Mordekai (world)

Mordekai/Gimushi (Empty Quarter 1633) Milieu 1116 C98A488-7 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 4 Moderate (90 thousand) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G5 V M2 V
Worlds	11
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	4257
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	7
Economic Extension	631-2 Resources 6 Few Labor 3 Low (9 thousand) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	0
GWP (BCr)	14
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Mordekai is a water world with 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water. 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 Gimushi Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Domain of Antares. Mordekai, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world.

Astrography and Planetology

Part of the Kirluan Cluster.

Binary Solar System

Mordekai Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Mordekai G5 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.98	5600 - 5660	0.93173
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0045	0.0801	0.91 - 1.63	0.45	4.5
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	6
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Mordekai M2 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0021	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.21	2.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	0	4

History and Background

The Bene Israel branch of East Indian Jewry can trace their heritage to the Bombay region of the Indian subcontinent of Terra, right back to -4600 Imperial (which actually pre-dates the foundation of the city by two thousand years). As financially successful Indian merchants and traders, they were able to purchase the Ashgiirkis system from a land speculation consortium in 246. Renaming the system Mordekai, they spent a considerable portion of their resources purifying the atmosphere. The long economic downturn in The Empty Quarter forced them to drastically slow the tempo of their terraforming, but they continued to fund their investment. The world’s atmosphere was re-classified as Standard (breathable) in 711 Imperial, long after permanent settlements were founded.

UWP Listing

UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)

• T20 - 993 - Mordekai 1633 C98A588-8 Ni Wa 622 Im
• CT - 1105 - Mordekai 1633 C98A488-7 Lo Ni Wa 922 Im
• MT - 1125 - Mordekai 1633 D98A484-7 Lo Ni Wa 922 Ou - Outlands
• TNE - 1201 - Mordekai 1633 E98A577-7 Ni Wa 122 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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Jason Kemp. "Gamma Quadrant of the Empty Quarter Sector- Gimushi Subsector." Stellar Reaches 01 (2005): 9. -UWP Only
• Jason Kemp. "Empty Quarter Echo- Mikik (Empty Quarter 0228)." Stellar Reaches 04 (2006): 27.
• 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
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