Khebha (world)

Khebha/Tsahrroek (Empty Quarter 0709) Milieu 1116 A550351-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 3 Low (7 thousand) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G5 V
Worlds	14
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	141A
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	14
Economic Extension	B21-3 Resources B Abundant Labor 2 Low (700) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	0
GWP (BCr)	15
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	40
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	175
Port passengers (annual)	2,000

Khebha has both an unbreathable thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water, making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a member of Julian Protectorate in the Tsahrroek Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Rukadukaz Republic. Khebha does not have the presence of Imperial Landed Nobility. 80% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr.

• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

Stellar Data

Khebha has a solitary primary star.

Khebha
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.98	5600 - 5660	0.93173
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0091	0.0801	0.91 - 1.63	0.91	9.1
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks

System Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background / Dossier

One of the Notable Worlds, Khebha is notable for being a largely Ovaghoun Vargr world, with few Vilani residents. As such, she is held up by leading Ovaghoun pundits as the model of what the Ovaghoun should become, speaking with a voice that's a good deal louder than her low population would suggest. (The trade networks that link her with the rest of the Republic help here as well.) The world's original settlements -- Vargr and Vilani alike -- were vaporized by the Imperium during the Julian War, something that the current inhabitants have not forgotten.

World Starport

Khebha 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.

• Vargr starports reflect the variety of Vargr architecture, with many disparate styles of building, each having their own unique ornamentation and gaudy colour scheme, and all competing for the attention of the onlooker. Emblems for the major shipping lines and port facilities abound.

World Population (P)

Khebha has a population of 7,000 sophonts (thousands).

• This is a Low Population World and the population would be too low to sustain itself without a little outside assistance. This may represent the home base of a sizable but mostly transient population such as the base of a major starship expedition, the last generation of a dying colony, the first generation of a new colony, or a large outpost that will probably evolve into a colony if not stopped.

World Demographics

• Vargr, 80% (mostly Ovaghoun Vargr).
• Other, 20% (mostly Vilani Human)

World Languages

• Ikonaz Vargr: A form of the dominant Ovaghoun language in the Ikonaz Sphere (and so in the Rukadukaz Republic).
• Ikonaz Vilani: A variant of the above altered to suit Human vocalization.

Urbanization

Vargr cities are lively and chaotic, full of garish colours and loud noises. Streets are packed and buildings press together. Vehicle traffic is fast and chaotic; the accident rate is low only because of superior Vargr reflexes. Zoning codes are rare, and districts jumble together.

World Technology Level

Khebha possesses a Technology Level of TL–14 or TL-E in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early meson communicators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, early collectors, and advanced fusion plants.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-5.

World Government

Khebha 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 Military

No information yet available.

World Economy

In addition to the trade nexus here -- letting visitors peek at all sorts of goods from all sorts of places -- there is a local market of very wealthy and connected Vargr packs, interested in very rare, very expensive, and very desirable goods and artifacts from across Charted Space. It still isn't nearly as powerful and influential as the super-elite luxury industry on Ikon (Empty Quarter 1602) -- but, if you know the rules of the road, it has some surprising charms...

Trade Data

No information yet available.

World Culture

No information yet available.

Historical Data

In the first century of the Republic, this world served as the capital of the starnation, an honor it’s definitely interested in regaining. Even today, an unusually large percentage of the Rukadur – the masters of the Republic – hail from this world, thanks to the powerful Ovaghoun packs who have sunk their fangs into this world. As the observer might predict, they tend to be hostile to both Imperial and Ikonic interests, and strong supporters of the current structure of the Rukadukaz Republic.

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within include the following:

• -1711: Near the end of the Vargr Pillaging, the proto-Ovaghoun conquer the world of Ikon.
  • Over time, the local Vilani culturally overrun their Vargr overlords, reshaping the Ovaghoun Vargr into a distinct, almost hybridised culture.
• -55: The Mmoannikh Accords between representatives of Logaksu Vargr and Ovaghoun Vargr societies ends a series of conflicts between the two cultures.
  • The Accords are rejected by the central Ikonaz government, leading to a shattering of the unity of the Ovaghoun.
• 175-191: The Julian War, which sees numerous attacks on Ikon, all of which fail in breaking the homeworld of the Ovaghoun.
  • The Ikonaz become a prominent member bloc of the Julian Protectorate.
• Circa 723: The Association of Good Wolves, the current government of Ikon, encourages the emigration of the working (i.e. Irilitok Vargr) classes to other, nearby worlds -- going so far as to subsidise 70% of the cost involved.
• Circa 937-940: The Fellowship of Nobles, the current Ikonaz government, collapses.
  • The Rukadukaz Republic is founded as the government of the Ikonaz Sphere in the aftermath.
• 942: The Julian Protectorate and the Hegemony of Lorean formally sign the Treaty of Var-Inaka (restricting naval basing) and the Julian Concord, incorporating the Hegemony into the Protectorate.
  • The Rukadukaz insist upon a 'buffer zone' of neutral systems between their territory and the Loreans.

UWP Listing

UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)

• 993 – Khebha 0709 B450451-B De Lo Ni Po Varg8 624 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
• 1105 - Khebha 0709 A450351-E De Lo Ni Po Varg8 724 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
• 1125 - Khebha 0709 A450351-E De Lo Ni Po 724 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
• 1201 - Khebha 0709 A450300-A De Lo Ni Po 324 Wi

References & Contributors / Sources

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• Alvin Plummer. "System Flags of the Empty Quarter II." Stellar Reaches 25 (2014): 150.
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• Author and Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication
• Compiler: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science