K'shek Cluster

The K'shek Cluster is a group of stars that forms part of the Demon Cluster. It lies on the edge of the Great Void.

Details / Specifications

The K'shek Cluster is named for the K'shek system and its bright primary star. It lies within Sath Subsector in Far Home Sector and is accessible by conventional jump-1 vessels.

The K'shek Cluster contains 6 systems and lies within Sath Subsector in Far Home Sector. It is named for the blue main sequence primary star of the K'shek system (2737 Far Home) and is accessible by conventional jump-1 vessels.

The K'Shek Cluster forms part of the territory of the Sath Alliance. Its worlds are entirely dominated by the Sath, a minor Sophont species.

The Cluster is the power base of the Shikh’aa Faction. The main spoken language within the Cluster is Kha’thak.

Ch'kaahi, the Homeworld of the Sath, lies within the Cluster.

Physical Astrography

Rifts & Voids

• Great Void

Other Astrographic Features

Nebula

• The Cauldron Nebula, lying within Cauldron Sector, some 86 parsecs to coreward-trailing, can be seen as a star-studded luminous region in night-time skies from all of the worlds of the Cluster.

Bright Stars

• Basilisk's Eye (1723 Tarchon Sector). The extremely luminous white supergiant star, lying around 122 parsecs to coreward-trailing, can be clearly seen from all of the worlds of the Cluster.
• Demon's Eye (1621 Far Home Sector). The intensely luminous blue supergiant star lying approximately 15 parsec to spinward-coreward at its closest point, can be clearly seen from all of the worlds of the Cluster even in daylight.
• Intens, the white bright giant primary star of the Orret system, can be clearly seen from all of the worlds of the Cluster. It is a beacon marking the way to new worlds and new frontiers.

Jump Bridges

A number of Jump Bridges have been constructed to give Jump-1 vessels access to the K'shek Cluster and the Chaiik system, the seat of the Issh’t’ka:

• Sch'ikaa Waypoint (2435 Far Home)
• Tiirk'sch Waypoint (2536 Far Home)

World Listing

The following systems and worlds are a part of the K'shek Cluster:

6 of 6 World articles in K'shek Cluster

Ch'kaahi  •  Ish'ka  •  K'shek  •  Kach'k  •  Sii'kh Shi  •  Sshkih  •  

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History & Background

Sath detest humans, who they regard as interlopers and thieves who have stolen "their" region of space. Humans have held them back and thwarted every effort that they have made to claim their rightful place among the stars. They have been restricted to the Sha'a Cluster and the K'shek Cluster while humans have seized everything else.

Humans have always been extremely reluctant to provide any jump-2 drives to the Sath. As a consequence the Sath have been dependent on jump-1 designs and have made extensive use of Jump Bridges, particularly the Sch'ikaa and Tiik'sch Waypoints, to connect the two clusters of stars that form the heart of their territories.

The Sath gained the ability to manufacture their own jump-2 drives during the middle years of the 56th century and this advance has opened a whole new era, allowing them to compete on equal terms with humans for the first time in their history. They have begun to flex their muscles and use their new technology, spilling out into human-dominated space.

Major Historical Events

• 2255AD: Humans arrive in the Demon Cluster.
• ca 2350AD: First human-Sath contact.
• 2468AD: The Jacent Incident. Beginning of the Sath Introspective Period.
• 2525AD: First independently produced Sath jump-capable ship.
• ca 2550 AD: First Sch'ikaa Waypoint becomes operational.
• ca 2600 AD: First Tiik'sch Waypoint becomes operational.
• 2657AD: Battle of Jacent.
• 3730AD: Voyagers arrive and devastate the Sector. The Dark Age begins.
• 4549AD: The Voyagers depart and the Dark Age ends.
• 4590AD: The Sath reemerge into space.
• ca 5100AD: Second Sch'ikaa Waypoint becomes operational.
• ca 5100AD: Second Tiik'sch Waypoint becomes operational.
• ca 5450AD: Civil war within the Sath Alliance: the Sath Diaspora.
• ca 5550AD: The Sath technological base advances to the point where they are able to produce their own jump-2 drives.
• 5596AD: The Sath occupy the Hell Worlds.
• 5600AD: Data for the K'shek Cluster is published in the DSP Listing.

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science