Gakhir (world)

Gakhir/Khandi (Dagudashaag 2413) Milieu 1116 A4007B9-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 7 Moderate (70 million) Government B Non-Charismatic Dictator Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M4 III
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Non-charismatic dictatorship
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	896F
Army Size (BEs)	7
Economic Details
Technology Level	14
Economic Extension	D6D+3 Resources D Very abundant Labor 6 Moderate (7 million) Infrastructure D Comprehensive Efficiency +3 Improved
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	3,042
GWP (BCr)	525
World Trade Number	5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	34,417
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	7
Building Capacity (Tons)	77,000
Port employees	149,215
Port passengers (annual)	113,600

Gakhir has a complete lack of both an atmosphere and any surface water. The system has a population between 10 million and a billion sophonts, with a self-supporting industrial base. This world is designated an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Khandi Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Gakhir, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and the fiefdom of a marquis. Both are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships. During the Long Night this world was named Nirkinishi.

Astrography and Planetology

Gakhir is a member of the Sylean Main.

Stellar Data

Gakhir has a solitary primary star.

Gakhir
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M4 III	Giant		7.18	2100 - 3000	1918
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	1.81446	3.63253	34.82 - 56.75	181.446	1814.46
	Orbit #	4	5	9	11	14
	Remarks

System Data

The planetary navy is unusually large for a system of only 70 million. It is one of the few in the otherwise peaceful Khandi Subsector maintaining a high state of readiness. The Gakhir patrol cruisers can often be found operating along side Imperial Navy craft in exercises across the subsector.

History and Background

In 447 this otherwise unremarkable planet was the site of a major lanthanum strike. Although most of the ore was quickly worked out, political power remains with the dozen family-owned mining houses. These houses maintain their control through domination of the Prospector's League, the system's only legal political party.

Disputes between the houses are normally settled peacefully, but they are in constant competition for commercial advantage. The greatest part of the houses' prospecting and exploration activity has shifted to the colony system of Irlu (Dagudashaag 2415).

Although life for most citizens is sedate and comfortable, the Prospector's League perpetuates the myth of Gakhir as a world of hardy, roving space miners.

World Starport (Sp)

Gakhir 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 Imperial Naval Base, hosting elements of the 206th Fleet.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used here:

• Anglic: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Khandi." Signal-GK 12 (1996): 61. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 84.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 118.