Akish (world)

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Akish/Zeda (Dagudashaag 0825)
Milieu 1116
B57577C-8
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere7 Standard (tainted)
Hydrographics5 Wet World 50%
Population7 Moderate (10 million)
Government7 Balkanization
LawC Extreme Law (no privacy)
Tech Level8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M0 V M0 V
Worlds 10
Gas Giants 5
Planetoid Belts 0
Cultural Details
Government Balkanization
Law Level Extreme
Cultural Extension A88B
Army Size (BEs) 20
Economic Details
Technology Level 8
Economic Extension
E69+4
ResourcesEExtremely abundant
Labor6Moderate (1 million)
Infrastructure9 Extensive
Efficiency+4Advanced
Importance Extension 1
Resource Units 3,024
GWP (BCr) 27
World Trade Number 4
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 3,637
Starport Details
Classification Class-B
Port Size 6
Building Capacity (Tons) 10,000
Port employees 12,745
Port passengers (annual) 3,000

Akish is an agricultural world with a tainted atmosphere but still a near-ideal environment for producing foodstuffs. The system supports a population of tens of millions of sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Zeda Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Akish, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdoms of a baron and a marquis. All three are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. During the Long Night this world was named Gian.

Astrography and planetology

Akish is an attractive and verdant green world. Its atmospheric pressure is pleasantly high for its small size, but tainted with a mixture of mildly carcinogenic gases from the continuous volcanic activity found around its equator. Filter masks counter the effects but the long dormancy period means many people do not bother.

Binary Solar System

Akish Binary Star System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Akish

M0 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.57 3770 - 3850 0.13982
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0027 0.031 0.39 - 0.74 0.27 2.7
Orbit #  *  * 2 0 5
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Akish

M0 V

Secondary Main Sequence 0.57 3770 - 3850 0.13982
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0027 0.031 0.39 - 0.74 0.27 2.7
Orbit #  *  * 2 0 5

History and background

The people are divided into two roughly equal states of Tangher and Zordin. The former is an open bureaucracy with law level of 6 and TL–9. The latter is a religious dictatorship run by the "Holy Innocents", an extremist splinter group of the zealous Ziadd Dominican branch of the Universal Church of God.

Zordin was formerly the larger state and a representative democracy. In 1103 the charismatic politician Chanak'ra Vura took control of the Holy Innocents and dramatically enlarged the following. Soon after she was elected leader of the state and began introducing increasingly oppressive laws which eventually cause many people to emigrate to Tangher or off-world. Chanak'ra and her subordinates have become increasingly paranoid and have initiated extensive espionage missions into Tangher. Covert operations have included executing major religious figures and emigrants from Zordin.

The starport located in Zordin, originally a popular center for trade and travellers, has also lost much of its traffic as customs checks have cut the goods brought onto the planet.

References and contributors

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