Loza'tch (world)

Loza'tch/Za'tachk (Wrenton 2330)
Classic Era (1116)	A664AW7-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population A High (20 billion) Government W Hiver Committee Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
Hard Times (1130)	A664A30-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population A High (0 billion) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 0 No Law Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K2 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	3

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Loza'tch is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• The world serves as the subsector capital with the significant extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• It is a member of the Hive Federation in the Za'tachk Subsector of Wrenton Sector.

• It is notable as the homeworld of the Za'tachk, a Minor Race serving the Hivers. It also serves as the capital of the Za'tachk Alignment.
• It is a Hive Federation world containing a significant population of a sophont race other than Hivers.
• This world has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
• This world has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Loza'tch has a solitary primary star.

• It is an orange main sequence named Xer'latkh.

Loza'tch has a solitary primary star.

Xer'latkh
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.82	4830 - 5100	0.49928
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0073	0.0586	0.7 - 1.26	0.73	7.3
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x3 secondary rocky worlds (Nuxa'tch, Qitanip, Kt'actak)
• x3 planetoid belts.
• x1 gas giant (Antacup)

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Loza'tch is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Loza'tch 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)

Loza'tch has 35-45% of its surface covered by liquid water. There will be a number of small seas or one larger body of water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

The planet's surface consists of a single supercontinent called Vaxitraq.

• Vaxitraq Supercontinent
  • Six major mountain ranges
• Alirkli Xum: Built outside the capital city, this is an immense museum, art gallery and monument.
• Kagar Lorapqooh: Recognised as the site where the first contact between Za'tachk and Hiver occurred, a reserve kept in as close a condition to how it was at that time as possible.
• Olenkakac Gurvinfanai: Located in the startown, this is a trade bazaar owned and operated by Gurvin.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

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

Plant life defends itself with toxins. The Za'tachk evolved sensitive bitterness preceptors in their mouth lining to assist them in discerning which plants were best to eat. To further aid in the digestion of native plants, Za'tachk consume clay which lines their stomachs and binds with the toxins.

Fauna:

• Anaroth: A heavy, short-tempered herbivore
• Caoua: A fast predator
• Droosen: Small, communal animals the size of a Terran monkey, a relatively distant cousin of Za'tachk
• Gimzikgaa: Domesticated for its milk-analogue and as a food animal
• Kiikuuka: A desert-dwelling rodent-like animal with thick plate-like growths
• Muulag: A large herbivore evolved to live in cold climates
• Nootrook: A heavy beast of burden
• Shemgikim: a long-legged herbivore domesticated by the Za'tachk

Native Sophont (NIL): Za'tachk

The Za'tachk are descended from trisexual omnivore/gatherers. They are quadrupedal; like the Hivers, they use their limbs equally well for movement or grasping. They are similar in size and weight to the Hivers.

History & Background (Dossier)

Loza'tch is a high-population Hive Federation world located in Za'tachk, subsector K of Wrenton Sector.

World Starport

Loza'tch 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.

• There is an associated Naval Base.
• The Downport's associated startown features the Olenkakac Gurvinfanai, a trade bazaar owned and operated by Gurvin.

World Population (P)

Loza'tch has a population of 20,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

World Demographics

• 99% Za'tachk
• 0.5% Hiver
• 0.3% Gurvin
• 0.2% other species

No Ithklur are permitted on Loza'tch, as the conflict-averse and timid Za'tachk find them alarming.

World Languages

• Gurvin
• Za'tachshprakh

Urbanization

Za'tachk feel comfortable and safe in large groups; being alone means nobody can assist them if they are threatened or endangered, and Za'tachk are notoriously timid. Za'tachk cities are crowded, noisy and busy places.

World Technology Level

Loza'tch 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

Loza'tch is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions in the government. These positions are inherited by member of the group or their family members. The organization may be a monarchy, with titles passed to family members, or a plutocracy where inheritance of the family fortune includes government position. Alternatively, the organization may be a more typical government apparatus, only with positions of power inherited.

This is the capital of the Za'tachk Alignment subpolity. Local government of Loza'tch -- the Za'tachk Home Union -- comprises three councils (as expected from Za'tachk), one each for the executive, representative and judicial branches of governance.

World Military

The standard military is equipped with TL-10 gear, while elite forces are equipped with TL-11 or 12 equipment imported from offworld. Renowned for their timidity, Za'tachk make heavy use of drones piloted remotely, from a safe distance.

The flagship of the planetary navy is a TL-10 65,000-ton heavy cruiser, the Lodrenakinuth.

As a member of the Hive Federation, Loza'tch can theoretically call upon Ithklur warriors as well as its own defence forces. However, the timid Za'tachk are wary of Ithklur, whose exuberant violence they find alarming.

World Law Level (L)

Loza'tch has no law in practice. It is an Anarchy. On many worlds, this by itself justifies an Amber Zone advisory. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate.

On Za'tachk worlds, police rarely carry lethal weaponry. Instead, they use a kaath device, which fires an electrical induction beam that stimulates the brain's pleasure centre, rendering those hit helpless for a brief time.

Za'tachk law assumes an individual is innocent until proven guilty. They utilise lawyers to defend or prosecute the accused. Legal trickery is severely penalised.

World Economy

Loza'tch primarily imports raw materials for manufacturing weapons (an irony often noted, given the peaceful and timid nature of the locals), basic consumables and luxury items. Primary exports, apart from weapons, are composite alloys and information.

Heavy industrial areas are located on the outskirts of cities, away from habitation areas. This is yet another reflection of the overly cautious Za'tachk mindset.

World Culture

Za'tachk instinctively seek to escape uncertainty or aggression by achieving "higher ground"; this can be literal, or an appeal to moral establishment, proven theories, or tradition. Culture is structured and stylised, with little initiative.

Za'tachk have no rituals around the consumption of food. There are no standard mealtimes, nor a tendency to gather together specifically to eat. Instead, Za'tachk graze throughout the day, regardless of where they are and what they are doing. Za'tachk always carry food with them as a matter of course and every gathering will include a selection of foods, regardless of the formality.

Theatre is a popular entertainment. Like their other art forms, Za'tachk theatre is rather soulless and dry, being more akin to a history lesson than art.

World Infrastructure

No information yet available.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

• -100,000: Earliest evidence of Za'tachk tool use.
• -50,000: Za'tachk enter Stone Age.
• -35,000: Foundation of the first great Za'tachk civilizations, the Mut'achactk, Xoczaaltho and Bol'varcolchk Matriarchies.
• -34,100: The Shaking Death plague ravages Za'tachk civilisations.
• -14,000: The ruler Qek'bachktak introduces the civil service examination system to counteract governmental corruption and nepotism.
• -4100: Hiver explorers discover Loza'tch and the Za'tachk civilization.
• -4050: First physical contact is made with the Za'tachk by the Hivers.
  • Note that by this point another exploratory Hiver vessel in Folgore Sector has discovered (but not yet contacted) the Gurvin.
• -3600: The Za'tachk are provided with the technology to build their first jump drive. The Hivers have already set aside space for the Za'tachk to expand into.
  • During this expansion period, the foundations of the Za'tachk Alignment are developed and cemented into law.
• -2029 to -2013: To coreward, the Hiver interstellar community is threatened by the Hiver-K'kree War.
  • -2023 to -2018: The modern Hive Federation is codified.
  • This is a time of great upheaval in the Za'tachk Alignment.

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

References

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