Gvurrdakh (world)

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Gvurrdakh/Tsahrroek (Empty Quarter 1602)
Milieu 1116
C6538AA-7
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g)
Atmosphere5 Thin
Hydrographics3 Wet World 30%
Population8 Moderate (700 million)
GovernmentA Charismatic Dictator
LawA Extreme Law (no weapons)
Tech Level7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also UWP
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System Details
Primary M1 V
Worlds 8
Gas Giants 3
Planetoid Belts 0
Cultural Details
Government Charismatic dictatorship
Law Level Extreme
Cultural Extension A779
Army Size (BEs) 2000
Economic Details
Technology Level 7
Economic Extension
A77+1
ResourcesAAbundant
Labor7Moderate (70 million)
Infrastructure7 Generally available
Efficiency+1Average
Importance Extension -1
Resource Units 800
GWP (BCr) 490
World Trade Number 4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 3,797
Starport Details
Classification Class-C
Port Size 4
Building Capacity (Tons) 840,000
Port employees 330
Port passengers (annual) 12,400

Gvurrdakh is a poor, moderate-population world with a population of over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts.

Astrography and Planetology[edit]

Stellar Data[edit]

Gvurrdakh has a solitary primary star.
Gvurrdakh
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M1 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.5 3620 - 3660 0.08839
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0047 0.0247 0.31 - 0.59 0.47 4.7
Orbit #  *  * 1 1 6
Remarks

History and Background[edit]

Home to a large military base during the early years of the Julian War, this heavily fortified neighbor to Ikon (Empty Quarter 1602) was targeted by the Imperium for destruction. The Vargr population was well-prepared, and it took the Imperials four long years to reduce the defenses, finally resorting to gigaton bombs to kill the world properly. The Ovaghoun took the time to carefully repair the damage over the centuries, and the current population is now greater than it was before the Julian War.

World Starport[edit]

Gvurrdakh has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

  • Vargr starports reflect the variety of Vargr architecture, with many disparate styles of building, each having their own unique ornamentation and gaudy colour scheme, and all competing for the attention of the onlooker. Emblems for the major shipping lines and port facilities abound.

World Population (P)[edit]

Gvurrdakh has a population of 700,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

World Demographics[edit]

The population is almost entirely Vargr, consisting of Ovaghoun Vargr and Irilitok Vargr.

World Languages[edit]

Urbanization[edit]

Vargr cities are lively and chaotic, full of garish colours and loud noises. Streets are packed and buildings press together. Vehicle traffic is fast and chaotic; the accident rate is low only because of superior Vargr reflexes. Zoning codes are rare, and districts jumble together.

World Timeline[edit]

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.
  • 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.
  • 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[edit]

UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)

References and Contributors[edit]

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