Nefrark (world)

Nefrark/Uckemic (Gzirr!k'l 1831)
Classic Era (1116)	C353957-C Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 9 High (7 billion) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G2 V M2 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	4

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Nefrark is a poor, high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• This world is always on the edge of revolution as the common citizen struggles under extremely low wages. Much dissent is present.
• It is a member of the Krotan Primacy in the Uckemic Subsector of Gzirr!k'l Sector.

Astrography & Planetology

This world is part of the cluster known as the Krotan Arc.

Stellar Data

Nefrark has two stars in the star system.

Nefrark
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1	5720 - 5770	1
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0094	0.0829	0.95 - 1.68	0.94	9.4
	Orbit #	*	*	4	3	7
	Remarks
Nefrark
	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 & Background (Dossier)

World Starport (St)

Nefrark has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Population (P)

Nefrark has a population of 7,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.
• Krotan world statistics represent all adult and mobile Krotan. The "shoals" on a given world will hold around 100 sessile pre-adult, senescent or post-adult Krotan for every active adult.

World Languages

Krotan communicate through audible shell vibrations. With aliens, the Krotan rely on computerised translators. The planet name is representative of nouns as translated into Humanoid-suitable speech.

• Krotan is highly efficient, both detailed and terse.

World Technology Level (T)

Nefrark 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)

Nefrark is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

• Note that Krotan do not actually factionalise as most species do. Adult Krotan are a stage in the species' lifecycle between sessile youth and equally sessile old age -- every Krotan adult knows they came from the shoal and will return to it. Disagreement is resolved by the shoal or dealt with through classic Krotan avoidance strategy, ignoring the other party.

World Military

The Krotan have no dedicated military but maintain something like a militia, where individuals learn basic combat skills should they be necessary to protect their world. Their personal weapon technology is relatively primitive for their Tech Level, because they find heavy weapons to be the most efficient way to deal with opposition.

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 Alien Module 2: K'kree (named but no further data)
• Author & Contributor: Mark Humphreys (as posted to CotI)
• JTAS 15 (2024)