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Primary Star

Atmosphere

Off-world presence

Yes

Zoetic individuals

No

Source

Reference

T5 Core Rules 16.

Canon

Yes

Also see

Precursor

The Kursae are an unknown race who settled Charted Space with slow NAFAL generation ships around -200,000.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

The Kursae were a sophont people of an unknown type. According to controversial scholarship, they settled a region more than 3,000 parsecs across. It is generally believed that the Kursae did this using NAFAL technology. That would make them a major interstellar power, despite the lack of a Jump Drive.

Point of Interest: The Kursae Mystery[edit]

Many dedicated scientists from the Third Imperium are actively exploring mysteries of the Kursae:

How did they manage to colonize such a large sphere without one of the Ancients' heirs interfering?
How and why did the Kursae civilization die out so quickly (by astrographic standards)?
If they truly colonized Charted Space, where are their remains? Why aren't we knee-deep in artifacts and ruins?

History[edit]

From an unidentified homeworld, these sophonts reached out and allegedly settled nearly five thousand worlds across half of what is now Charted Space.

Over the next thousand centuries these many worlds of the Kursae all followed a common path; a downward spiral to a comfortable low technology level where they are today.

Worlds supposedly first settled by the Kursae share a common heritage of myths about their past.

Possible Activity[edit]

The Kursae or some of their offshoots are thought to have been particularly active in Touchstone Sector. Possible artefacts of their civilizations include decayed cities on Forbidden (Touchstone 2114) and Rraerrgdzakaek (Touchstone 2211), the still-functioning space station at Greatlake (Touchstone 2529), and the evidence that Phobetor (Touchstone 2333) was significant to an alien empire, or several of them.

In neighbouring Afawahisa Sector, possible Kursae activity might be represented in ruins on Ahyulafa, a settlement preserved in vacuum at Herebedragons (Hkyewaol Subsector), and starship wreckage found in a shallow sea on Khtekhheaw (Ahesailiyhah Subsector).

Iroioah in Trojan Reach Sector also has ruins from this period, quite possibly Kursae in origin.

Astrography[edit]

This race is primarily located in the following areas:
Charted Space (~1500 pc radius):
TravellerMap (T5SS):
[1]

|<----- 1000 pc ----->|

Homeworld[edit]

The homeworld of this race is unknown.

World Listing: 1105[edit]

Significant communities of this race are known to dwell within the following systems and worlds:

No world articles for Kursae

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 16.
Novel: Traveller 5th Edition Agent of the Imperium
The Galaxiad Public Introduction (Far Future Enterprises)

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-[[Kursae]] are a race of [[sophont]]s who settled [[Charted Space]] with slow [[NAFAL]] [[generation ship]]s around [[-200000|-200,000]].
+The [[Kursae]] are an unknown race who settled [[Charted Space]] with slow [[NAFAL]] [[generation ship]]s around [[-200000|-200,000]].
-* Very little is conclusively known about the [[Kursae]]. Some of leading research supports the idea that the [[Kursae]] were insectoids. Others vehemently disagree.
 == Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
-A [[Parsec]], abbreviated as ''pc'', is a considerable distance, and just one parsec is considered equivalent to 3.26  [[Light-year]]s (ly).
+The '''Kursae''' were a sophont people of an unknown type. According to controversial scholarship, they settled a region more than 3,000 parsecs across. It is generally believed that the Kursae did this using [[NAFAL]] technology. That would make them a major interstellar power, despite the lack of a [[Jump Drive]].
-* This makes the fact that the [[Kursae]] settled a region more than '''3,000pc''' in diameter an incredibly significant feat. That means that this species settled a sphere nearly 9200 [[Light-year|ly]] across. Being that a jump drive with a J-1 rating can travel across a subsector in 8 to 10 jumps and the average subsector contains 80 parsecs of flat (simple calculation) volume of space, this is the equivalent of roughly 260 ly in across . Extending that calculation means that the [[Kursae]] colonized a zone more than two sectors in volume. That would make them a major interstellar power, despite the lack of a [[FTL]] [[Jump Drive]], by current political reckoning.
-* It is generally believed that [[Kursae]] did this using [[NAFAL]] technology, an even more impressive feat.
 === Point of Interest: The Kursae Mystery ===
-Some of the great questions of our age involve the Kursae and many dedicated scientists from the [[Third Imperium]] are actively exploring these very mysteries:
+Many dedicated scientists from the [[Third Imperium]] are actively exploring mysteries of the Kursae:
-* How did they manage to colonize such a large sphere without one of the [[Ancient]]'s heirs interfering?
+* How did they manage to colonize such a large sphere without one of the [[Ancient]]s' heirs interfering?
-* How did the Kursae devolve so quickly, by astrographic standards, and lose their technology? Why?
+* How and why did the Kursae civilization die out so quickly (by astrographic standards)?
-* What myths and knowledge do the Kursae have about what was once their space?
+* If they truly colonized [[Charted Space]], where are their remains? Why aren't we knee-deep in [[artifact]]s and ruins?
-* After losing their [[technology]], why did they not die out as so many other species have?
-== History & Background (Dossier) ==
+== History ==
-From an unidentified homeworld somewhere in now- [[Charted Space]], these [[sophont]]s reached out and settled nearly five thousand worlds across half of settled space.
+From an unidentified homeworld, these [[sophont]]s reached out and allegedly settled nearly five thousand worlds across half of what is now [[Charted Space]].
-* Over the next thousand centuries these many worlds of the Kursae all followed a common path: a downward spiral to a comfortable low [[technology]] level where they are today… sharing a common heritage of myths about their past.
-=== Image Repository ===
+Over the next thousand centuries these many worlds of the Kursae all followed a common path; a downward spiral to a comfortable low [[technology]] level where they are today.
-No information yet available.
-== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
+Worlds supposedly first settled by the Kursae share a common heritage of myths about their past.
-This race ([[sophont]] species) is primarily located in the following areas: <br>
-''[[Charted Space]]:''
-* [[TBD Sector]]
-** [[TBD Subsector]]
-=== Homeworld: 1105 ===
+=== Possible Activity ===
-The [[homeworld]] of this race (sophontic species) is:
+The Kursae or some of their offshoots are thought to have been particularly active in [[Touchstone Sector]]. Possible artefacts of their civilizations include decayed cities on {{WorldS|Forbidden|Touchstone|2114}} and {{WorldS|Rraerrgdzakaek|Touchstone|2211}}, the still-functioning space station at {{WorldS|Greatlake|Touchstone|2529}}, and the evidence that {{WorldS|Phobetor|Touchstone|2333}} was significant to an alien empire, or several of them.
-* [[TBD (world)]]
+In neighbouring [[Afawahisa Sector]], possible Kursae activity might be represented in ruins on [[Ahyulafa (world)|Ahyulafa]], a settlement preserved in vacuum at Herebedragons ([[Hkyewaol Subsector]]), and starship wreckage found in a shallow sea on Khtekhheaw ([[Ahesailiyhah Subsector]]).
+[[Iroioah (world)|Iroioah]] in [[Trojan Reach Sector]] also has ruins from this period, quite possibly Kursae in origin.
+== [[Astrography]] ==
+This race is primarily located in the following areas: <br>
+''[[Charted Space]] <small>(~1500 pc radius)</small>:'' <br>
+[[TravellerMap]] <small>([[T5SS]])</small>: <br> [https://travellermap.com/?p=92.413!-127.526!-2.3&options=58367]
+<br>
+::: '''|<----- 1000 pc ----->|'''
+=== Homeworld ===
+The [[homeworld]] of this race is unknown.
 === World Listing: 1105 ===
-Significant communities of this race ([[sophont]] species) are known to dwell within the following [[system]]s and [[world]]s:
+Significant communities of this race are known to dwell within the following [[system]]s and [[world]]s:
 {{ClusterWorlds2}}
-== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
+== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
 {{Intermediate}}
 {{Detail}}
 {{Sources
-|S1= [[T5: Core rules]] (pg. 16) in Section "Introduction"
+|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=T5 Core Rules|page=16}}
 |S2= Novel: {{T5}} Edition [[Agent of the Imperium]]
-|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
+|S3= The Galaxiad Public Introduction (Far Future Enterprises)
-|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 }}
+[[Category: Extinct races]]
-[[Category: Minor Non-Human Race]]
+[[Category: Guidebook to Afawahisa Sector]]
-{{LE|Minor Race|Races|Sophont}}
+[[Category: Guidebook to Touchstone Sector]]
+[[Category: Precursor races]]
+[[Category: Precursor]]
+{{LE|Races}}

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