Kernal (world)

B566786-7

Starport	B	Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size	5	Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere	6	Standard
Hydrographics	6	Wet World 60%
Population	7	Moderate (30 million)
Government	8	Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law	6	Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns)
Tech Level	7	Pre-Stellar (electronics)

Era: New Era

Kernal has an ideal environment for producing agricultural goods and a balanced population between 10 and 100 million. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Star Lane Subsector of Deneb Sector. This is the homeworld of the Yafizethe, a Minor Race.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

This system is part of the Askigaak Loop.

Stellar Data[edit]

Kernal has a solitary primary star.

Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
G3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.99	5680 - 5720	0.96544
Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
AU	0.0093	0.0815	0.94 - 1.66	0.93	9.3
Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
Remarks		None

System Data[edit]

Lurent planetoid ships may be found in the inner system, trading, or in the system's Oort clouds, refuelling.

Mainworld Data[edit]

No information yet available.

Mainworld Size (S)[edit]

Kernal is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]

Kernal 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)[edit]

Kernal has 55-65% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]

Native Lifeforms[edit]

Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The money that Kernal earns is well invested, and the local standard of living is higher than the listed tech level would otherwise imply. Because of Askigaak's dominance in their economy, Kernalians spend most of their leisure time immersed in that world's arcane politics, and actually make some attempt to influence events there. In the past the locals have done some outrageous things, and they usually appear even to their neighbors to be "hicks" who are aspiring to a level way above their proper station. Nonetheless Kernal's population understands Askigaak's insular culture better than any other world in the subsector, and often helps smooth over ruffled feathers. The Yafizethe are noted for their grasp of complex political matters.

In recent years the population has come under the influence of the Shui-he Movement on nearby Shen-Yang and the local culture is beginning to alter in a fundamental way.

World Starport[edit]

Kernal 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.

World Population (P)[edit]

Kernal has a population of 30,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).

World Demographics[edit]

The world is notable as the homeworld of the diplomatic Yafizethe, a Minor Race. Except for interstellar workers, the population of their nations is made up of Yafizethe only, though they share their world with a Human nation. The Yafizethe have recently completed the consolidation of their world from a number of competing states. The long unification process resulted in a class of skilled diplomats^[2], negotiators and lawyers, collectively called peacemakers, whose skills are useful on the interstellar scene.

World Technology Level (T)[edit]

Kernal possesses a Technology Level of TL–7.

Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early video and early satellite communication networks.
Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fuel cells, solar energy, and geothermal power sources.
Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Improved automobiles, hovercraft, and bullet trains.
- Water: Hydrofoils and early triphibians.
- Air: Hang gliders and supersonic jets.
- Space: Deep space probes and interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government (G)[edit]

Kernal is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.

A process of political unification spanned the period from offworld contact in the 400s through to 1060. One notable incident occurred in 846, when 50 members of the ruling nobility of two powerful states voluntarily sacrificed themselves on a stone altar to unify their nations. This unprecedented act exploited a legal loophole in the complex Rules of Peace, and forced key nations to set aside their differences.

Kaajsu Kingdom
Republic of Saaldi

World Law (L)[edit]

Kernal has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Economy[edit]

Kernal is a very rich world, thanks to its prodigious output of agricultural products that it exports to Askigaak. The higher surface temperatures and local soils are very suitable for fast growing crop strains, and in the course of a normal year local farmers can produce three or four crops.

Since it is the only world in Star Lane with a sizeable food surplus, Askigaak is heavily dependent upon it to supplement the food its citizens subsist upon. Naturally, local farmers charge premium prices via long-term contracts that lock Askigaak into an oligopolistic pattern.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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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.

Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58.
Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 60.
Mongoose Traveller: Deneb Sector (UWP only)
EXTERNAL LINK: Peter Gray - Traveller TNE Mailing List The Stronghold: Star Lane Subsector published 23 August 2001
Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
↑ Robert Eaglestone. Deneb Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 4.

[1] "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com

[2] Robert Eaglestone. Deneb Sector (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 4.

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