Ksoegusnoeks (world)

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Ksoegusnoeks/Nikhigireki (Gzaekfueg 2638)
Classic Era (1116)
C300978-C
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size3 Small (4,800 km, 0.24g - 0.34g)
Atmosphere0 Vacuum
Hydrographics0 Desert World 0%
Population9 High (9 billion)
Government7 Balkanization
Law8 High Law (controlled blades)
Tech LevelC Average Stellar (robots)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M2 V M4 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 3
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Ksoegusnoeks is a high-population, non-agricultural and industrial vacuum world, with a billion or more sophonts in population size, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

  • As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item.
  • It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
  • It is a member of the Ruler of Five in the Nikhigireki Subsector of Gzaekfueg Sector, which is part of the Vargr Extents.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Ksoegusnoeks is a binary star system.

  • The primary is a red main sequence named Dhuerrgh.
  • The secondary is a red main sequence named Zhegh.

Binary M Type Big M Type Small.jpg

Ksoegusnoeks has two stars in the star system.
Dhuerrgh
Solitary M Type.jpg 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 None
Zhegh
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M4 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.23 3110 - 3210 0.00584
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0025 0.0063 0.08 - 0.16 0.25 2.5
Orbit #  *  * 0 0 5
Remarks None

System Data

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

Ksoegusnoeks System

   Orbit        Name                UWP        Trade                  Remarks
--------------- ------------------- ---------- ---------------------- ------------------------------------
  Primary       Dhuerrgh            M2 V
  0.09 AU       Worldlet            F200330-A  Lo Va / Tz
* 0.17 AU       Ksoegusnoeks        C300978-C  Hi In Na Va / Co Ht    Habitable zone
  0.38 AU       Sillthon            F2228BB-8  Po Ph Pi / Co Pz       Amber zone
      4 Diam        Planetoid       YD00000-0  Ba Va
  1.15 AU       Gas Giant           SGG                               Diameter 45,000 km, 0.8 G
      9 Diam        Worldlet        Y110000-0  Ba

 Secondary      Zhegh               M4 V                              8.5 AU from the primary
* 0.13 AU       Turrkekfang         GA95642-1  Ag Ni / Tz Ho Lt       Habitable zone
      1 Diam        Ring System     YR00000-0
  0.25 AU       BigWorld            GAAA253-8  Fl Lo / Fr
  0.78 AU       Gas Giant           SGG                               Diameter 38,000 km, 0.6 G
      2 Diam        Ring System     YR00000-0
     11 Diam        Planetoid       YD00000-0  Ba Va

(Circumbinary Orbit)
 35.90 AU       Gas Giant           LGG                               Diameter 150,000 km, 1.8G
      5 Diam        Worldlet        Y100000-0  Ba Va
      8 Diam        Exotic World    Y3A1000-0  Ba Fl
     20 Diam        Iceworld        Y203000-0  Ba Ic Va

Original system data can be found here.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Ksoegusnoeks is a Small World between 4,000km and 5,600km in diameter. The world has low gravity between 0.24G and 0.34G. The horizon will appear about 3km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Ksoegusnoeks has a pressure of less than 0.001 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Ksoegusnoeks has no free-standing water or ice on the surface. Wilderness refueling isn't possible on this world. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are classified Desert World or a Hell World depending on their atmosphere.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

Ksoegusnoeks.jpg

History & Background (Dossier)

On the trailing border of the Ruler of Five and facing the Third Empire of Gashikan in Nikhigireki Subsector is Ksoegusnoeks / Nikhigireki (Gzaekfueg 2638) C300978-C Hi In Na Va / Co Ht C: 2739 {3} (C88+2) [7C7F] RU1536 Corsair 903 5W VRo5 G0V – M4 D. The mainworld sits on the outer edge of the Habitable Zone making it a Cold and stark world devoid of atmosphere and water to boot. Typical of Urzaeng choices for High-Population and Industrial worlds, this Vacuum planet has the highest Tech Level rating in the subsector. Nine billion Urzaeng Vargr reside in the domed and covered impact crater cities between high, sharp and steep mountain ranges. Large gravity generators located central to each Dome, beneath the arcology and at the bottom of the craters compensate for the local 0.25 gravity.

Ksoegusnoeks has nestled its Downport named Ksoegusnoeks Canyon Downs in one of the lowest altitude valleys on the mainworld surface. The orbital Skysat Highport high above the planet revolves opposite to the spin of the world. Magrail trains and underground grav tubes provide the generally available Infrastructure to move Urzaeng and Ovaghoun Vargr as well as some visiting Humaniti between the Starport, city Domes, the only arcology and the many stepped impact craters which serve as hydroponics communities.

The stellar primary, a healthy but very bright G0 main sequence star holds to a Close, M4 D Red Dwarf. The luminosity of the primary star requires the Domes to cycle through various levels of opacification to filter the intense sunlight. Without such, protective goggles are often worn by citizens. The light from these two stars paints the mountain ranges with a vibrant orange tint which thickens at dawn and at dusk, paling at midday.

Though the majority citizenry is content to continue work on Industrial Ksoegusnoeks, three Factions have Balkanized the Government and each tries to push their agenda. The first Faction is a notable group of administrative Alpha Vargr who grip tightly upon the low-tech Ksoegusnoeks Colony world Roulnoul (Gzaekfueg 2739). It is this Agricultural Colony that somehow manages to feed the Packs of its Controlling world. The second Faction is also a notable and social group of Urzaeng that pushes for peaceful talks and attempts to understand Humaniti and enlighten the locals on Vilani and Julian Protectorate Humans. This Faction is likely to receive Human visitors at the Downport and at the orbital Highport. A third and obscure organization seeks to receive potential psionic Vargr, awakened individuals seeking answers and full Psions desiring their next Stage in psionic training. It is this Faction that takes in these seekers, interviews and vets them for placement, at cost, on either Lodaeegzzuen (Gzaekfueg 2536) and its more prestigious Lodaeegzzuen Collegia of Psionics or the more commonly attended Roulnoul Society of Psions on the Colony world of Roulnoul. Often, this Faction tries to milk Psions who qualify for both Psionic Institutes in placement fees to each learning center.

Due to the Size 3 mainworld, those Vargr living under the Domes, the arcology, in the hydroponics steppe craters and in warrens and natural grotto communities must abide by a maximum number of cubs per family. Ksoegusnoeks is actively curtailing population growth, resisting a Population A rating. Ofttimes, those families who fail to abide by this law are sent to live and work on the low-tech Colony world of Roulnoul. The outflow of Urzaeng to Roulnoul keeps stabilized the Technology Level of 3 from backsliding further. Naturally, there have been protests and some riots against what is seen as banishment for baseless reasons. Recent violence in the past century has increased the Law Level on Ksoegusnoeks to 8 where long blades such as swords are controlled and permits for concealed weapons require both registration and annual fees. Taxation on ammunition for concealable weapons has been raised four times through the past three decades.

Another cultural quirk of Ksoegusnoeks is unanimous favorable attraction to their manufactured goods with aesthetically pleasing, artistic aspects. Art and culture are highly prized on the mainworld since all else is stark mountains and vacuum plain outside domes. Inside the environments, architecture seeks to draw the eye and fashions are an annual r0ll-out in apparel. Aesthetic design has become important on all products at the turn of year 1100.

Balkanized Ksoegusnoeks is in strained, contractual negotiations with nearby Tsaeousorrg (Gzaekfueg 2940) for various refined, industrial chemicals and fuels to funnel to the local BigWorld in Orbit 2. It is hoped that the Bronze Age Vargr there will soon rise to Tech Level 2 and 3 so as to properly keep from a Failing status, (currently at a deficiency of -2). That Tsaeousorrg has opened its doors to Julian Protectorate Irilitok has business owners of Ksoegusnoeks scratching their heads.

World Starport (St)

Ksoegusnoeks 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.

World Population (P)

Ksoegusnoeks has a population of 9,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

The population is mainly composed of Urzaeng Vargr, with an enclave of Ovaghoun, visiting humans, and a few Irilitok.

Urbanization

The citizens of Ksoegusnoeks live in geodesic domes, sealed and stepped impact craters, one arcology, tunneled subterranean warrens, and natural grottos. The world has extensive public and private infrastructure: aerospace commuting is available for the affluent.

World Technology Level (T)

Ksoegusnoeks possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C in Hexadecimal Notation.

World Government (G)

Ksoegusnoeks has a Balkanized Government. There is no central world government. The world has several governments competing for control of the world. These may be allies, cooperating, competitors, or at war with each other.

World Law (L)

Ksoegusnoeks has a high law level with laws covering many areas of interactions of people, corporations, and the government. A few worlds with this law level may be Amber Zones. Any interaction with the judicial system requires an Advocate trained in the local legal system. Law enforcement is present almost everywhere, either as people or via technology. Legal proceedings can take weeks to months to resolve and involve a dozen or more people. All blade weapons and firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Trade Data

  • Importance: 3 (ordinary)

Ksoegusnoeks is a manufacturing powerhouse, producing a wide range of high quality TL–12 goods.

World Economy

  • Resources: C (very abundant)
  • Labor: 8 (hundreds of millions)
  • Infrastructure: 9 (extensive)
  • Efficiency: +2 (good)

World Culture

  • Heterogenity: 9 (discordant)
  • Acceptance: B (extremely friendly)
  • Strangeness: 2 (typical)
  • Symbols: D (very abstract)

For its quirks and appeal, the main body of citizenry has been rated by off-world analysts at Discordant, Xenophilic, Confusingly Strange at times, with Extremely Abstract Symbols which often require a translator or translator device assisting visitors.

World Language/s

Urzaeng and Ovaghoung are the main languages spoken on Ksoegusnoeks with Anglic and Vilani known.


Turrkekfang

Hidden in the foggy and hot jungles of a BigWorld in Orbit 2 is the local Corsair Base. The stealthy, Urzaeng pirates must repeatedly carve their way along the jungle floor with either wheeled or tracked vehicles to arrive at the Poor Spaceport strips kept clear by the Tech-1 Vargr tribes. Bronze Age Vargr welcome the metal skyships to land and are wisely silent about the presence of the Corsairs. They were discovered by the initial mainworld colony as an earlier attempt to colonize the system by landing at the steamy sauna BigWorld early in the Second Diaspora. To the original Vargr on this planet, the system was named Turrkekfang, but soon learned of the name change when they were rediscovered. Back then, the Atmosphere was a Dense 8. Later volcanic activity and earthquakes on this planet destroyed larger Spaceports. Structures there must now be collapsible and mobile, often carted by large wagon teams to another world hex and a new field is cut from the jungles by locals. The one million strong Packs of primitive Vargr here distribute Filters brought to them from the mainworld to cope with thick smoke, pyroclast stones and other ejecta gases spewed into the skies from the many volcanoes. In trade, Turrkekfang exports meats from various fauna and is supplemented with crops such as fruits, vegetables, spices, tobacco, coffee, tea, and pharmacological plants. Upon the first yields from Planet Turrkekfang, Ksoegusnoeks quickly labeled the world Agricultural (Ag). An interplanetary trade has reintroduced the throwback Turrkekfang to the mainworld. And the local Corsairs are watching economic growth develop.

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