Halka

Halka
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore/
Status	Minor Human Race
Locomotion
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence
Bio-Identenoid
Size	1.7m
Weight	80kg
Culture
Languages
Social Structure
Technological Epoch
Psionic potential
Origin World
Homeworld location	Halka (Trojan Reach 0510)
UWP	X000000-0 Starport X No Starport Size 0 Asteroid/Planetoid Belt Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
Primary Star
Atmosphere
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals
Source
Reference	"Out of the Night." The Travellers' Digest 19 .
Canon	No
Also see
TBD

The Halka (also Halakan) are a minor human race native to Halka/Menorial (Trojan Reach 0510).

Physiology & Environment

Halkans appear to be slightly built albinos. Their eyes are pale grey (nearly white) Their hair color ranges from white to ash-pale blond. The Halkans are not true albinos, and their adaptations seem to be the result of natural adaptation to their bright M9 III star rather than deliberate engineering by the Ancients. As a people they were peaceful, and preferred a pastoral existence.

History & Background

Halka was first settled by the Ancients around -300.000. Though no physical remains exist of their base, their presence is indicated by the existence of an albino human species. The Halkans are not true albinos, and their adaptations seem to be the result of natural adaptation to their bright M9III star rather than deliberate engineering by the Ancients. As a people they were peaceful, and preferred a pastoral existence.

The Florians contacted the world in 211, and quickly subjugated the inhabitants. The original Barnai rulers took the simple lifestyle of their new subjects as a sign of inferiority, and employed them as slave labor. This practice continued for some time after the world was absorbed into the Florian League, and only ended after a public outcry in the 900s. Emancipation landed most Halkans into destitution, and most remained as tenant farmers for their former landlords.

Recidivist elements among the local nobility continued to exploit these people even after the League passed laws protecting them from offworld predation. Several of these elements were involved in a plot led by the local RGM of Vorkash Manufacturing in abducting the Halkans for servitude in the company mines on nearby Viceroy. The exposure of this operation led to a new and lasting crackdown on the slavers, and a full military garrison was stationed on-planet to prevent future incidents.

Halka remains a primarily agricultural world. The native population has slowly assimilated into the Florian mainstream, displacing a number of established Barnai landlords in the process. The world's population has been kept steady by emigration of the Florian population stemming from the slow transferance of land back to its original owners. Large scale immigration has been prevented by the continued uncertainty between the two groups, and by the difficulty of offworlders in adapting to the planets very long year.

Worlds & Sectors / Astrography

This sophont species is primarily found in the following areas:

• Trojan Reach Sector

World Listing: 1105

This sophont species is known to reside on the following systems and worlds:

7 of 7 World articles in Halka

Bolsush  •  Boronu  •  Eptid  •  Halka  •  Mis Noam  •  Tibolt  •  Zimt  •  

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References & Contributors

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• Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate. "Out of the Night." The Travellers' Digest 19 (1990): .
• Author Peter Gray - External Link: OPAL 9809