Bikiru (world)

Bikiru/Paanir (Gashikan 1038)
Classic Era (1116)	D553553-5 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 5 Moderate (100 thousand) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G6 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Bikiru is a poor, nonindustrial world.

• As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
• This world has few prospects for economic development.
• It is a member of the Third Empire of Gashikan in the Paanir Subsector of Gashikan Sector.

• This is a "low technology" world with technology competencies well below standard for Charted Space.
• There is an associated Gashikan Scout Base.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This system is part of the great main known as the Nudashiir Lagani.

Stellar Data

Bikiru has a solitary primary star.

Bikiru
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G6 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.97	5550 - 5600	0.89888
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0088	0.0786	0.91 - 1.61	0.88	8.8
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

World Starport (St)

Bikiru has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Population (P)

Bikiru has a population of 100,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
• The population consists primarily of Humans of mixed Yilean descent.

World Languages

• Galanglic
• Modern Gashikan
• Vilani

World Technology Level (T)

Bikiru possesses a Technology Level of TL–5.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Electricity, hydrocarbon internal combustion, and the most fundamental atomic energy.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Ground cars or automobiles and tracked vehicles.
  • Water: Large ships and submersibles with steel hulls.
  • Air: Early aircraft including seaplanes and very early unmanned rockets.

World Government (G)

Bikiru is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

As a member of the Gashikan Empire, this world has a Velja. A planet's Velja has veto power over all decisions made by the planetary government relating to space travel, defense, or interactions with other worlds.

Information and Media

The Ministry of Information and Safety (MIS) is technically an arm of the imperial Gashikan government, but in many ways it behaves independently. The Ministry's ostensible mission is to prevent the spread of damaging Vargr propaganda, and to promote peace and unity throughout the Empire. To accomplish these goals, its agents maintain careful control of all news and information.

World Law (L)

Bikiru has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Machine guns, other automatic weapons, portable energy weapons, and other military weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Periodical: MegaTraveller Challenge49 (basic Gashikan background)
• Loren Wiseman, Jon F. Zeigler. Humaniti (Steve Jackson Games, 2003), 135-142. (Gashikan background)
• MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr
• Alvin Plummer. "Minor Races of Chartered Space: The Yileans." Stellar Reaches 13 (2011): 57. (Gashikan background)