Khalan (world)

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Khalan/Arnakhish (Dagudashaag 2007)
Milieu 1116
B677525-B
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g)
Atmosphere7 Standard (tainted)
Hydrographics7 Wet World 70%
Population5 Moderate (800 thousand)
Government2 Participating Democracy
Law5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons)
Tech LevelB Average Stellar (large starships)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G1 V
Worlds 9
Gas Giants 1
Planetoid Belts 2
Cultural Details
Government Participating democracy
Law Level Moderate
Cultural Extension 3739
Army Size (BEs) 0
Economic Details
Technology Level 11
Economic Extension
A46+1
ResourcesAAbundant
Labor4Moderate (80 thousand)
Infrastructure6 Limited
Efficiency+1Average
Importance Extension 2
Resource Units 240
GWP (BCr) 2
World Trade Number 4
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 6,937
Starport Details
Classification Class-B
Port Size 6
Building Capacity (Tons) 0
Port employees 12,405
Port passengers (annual) 7,000

Khalan is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other lifeforms. The system has a population between 100,000 and 10 million sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Arnakhish Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Khalan, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. During the Long Night this world was named Absalo.

Astrography and Planetology[edit]

Khalan is a member of the Ninlakim Trace.

Stellar Data[edit]

Khalan has a solitary primary star.
Khalan
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G1 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 1.03 5770 - 5860 1.109
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0099 0.0873 1 - 1.75 0.99 9.9
Orbit #  *  * 4 3 7
Remarks

Mainworld Data[edit]

Khalan is one of two agricultural worlds in the subsector. The atmosphere of Khalan is tainted with the pollen from the Graymalk fields that dominate much of the land area of the planet.

History and Background[edit]

The world's class-B starport is constantly busy loading the bulk carriers that arrive around the clock to take Khalan's foodstuffs to the rest of the worlds in the subsector.

World Culture[edit]

The culture is recognizably Vilani.

References and Contributors[edit]

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