Chiauk (world)

A431557-F

Starport	A	Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size	4	Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g)
Atmosphere	3	Vacuum (very thin)
Hydrographics	1	Dry World 10%
Population	5	Moderate (400 thousand)
Government	5	Feudal Technocracy
Law	7	Moderate Law (no firearms)
Tech Level	F	High Stellar (anagathics)

See also

UWP

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System Details

M2 V M4 V

10

3

0

Cultural Details

Moderate

565F

0

Economic Details

Technology Level

15

Economic Extension

A45+1

Resources	A	Abundant
Labor	4	Moderate (40 thousand)
Infrastructure	5	Limited
Efficiency	+1	Average

Importance Extension

1

Resource Units

200

GWP (BCr)

3

World Trade Number

4.5

Trade Volume (MCr/year)

17,017

Starport Details

Classification

Class-A

Port Size

6

Building Capacity (Tons)

0

Port employees

8,320

Port passengers (annual)

12,600

Chiauk 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. This world contains an archaeological site with artifacts suspected to be from the now-vanished Ancients. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Mimu Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Lancian Cultural Region and the Domain of Vland. Chiauk, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. During the Long Night this world was named Ashuukhuugu.

Astrography and planetology

Chiauk is a member of the Gvadh Cluster.

Chiauk's arid surface is a true wonder when seen from space – its desert sands are streaked with a multitude of vivid colours as deposits of rare metal salts are eroded by the relentless winds.

Binary Solar System

Chiauk Binary Star System
Chiauk
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence		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
Chiauk
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M4 V	Main Sequence		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

Native Lifeforms

The origin of the tenuous oxygen atmosphere is a mystery, as no life has ever been detected on the world.

History and background

The world's sole starport and major population centre is built atop a mesa in the centre of the one of the few highly saline equatorial lakes.

Point of Interest: S'mrii ConSentiency PanPhylum Research Facility

The complex of ground based and grav-supported buildings comprises the S'mrii ConSentiency PanPhylum Research Facility, a huge multidisciplinary science center conducting cutting-edge research into a wide range of endeavours. The infrastructure is devoted to serving S'mrii phylum researchers, but Human academics are able to use the facilities on a 'first come, first served' basis. The PPRF's facilities for physical, biological and behavioural sciences are among the best in the entire Domain of Vland, and non-S'mrii researchers often have to wait years for the privilege of testing their theories in Chiauk's laboratories.

Point of Interest: Ancients Site

Palaeotechnologists visiting Chiauk have a unique opportunity: in addition to the superior research facilities on planet, there is a significant Ancient site 500 kilometers north of the PPRF site. The Pavement occupies almost 250 square kilometres of barren high desert. A field of ten-metre wide hexagonal columns laid out in precise interlocking geometrical pattern, the Pavement's purpose is unknown. The passage between the columns once carried some kind of equipment, long since removed.

World Starport (Sp)

Chiauk has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)

Chiauk has a population of 400,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).

This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

World Demographics

Human
S'mrii

World Languages

World Technology Level (T)

Chiauk possesses a Technology Level of TL–15 or TL-F in Hexadecimal Notation.

Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Meson Communicators and Pseudo Reality Communications.
Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, improved collectors, and advanced Fusion+.
Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land & Water: Advanced gravcraft.
- Air: Advanced gravcraft and speeders.
- Space: Advanced gravcraft and G-Carriers.
- FTL: Jump Drive-6.

World Government (G)

Chiauk is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

World Law (L)

Chiauk has a moderate law level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

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: Mimu." Signal-GK 05 (1992): 43. via HIWG
Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 80.
Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 65.

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