Kilotavua

Kilotavua is a fictional unit of energy and work used in certain science fiction and fantasy settings to quantify large-scale power budgets. It is defined as 1,000 tavua, the base unit in the same measurement system. Tavua itself is a fictional unit whose exact definition varies by work, but it typically represents the energy required for a standard task or system in the setting. Because tavua definitions differ between works, there is no universal conversion to real-world units.

The term kilotavua derives from the SI prefix kilo- and tavua, with tavua often tied to a cultural or linguistic element within the imagined world.

In practice, kilotavua is used to describe reactor outputs, starship power, or economic energy budgets in lore, games, and technical manuals. It provides a convenient scale for discussing megascale energy without recourse to real physics.

Conversions and variants: different authors or creators may supply approximate equivalents to real units for cross-compatibility, but such conversions are not standardized and should be taken as author-specific.

See also: tavua, energy unit, fictional measurement systems, worldbuilding.