Pikha (world)

B738A86-C

Starport	B	Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size	7	Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere	3	Vacuum (very thin)
Hydrographics	8	Wet World 80%
Population	A	High (60 billion)
Government	8	Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law	6	Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns)
Tech Level	C	Average Stellar (robots)

Era: New Era

Pikha is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Zeng Subsector of Deneb Sector. This world has a nearby Regency Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Description (Planetology)[edit]

This world is part of the namesake Pikha Crescent.

Stellar Data[edit]

Pikha has a solitary primary star.

Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
K7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.64	3990 - 4100	0.20972
Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
AU	0.0059	0.038	0.47 - 0.88	0.59	5.9
Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
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System Data[edit]

Mainworld Data[edit]

Pikha is a medium-sized far satellite orbiting a gas giant.

Pikha's orbital starport is a gigantic ring with a 10 kilometer cross-section. The Ring encircles the mainworld at an altitude of 5,000 kilometers.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Pikha is one of the strongest worlds in the Duchy of Zeng and owns Kamlar (Deneb 1832) as its own reservation world.

This world is home to a community of Jonkeereen.

Jonkeereen

World Starport (St)[edit]

Pikha has a Class B Starport, a good quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)[edit]

Pikha has a population of 60,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

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

World Demographics[edit]

World Technology Level (T)[edit]

Pikha 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)[edit]

Pikha is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.

World Military[edit]

No information yet available.

World Law (L)[edit]

Pikha has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Economy[edit]

Lurent planetoid ships may be found, trading, in the inner system; or in the system's Oort clouds, refuelling.

Trade Data[edit]