Halka (world)

Halka/Menorial (Trojan Reach 0510)
Classic Era (1116)	B865544-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 5 Moderate (800 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M9 III
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	3

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Halka is an agricultural, nonindustrial, pre-rich garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most sophonts, but still lacks an adequate population to expand its economy to a rich status.

• As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
• 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.
• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Florian League in the Menorial Subsector of Trojan Reach Sector.

• This world has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
• This world has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.
• It is the homeworld of the Halka, a minor human race.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

Stellar Data

Halka orbits a red giant star, named Wuak.

Halka has a solitary primary star.

Wuak
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M9 III	Giant		9.2	1900 - 2400	2690
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	3.34978	4.30191	41.23 - 67.21	334.978	3349.78
	Orbit #	5	6	9	12	15
	Remarks

System Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Halka is a Meso World between 12,000km and 13,500km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.8G and 1.1G. The horizon will appear about 5.1km away. Vessels with 1G of thrust should check with local starport authorities before attempting to land using emergency power.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Halka has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Halka has 45-55% of its surface covered by liquid water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

Halka is rife with living things and features a complex ecosystem ranging from microbes to a broad array of plants, proto-fish and even some land animals. Just where this all came from is a bit of a mystery. The fossil record has not been studied well enough to determine if these life forms were brought to the planet by the Ancients when they seeded it with the proto-Halkans or whether life somehow made it to Halka from what was once the system mainworld during the pre-red-giant phase. The latter seems improbable but there is evidence that bolide impacts within the system might have transported living matter between its worlds in ancient times. Regardless of the mechanism by which it occurred, the fact is that Halka has a great deal of life, which enabled the Halkans to develop agriculture.

Native Sophont: Halkans

The Halkans are a Human Minor Race. Much like their more illustrious neighbours on Floria a mere five parsecs away, the Halkans came from Human stock transported from Terra by the Ancients in approximately the year -300,000. However, while the Florians were genetically engineered, gifted with advanced technology and given the trappings of civilisation, the Halkans were left in a primordial state by the Ancients, who allowed them to evolve naturally over the eons into their current state.

After first contact, the Halkans were initially thought to have been affected by albinism, due to the lack of pigment in their skin, but they are not true albinos. As the denizens of a planet that orbits a dim red-giant star, there were no inherent advantages to developing higher levels of melanin in their skin so mutations that might otherwise have been weeded out by evolution were allowed to propagate in the gene pool. In addition to light pigmentation, Halkans have white or light blonde hair and their eyes are almost universally limited to shades of grey, sometimes almost white. Having evolved on a world of relatively light gravity, Halkans are of slight build but taller than most other humans.

History & Background (Dossier)

Halka is a garden world located in the Menorial Subsector of the Trojan Reach. It is the origin of the eponymous Halka, a minor human race.

World Starport

Halka 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.

• The Downport is located in the centre of one of the largest cities on Halka. The Halka Institute of Art and Design is located in this city.
• There is an associated Naval Base.

World Population (P)

Halka has a population of 800,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
• This census likely counts only the Floriani, not the native Halkans.
• The world's population has been kept steady by emigration of the Florian population stemming from the slow transfer of land back to its original Halkan owners. Large-scale immigration has been prevented by the continued uncertainty between the two groups, and by the difficulty of offworlders in adapting to the planet's very long year.

World Languages

• Floriani
• Native Halkan language

World Technology Level

Halka 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

Halka is governed by a Representative Democracy where government leadership is by representatives elected by eligible voters. What determines an eligible voter varies. The representatives determine policy, including selecting members of the bureaucracy. There can be referenda, votes by eligible voters on specific subjects.

• Halka is a member of the Florian League. The League is governed at various levels by randomly selected leaders. Staggered lotteries exist for each level of government.

World Law Level

No information yet available.

World Military

No information yet available.

World Economy

The Florian currency is the tlientir.

The League imposes a moderate income tax on all citizens and resident non-citizens. This tax is supplemented by various fees paid to the government for services.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

World Culture

No information yet available.

Urbanization

No information yet available.

World Infrastructure

No information yet available.

Historical Data

Halka was located far outside the territory of the Vilani; as depicted on the chart, right.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 20
• Christopher Griffen, JTAS Mongoose, Vol 08, 98-99