Suerrghuk (world)

Suerrghuk/Dakoeng (Windhorn 0704)
Classic Era (1116)	C674866-6 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 8 Moderate (600 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F3 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	4

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Suerrghuk is a pre-agricultural, pre-Industrial world with a moderate population of over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts.

• It requires significant imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• Its economy and population are growing and living conditions are expected to slowly improve barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Empire of Varroerth in the Dakoeng Subsector of Windhorn Sector, which is part of the Vargr Extents.

• This world toils under the control of a military government with conditions reflecting that situation, including curtailed civil rights and limited freedoms.
• This world has a Vargr Corsair Base.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Suerrghuk has a solitary primary star.

• It is a white main sequence.

Suerrghuk has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.44	6670 - 6750	3.58318
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0147	0.157	1.7 - 2.94	1.47	14.7
	Orbit #	*	0	5	4	7
	Remarks

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x6 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 planetoid belt.
• x4 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Suerrghuk is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Suerrghuk has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. While a Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Suerrghuk has 35-45% of its surface covered by liquid water. There will be a number of small seas or one larger body of water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)

History & Background (Dossier)

World Starport (St)

Suerrghuk 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.

• The world is host to a Vargr Corsair Base.

World Population (P)

Suerrghuk has a population of 600,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

• The population entirely consists of Vargr.

World Technology Level (T)

Suerrghuk possesses a Technology Level of TL–6.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fission power generation, advanced water and wind generation of electricity.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, early ATV's, and dedicated AFV's.
  • Water: Amphibious vehicles, improved submersibles, and early SCUBA gear.
  • Air: Early jet aircraft and rotorcraft VTOL's.
  • Space: Early unmanned rocket delivery systems and early manned orbital rockets.

World Government (G)

Suerrghuk has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. This is a colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.

World Law (L)

Suerrghuk 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. Personal concealable firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Trade Data

• Importance: -1 (very unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: A (abundant)
• Labor: 7 (tens of millions)
• Infrastructure: 6 (limited)
• Efficiency: -2 (fair)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 7 (discordant)
• Acceptance: 7 (aloof)
• Strangeness: 4 (somewhat distinct)
• Symbols: 5 (concrete)

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• -3810: the Vargr discover jump technology and begin an era of expansion.
• -3700s onwards: waves of Vargr settle worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: the human Interstellar Wars rage to rimward.
• circa -1700: Vargr expansion and settlement gradually ceases.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
• The Year 0: to rimward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• circa 26: the Empire of Varroerth is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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.

• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Classic Traveller Vargr (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), IBC. (Sector named but no world data provided)
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 48, 49. (Dot maps and charts indicating the location of the world and its political allegiance)
• David Burden, Stuart Dollar, Andy Lilly, Joseph Walsh. T4 Aliens Volume 1 (Imperium Games, 1998), pages 91-182. (The Vargr)
• David L. Pulver. GURPS Traveller Alien Races 1 (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), pages 64-99. (The Vargr)
• Simon Beal. Mongoose Traveller: Vargr, (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), various pages. (Background for the Windhorn Rift region)
• Author & Contributor: John G. Wood (Generated data)
• A full list of Wiki contributors can be found here.