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{{InfoboxRegion|image=[[File:UlarKetawaTemp.jpg|center|350px]]|name=Ular Ketawa|location=[[New Canaan Corridor]]|star systems=8}}
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'''Ular Ketawa''' (English: ''The Laughing Snake'') is a subcluster of star systems located on the spinward edge of the [[Local Supercluster]].
'''Ular Ketawa''' is a group of eight star systems located on the spinward edge of the [[Local Supercluster]]. There are no colonized systems or countries in this subcluster.


It is situated between the [[Well of Embers]] coreward and the [[New Canaan Corridor]] rimward.
It is situated between the [[Well of Embers]] coreward and the [[New Canaan Corridor]] rimward.
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== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
Malay ''ular'' (''"snake"'') + ''ke'' (prefix) + ''tawa'' (to laugh).
Ular Ketawa (English: ''The Laughing Snake)'' refers both to the subcluster's serpentine shape - and to the high level of piracy in the subcluster.
Ular Ketawa (English: ''The Laughing Snake)'' refers both to the subcluster's serpentine shape - and to the high level of piracy in the subcluster.


Ular: From Malay ''ular'' (Snake), from Proto-Malayic ''*ular'', from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ''*hulaʀ'', from Proto-Austronesian ''*Sulaʀ''.
== Astrography ==
The Ular Ketawa subcluster is situated coreward of the [[New Canaan Corridor]], rimward of the [[Well of Embers]], and spinward of the [[Senekane Subcluster]].
 
=== Star Systems ===
'''Core'''
 
* Minokawa
* Xe Kong
* Nang Mai
* Nang Tani
* Kapua
* Kalyak


Ketawa: Affixed ''ke-'' +‎ ''tawa''.
'''Outer'''


Ke: From Malay ''ke-'', from Old Malay ''ke-'', from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ''*ika-'' (“prefix for ordinal numerals”), from Proto-Austronesian ''*Sika-'' (“prefix for ordinal numbers”).
* Rangda
* Bakunawa


Tawa: From Malay ''tawa'' (To laugh), from Proto-Malayic ''*tawa(ʔ)'', from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ''*tawa'', from Proto-Austronesian ''*Cawa''.
=== Translight Strings ===
There are a total of eight charted translight strings connecting the eight star systems of Ular Ketawa. Over half of the translight strings on Ular Ketawa are weak and unstable. This subcluster does not have any nexus star systems, as none of its stars have four or more strings connecting to them.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="3" |Regional Interstellar Travel
|-
|Ular Ketawa - New Canaan Corridor
|Rangda - Ayodhya
|Rangda - Barong
|-
|Ular Ketawa - Well of Embers
|Bakunawa - Sibu
|Bakunawa - Masu
|}

Revision as of 00:30, 30 December 2024


Ular Ketawa

Location:

New Canaan Corridor

Star Systems:

8

Ular Ketawa is a group of eight star systems located on the spinward edge of the Local Supercluster. There are no colonized systems or countries in this subcluster.

It is situated between the Well of Embers coreward and the New Canaan Corridor rimward.

The subcluster includes no sovereign states.

Ular Ketawa is principally comprised of eight primary star systems: Bakunawa, Kalyak, Kapuas, Minokawa, Nang Mai, Nang Tani, Rangda, and Xe Kong.

Etymology

Malay ular ("snake") + ke (prefix) + tawa (to laugh).

Ular Ketawa (English: The Laughing Snake) refers both to the subcluster's serpentine shape - and to the high level of piracy in the subcluster.

Astrography

The Ular Ketawa subcluster is situated coreward of the New Canaan Corridor, rimward of the Well of Embers, and spinward of the Senekane Subcluster.

Star Systems

Core

  • Minokawa
  • Xe Kong
  • Nang Mai
  • Nang Tani
  • Kapua
  • Kalyak

Outer

  • Rangda
  • Bakunawa

Translight Strings

There are a total of eight charted translight strings connecting the eight star systems of Ular Ketawa. Over half of the translight strings on Ular Ketawa are weak and unstable. This subcluster does not have any nexus star systems, as none of its stars have four or more strings connecting to them.

Regional Interstellar Travel
Ular Ketawa - New Canaan Corridor Rangda - Ayodhya Rangda - Barong
Ular Ketawa - Well of Embers Bakunawa - Sibu Bakunawa - Masu