Nakege

(Spinward Marches 1305, Jewell 0505; D591314-2)

Local Information

This is local information available about Nakege. Individual items are available to players only if their characters have obtained them.

Item	Form	Description
Nakege World Map		Hex map of the mainworld
Time - Date Equivalences		Selected time and date conversion tables
Traditional Heritage Craftworks, LIC	Slim Book	Information on the company that owns the system; published in 1109
Whisky Galore: Nakege and Wonstar	Book, paper	Published on Wonstar. Goes into details about THC, and compares and contrasts whisky production on Nakege with that on Wonstar.
Trade Free!'s Guide to Nakege	Article	From Trade Free! magazine, an article on visiting the system as a free trader

World Map of Nakege

Key to Terrain

Ocean	Shallows	Forest & Jungle	Icecap
Grassland	Desert	Mountain	Tundra
	Broken	Rough
1 hex = 718 km (1/35th circumference)

Key to Locations

Location	Description
(the downport)	Class D starport, a few km west of Crow
Crow	Main city
Marquisate	Central residence of the Marchioness (3 hours earlier than Crow)

Time - Date Equivalences

(Significant Equivalences)

    Locals on Nakege keep time by the primary sun, while the secondary determines the seasons.
    Midsummer is when the mainworld is between the primary and secondary, midwinter is when the secondary is on the far side of the primary. In spring, the secondary stays up after sunset; in autumn, the secondary rises before the primary.
    The year is based on the synodic period, celebrating the new year at Midsummer Day when the whole world is lit by the two suns. The year is 0.24533 Imperial Years, which is almost exactly 81 (81.09887) local days. Instead of using the leap year system common throughout most of the Imperium, Nakege resets all the clocks and calendars at noon on Midsummer Day, an official holiday. That time is called the Clocking Hour and is an occasion for a celebratory countdown and traditional bourbon toast.
    There are no official time zones. Technically while every settlement should therefore have a slightly different time, based on the Clocking Hour for that longitude, in practice everyone keeps time as set at Crow Time. The exception would be the Marquisate Palace, which has its own Clocking Hour about three hours earlier than Crow. There is currently no official time practice for the Marquisate Lodges, which can keep Marquisate Time, Crow Time, or have their own Clocking Hour depending on local preference.

    Actual time works on the Watch System, an ancient system of time used by wet navies on Terra. Bells ring through the town of Crow to signal every half local hour. Each local hour consists of 60 local minutes, which consists of 60 local seconds. There are 24 local hours in the day of 26.5 Imperial hours. The local second is therefore a little over 10% longer than the equivalent Imperial unit.

Number of bells	Bell Pattern	Middle watch	Morning watch	Forenoon watch	Afternoon watch	First dog watch	Last dog watch	First watch
One bell	.	0:30	4:30	8:30	12:30	16:30	18:30	20:30
Two bells	..	1:00	5:00	9:00	13:00	17:00	19:00	21:00
Three bells	.. .	1:30	5:30	9:30	13:30	17:30	19:30	21:30
Four bells	.. ..	2:00	6:00	10:00	14:00	18:00		22:00
Five bells	.. .. .	2:30	6:30	10:30	14:30			22:30
Six bells	.. .. ..	3:00	7:00	11:00	15:00			23:00
Seven bells	.. .. .. .	3:30	7:30	11:30	15:30			23:30
Eight bells	.. .. .. ..	4:00	8:00	12:00	16:00		20:00	0:00

[to add: Imperial standard vs. bell system conversions]

The 81-day year makes for an easy calculation of seasons. These are the seasonal days that noted on Nakege:

Season	Start	Mid-	End
Summer	71	81 to 01	11
Autumn	11	21	31
Winter	31	41	51
Spring	51	61	71