Markasher (world)

Markasher/Kaskii (Core 3115)
Classic Era (1116)	E1009CC-7 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 1 Small (1,600 km, 0.05g - 0.09g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 9 High (4 billion) Government C Charismatic Oligarchy Law C Extreme Law (no privacy) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K8 IV
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	0

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Markasher is a high-population, non-agricultural and industrial vacuum world, with a billion or more sophonts in population size, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

• As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item.
• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• It is a member of the Sylean Worlds, a cultural region and full member state of the Third Imperium in the Kaskii Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.

• About 50% of the population is composed of Syleans.
• About 50% of the population is composed of other human and non-human sophonts.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The mainworld of the Markasher system is not a planet but a large planetoid located in a less dense region between Markasher α (the inner belt) and Markasher β (the outer).

Stellar Data

Markasher has a solitary primary star.

Kalyptus
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K8 III	Giant		5.78	3000 - 3800	410
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.50805	1.67949	16.1 - 26.24	50.805	508.05
	Orbit #	1	4	8	9	13
	Remarks		K8 IV

History & Background (Dossier)

Markasher's rich belts have been exploited for centuries by the Conglomerate, a collection of mostly Sylean mining concerns. Markasheri mining 'clans' work in concert to extract the resources from the belts that are needed to build infrastructure for the high-population worlds of the Kaskii Subsector.

World Starport (St)

Markasher has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few 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 a downport.

World Population (P)

Markasher has a population of 4,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

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

World Demographics

• Sylean: 50%
• Imperial mainstream Humaniti (Vilani-Solomani): approaching 50%
• Scattered representatives of various other sophont species may be found here.

World Military

As with all of the Sylean Worlds save Capital and Yirsh Poy, Markasher is demilitarised and has been since the Civil War.

World Culture

The major Sylean religion is Maar Zon, centered on the holy book, the Maar Ki Zon.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
• Classic Traveller The Traveller Book
• MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 8
• Marc Miller's Traveller Milieu 0 Campaign
• Marc Miller's Traveller T4 First Survey
• GURPS Traveller: Nobles
• Christopher Griffen. The Third Imperium (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), .