Kourae (world)

Kourae/Kourae (Empty Quarter 1206) Milieu 1116 A683687-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 6 Moderate (6 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	3
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	685C
Army Size (BEs)	12
Economic Details
Technology Level	12
Economic Extension	B56+2 Resources B Abundant Labor 5 Moderate (600 thousand) Infrastructure 6 Limited Efficiency +2 Good
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	44
GWP (BCr)	660
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	2,062
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	6,600
Port employees	810
Port passengers (annual)	170,400

Kourae has a breathable, habitable atmosphere. The system has a population in the millions of sophonts. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Julian Protectorate in the Kourae Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Rukadukaz Republic. Kourae does not have the presence of Imperial Landed Nobility. 10% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr. 10% of the world's population is the Minor Race Bwap.

Astrography and Planetology

This system is part of the Tsahrroek-Kourae Cluster.

Stellar Data

Kourae has a solitary primary star.

Kourae
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

History and Background

Kourae has tolerated the direct rule of one or another off-world Vargr system or pirate pack for centuries now. Instead of rejecting the aliens, the local citizenry have focused on teaching the Vargr the right (read: Vilani) way to live, with remarkable success. This success has been further leveraged by the local population to a rather strong technological base, as the knowledge of Vargr science is re-shaped into a Vilani form.

Quite a lot of Ovaghoun Vargr have an intense admiration of Vilani culture, and among the greatest of honors is to be legally considered a True Vilani Gentleman. It is broadly acknowledged that in the Rukadukaz Republic, it is the Cultural Associations of Kourae who have the stringiest standards -- and is the home of the best and most widely respected Civilized Minds of the Republic.

After Ikon (Empty Quarter 1602) herself, Kourae has been one of the largest influences in making the Ovaghoun who they are today. Cultural goods and local rulings on Proper Behavior have a major influence on Ovaghoun behavior across Charted Space. Moreover, there is a steady flow of visitors, priests, academics, historians, and traders from distant Vland, helping to keep the local Vargr on the safe and certain road of Complete Conformity.

Unsurprisingly, Kourae is one of the Eight Notable Worlds of the Rukadukaz Republic.

World Starport (St)

Kourae 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)

Kourae has a population of 6,000,000 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

• Vilani, 80%
• Vargr, 10%
• Bwap, 10%

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.
• Wawa-pakekeke-wawa: The language of the Bwap.

World Technology Level (T)

Kourae possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C 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 & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-3.

World Government (G)

Kourae 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.

UWP Listing

UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)

• T20 - 993 - Kourae 1206 A683687-D Ni Ri Varg0 Bwap1 503 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
• CT - 1105 - Kourae 1206 A683687-D Ni Ri Varg1 Bwap1 603 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
• MT - 1125 - Kourae 1206 A683687-D Ni Ri 603 Jr - Julian Protectorate (Rukadukaz Republic)
• TNE - 1201 - Kourae 1206 X68356B-5 Ni 503 Wi

References and Contributors

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.

• Jason Kemp. "Alpha Quadrant of the Empty Quarter Sector- Kourae Subsector." Stellar Reaches 04 (2006): 7. - UWP Only
• Jason Kemp. "Sector In Review: Empty Quarter 993." Stellar Reaches 05 (2006): 37. - UWP Only
• Alvin Plummer. "Maps and UWP’S for the Empty Quarter: 993, 1105, 1125, and 1201 Imperial." Stellar Reaches 17 (2011): 16. - UWP Only
• Alvin Plummer. "Data Dump: Updated Maps and UWPs for the Empty Quarter, 993 and 1105 Imperial." Stellar Reaches 19 (2012): 48. - UWP Only
• Alvin Plummer. "System Flags of the Empty Quarter II." Stellar Reaches 25 (2014): 150.
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