Ghungzon (world)

Ghungzon/Kourae (Empty Quarter 0906) Milieu 1116 B437443-D Starport B Good: Spacecraft 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 4 Moderate (10 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V
Worlds	7
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	152A
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	13
Economic Extension	634-2 Resources 6 Few Labor 3 Low (1 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	0
GWP (BCr)	58
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	25
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	2
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Ghungzon has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Julian Protectorate in the Kourae Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Rukadukaz Republic. 40% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr. 10% of the world's population is the Minor Race Bwap.

Astrography and Planetology

This system is part of the Tsahrroek-Kourae Cluster.

Stellar Data

Ghungzon has a solitary primary star.

Ghungzon
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

History and Background

Ghungzon is a rather non-descript little world… except for

• her critical position in the trade routes of the Republic,
• the numerous interstellar trading corporations based here -- who work aggressively to restrict Ikon (Empty Quarter 1602)-based corporate and financial influence, and thus back the current fairly anti-Ikon political framework of the Republic with all of their might,
• the strong influence of the School of Hidden Knowledge on this world. Thanks to the widely travelled visitors who stop by on this world (and the high level of local technology), there are quite a number of high-level libraries, colleges, academic associations, and a fairly decent Psionic Centre.
• the rather large percentage of her population that are neither Vilani, nor Vargr. The UWP declares "Vargr 40%, Bwap 10%" -- but only 20% of the remainder are local Ikonaz Vilani. That leaves 20%, or 2,000 sophonts, in the 'whatever' category, from Mixed Vilani to currently unclassified sophonts, unknown to Imperial science.

For the above reasons, Ghungzon remains a Notable World -- and a world quite hostile to Ikon (Empty Quarter 1602), with her leadership willing to fight tooth and claw to keep Ikon from again politically dominating the Ikonaz Sphere.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used here:

• Ikonaz Vargr: The dominant Ovaghoun language in the Ikonaz Sphere (and so in the Rukadukaz Republic).
• Ikonaz Vilani: A variant of the above altered to suit Human vocalization.
• Wawa-pakekeke-wawa: The common, precise and bureaucratic language of the Bwaps.

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within include the following:

• -1711: Near the end of the Vargr Pillaging, the proto-Ovaghoun conquer the world of Ikon.
  • Over time, the local Vilani culturally overrun their Vargr overlords, reshaping the Ovaghoun Vargr into a distinct, almost hybridised culture.
• -55: The Mmoannikh Accords between representatives of Logaksu Vargr and Ovaghoun Vargr societies ends a series of conflicts between the two cultures.
  • The Accords are rejected by the central Ikonaz government, leading to a shattering of the unity of the Ovaghoun.
• 175-191: The Julian War, which sees numerous attacks on Ikon, all of which fail in breaking the homeworld of the Ovaghoun.
  • The Ikonaz become a prominent member bloc of the Julian Protectorate.
• Circa 723: The Association of Good Wolves, the current government of Ikon, encourages the emigration of the working (i.e. Irilitok Vargr) classes to other, nearby worlds -- going so far as to subsidise 70% of the cost involved.
• Circa 937-940: The Fellowship of Nobles, the current Ikonaz government, collapses.
  • The Rukadukaz Republic is founded as the government of the Ikonaz Sphere in the aftermath.
• 942: The Julian Protectorate and the Hegemony of Lorean formally sign the Treaty of Var-Inaka (restricting naval basing) and the Julian Concord, incorporating the Hegemony into the Protectorate.
  • The Rukadukaz insist upon a 'buffer zone' of neutral systems between their territory and the Loreans.

UWP Listing

UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)

• T20 - 993 - Ghungzon 0906 B337443-D Lo Ni Varg5, Bwap1 100 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
• CT - 1105 - Ghungzon 0906 B337443-D Lo Ni Varg4, Bwap1 100 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
• MT - 1125 - Ghungzon 0906 B337443-D Lo Ni 100 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
• TNE - 1201 - Ghungzon 0906 X337000-0 Ba 000 --

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.

• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), .
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 11,47. - {dot map provided}
• Jason Kemp. "Alpha Quadrant of the Empty Quarter Sector- Kourae Subsector." Stellar Reaches 04 (2006): 7. - UWP Only
• Jason Kemp. "Sector In Review: Empty Quarter 993." Stellar Reaches 05 (2006): 37. - UWP Only
• Alvin Plummer. "Maps and UWP’S for the Empty Quarter: 993, 1105, 1125, and 1201 Imperial." Stellar Reaches 17 (2011): 16. - UWP Only
• Alvin Plummer. "Data Dump: Updated Maps and UWPs for the Empty Quarter, 993 and 1105 Imperial." Stellar Reaches 19 (2012): 48. - UWP Only
• Alvin Plummer. "System Flags of the Empty Quarter II." Stellar Reaches 25 (2014): 150.
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