Katarulu (world)

Katarulu/Trin's Veil (Spinward Marches 3032) Milieu 1116 B552665-B Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 2 Dry World 20% Population 6 Moderate (2 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M0 V M9 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	4839
Army Size (BEs)	12
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	956+1 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (200 thousand) Infrastructure 6 Limited Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	270
GWP (BCr)	4
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	2,617
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	7
Building Capacity (Tons)	2,000
Port employees	84,845
Port passengers (annual)	5,000

Katarulu 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. Government control of this world is by an external military force. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Trin's Veil Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Katarulu, 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. The system supports both an Imperial Naval Base and Way Station.

Katarulu (world)/Trin's Shroud (Spinward Marches 3032) New Era A552686-D Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 2 Dry World 20% Population 6 Moderate (8 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Civil service bureaucracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	483C
Army Size (BEs)	10
Economic Details
Technology Level	13
Economic Extension	956-4 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (800 thousand) Infrastructure 6 Limited Efficiency -4 Very poor
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	162
GWP (BCr)	22
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	19,560
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	6,600
Port employees	12,520
Port passengers (annual)	8,100

Era: New Era

Katarulu 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 system serves as the capital for the subsector. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Trin's Shroud Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector. The system supports both a Regency Naval Base and Way Station.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Katarulu has an icy climate and a thin oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere.

• An occasional variant on Katarulu's name is "Katrulu."
• The way station is used as the training center for Scout Service Xboat pilots, while the base is the fleet headquarters for the 207th Fleet, assigned to the Trin's Veil subsector. Support services for the way station and naval base are the main source of employment for inhabitants of Katarulu.

Binary Solar System

Katarulu Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Katarulu 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
	Remarks
	None
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Katarulu M9 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.079	2350 - 2380	0.00014
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0005	0.001	0.01 - 0.03	0.05	0.5
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	1
	Remarks
	None

History & Background (Dossier)

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• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), .
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 51.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 121.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 121.
• Mongoose Traveller: Spinward Marches