Notable World
A political designation in use by the Rukadukaz Republic. The Eight Notable Worlds are candidates for hosting the rotating capital of the Republic.
The Notable Worlds are as follows:
- Tsahrroek (Empty Quarter 0705)
- Ghungzon (Empty Quarter 0906)
- Kourae (Empty Quarter 1206)
- Khebha (Empty Quarter 0709)
- Kuell (Empty Quarter 0206)
- Aeghzivik (Empty Quarter 0510)
- Guezdhe (Empty Quarter 0511)
- Lusliki (Amdukan 0639)
Ikon (Empty Quarter 1602), which is far more famous and powerful than all of these worlds combined, is not counted as a Notable World -- an attempt to provide some counterbalance to Ikon's immense influence.
History[edit]
Originally, there were Seven Notable Worlds, not Eight. However, for a host of complex political reasons, Guezdhe (Empty Quarter 0511) was chosen to be the Eighth. The original worlds were generally led and dominated by the Ovaghoun Vargr. But the Irilitok Vargr population continued to grow, while the Ovaghoun continued to diminish. After population control measures failed and it became politically impossible to directly kill off the Irilitok -- at least without sparking a major war with the rest of the Julian Protectorate -- the Ovaghoun leadership decided to shift many of the smartest, more politically active, and wealthiest Irilitok Vargr off of Ikon (Empty Quarter 1602). The world chosen as their destination was Guezdhe, a barren and sterile world at the time. It was hoped that the immigrant flows of Irilitok would stop coming to Ikon and instead gather at Guezdhe. To help the process along, the old starports of Ikon were broken down and relocated to Guezdhe, making it a new center of wealth and progress.
The plans basically failed, as Irilitok immigration simply increased to both worlds, and Guezdhe became a major Irilitok cultural and financial center, with a thin veneer of Ovaghoun rule.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Alvin Plummer. "A Glossary for the Empty Quarter." Stellar Reaches 18 (2012): 54.