Derku (world)

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Derku/Shinkan (Core 2703)
Classic Era (1116)
C611989-B
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g)
Atmosphere1 Vacuum (trace)
Hydrographics1 Dry World 10%
Population9 High (6 billion)
Government8 Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law9 High Law (no weapons out of home)
Tech LevelB Average Stellar (large starships)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M2 V M4 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 3

Derku is a high-population, non-agricultural, industrial and icy world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

  • The surface of this world is ice-capped with nearly all of its water frozen.
  • 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 Third Imperium in the Shinkan Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.

Description (Planetology)

No information yet available.

Binary Solar System

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

M2 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.44 3470 - 3560 0.0565
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0021 0.0197 0.25 - 0.48 0.21 2.1
Orbit #  *  * 1 0 4
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Derku

M4 V

Secondary Main Sequence 0.23 3110 - 3210 0.00584
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0013 0.0063 0.08 - 0.16 0.13 1.3
Orbit #  *  * 0 0 3

History & Background (Dossier)

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References & Contributors (Sources)

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