Halka

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)

Primary Star

M9 III

Atmosphere

Standard

Off-world presence

No

Zoetic individuals

Yes

Source

Reference

"Data/Library: Halka." The Travellers' Digest 20 8.

Canon

No

Also see

The Halka of Halka (Trojan Reach 0510) are a Minor Human Race and are technologically developing sophonts.

Physiology & Environment[edit]

Halkans appear to be slightly built albinos. Their eyes are pale grey (nearly white), while their hair color ranges from white to ash-pale blond. The Halkans are not true albinos, and their adaptations seem to be the result of natural adaptation to their bright M9 III star rather than deliberate engineering by the Ancients. As a people they are peaceful, and prefer a pastoral existence.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Halka was first settled by the Ancients around -300,000. Though no physical remains exist of their base, their presence is indicated by the existence of a human species on the planet.

The Florians contacted the world in 211, and quickly subjugated the inhabitants. The original Barnai rulers, accustomed to dealing with intellectually limited Feskals, took the simple lifestyle of their new subjects as a sign of inferiority, and employed them as slave labor. This practice continued for some time after the world was absorbed into the Florian League, and only ended after a public outcry in the 900s. Emancipation landed most Halkans into destitution, and most remained as tenant farmers for their former landlords.

Recidivist elements among the local nobility continued to exploit these people even after the League passed laws protecting them from offworld predation. Several of these elements were involved in a plot led by the local RGM of Vorkash Manufacturing in abducting the Halkans for servitude in the company mines on nearby Viceroy. The exposure of this operation led to a new and lasting crackdown on the slavers, and a full military garrison was stationed on-planet to prevent future incidents.

Halka remains a primarily agricultural world. The native population has slowly assimilated into the Florian mainstream, displacing a number of established Barnai landlords in the process. 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 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.

Astrography[edit]

This race is primarily located in the following areas:
Charted Space:

The Halkan Diaspora took them far and wide, albeit within the confines of Florian League space. While Halkans can be found on virtually all Florian worlds, historically most gravitated to agricultural worlds where they participated in farming industries. Other than Halka itself, the worlds where Travellers are most likely to encounter Halkans include the following:

Bolsush, Trojan Reach
Boronu, Trojan Reach
Eptid, The Beyond
Mis Noam, The Beyond
Tibolt, Trojan Reach
Zimt, Trojan Reach

Homeworld[edit]

The homeworld of this race is:

Halka (Trojan Reach 0510)

World Listing: 1105[edit]

Significant communities of this race are known to dwell within the following systems and worlds:

7 of 7 World articles in Halka

Bolsush • Boronu • Eptid • Halka • Mis Noam • Tibolt • Zimt •

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References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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.

Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Data/Library: Halka." The Travellers' Digest 20 (1990): 8.
Peter Gray. OPAL 9809