Humitajj


Type: Homeworld and port.
Region: Border Regions.
Trade Route: Long Path.
Sector: Yaeger Sector.
Strategic Location: Toward the center of the Imperium sphere of influence.
Temperature: 174% standard.
Atmosphere: Very thin, breath mask needed for surface exposure.
Hydrosphere: No surface water, substantial subsurface water deposits, of widely varying degrees of salinity.
Gravity: 120% standard.
Terrain: Vast mountain and desert regions.
Mineral Resources: Substantial reserves of iron, bitumen, duridium, and other minerals, though most of the reserves have been played out by the Kumidai.
Length of Day: 30 standard hours.
Length of Year: 309 local days.
Sapient Species: The Kumidai are the only native sentient species of Humitajj.
Capital City: Kilibur is the capital of the planet, and once of all Kumidai worlds. Now that the Kumidai have been incorporated into the Imperium Kilibur has receded in importance and size, becoming little more than an administrative center, rather than a center of commerce between numerous worlds.
Other Cities: Rochan, Kidai and Thiogos are the other major cities of Humitajj.
Starport: Kilibur has a large galaxy class port located at the planet's surface which has fallen into disuse lately, and has not been maintained up to standard. Most of the areas of the starport have been closed off, and it now operates at planetary class standards. Many of the other cities of Kilibur have starports of planetary class or smaller, and they are often the only surface structures of the cities.
Population (within +/- 1%): 2,339,381,010 Kumidai, 42,000 Imperial officials and troops.
Government: The planet is ruled by an Imperial governor, Mathias Thiar, who has a relatively tight grasp on the populace.
Tech Level: Space.
Major Exports: Minerals, Kumidai workers.
Major Imports: Manufactured goods, Imperial overseers.
System: Rithudaan
Star: Rithudaa A, Rithudaa B. (two white dwarves)
Name Planet Type Moons
GrawisScalding Rock1
BresnairJungle World6
HumitajjDesert World4
ElmhoraDesert World2
GriskaonWater World1
SathokGas Giant17
WathalAirless World2

System Capsule:

Grawis: A burning hold world whose surface is dominated by vast lakes of lava, Grawis has never been explored.
Bresnair: Site of an Imperial garrison and fighter base, Bresnair never was settled by the Kumidai.
Humitajj: See below.
Elmhora: A small world, that was the home of the first Kumidai expansion off their world.
Griskaon: A highly oxygenated water world, Griskaon is home to numerous fish harvesting facilities.
Sathok: A large and relatively uninteresting world, Sathok's moon are home to a few hold out Kumidai who avoid Imperial domination.
Wathal: A small and inconsequential world, Wathal is the sight of small Kumidai stockpiles of military equipment.

Planetary Capsule:

Flora and fauna: The deserts of Humitajj are relatively lifeless, having some small cactus growth and invertebrate life, with some advanced avians and reptiles. However, like many desert worlds, the subsurface life of Humitajj is considerably more varied than that of the surface. Taking cover from the blistering heat of the day are numerous forms of bacterial life, sand swimmers, mole rats, and rock pythons. Those few hardy plants that live on the surface have to pass vast root networks through these regions, which serve as refuges for the smaller creatures, where they can hide from the pythons and the predatory mole rats.

Deeper below the surface, several of these species have variations that can thrive several hundred feet below the surface. Here there are no root networks, only the occasional deep taproot. However, this is where the water is, so those species that range that deeply can become truly formidable. This is where the great sand serpents, the depth tigers, and the giant mole rats dwell, and this is where the Kumidai historically ventured for water, staying near the surface for feeding.

Sentient Species: The Kumidai are the only native sentient race of Kumidai, though human Imperial personnel have recently set up compounds in the Kumidai's home tunnels.

History: The Kumidai were a relatively slow developing race, perhaps because of their lack of political drive. However, once they achieved a level of civilization that allowed for the construction of cities and the breaking apart of the bedrock, they achieved spaceflight rather quickly, without the usual internal struggles common to most races, perhaps as an outgrowth of the natural amiability of the Kumidai.

Their expansion off Humitajj proved equally smooth. After setting up a colony on Elmhora, the Kumidai soon discovered the secret of hyperspace travel, and expanded out to several other worlds. They rather quickly discovered that the Yaeger sector was not all that friendly a place. By forming alliances and developing military technology of their own, the Kumidai soon founded several other colonies and found a place in the repair crews of the ships of most races, though they were as targeted by the Yrotha's genocidal fury as the rest of the sector.

Never developing that large an empire, the Kumidai avoided the Yrotha aggressors by outdigging them, both on the colonies and on Humitajj. In addition to the massive underground cities and the surface spaceports, there are a number of deep concealed shafts, which the Kumidai retreated down into during the Yrotha expansion. Most of these shafts have been covered over, and the population of the world at the time of the Imperial expansion was too large to allow for mass descent. However, some Kumidai have descended to the depths, where they survive off the massive stockpiles of supplies, and maintain several Shaku fighters for the time that the Kumidai win free of Imperial control and require a defence fleet.
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