Luguk (world)

Luguk/Kuriishe (Dagudashaag 2513) Milieu 1116 D8A4689-8 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 6 Moderate (2 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G4 V M4 V
Worlds	17
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	7369
Army Size (BEs)	2
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	A51-2 Resources A Abundant Labor 5 Moderate (200 thousand) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	40
GWP (BCr)	2
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	657
Starport Details
Classification	Class-D
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	2,200
Port employees	50
Port passengers (annual)	1,000

Luguk is a fluid world with an oceanic geography of a liquid other than water such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquids. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Kuriishe Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Luguk, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. During the Long Night this world was named Kiir Gii.

Astrography and Planetology

Luguk is a member of the Sylean Main.

Stellar Data

Luguk has two stars in the star system.

Luguk
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.985	5660 - 5680	0.94848
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0092	0.0808	0.93 - 1.65	0.92	9.2
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks
Luguk
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.23	3110 - 3210	0.00584
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0025	0.0063	0.08 - 0.16	0.25	2.5
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	5
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

Luguk shares one characteristic with Lashgaiika (Dagudashaag 2512) -- that of having a high seismic stress factor. While it is quite close to the central star (being only 0.7 AU out), it is not a satellite world, but does have its own satellite, Harakar, a body 2000 kilometres in diameter, orbiting at a close seventeen diameters distance. Luguk has some twelve active volcanoes, and while dangerous, the fact that Luguk is over three times the size of Lushgaiika means they are not such a factor in daily life.

The atmosphere does hamper daily life to some extent, being rated exotic, and necessitates a lightweight protective suit in a few places where the contaminants are highly concentrated. In most instances, an air filter or oxygen tank is all that is required when leaving the protection of buildings and vehicles.

History and Background

Luguk was colonized initially about the same time as Lashgaiika, but a series of natural disasters almost brought the colonization effort to a complete ruin. It was only through having an enterprising and determined spirit and a little luck that the people on Luguk managed to survive and eventually start to prosper. This has meant that their level of technological development has been slow to take off, but they still possess that enterprising spirit, as well as a friendliness and curiosity that tends to endear them to those they meet. Signs are now emerging that their society is ready to leap forward quite spectacularly in the next few decades.

World Starport (St)

Luguk has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

Urbanization

Most of the population is spread across one of the larger continents, in a large number of small to medium-sized settlements, varying in size from a large village to a small city. Luguk has a very good transport infrastructure, and a large number of starports and spaceports in relation to the size of its population.

World Government

The world is ruled by a collection of councils, each of which preside over a certain area and whose representatives meet regularly to discuss problems and harmonise policy. Several have close contacts with the Imperial Scout Service, and many of those who don't work in the agricultural or entertainment sectors of the economy provide services for the large scout base on the planet. This base was built to further scout activates in this part of the subsector and surrounding areas, as well as encourage trade and commerce between local systems, and to help co-ordinate anti-piracy duties with the naval base at Lashgaiika and the scout bases at Giku, Duunkhan and Diablo.

World Economy

The protective equipment needed for travel on the surface used to be produced locally, but these items were quite heavy and restrictive; better variants are now imported from Lashgaiika at a very reasonable price, being part of a deal involving agricultural produce from Luguk and finished consumer products and advanced technology from Lashgaiika. Although not strictly an agricultural world, the plentiful water on and under the surface of the planet means that Luguk produces far more agricultural produce than it needs in massive agro-farms, and so can readily export it.

Although only having D-class ports, significant investment is expected soon, to help tap the previously unknown resources of the planet, which include a number of rare ores, non-metallic compounds and radioactive elements. Chief among the prospective investors are Ling-Standard Products and Sternmetal Horizons, which specialise, amongst other things, in prospecting and mining.

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.

• Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Kuriishe." Signal-GK 13 (1997): 18-19. via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 84.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 227.