Ekaez (world)

Ekaez/Terruerr (Gzaefueg 2904)
Classic Era (1116)	A120001-F Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 1 Small (1,600 km, 0.05g - 0.09g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 0 Barren (8) Government 0 No Government structure Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level F High Stellar (anagathics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M0 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	0

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Ekaez is a poor desert world with no free-standing water.

• This die back world was once settled and developed, but the inhabitants have either died off or left leaving behind the ruins and remnants of their civilization.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
• This is a tidally-locked world with one side permanently locked to a gravity source and the other permanently facing away. Most commonly locked worlds are natural satellites of a larger planet or gas giant.
• This world is a "Twilight Zone World", a planet that is tidally-locked to its star. It has a hot side that permanently faces the star, a cold side that permanently faces away, and a narrow twilight zone in-between.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by Vargr sophonts located in the Terruerr Subsector of Gzaefueg Sector.

• This world-system hosts a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Ekaez / Terruerr (Gzaefueg 2904) A120001-F De Di Po / Ht Lk Tz {1} (60A+2) [115J] K 800 6W NaVa M0 V reached TL-15 , the highest benchmark in the sector in those years, just before the release of the Wolvesbane Project from the Second Empire of Gashikan. The geneered virus plague that slaughtered every Vargr in Gashikan Sector was halted by a quarantine which saved those Vargr outside the sector. But long reaching vessels jumping the quarantine lines inadvertently transported Wolvesbane from the infected Drr'lana Network to Ekaez via Ikfu (Gzaefueg 3205) to the decimation of the high-tech Vargr population. Though this vessel did not stop at Ikfu, thus saving the Pre-High population there, it refueled and continued on to Ekaez.

Monostellar System

Red Drop Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Red Drop 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

System Data

Stellar Primary: M0 V Main Sequence Red

• Orbit 0 - BigWorld YGFA000-0 Ba Tz
  • Satellite Aitch - Ekaez A1220001-F De Di Po / Ht Lk Tz
• Orbit 1 - Inferno Y9B0000-0 Ba Co, 0 Satellites
• Orbit 2 - RadWorld Y443000-0 Ba, 0 Satellites
• Orbit 3 - InnerWorld Y102000-0 Ba Ic Va
  • Satellite Bee
• Orbit 4 - Inferno Y7B0000-0 Ba, 0 Satellites
• Orbit 5 - unoccupied
• Orbit 6 - unoccupied
• Orbit 7 - unoccupied
• Orbit 8 - unoccupied
• Orbit 9 - Iceworld Y000000-0 As Ba Va, 0 Satellites
• Orbit 10 - unoccupied
• Orbit 11 - unoccupied
• Orbit 12 - Iceworld Y475000-0 Ba Fr, 0 Satellites

Mainworld Data

Ekaez is a Satellite in sub-orbit Aitch of a BigWorld in Orbit 0 about the stellar primary, a situation which lured initial colonists to this anomaly of stellar placement.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

Ekaez is a Satellite of its parent BigWorld in Orbit 0 which normally would be impossible but for the planet's tilt almost to perpendicular to the plane of the system with Ekaez Tidally Locked (Lk) to it. Because of this tilt, both the BigWorld and Ekaez are Tidal Zone (Tz) worlds.

Mainworld Map

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

The desert Satellite world of Ekaez was sterilized of Vargr. Corpses littered the cities on the tiny moon of a tilted BigWorld in Orbit 0 about a M0 main sequence Red star. So swift was the infection and the world caught unawares that the entire stellar cluster remained ignorant of the calamity until late -1426 Imperial calendar. Recognizing Wolvesbane had slaughtered the Vargr on the mainworld, fearful ships left orbit and spread news that Ekaez was to be listed as a Die Back (Di) world, a victim of the Wolvebane Project.

Only the bravest illegal scavenger operations dared to land on sand-covered Ekaez and pick through the ruined Satellite world for Ekaez had been rumored to breach TL 15 before the epidemic of Wolvesbane. The Desert moon lay fallow for centuries with fears that the infamous bioweapon may still be contagious.

In 1105, Vargr Sophontologists and technical teams from nearby Ghatoets (Gzaefueg 2803) secured funding from their rulers on Aka (Gzaefueg 2802) for a clandestine expedition to Ekaez. The lure of Tech-15 secrets laying fallow in dormant data stores was enough to sign off on the probe mission. By this time, it was assumed that the Twilight Zone world would have either baked or frozen clean any remnant Wolvesbane, should the geneered virus still be active. The teams contracted a vessel of Travellers willing to transport them to the Die Back world.

Though its atmosphere is Thin and Tainted as a result of the ruined civilization destroyed by Wolvesbane, Ekaez does have a deep crust chasm where the atmosphere thickens enough to breathe with a simpler Filter device. The ruins in this chasm are the most intact as they are shadowed and sheltered from the harsh red glare of the main sequence Red star. This chasm also features the hangars of the centuries-old Naval Base that was adjacent to the Downport and Startown ruins located at the mouth of the chasm.

While the mainworld Ekaez is a Desert satellite, it is not without water in various storage tanks across surface ruins. Before Wolvesbane, the Vargr here used extensive hydroponics in the Twilight region about the equator, often in the shade of mountains shielding the farms from the harshest hours of the star’s glare.

World Starport

Ekaez Hollowport 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 Technology Level

Ekaez 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

Ekaez has no central government for the world, an Anarchy. The largest governmental structure would be a family, tribe, or single clan. The largest group will be between 50 and 100 individuals, and there may be dozens to hundreds of them. This governmental structure can be stable over long periods of time if the population remains small or geographically separated.

World Law Level

Due to its calamitous Die Back Classification, there is no Government on Ekaez aside from records possibly hidden in centuries-old databanks.

World Military

No information yet available.

World Economy

No information yet available.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

World Demographics

Before its Die Back calamity, Ekaez featured Urzaeng Vargr and Suedzuk Vargr.

World Culture

No information yet available.

Among the ruins will be found the following languages:

• Urzaeng
• Suedzuk

Urbanization

No information yet available.

World Infrastructure

The A rating in Infrastructure of the Economic Extension on Ekaez is a reflection of the re-calamitous world. Until the mainworld is recolonized, it is effectively 0 but is theoretically restorable to A with the influx of a significant population.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

• c. -2225 Ekaez initially discovered and colonized by the Vargr.
• -1427 Wolvesbane Project released by the Second Empire of Gashikan
• -1426 Ekaez population eradicated by Wolvesbane carried by a starship with a three-parsec jump range
• -1425 Ekaez surveyed from orbit and declared a Die Back (Di) world, Wolvesbane assumed to be the cause
• -1424 Ekaez avoided by all Vargr in Gzaefueg Sector for fear of contracting Wolvesbane
• -1420 Entire stellar cluster, save Ouvo (Gzaefueg 2407), blacklisted for annexation by all polities in the sector.
• -1105 Ghatoets and Aka fund an expedition to Ekaez on the lure of TL-15 relics and schematics

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

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• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), TBD. (dot map provided)
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• Author & Contributor: John G. Wood (data generated)
• Author & Contributor: The Pakkrat
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