Desolate (Cr 0608) (world)

Desolate/Khouth (Corridor 0608)
Milieu 0	C9B4344-7 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere B Exotic (corrosive) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 3 Low (1 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
Classic Era (1116)	B9B4502-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere B Exotic (corrosive) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 5 Moderate (400 thousand) Government 0 No Government structure Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
New Era (1200)	X9B4000-0 Starport X No Starport Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere B Exotic (corrosive) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G5 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	0

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Desolate (Cr 0608) is a nonindustrial fluid world.

• A fluid world has an oceanic geography consisting of heavily contaminated water or a substance such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquid.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Khouth Subsector of Corridor Sector in the Domain of Vland.
• This world has an Imperial Way Station.

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• During the Long Night this world was named Khinukhin.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

The only free world around a lonely "bachelor" star, no one dared colonize this dangerous planet.

The system is part of the Atsah Cluster, also known in Corridor Sector as the Kiran Cluster.

Stellar Data

Desolate has a solitary primary star.

Desolate
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.98	5600 - 5660	0.93173
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0091	0.0801	0.91 - 1.63	0.91	9.1
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks

System Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

The world is wreathed in a deadly cloud of hydrofluoric acid, and possesses few resources worth exploiting, save chemicals processed for industrial purposes.

Mainworld Size (S)

Desolate is a Big World between 13,600km and 15,200km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 1G and 1.3G. The horizon will appear about 5.4km away. Vessels with only 1G of thrust should avoid landing on this world.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Desolate has a Corrosive Atmosphere and possesses a concentrated gas mix or unusual temperature which requires the use of a Hostile Environment Suit or Vacc Suit. TL–9 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Desolate has 35-45% of its surface covered by liquid water. There will be a number of small seas or one larger body of water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background / Dossier

Imperial High / Landed Nobility

Desolate, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

World Starport

Desolate has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

• Desolate's orbital starport is a large structure but only a small part of it is a commercial port. Some of the rest is given over to bulk transport docks for the world's mineral and chemical exports but the largest segment is owned and operated by the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service as a way station. This installation was constructed to serve the express boat network, with extensive overhaul and servicing facilities for both X-boats themselves and the tenders that support them. There is also a well-equipped mental health facility specialising in preparing personnel for long periods alone in jumpspace.

World Technology Level

Desolate possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land & Water: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
  • Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
  • Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-1.

World Government

Desolate has no central government or substantial government apparatus; an Anarchy. The largest governmental structure would be a family, tribe, or single clan. The largest group will be between 50 and 100 individuals, and there may be dozens to hundreds of them. This governmental structure can be stable over long periods of time if the population remains small or geographically separated.

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

No information yet available.

World Culture

No information yet available.

Urbanization

No information yet available.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

History: New Era

The small 1117 population inhabited a mostly automated orbiting starport, which quickly surrendered to the advancing Vargr.

• The human staff was expelled to the Domain of Deneb, and the Irrgh Manifest Navy tried to convert the base into a naval storage facility.
• A vampire ship blasted the station into debris in 1140, leaving a cloud of metal in geostationary orbit.

References

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.

• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), TBD.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), TBD.
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 18 in Article: "Corridor Sector Data/Library" by James Holden, Philip Athans, Mike Mikesh & David Riddell
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), .
• Martin Dougherty. The Great Rift (Mongoose Publishing, 2018), 26.
• Cirque (Campaign Source) Cirque: The Usual Suspects
• Peter Gray - TNE RCES