Strategic Location: At the center of a cluster of
independent worlds, near both the Yaeger and Imperial spheres of
influence.
Temperature: 106% standard.
Atmosphere: Standard, with slightly higher than average
percentages of oxygen and nitrogen, producing a pleasantly
energizing effect among most oxygen breathing races.
Hydrosphere: 71% of the surface of Kamsur is covered in
water, of which 94% has a salinity between 3% and 7%.
Gravity: 91% standard.
Terrain: Rolling hills, forested tablelands, limestone
cliffs and atolls, deep oceans.
Mineral Resources: Few reserves of interest. Some
deposits of topaz, lapis lazuli, and kombaril crystals, and
relatively large deposits of ornamental sedimentary and metamorphic
stones, but none of these reserves are large or valuable enough to
justify mining.
Length of Day: 27 standard hours.
Length of Year: 320 local days.
Sapient Species: The primitive, brown furred Jher are
the only native sentients.
Capital City: Kolbarnir is the largest city on the
planet, and is the center of the shipping and trading industries of
the planet. Shibruk, a somewhat smaller city, is the center of the
farming communities. Both Kolbarnir and Shibruk are self governed,
and have gone to war with each other and with the other independent
cities of the planet.
Other Cities: Marrar, Bohay, and Lerriask are the
largest of the other cities on Kamsur.
Starport: Kolbarnir and Marrar both have planetary
class ports, and there are several smaller, standard class ports in
the smaller shipping centers. Shibruk has a large landing strip,
as do most farming centers.
Population (within +/- 1%): 23,480,120 Jher, 31,880,700
Other, mostly Shakkur.
Government: Independent city states, now bound together
in a pair of alliances, that of the port cities and that of the
farming centers.
Tech Level: Space.
Major Exports: Hybrid barintoth grains, Loevin beef,
various commodities of both legal and illegal natures.
Major Imports: Farming machinery, manufactured goods,
various commodities of both legal and illegal natures.
System: Gwethironian
Star: Gwethiron
Name
Planet Type
Moons
Ginoth
Desert World
1
Thelok
Desert World
2
Kamsur
Terrestrial
1
Domok
Terrestrial
4
Lirkoh
Gas Giant
12
Wethsha
Gas Giant
15
Sedkum
Gas Giant
9
Orban
Ice World
1
Livos
Ice World
2
Damug
Airless Rock
0
System Capsule:
Ginoth: A very hot world, Ginoth is scoured of life by the
intensity of it's midday sun, requiring all native life to be
nomadic to the extreme, constantly fleeing dawn.
Thelok: Not quite as hot as Ginoth, but still far above the
habitable standards, Thelok is home to a number of tenacious native
species.
Kamsur: See above.
Domok: Not as pleasant a world as Kamsur, Domok was once the
home of a highly advanced civilization, and is now home to a number
of archaeological sites.
Lirkoh: A large world, one of Lirkoh's moons is home to a
form of methane breathing, flying jellyfish.
Wethsha: The largest of the worlds of the Gwethironian
system, Wethsha is a pale silver world with a magnificent series of
rings.
Sedkum: Smaller than Lirkoh, Sedkum is a dark orange in
color, and dotted with spectacular storms.
Orban: Some subsentient fishes live in the frigid depths of
this world, covered with nearly ten miles of solid ice.
Livos: Orban's sister world, Livos, shares many of Orban's
characteristics.
Damug: Far from the system's center, Damug has never been
developed for any reason.
Planetary Capsule:
Flora and fauna: Kamsur is home to a fairly wide
variety of life, with large areas of forests of many types. Some
of the more widespread creatures of Kamsur include the Ilbu, a
reptilian flyer, with numerous varieties filling role in the
ecologies of just about every system of Kamsur, and the Beruil, a
small ursoid creature with long and vicious claws. Many varieties
of Beruil have poison glands. Beruil poisons are based on a form
of neurotoxin that affects the brain directly, and diluted samples
of some of these toxins are used as hallucinogens by the Jher, but
this habit has yet to be introduced to the galaxy at large.
The plain regions of Kamsur are the center of the planet's
agricultural activities, and have increased in size since the
Shakkur settled on Kamsur. The natural grasses and grains have
mostly been supplanted by high yield hybrid barintoth grains, a
combination of several native species. Loevin, a buffalo like
creature imported from another Shakkur world, is raised for it's
beef, which has a pleasantly smoky flavor.
Sentient Species: Dwellers of the forests of Kamsur,
the Jher are the only native sentients. Jher civilization is at a
high stone age level, with delicate chipped and carved stone
implements being quite common. Arboreal, the Jher tend to live in
treetop villages, and have begun trading with the Shakkur.
History: A world settled early in the history of the
Shakkur, Kamsur is fairly typical of Shakkur worlds. Without any
great mineral resources, Kamsur was not an ideal location for
either mining or industry, and it soon became a freeport, with some
subsistence agriculture to keep the planet from being vulnerable to
siege. The development of the hybrid barintoth, and the
introduction of the Loevin proved the boost that the planet's
agriculture needed, and it soon rose to equal shipping in
importance in the planet's economy.
The sort of personality required for farming is quite
different from that required for trading, and the two groups
quickly found themselves in conflict. Several battles were fought
over land use and over the generally lawless behavior of the
traders when on farmer lands. The previously independent city
states banded together in a pair of mutual protection societies,
and with the formation of the two societies, one representing the
port cities and one the agriculture communities, war became a more
distant possibility, and negotiation became the rule for
interaction between the two groups. That situation has lasted
until the present, with relations between the two groups becoming
more cordial over the years. As of now, the port cities are
responsible for system defense, and the farm cities regularly
provide provisions for the fleet and the cities, exporting the bulk
of their products through the ports without tax or levy.