Kikaduum (world)

Kikaduum/Ushra (Dagudashaag 1615) Milieu 1116 B551459-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 4 Moderate (40 thousand) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V
Worlds	14
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	High
Cultural Extension	556D
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	12
Economic Extension	734+2 Resources 7 Few Labor 3 Low (4 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency +2 Good
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	168
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	552
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	40
Port passengers (annual)	0

Kikaduum has both an unbreathably thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Ushra Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Kikaduum, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships. During the Long Night this world was named Khuuruum Ki.

Astrography and Planetology

Kikaduum is a member of the Dagudashaag Main. The naval base hosts elements of the 188th Fleet.

Stellar Data

Kikaduum has a solitary primary star.

Kikaduum Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

Mainworld Geography and Topography

Kikaduum is famed for its gas trade. Large underground caverns are filled with a multitude of exotic gases found naturally nowhere else. Unfortunately this has meant that the surface of the planet can be extremely volatile, with sudden and violent explosions the norm.

History and Background

Due to the rampant explosions on the planet's surface, the colonists must live on a gigantic sky-city held aloft by grav generators. Mining is also done by means of grav-powered platforms which float above the sites extracting and refining the gases.

World Starport (Sp)

Kikaduum 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.

• There is an associated Imperial Naval Base, hosting elements of the 188th Fleet.

World Culture

Most of the extraction is carried out by nearly automated facilities, so the majority of locals are middle management or technicians. Khu Ki is actually a notably cultured world, with some of the best restaurants in the subsector, superb art galleries, and an award-winning museum specialising in the history of the Ushran Hansa.

References and Contributors

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.

• Jae Campbell, Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Ushra." Signal-GK 03 (1989): 53. via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 82.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 200.