Birkhi (world)

Birkhi/Old Suns (Dagudashaag 1005) Milieu 1116 A4378A7-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 8 Moderate (500 million) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K1 V M0 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	5
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Charismatic dictatorship
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	8A5C
Army Size (BEs)	120
Economic Details
Technology Level	12
Economic Extension	F7C+2 Resources F Extremely abundant Labor 7 Moderate (50 million) Infrastructure C Very extensive Efficiency +2 Good
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	2,520
GWP (BCr)	2,930
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	33,805
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	600,000
Port employees	2,965
Port passengers (annual)	138,600

Birkhi is a moderate population world with over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts in population size. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Old Suns Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Birkhi, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a viscount. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. During the Long Night this world was named Lepuush Asshi.

Astrography and planetology

Birkhi is a member of the Gvadh Cluster.

The first impression a visitor sees of Birkhi is of rolling hills covered in the red and purple native moss with only the occasional artificial oblong of black and green to mark the hydroponic farms and show that man lives on the planet. The entire surface lacks habitation except for the Adaham Starport and the small vents that litter the surface.

Under the surface Birkhi is a massive honeycomb of subterranean colonies, passages and mines. Birkhi is mostly known for its export of crystals and such exotic foodstuffs as the blind Kaa Crab and Ghalo Tuber.

Binary Solar System

Birkhi Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Birkhi K1 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.86	5100 - 5170	0.58985
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0037	0.0637	0.76 - 1.36	0.37	3.7
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	5
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Birkhi M0 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0027	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.27	2.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5

History and background

The population is ruled over by the Ghnola through the Bhaital Council. An absolute dictator with total control over life and death, the Ghnola is chosen from amongst the wisest and on being elected is immediately blinded. For the next ten years the Ghnola’s word is law and immediately carried out by every citizen. On the tenth year the Ghnola is led onto the surface and executed. Despite the capacity for abuse throughout its long history the system of rule by Ghnola has been mostly benevolent.

References and contributors

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Old Suns." Signal-GK 04 (1992): 46. - HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 49.