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The [[Kursae]] are an extinct race who settled [[Charted Space]] with slow [[NAFAL]] [[generation ship]]s around [[-200000|-200,000]].
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* Variant spelling: "''Khursae''".
  
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[[Kursae]] are a race of [[sophont]]s who settled [[Charted Space]] with slow [[NAFAL]] [[generation ship]]s around [[-200000|200,000]] PI.
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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Very little is conclusively known about the ''Kursae''. Some of leading research supports the idea that they were [[insectoid]]s. Others vehemently disagree.  
  
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== Description (Specifications) ==
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The [[Kursae]] settled a region more than '''3,000pc''' across. It is generally believed that [[Kursae]] did this using [[NAFAL]] technology. That would make them a major interstellar power, despite the lack of a [[Jump Drive]].
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A [[Parsec]], abbreviated as ''pc'', is a considerable distance, and just one parsec is considered equivalent to 0.3066 [[Light-year|ly]].
 
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* This makes the fact that the [[Kursae]] settled a region more than '''3,000pc''' in diameter an incredibly significant feat. That means that this species settled a sphere nearly 920 [[Light-year|ly]] around.
 
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* Being that a jump drive with a J-1 rating can travel across a subsector in 8 to 10 jumps and the average subsector contains 80 parsecs of flat (simple calculation) volume of space, this is the equivalent of roughly 25 ly in volume. Extending that calculation means that the [[Kursae]] colonized a zone more than two sectors in volume. That would make them a major interstellar power, despite the lack of a [[FTL]] [[Jump Drive]], by current political reckoning.
 
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* It is generally believed that [[Kursae]] did this using [[NAFAL]] technology, an even more impressive feat.
 
  
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Some of the great questions of our age involve the [[Kursae]] and many dedicated scientists from the [[Third Imperium]] are actively exploring this very mystery.
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=== Point of Interest: The Kursae Mystery ===
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* How did they manage to colonize such a large sphere without one of the [[Ancients]]'s heirs interfering?
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Some of the great questions of our age involve the Kursae and many dedicated scientists from the [[Third Imperium]] are actively exploring these very mysteries:
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* How did the [[Kursae]] devolve so quickly, by astrographic standards, and lose their technology? Why?
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* How did they manage to colonize such a large sphere without one of the [[Ancient]]'s heirs interfering?
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* How did the Kursae devolve so quickly, by astrographic standards, and lose their [[technology]]? Why?
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* What myths and knowledge do the Kursae have about what was once their [[space]]?
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* After losing their [[technology]], why did they not die out as so many other species have?
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* If they truly colonized [[Charted Space]], where are their remains? Why aren't we knee-deep in [[artifact]]s and ruins?
  
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== History & Background (Dossier) ==
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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From an unidentified homeworld somewhere in now- Charted Space, these sophonts reached out and settled nearly five thousand worlds across half the galaxy.
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From an unidentified homeworld somewhere in now- [[Charted Space]], these [[sophont]]s reached out and settled nearly five thousand worlds across half of settled space.
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* Over the next thousand centuries these many worlds of the Kursae all followed a common path: a downward spiral to a comfortable low technology level where they are today… sharing a common heritage of myths about their past.  
 
  
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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Over the next thousand centuries these many worlds of the Kursae all followed a common path: a downward spiral to a comfortable low [[technology]] level where they are today… sharing a common heritage of myths about their past.
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== [[Astrography]] ==
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This race is primarily located in the following areas: <br>
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''[[Charted Space]] <small>(~1500 pc radius)</small>:'' <br>
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[[TravellerMap]] <small>([[T5SS]])</small>: <br> [https://travellermap.com/?p=92.413!-127.526!-2.3&options=58367]
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<br>
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::: '''|<----- 1000 pc ----->|'''
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=== Homeworld ===
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The [[homeworld]] of this race is:
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* Unknown World
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=== World Listing: 1105 ===
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Significant communities of this race are known to dwell within the following [[system]]s and [[world]]s:
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{{ClusterWorlds2}}
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
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|S1= [[T5: Core rules]] (pg. 16)
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=T5 Core Rules|page=16}}
 
|S2= Novel: {{T5}} Edition [[Agent of the Imperium]]
 
|S2= Novel: {{T5}} Edition [[Agent of the Imperium]]
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|S3= TBD
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|S3= The Galaxiad Public Introduction (Far Future Enterprises)
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|S4=  
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|S4= Compiler: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
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[[Category: Extinct races]]
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Revision as of 02:39, 11 June 2021

Kursae
Imperial-Sunburst-Green-wiki.png
Base Information
Classification
Status Minor Race
Locomotion
Terrain
Body Form
Confluence Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid Alien
Size
Weight
Culture
Languages Unknown Native Language
Social Structure
Technological Epoch TL:28-30
Psionic potential Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location Unknown World
UWP
Starport Error in Starport Decode
Size Error in Size Decode
Atmosphere Error in Atmosphere Decode
Hydrographics Error in Hydrographics Decode
Population Error in Population Decode
Government Error in Government Decode
Law Error in Law Decode
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Primary Star
Atmosphere
Off-world presence Yes
Zoetic individuals No
Source
Reference T5 Core Rules 16.
Canon Yes
Also see Precursor

The Kursae are an extinct race who settled Charted Space with slow NAFAL generation ships around -200,000.

  • Variant spelling: "Khursae".

Description (Specifications)

Very little is conclusively known about the Kursae. Some of leading research supports the idea that they were insectoids. Others vehemently disagree.

The Kursae settled a region more than 3,000pc across. It is generally believed that Kursae did this using NAFAL technology. That would make them a major interstellar power, despite the lack of a Jump Drive.

Point of Interest: The Kursae Mystery

Some of the great questions of our age involve the Kursae and many dedicated scientists from the Third Imperium are actively exploring these very mysteries:

  • How did they manage to colonize such a large sphere without one of the Ancient's heirs interfering?
  • How did the Kursae devolve so quickly, by astrographic standards, and lose their technology? Why?
  • What myths and knowledge do the Kursae have about what was once their space?
  • After losing their technology, why did they not die out as so many other species have?
  • If they truly colonized Charted Space, where are their remains? Why aren't we knee-deep in artifacts and ruins?

History & Background (Dossier)

From an unidentified homeworld somewhere in now- Charted Space, these sophonts reached out and settled nearly five thousand worlds across half of settled space.

Over the next thousand centuries these many worlds of the Kursae all followed a common path: a downward spiral to a comfortable low technology level where they are today… sharing a common heritage of myths about their past.

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:
Charted Space (~1500 pc radius):
TravellerMap (T5SS):
[1]

|<----- 1000 pc ----->|

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

  • Unknown World

World Listing: 1105

Significant communities of this race are known to dwell within the following systems and worlds:

No world articles for Kursae


References & Contributors (Sources)

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