Berkin (world)

Berkin/Shenk (Old Expanses 0926)
Classic Era (1116)	B66A974-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 9 High (7 billion) Government 7 Balkanization Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
Hard Times (1130)	B66A974-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 9 High ( billion) Government 7 Balkanization Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
New Era (1200)	X66A76B-5 Starport X No Starport Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 7 Moderate (0 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G2 V M3 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Berkin is a high-population, pre-rich water world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• This world has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water.
• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• It lacks adequate resources to expand its economy to a rich status.
• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Shenk Subsector of Old Expanses Sector in the Domain of Sol.
• This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
• This world has a colony at Avis (world).

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

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Binary Solar System

Berkin Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Berkin G2 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1	5720 - 5770	1
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0829	0.95 - 1.68	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	4	1	6
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Berkin M3 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0017	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.17	1.7
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	4

World Data

Berkin is a water world, covered 98% in water, though approximately 15% of the world's oceans are locked in polar ice caps. This leaves some broad flood plains surrounding the tectonic mountain ranges that form the only dry land.

• The world has six small moons, each captured asteroids, two of which host part of the Imperial naval bases. These moons are large enough to affect tides on the water world below, and the combination produces a complex series of tidal effects.
• The system primary is a G2 V star with a close M3 degenerate dwarf star.

Mainworld Geography

• Alawan Archipelago
• Felony Islands
• Feramos Islands
• Margrave Archipelago

History & Background (Dossier)

Berkin is the site of an important Imperial naval base, the largest of the eight in the subsector.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Berkin, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of three members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
• It holds the estate of an Imperial baronet.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.

History-Era: Rebellion

With Emperor Lucan reassigning the Old Expanses fleet to assault Dulinor, this left many of the worlds in the Old Expanses sector under-protected. In this power vacuum, the Solomani fleets invaded. Berkin was one of the many world to resist this invasion. With the resources of a high population planet and the Naval reserves, Belkin held off the Solomani advances for several years.

• Finally, in 1127 the frustrated Solomani resorted to Black War bombing raids of Belkin. Planetary bombardment not only destroyed the Naval base, it also hit many of the world's major cities. More dramatic in the long run were the secondary effects caused by raising tremendous quantities of dust and ash into the air. A mini-greenhouse effect caused the polar ice caps to melt, flooding the tidal plains where most of the planetary population lived and grew it's food.

History-Era: New Era

With the onset of the Virus, the last of the technology crashed, the flooding, famine, and disease caused a dramatic population decline. The water level rose an average of 20 meters, enough to flood all the major cities and the starport. The flooding wasn't high enough to completely cover all the buildings, which still house a nomadic population.

• The remaining population lives on the remaining islands. Most of the islands are surrounded by a system of dikes, which in some areas are being used to gradually reclaim land from the sea.
• The world is divided into thirteen separate political entities, with an average sustainable tech level of 5. There are a few pre-collapse grav vehicles, but most vehicles are wheeled. There is widespread use of submarines for military and salvage work, some of them very large.

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