Shikhamas (world)
| Shikhamas/Kiirkandin (Antares 2912) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | E56A623-8
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | G0 V M6 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shikhamas is a rich, nonindustrial water world, which has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water.
- The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
- It has high-grade living conditions and life on this world is much admired by off-worlders.
- This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
- As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by Vargr sophonts located in the Kiirkandin Subsector of Antares Sector.
- This world has a Vargr Corsair Base.
Description / Astrography & Planetology
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| Shikhamas | ||||||
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Type | Category | Mass (Sol) | Temperature (K) | Luminosity | |
| G0 V | Main Sequence (Dwarf) | 1.06 | 5860 - 5930 | 1.22623 | ||
| Unit | Diameter | Safe Distance | Habitable Zone | Jump Shadow | M-Drive Limit | |
| AU | 0.0102 | 0.0918 | 1.04 - 1.83 | 1.02 | 10.2 | |
| Orbit # | * | * | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
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Type | Category | Mass (Sol) | Temperature (K) | Luminosity | |
| M6 V | Main Sequence (Dwarf) | 0.102 | 2740 - 2810 | 0.00034 | ||
| Unit | Diameter | Safe Distance | Habitable Zone | Jump Shadow | M-Drive Limit | |
| AU | 0.0013 | 0.0015 | 0.02 - 0.04 | 0.13 | 1.3 | |
| Orbit # | * | * | * | 0 | 3 | |
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System data
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Mainworld data
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Mainworld geography and topography
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Native lifeforms
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History and background
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World Starport
Shikhamas has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of a downport.
World Technology Level
Shikhamas possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Advanced automobiles.
- Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
- Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
- Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
World Government
Shikhamas is governed by a Participatory Democracy where eligible voters determine laws and policy. What determines an eligible voter varies. There may be smaller councils or regional bodies to draft the policies voted upon. Leadership of the government and all members of the bureaucracy are determined by the voting population.
World military
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World economy
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Trade data
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World demographics
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World culture
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Historical data
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World timeline
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UWP listing
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References & Contributors / Sources
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- Classic Traveller Atlas of the Imperium
- Classic Traveller Alien Module 3: Vargr {named but no further data)
- Classic Traveller Solomani (Alien Module)
- MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr {dot map provided}
- MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia
- Periodical: MegaTraveller Challenge 69 {Shurlarlem Subsector information)
- Marc Miller's Traveller T4 Milieu 0 Campaign
- Marc Miller's Traveller T4 T4 First Survey
- Novel: Traveller 5th Edition Agent of the Imperium
- 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
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com