500km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.8G and 1.1G. The horizon will appear about 5.1km away. Vessels with 1G of thrust should check with local starport authorities before attempting to land using emergency power.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

!taarra has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

!taarra has 95-100% of its surface covered by liquid water with only a few islands and archipelagos. Wilderness refueling is possible. Such worlds are Water Worlds or Ocean Worlds.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

This is a hub of trade and communication for the Two Thousand Worlds. Despite being far wetter than K'kree tend to prefer, it has a massive population.

World Starport (St)

!taarra 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.

• There is an associated Naval Base.

World Population (P)

!taarra has a population of 80,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

World Demographics

• K'kree, 90%
• K'kree subjects, notably Girug'kagh and Mazjaru (the former having higher status than the latter).

Linguistic Topography

• !kee: The common language used by K'kree throughout the Two Thousand Worlds.
• Raxkiir: A language developed by clients of the K'kree, a heavily derived variant of !kee suitable for humanoid use. It is commonly used by those trading with K'kree interests, as well as client races acting on behalf of the Two Thousand Worlds.

World Government (G)

!taarra is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

World Law Level (L)

K'kree worlds do not use a fixed Law Level scale, other than to forbid weaponry to anyone of any race who is not of the K'kree Warrior/Bodyguard caste or an active member in the military of the Two Thousand Worlds (which makes them a Warrior caste temporarily).

• By Imperial standards, this world is Law Level A.
• Generally, K'kree justice is merciful to other K'kree. Misunderstandings and the rare criminal matters are judged by the Krurruna (herd "boss") or their representatives. Their decisions are final, and obedience is near-absolute. Towards non-K'kree, the authorities are far less charitable, as K'kree are highly chauvinistic and mistrustful of aliens.

World Technology Level (TL)

!taarra possesses a Technology Level of TL–13 or TL-D in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovideo recorders.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, prototype collectors, advanced fusion plants.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-4.

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• Classic Traveller Alien Module 2: K'kree (named but no further data)
• Author & Contributor: Mark Humphreys (as posted to CotI)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science