Skull (world)

Skull/Lanth (Spinward Marches 2420) Milieu 1116 C4237C7-9 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 7 Moderate (60 million) Government C Charismatic Oligarchy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M0 V M1 V
Worlds	12
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Charismatic oligarchy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	7759
Army Size (BEs)	15
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	A69+1 Resources A Abundant Labor 6 Moderate (6 million) Infrastructure 9 Extensive Efficiency +1 Average
Importance Extension	0
Resource Units	540
GWP (BCr)	140
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	8,200
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	72,000
Port employees	670
Port passengers (annual)	22,000

Skull has a very thin, tainted atmosphere and a minimal available surface water. The system has a population between 10 million and 100 million sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lanth Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Skull, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a marquis. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Astrography & Planetology

Skull is a member of the Spinward Main.

The dry and mountainous planet cannot easily produce enough food for its population, so the inhabitants concentrate on service industries in and around the starport.

Binary Solar System

Skull Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Skull 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
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Skull M1 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0023	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.23	2.3
	Orbit #	*	*	1	0	5

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2420 K'Kirka (Imperial)

Starport: Class III - Naval base.

Diameter: 2,147 miles (3,400 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 27%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 6,300,00.
Government: Corporate.
Control Level: 6.
Tech Level: 9.
World Trade Number: 4.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

The name for this world comes from its unusual mountain range, which strongly resembles its namesake from space. Skull is known as the "Trader's World." The local government is dominated by a council of "merchant princes" who indulge in risky speculative ventures. The entire local society is bent towards such dubious entrepreneurial ventures, and Ministry of Justice has an office on this world just to monitor its activities. The inevitable collapse of these risky ventures usually end up hurting the locals more than anyone else.

In addition to Skull Startown, other major settlements on Skull include Ukar, Rashge, and Shaar Town.

Skull is ruled by the Merchant Princes of Skull, a caste of citizens functioning effectively as a minor corporation and operating throughout the Marches. The Merchant Princes indulge in reckless speculative trading and ventures of dubious legality.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 22-23.
• Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 42. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 89.
• Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 104. (UWP only)
• Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 67-72. (UWP only)