Keratl (world)

Keratl/Silver Laurel (Hinterworlds 1730)
Classic Era (1116)	A110658-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 1 Small (1,600 km, 0.05g - 0.09g) Atmosphere 1 Vacuum (trace) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 6 Moderate (3 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G0 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	3

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Keratl is a non-agricultural and nonindustrial world.

• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• It has few prospects for economic development. Life here is drastically bleak.
• This dangerous world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it dangerous to visitors.
• This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• This world is part of the Outcasts of the Whispering Sky polity in the Silver Laurel Subsector of Hinterworlds Sector.

• It appears to be the current capital and second homeworld of the Outcasts of the Whispering Sky (Stalkers).

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is located on the Briua-Dahlia Main.

Stellar Data

Keratl has a solitary primary star.

Keratl
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.06	5860 - 5930	1.22623
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0102	0.0918	1.04 - 1.83	1.02	10.2
	Orbit #	*	*	4	3	7
	Remarks

System Data

Gas Giants: 3

Asteroid Belts: 0

World Data

• Core Type: Rocky
• Density: 0.94 Earths
• Rotation Period: 24 hours
• Orbital Period: 326 days
• Axial Tilt: 8 degrees
• Orbital Eccentricity: 0
• Natural Satellites: 3
• Surface Pressure: 0.009 atm

Mainworld Size (S)

Keratl is a Small World between 4,000km and 5,600km in diameter. The world has low gravity between 0.24G and 0.34G. The horizon will appear about 3km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Keratl has a pressure of less than 0.1 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Keratl has no free-standing water or ice on the surface. Wilderness refueling isn't possible on this world. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are classified Desert World or a Hell World depending on their atmosphere.

History & Background (Dossier)

This world is part of the polity known as the Outcasts of the Whispering Sky in the Silver Laurel Subsector in the Hinterworlds Sector.

World Starport

Keratl 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.

World Population (P)

Keratl has a population of 3,000,000 sophonts (millions).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

World Demographics

Stalkers, more formally known as the Outcasts of the Whispering Sky.

World Technology Level

Keratl 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

Keratl is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

World Culture

The Outcasts of the Whispering Sky reject contact with aliens, alarmed by the insane barrage of visual stimuli that aliens represent. Wandering traders engage with outsiders, but aliens are not welcome within the Outcasts' realm, and little is known of their culture.

Trade Data

Trade System Classifications: •Non-Industrial •Non-Agricultural

World Trade Number (WTN) : 4

Per Capita Income (WPCI) : $ 2,928

References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• Classic Traveller Atlas of the Imperium
• Periodical: Challenge39
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science