Shiirkan (world)

Shiirkan/Cirqa (Fornast 0209)
Classic Era (1116)	A302955-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 2 Dry World 20% Population 9 High (4 billion) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K1 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	2

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Shiirkan is a moderate population, non-agricultural and preindustrial, icy vacuum world, with over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts, which warrants hazardous environment precautions.

• Its surface is ice-capped with little or no atmosphere and nearly all of its water frozen.
• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• It is a world working toward being an industrial powerhouse but lacks an adequate workforce to do so at this time. Immigration is being encouraged and promoted. This world needs workers.
• The world serves as the subsector capital with the significant extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Cirqa Subsector of Fornast Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
• This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

No information yet available.

Shiirkan has a solitary primary star.

Shiirkan
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.86	5100 - 5170	0.58985
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0074	0.0637	0.76 - 1.36	0.74	7.4
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Shiirkan, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the fiefdoms of two members of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial marquis.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial viscount.

World Starport (St)

Shiirkan has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

• There is an associated Naval Base.

References

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 Atlas of the Imperium
• MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr {dot map provided}
• Author & Contributor: Jeff Zeitlin (additional data)