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RINTARNA SYSTEM DATA
Star: M0V Mass: 0.497 Luminosity: 0.044
0= X887876-5 Ri Td B:3 (was B887A99-D/3 Hi)
1= YS00000-0 (was GS00219-D/4 Re)
2= H000000-0 50m, n-10 m-20 c-70, 0.1 AU (was F000768-D/8 Re Mi Co)
3= LGG (UWP size 140)
3= YS00000-0
5= Y100000-0
11= Y764000-0 (was G764529-C/6)
16= Y300000-0
20= Y400000-0
40= Y300000-0
55= Y623000-0 (was H62313A-C/7)
4= LGG (UWP size 210)
1= YR00000-0
20= Y100000-0
40= Y300000-0
5= SGG (UWP size 75)
7= Y410000-0
9= Y520000-0
25= Y400000-0
35= Y410000-0
6= Y305000-0 (was Y30523C-C/5)
7= Y300000-0 (was G300129-D/6 Re)
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RINTARNA WORLD DATA
Diameter: 13,107 km (Size "8.2")
molten core
density: .96
Mass: 1.03
Gravity: 0.98
Orbital Period: 46.34 standard days
Rotation: 31.485 hours
Axilal Tilt: 45 degrees
ecentricity: 0.000
Atmospheric Pressure: 1.7 standard
Average Temperature: 35 degrees C
native life present
seismic stress: 6
Hydrographic: 70.0%
2 major continents, 4 minor, 11 major islands, 4 archipeligoes
pre-war resources: Natural: Agricultural, Ores
Processed: Agroproducts, Metals, Non-metals
Manufactured: Parts, Consumables, Durables
Information: Recordings, Software, Documents
Current Resources: Natural: Agricultural
Processed: Agroproducts, Non-metals
Manufactured: none
Information: Documents
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PRE-COLLAPSE POPULATION STATISTICS
Population: 31.4 Billion
Cities:
Size A: 2
9: 1
8: 4
7: 6
6: 7
5: 12
Progressiveness: Conservative, Indifferent
Agressiveness: Unagressive, Neutral
Extensiveness: Harmonious, Aloof
tech string: DD-DDDDF-DDDD-DD-F
legal profile: undivided uniformity, 9-A4795
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1200 POPULATION STATISTICS
Population: 325 million
Populated Areas:
size 8: 0
7: 0
6: 42
5: 115
4: 805
3: 2242
3 Major powers, 13 Minor powers, numerous tertiary or isolated polities.
(defining "Major" as controlling at least 15% of the population, "Minor"
controlling between 1 and 15%, tertiary controlling 1% or less.
Classification may be adjusted based on resources/industrial base)
Social outlook (Progr., Agres., Extens.) varies with region and group.
Tech Profile: (varies, but among the technical societies):
53-53535-5353-??-D Military TL varies too much to quantify for world
Legal profile varies with region
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Notes on the population change:
The original interim 1200 UWP for Rintarna gave it a population of
60 billion at tech level 8. I thought that these levels of technological
and industrial bases would make Rintarna a major player in Aoreriyya
very soon after recontact, which is the role we have in mind for Pendang.
Rather than create another Pendang, I decided to reduce both tech and pop
to manageable levels while still keeping a large population with plenty
of room for adventures.
I couldn't get any way of reducing the population significantly by either
HT (without destroying it) or TNE, so I used a fudge with the TNE collapse
effects. Rintarna's weather is, to understate, not mild. High axial tilt,
high temperature fluctuations, and a short year means Rintarna has more
energy to get rid of in a shorter timespan than the equivalent storm-seasons
or hurricaine-seasons on Earth. Add to that the 1.7atm pressure, and
you wind up with monster storms VERY frequently. For a thirty-or-so billion
population on a world like this, I thought arcologies would be a favored
housing pattern. Not those tall, soaring spires that usually come to mind
upon hearing "arcology", but instead massive artificial mountains.
HT effects aren't too bad, so no major upheavals.
Enter the Virus. What happens to those folks deep in these artificial
mountains when it shuts everything off (or worse, blows things up)?
Lights, power, air circulation, temperature control, everything. SOP
for some big problem would be "sit tight until the rescue crews come."
But those crews are busy trying to cut themselves out, at least those
not cut off from their tools.
For those that can get out, the surface can be a nasty place. The
summer/winter temperature fluctuation can be 72 degrees C (130 F) in some
places. How many people know how to dig into the ground to insulate them-
selves against the extremes? How many learned to really "rough it", not
just get some Wilderness Scout merit badges during the mild weeks?
So, I fudged things a bit and treated the arcologies as "uninhabitable"
which they were over the long term, and treated the MSP as having modifiers
equivalent to a tainted atmosphere and a scarce (1 or 2) hydrosphere, to
estimate those who were able to get out of the arcos and survive long enough
to sustain themselves long-term. That still left a population in the
hundreds of millions, so I figured that would work.
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Unusual Dwellings: In most areas, Rintarnan cities and dwellings are built
into the ground, using a meter or more of soil as insulation against
the extreme temperatures. An arrangement similar to some peoples in
North Africa (Luke Skywalker's home in the first Star Wars movie was filmed
there) is common. Also cliff- and cave-dwellings, and at least on group
has moved into a "Mines of Moria"-type setup that was carved out during
the Long Night and had been turned into a historical park by the
arco-dwellers. The people are all in the normal Solomani size range,
however, and beards are a personal choice. :)
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Esokhoi
Star: F5V
0= YS00000-0
1= YS00000-0
2= Y330000-0
3= Y690000-0
30= YS00000-0
55= YS00000-0
4= Esokhi X877574-2
7= YS00000-0
40= YS00000-0
45= YS00000-0
5= SGG (UWP Size= ???)
1= RING
11= Y300100-1
6= Y506000-0
7= SGG (UWP Size= ???)
65= Y400000-0
8= SGG (UWP Size= ???)
6= Y500000-0
40= Y850000-0
9= LGG (UWP Size= ???)
2= RING
7= Y200000-0
8= Y500000-0
9= Y100000-0
13= Y700162-1
25= Y200215-1
30= Y700132-1
35= Y500000-0
45= Y400000-0
60= Y500000-0
10= LGG (UWP Size= ???)
2= RING
7= Y500217-1
8= Y200000-0
11= Y500000-0
13= Y100000-0
35= Y300000-0
55= Y200000-0
100= Y200000-0
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Marion System
Star: M5V
0= X7B4000-0 Ba Fl Lo Ni N:L
1= YS00000-0
2= LGG (UPP Size 180)
1= YR00000-0
2= YR00000-0
3= YR00000-0
5= Y674000-0
6= Y100000-0
30= YS00000-0
40= Y400000-0
3= Y531000-0
7= YS00000-0
4= SGG (UPP Size 80)
5= SGG (UPP Size 90)
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Size: 11040km (UWP Size "6.9")
Rocky Body, Density .52
Mass: .33
Grav: .45 G
Orbital Period: 0.155 years (56.78 days)
Rotation Period: 10.66 hours
Axial Tilt: 27 degrees
Seismic Stress Factor: 2
Atmosphere: Corrosive: Normal -25C to 50C
Pressure: 0.8 atm
Base Temperature: 0 degrees C
Native Life
Hydrosphere: atmosphere related chemical mix, 38%
4 major oceans, 12 minor oceans, 11 small seas, 2 scatted lakes
Resources: Natural : Agricultural
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Skeena System
Star: M0V
0= SGG (UPP Size 80)
7= X799475-2 Ni B:A i2
10= Y432000-0
1= LGG (UPP Size 160)
5= Y484000-0
6= Y662000-0
8= Y300000-0
13= Y200000-0
45= HR00000-0
225= Y200000-0
2= LGG (UPP Size 170)
3= Y300000-0
5= Y100000-0
6= Y300000-0
7= Y510000-0
8= Y100000-0
9= Y400000-0
10= YS00000-0
11= H200000-0
12= Y5A0000-0
-- The two satellites with the H spaceport are most likely remains
from early spaceports and possible settlements that the Virus doomed.
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Skeena World Data: X799475-2 Ni B:A i2
Planetary Data
Large Gas Giant: 294,000km (size "184")
Period: 46.71 standard days (around Star)
eccentricity: 0.005
Diameter: 11,200km (size "7.0")
Molten core, density: .94
Mass: 0.63 standard
Surface Gravity: 0.82g
Rotation: 30.425 hrs
Period: 7.3 standard days (around Gas Giant)
Axial tilt: 24 degrees
Atmospheric pressure at sea level: 2.2 standard
Atmospheric taint: sulfur compounds
Average tempurature: -5 degrees C, +/- 0.5 degrees for eccentricity
(The error in this seems to lie between -10 and
4 degrees C) ly
Hydrographic surface: 94%
tectonic plates: 10
2 minor continents, 13 major islands, 6 archipelegoes
Trade Classes: Non Industrial
Resources: Natural: Radioactives, Compounds
Processed: Agroproducts
Population Data
Total world population: 40,000
--The government on the planet consists of a charismatic dictator
and a small "rebel" population. The "rebel" population is fairly
small, and has no set governmental structure. They keep a relative
law level of 8.
Progressiveness: Conservative, Advancing
Agressiveness: Unagressive, Peaceable
Extensiveness: Discordant, Xenophobic
Notable Customs:
Offworld contact prohibited for certain sex
Unusual attitudes towards medical figures
Unusual headgear for medical figures
--Considering the relative continuity of population between 1115 and
1200 and the taint of sulphuric compounds in the atmosphere, the
unusual customs regarding medical figures probably reflects their
importance to this society.
1115: 2032 C799435-A Ni 803 Na
1200: 2032 X799475-2 Ni B:A i2 403 Na M0 V
--The xenophobia is from the Hard Times data generated here.
Law Profile: Overall: 7 (Xenophobic +2 Law Levels)
Weapons: 4
Trade: 8
Criminal Law: 7
Civil Law: 9
Personal Freedom: 6
Tech profile: High Common: 2
Low Common: 0
Energy: 3
Computer: 1
Communications: 3
Medical: 3
Environmental: 3
Land Transport: 3
Water Transport: 3
Air Transport: 0
Space Transport: 0
Personal Military: 3
Heavy Military: 3
Novelty: 8
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Drinsaar System
Stars: K5V and M5V, separation 38.8 AU (orbit number 9)
_K5V_system
0= YS00000-0
1= D885747-6 Drinsaar (this is a change from the interim stats)
10= YS00000-0
40= Y200000-0
2= YS00000-0
3= SGG (UPP size 80)
1= YR00000-0
9= YS00000-0
12= YS00000-0
30= Y300000-0
35= Y100000-0
4= Y222000-0
_M5V_system
0= YS00000-0
1= YS00000-0
2= Y706000-0
15= Y100000-0
3= YS00000-0
4= LGG (UPP size 210)
4= Y200000-0
7= Y200000-0
8= Y200000-0
9= Y300000-0
13= Y400000-0
35= Y720000-0
40= Y300000-0
45= Y400000-0
55= Y600000-0
65= Y510000-0
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DRINSAAR WORLD DATA
Diameter: 13,440km (size "8.4")
molten core, density: .98
Mass: 1.15 standard
Surface Gravity: 1.04g
Rotation: 30.425 hrs
period: 122 standard days (96.24 local days)
Axial tilt: 15 degrees
eccentricity: 0.0
Atmospheric pressure at sea level: 1.52 standard
Average tempurature: 8 degrees C (note: a small tweak in the star's
luminosity could push this as high as 37 degrees
before changing the star class to K4, so effectively
it could be set at anything in this range)
Hydrographic surface: 53%
tectonic plates: 5
6 major continents, 4 minor continents, 8 major islands, 4 archipelegoes
Trade Classes: Agricultural, Rich
Resources: Natural: Agricultural, Compounds
Processed: Agroproducts, Non-metals
Manufactured: Consumables
Cities
1 million+ : 1 (1.7 million)
100K to 1 M: 26
10K to 100K: 75
1K to 10K : 266
100 to 1K : 720
Total world population: 16,600,000 (human + 1 Poramat)
Government can be roughly described as a parlimentary system.
Tech profile: 64-56778-5667-64-8
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Ildran Star G4V Mass:.96 standard Luminosity: .778 standard
0= YS00000-0
1= empty
2= SGG (UWP size 32)
3= YS00000-0
6= Y100000-0
9= YS00000-0
20= Y200000-0 (1115: F200269-? Main IISS base in system)
3= DREXILTHAR (1115: B46969D-7 IISS orbital base, maybe IISS
administrated the starport)
note: gov type- impersonal bureaucracy, law level D. maybe this reflects
those areas under IISS administration rather than Iltharan law.
4= Y410000-0
5= Y000000-0 (100m, n-10 m-10 c-80, .5 AU)
6= SGG (UWP size 63)
15 = Y300000-0
7= SGG (UWP size 51)
2= YR00000-0
6= YS00000-0
9= Y210000-0
25= Y100000-0
45= Y310000-0
8= Y200000-0
9= LGG (UWP size 203)
5= Y222000-0
7= Y310000-0
15= Y520000-0
35= YS00000-0
50= Y330000-0
10= Y730000-0
35= Y210000-0
11= YAA5000-0
7= YS00000-0
25= Y330000-0
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DREXILTHAR WORLD DATA (from Pilot's Guide)
Mean orbital radius: .96 AU
Period: 350.64 days
Diameter: 7725 km (size "4.8") <-- using WBH, you would get this from a
UWP size 5, not 4.
Do we adjust the UWP?
Density: 1.01
Mass: .126 standard <-- I calculate .218 for a size 4.8 world
Mean surface gravity: .51g <-- My calculation: .60g
Rotation Period: 23h 19m 27s =23.324 hours
Axial tilt: 15.086 degrees
Albedo: .31 <-- With all the ice and clouds, this should be much higher
Surface atmospheric pressure: .8 standard
Composition: standard oxygen-nitrogen mix, breathable without assistance
Hydrographic: 90%
Mean surface temperature: -2 degrees C <-- If albedo were at a more reasonable
value, this would be down at -74
I suggest a relatively high level of seismic/volcanc
activity, so that ash-covered ice drives down the
albedo. This needn't be in the habitable regions
towards the equator, however.
NOTE ABOUT MY CALCULATIONS: For mass, gravity, and things that require use
of the UWP size stat, I extend it a little with the "size point something"
notation that I used above (in this case, 4.8). This adjusts things for the
actual world size without getting overly complicated. For the "normal"
way of calculating things, the original version is accurate.
PROPOSED ADDITIONS FOR WBH STUFF:
molten core
Orbital eccentricity: 0.000
Seismic stress factor: from 1 to 7, as desired, probably high
native life
Land area= 49 hexes on map
3 continents, islands and archipelagoes exist, determined by whoever maps it.
Resources (using 1115 UWP)
Natural: Ores, Crystals
Processed: Agroproducts, Metals
Manufactured: Durables, Weapons
Information: Documents
1200 resources to be determined
Cities to be determined by mapping needs
Tech profile to be determined
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Botany Bay System profile (circa 1200)
Primary: Carmondy. F5 V. Luminosity 1.37. Mass 1.3.
Orbit Name UWP Pop
0 Firefly Y410000-0
5 Firefly A YS00000-0
8 Firefly B YS00000-0
30 Firefly C YS00000-0
1 Resolution Belt Y000103-4 As Lo Ni 1
2 La Perouse H750000-0
3 Forth Y400000-0
4 Yuan Y200000-0
5 Botany Bay D643534-5 Ni Po 2
12 Cook H112000-0
Botany Bay is not a particularly well-endowed system, with no gas giant and
only two worlds with freestanding water, and with the rest of the worlds
clustered closely around the bright primary. The innermost, Firefly, is a
world much like Mercury in the Sol/Terra system - a hot and inhospitable
ball of rock, with a trace atmosphere.n being nearly 50% of the width, and
the carbonacious section being only 10%. In the past year,
a small number of prospectors -largely immigrants from
the Coonabarabran belt - have started operations in the Resolution belt. In
the 3rd orbit is La Perouse, the largest world in the system, which
contained a research base prior to the collapse. Although all the
inhabitants died, much of the base and associated spaceport remains intact,
although unused. Next are two small, airless worlds, Forth and Yuan.
Finally there is Botany Bay itself, with its small moon, Cook. These two
worlds are the only ones with free-standing water (or ice) on their
surfaces, and it is here that most of the human activity in the system
takes place. Cook is currently uninhabited, but there was a small spaceport
(basically a refuelling spot) here pre-collapse. The spaceport, although
not in as good condition remains and is used occasionally by the merchants
of the Gralyn Union. Botany Bay itself is not an ideal world, with a thin,
tainted atmosphere, comparatively small hydrosphere and temperature range
on the cool side, but it is certainly the only earthlike world in the
system, and indeed has its own native lfeforms.
Botany Bay
History
Although frequently visited as a refuelling point, the Botany Bay system
was not colonised until well into the era of the Third Imperium. During the
Aslan Border wars it served as an impromptu supply base and refuelling
station for the Imperials - there was never any permanent settlement, just
a succession of temporary bases over a period of 200 years. No base was in
place for more than 10 years before it was moved, demolished or destroyed
and for much of the time there was no habitation at all. After the Peace of
Ftahlar?? and under the terms of that treaty, the base was finally removed
and the system remained uninhabited for over a century.
In 492 a Solomani megacorporation called Aphelion Enterprises established a
research base on Botany Bay. Aphelion Enterprises was based on Terra, but
operated largely in the Spinward areas of what was the Solomani
confederation - in particular Magyar Sector. Aphelion Enterprises had
interests ranging from genetic engineering to transportation to mining. It
was the mining subdivision which initiated the activity on Botany Bay - a
recent survey had inidicated that there might be significant,
commercial-grade quantities of lanthanum on Botany Bay. Further
investigation revealed that this was the case, and so a small mining
operation was established. The mine proved to be a flop, however, as the
lanthanum quickly ran out, long before the initial set-up costs had been
covered. Aphelion Enterprises continued to run the mine at a loss for tax
purposes, but cut the staff back to a bare minimum.
This was the situation until 588 when Terra finally joined the Thrid
Imperium, bringing with it large tracts of Magyar sector. Aphelion
Enterprises found much of its activities falling under Imperial law, and in
particular the Imperial regulations on genetic experimentation - especially
with sophonts - were considered far too restrictive by the corporation's
executive. The solution was to find a world which was outside the Imperium
and likely to be for some considerable time. Botany Bay was settled on, and
became a major research establishment.
Much of the effort of the facility was spent on creating genetically
modified humans designed for specific worlds, usually as colonists, as well
as some uplifting of non-sentient species. One of the first efforts was to
genetically engineer workers suitable for the environment of Botany Bay
itself. With lungs specifically designed to cope with the thin, tainted
atmosphere and a physiognomy designed for the lower gravity of Botany Bay,
the new workers were used to re-open the mines, which with the cheaper
labour force were now profitable once more, and for farming and general
duties around the research establishment.
Aphelion Enterprises flourished during the next couple of hundered years,
even through the turmoil of the Imperial Civil War, largely through it's
transport division acting as a large-scale interface line between the
Imperium and the surrounding worlds in the Solomani sphere. The gradual
expansion of the Imperium and the declaration of the Solomani Autonomous
Region in 704 caused somewhat of a loss in profitability of the interface
trade, and a corresponding slide in the fortunes of Aphelion. Aphelion
started to move its trade coreward to cover the Starlane and Daibei, but
deterioration of relations between the fledgeling Solomani Confederation
and the Imperium, leading to the outbreak of the Solomani Rim war in 988
were too much. Aphelion Enterprises found its markets destroyed by the
conflict and soon after was declared bankrupt, despite a massive sale of
assets.
Most of the management of Botany Bay were recalled to Terra with the
bankruptcy, along with some of the more senior scientists. The remaining
inhabitants were effectively stranded, but for most Botany Bay was their
home. When it became obvious that the remaining management were not
sympathetic to the concerns of the people, there was a quiet coup by a
coallition of workers and younger scientists. That was not the end of the
difficulties, however. The coup effectively ended what little help the
world was recieving from Aphelion, effectively disrupting the supply of
most manufactured items. The level of technology swiftly fell as more and
more effort was required to keep the mines operating and the people fed.
After a few years, it was apparent that Botany Bay was not viable at a tech
level that it's inhabitants would have liked. Without outside assistance it
was clear that Botany Bay would soon callapse to a pre-industrial culture.
The government of Botany Bay appealed to Gralyn, which was their major
customer for ore, for help. At first the Gralynites were loath to do so,
for fear of antagonising either the Imperials or the Solomani. Eventually
the similarities between the early history of Gralyn and the events
unfolding on Botany Bay were enough to convince the bureaucrats of Gralyn
that supporting Botany Bay would save much misery. The eventual system
agreed upon was that Botany Bay would become part of the Gralyn Assemblage,
with seats on the Assemblage, but with its government effectively run by
the Assemblage as a whole. With the assistance of Gralyn, the slide of
Botany Bay into barbarism was halted.
Upon the conclusion of the Solomani Rim War, attempts were made by both the
Imperium and the Solomani Confederation to regain control of the mines on
Botany Bay through legal means. However the fact that Botany Bay was
outside both states and had rebelled of its own accord, meant that they had
little legal recourse, coupled with the Peace of Fhatlr??, ruling out any
sort of overt action, to make Botany Bay too much effort to worry about.
Botany Bay prospered under the guidance of the Gralyn Assemblage and
swelled from a population of several thousand at independence to around
200,000 just before the start of the Final War.
Diameter: 9920 km
Core: Molten
Density: 0.98
Mass: 0.456
Gravity: 0.760
Orbital Period: 1500 days, 22 hours
Rotation Period: 29 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds
Axial Tilt: 25
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.005
Stress Factor: 5
Atm Composition: Standard oxygen-nitrogen mix with gas mix taint
Pressure: 0.5
Base Temp: 3.5 C
Native Life
Hydro %: 30
Comp:
Plates: 4
Major Oceans: 1
Minor Oceans: 8
Small Seas: 13
Scattered Lakes: 7
Cities: 1
Conservative/Indifferent
Unaggressive/Neutral
Harmonious/Friendly
Government: Elite Council, all divisions
Law: Undivided
Legal Profile: 4-43461
Tech: 53-54445-5556-55-9
Resolution Belt
300m/10km, n-50 m-40 c-10, 0.01 AU
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Star: F3V Mass: 1.46 standard Luminosity: 5.34 standard
0= Y230000-0
1= YS00000-0
2= Y300000-0
3= empty
4.4= Daken (unusual orbit)
5= SGG (UWP size 43)
5= YS00000-0
7= Y200000-0
15= Y300000-0
20= YS00000-0
35= Y100000-0
6= LGG (size 150)
1= YR00000-0
3= YR00000-0
8= Y644000-0
9= Y100000-0
20= Y200000-0
40= Y400000-0
45= Y410000-0
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DAKEN WORLD DATA
Diameter: 10,994 km (size "6.87") <--note: this is another artifact of how
J.A.Keith
figured things differently from Digest
Group.
molten core
Density: 1.08
Mass: 0.684 standard (my recalculation. Keith has 0.456)
Surface gravity: 0.93g (Keith value: 0.81)
Orbital radius: 2.3 AU (orbit number 4.4)
Orbital period: 2.89 years (standard)
Rotation period: 21h 12m 19s (21.2 hours)
Axial Tilt: 10.25 degrees
orbital Eccentricity: 0.0
Seismic stress factor: 4
Surface atmospheric pressure: 0.33 standard
Composition: Standard oxygen-nitrogen mix--breathable with respirator to
compensate for low pressure.
Mean surface temperature: 28 degrees C
Albedo: 0.2
native life
Hydrographic: 2% (10 hexes on map)
Compsition: liquid water
Tectonic plates: 2 (plus a few minor plates)
Oceans: minor icecaps/seas near poles, some transient lakes/seas that
evaporate in summer and condense again in winter
Trade Classes: Ba De Lo Ni Po
Resources: Natural: Agricultural (see write-up), Ores, Compounds
Processed: none
Manufacured: none
Information: none
Former population: 750
present population: 0
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HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
Daken was a harsh little backwater world, extremely hot and with little
free-standing
water. The main reason for a human presence on the world was a desert lifeform
known as "goldsand", similar in evolutionary status to Earth corals.
Goldsand was highly prized as a spice, and also had certain pharmecutical uses,
particularly in slow drugs.
The world was the scene of minor intrigues between SuSAG, the Dakaar
Corporation,
and the locals who did most of the dangerous work of harvesting the goldsand.
Assorted companies helped maintain a class C starport near Daken's south pole.
The reduction in interstellar trade during the Hard Times hit Daken hard, since
the local economy was largely driven by export of goldsand, a minor mining
operation,
and the servicing of ships at the starport. The corporations packed up and left,
and a local strongman took over, controlling the stores of precious respirators.
Most of the sophisticated equipement broke down for lack of parts.
Finally, the Virus swept through the subector, and all trade stopped. Some
people
were able to keep their respirators working for years with scavenged tools and
parts,
but in the end, they all wore out. The last human died sixty years ago.
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Notes:
With "The Survivor", I took a different path from the original Robinson Crusoe
idea, but if someone were to use that, Daken would be the place for it.
Might also make an alternate location for "Ghost Town", with the TL-9 starport
under Virus control. Not the best place for it, but an alternate.
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Originally: A789973-D M 000-M0 V
Hard Times: X7C9784-B M Fl
New Era: X7C9000-0 BaFlLoNi
Primary: Arixon M0 V
0 = Lanixohn X7C9000-0
9.5 = Zarixohn Y200000-0 (Was 6200331-D Re)
10.9 = Yeenixar Y411000-0 (Unchanged)
Lanixohn Data:
Orbital Distance: 0.2 AU
Orbital Period: .128 years == 46.8 Days (looks short!)
Size: 7 -- 10,835 Km (randomly picket :) Density: 1.0 Earth
Surface Gravity: .875
Axial Tilt: 30 Degrees Mean Temp: 168 C Winter: 108 C Summer: 288 C
(Orig 36 C -24 C 156 C)
Note: Originally Native life, currently none, due to biosphere collapse and
runaway greenhouse effects.
The planet of Lanixohn is pretty much the worst case scenario for a planet
in the New Era. Originally a highly populated planet with a strong
economy and advanced technological society, Lanixohn is now a dead wasteland.
During the Imperial Era, Lanixohn enjoyed a certain amount of prosperity,
although not as much as might have been expected. As a consequence of
it's "tense political situation," brought on by the presence of no less
than 17 political nations, the TAS had declared Lanixohn an Amber
Zone, an event that impacted negatively on the local economy. This lagging of
interstellar trade served to escalate national ambitions, with the nations
of Parundia, the Maskopet People's Collective, and the Barshus Concordium
maintaining an uneven balance of power, supporting brush wars and police
actions in many of their satellite nations instead of conflicting
directly.
This balance was not to hold, however. In 1121, the Barshus Concordium
seized access to the planet's orbital starport facilities, up until that
time a target declared neutral by unanimous treaty. Ignoring a near
planet-wide outcry, Barshus imposed limited starport access to the rest of
Lanixohn's nations. As a consequence, scarcely three months later, the
Maskopet People's Collective launched a massive orbital strike, detonating
no less than three nuclear devices in near-Lanixohn orbit, wholly
annihilating the starport.
Stationfall marked the beginning of a new phase for politics on Lanixohn.
Massive, unilateral warfare erupted. Many smaller nations found
themselves wholly engulfed by their larger neighbors. Previously
sacrosanct civilian enterprises found themselves military targets.
Industry and technology rapidly suffered. Trade and commerce, lacking any
rallying point after the nuclear destruction of the orbiting facility and
airstrikes against the ground-side facilities, dropped to virtually nothing.
By 1130, an experimental bio-weapon had been accidentally released into
the environment and affected many of the native species' biochemistry.
Rapid poisoning of both the seas and air resulted, as well as powerful
greenhouse effects. Parundia found itself in sole control of the planet's
60 million inhabitants, all that remained of the previous 7 billion people.
Environmental collapse and warfare had killed 6 billion individuals and
virtually all the native lifeforms.
The final deathblow fell in <X>, when a Doom-trading merchant jumped
in-system. The Virus found it's way into an atmospheric control computer
system. Two weeks later, every sealed biosphere suddenly failed, exposing
virtually the entire human population to the now-deadly atmosphere. Those
few who survived the Virus attack by virtue of having been in vaccsuits
or in places where the environmental control computers didn't have access
too soon died from starvation, dehydration, or a general inability to
maintain a safe environment.
Lanixohn in the year 1200: Because Lanixohn was Balkanized for most of
it's inhabited span, the planet's computer systems were much less
interconnected than those of many other high tech worlds. In addition,
although a lot of damage was inflicted by conventional fighting, the
Virus did very little physical damage. It is possible that Lanixohn could
serve as a convenient source of at least somewhat un-Virused spare parts,
although care would have to be taken, both to avoid eggs and that the
parts haven't been damaged from nearly 70 years worth of weathering.
Given the high temperature and short year, Lanixohn probably has pretty
nasty storms, in addition to the chemical insidiousness. The research
station on Zarixohn was abandoned soon after Stationfall, and also may have
useful equipment or information for the intrepid explorer. Finally, it may
also serve as a useful rallying point for the Iltharan Vampires, who surely
don't care about technology with Virus eggs in it :).
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Astrographic Survey File Entry TO93-SZ
Subject: Banff System
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Primary: Akron. M5 V.
Orbit Name UWP
*0 Banff X516000-0 Ba Ic Lo Ni
1 Prior Large Gas Giant (150k)
1 Ring
6 Prior's Mote Y300000-0
8 Herzel Y100000-0
10 Batyam H431000-0
20 Aldous E Y100000-0
30 Jed-Gee Y300000-0
35 Mafee Y200000-0
40 Finch Y300000-0
60 Yossi Y300000-0
Banff World Survey Data:
------------------------
UWP size "4.65"
Diameter: 7440km (4650 Miles)
Core: Molten Core
Density: 0.93
Mass: 0.18
Gravity: 0.54g
Orbital Period: 292 Days and 2 Hours
Orbital Distance: 29.9 million Kilometers
Rotation Period: 22 Hours and 6 min.
Axial Tilt: 56 Degrees
Orbital Eccentricity: 0
Stress Factor: 4.6
World Horizon: 3.8km
Atmosphere: Trace
Atm Composition: Oxygen/Nitrogen mix ??
Pressure: 0.05atm.
Base Temp: -86.97c
Hydro Percent: 58%
Government: No Government Structure
Law: No Law/No Pop
Technology Level: None
Trade Classifications:
Ba - Barren
Ic - Ice-Capped
Lo - Low Population
Ni - Nonindustrial
Hard Times:
F - Failing World.
* - Population Fleeing/leaving.
Resources: Natural: {I Didn't decide yet.}
Processed: {" " "" ""}
Is anything missing that I didn't add? Please let me know.
System Notes:
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Banff's System Data (1115) UWP :
- C516310-A Lo Ni Ic 601 Na, 6000 people, company-owned.
Banff's System Data (HT) UWP:
- D516331-2 Ic Lo Ni 501 Na
Latest Changes:
I've "killed" the people on Prior's Moon, Batyam, and I'm starting
to plan the History Write up. Thanks to John, for supplying me with
the pre-HT/Virus UWP and a bit of Information on the region, I can start
writing up the history.
- Banff was surveyed by the Imperial Scout Service in the Year [???]. While
surveying the System, the Survey Team has located what was to be a sign of
A rich, valuable source of [???] on Banff and on the Prior's Forth
Moon, Batyam. These Foundings had led the Scouts to declare the Banff System
as a red Travel Zone on the Interstellar Maps for later Mining operations.
In the Year [???], The [Is there any Company working in the systems around
Banff??? ] has begun constructing two Mining Colonies, one on Banff and the
other on Batyam. The Banff Mining Colony had 5800 Miners Stationed, and
200 Company Officials. Not much more than a way station for the extensive
mining operations, the Banff Mining Colony was occupied with an C-Class
StarPort which was used to Shipout the Mined material off the System by Free
Traders to be sold at the old Freeport at Drellesarr. The Batyam Mining
Colony was occupied with an H-Class Spaceport to handle the Shipments of
mined material from Batyam to Banff's StarPort.
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Information about worlds on the Gralyn Main held by Gralynites in 1200:
Note: The number after the slash in the UPPs is the population multiplier.
----------
AIKHIY (RD 1634): Agricultural world run by the Aikhiy Development Trust,
a company owned jointly by Gralynite and Venecian interests. The company's
interests were highly diversified and it proved able to survive the worst
of the depression. It was still functioning at the time of the Crash.
1130 UPP: C546616-6/9.
BANFF (RD 1831): Small airless world that before the Rebellion was being
exploited by a company based on Collin's World. The company went bankrupt
in 1120 and left its employees on Banff stranded. They formed their own
government and tried to carry on on their own, but in 1129 they gave up
and contracted with a Rintarna-based freight firm to be evacuated. Before
this plan could be carried out, however, a reaver attacked and stole the
valuables they had collected to pay for the evacuation. At the time of
the Crash a private charity on Rintarna was attempting to raise the
required funds. 1130 UPP: D516331-2/5.
BRANDON (RD 1632): Small mining community under the protection of
Collin's World though ostensibly independent. But the whole economy
depended on the Brandon System Company which leased the miners their
equipment, sold them their food and air, and bought their ore. When
the company went bankrupt in 1124 the entire population was evacuated.
1130 UPP: X337000-0/0.
COLLIN'S WORLD (RD 1631): Small airless world that was originally a
reaver stronghold. Later turned legitimate and became an Imperial client
state in return for letting the Imperium maintain a base in the system.
Protected by Imperial ships and given preferred trade status Collin's
World prospered and increased in population to the point where the
ressources of the system was strained to maintain it. When the Imperial
Navy pulled their ships out in 1119 it precipitated an economic collapse.
By 1130 many of the habitats had failed in part or in whole and nearly a
hundred million people had died. 1130 UPP: C200996-6/5.
DAKEN (RD 1830): Near-airless desert world whose 900 inhabitants used to
make a fair living cultivating a lichen-like substance from which a popular
gourmet spice could be extracted. When the trade failed the community
experienced great trouble surviving. At the time of the Crash the
inhabitants were desperately trying to arrange transport away from Daken.
1130 UPP: X6302B5-4/9.
EKAFTOUH (RD 1434): Asteroid belt mined by a mix of aslans and humans
under the auspices of the Ekaftouh Treaty Administration. Failing trade
and pirate attacks had pushed the system to the brink of disaster by
1130; several habitats had suffered life support failure and others
survived only by cannibalizing parts from failed or abandoned habitats.
Most of the aslan clans had already pulled their people out. There
remained some 300.000 humans with nowhere to go. 1130 UPP: E000697-4/3.
HIHLAS (RD 1537): Independent world whose economy use to be based almost
exclusively on the harvesting of the migratory fickleweed, a plant used
for perfumes and in the distilling of aquapur, a local liqueur known and
prized throughout the sector. 90% of the population lived in mobile grav
homes imported from Soloman. When the recession struck and the trade with
Soloman failed, the population was forced to settle down and convert to
the cultivation of other crops. By 1130 the planet had apparently weathered
the crisis and stabilized at a tech level of 4. 1130 UPP: D647520-4/7.
KAMLOOPS (RD 1531): Independent world with considerable mineral wealth
divided between a number of offworld mining companies, the largest of
which was licensed from Collin's World. When the Imperial Navy pulled
its last ships out and closed their base there in 1119, a rival company
from Marlheim imported mercenaries and tried to take over the planet.
The other companies responded in kind and the confrontations escalated
into a full-scale war. In 1125 two thirds of the population had been
killed or evacuated, almost all mines and factories destroyed, and the
world was incapable of supporting the survivours. By 1130 the population
had been cut almost in half again by fighting over the scraps. 1130 UPP:
E242451-1/2.
KHTEARLE (RD 1733): Agricultural world split into a number of nations
including a Gralynite coony and several Aslan clan holdings. Suffered a
slight decline due to the recession, but seemed to be coping. 1130 UPP:
E595774-4/6.
KREMMLING (RD 1636): A company world still being assessed when the
recession forced the company to abandon the project. 1130 UPP: X796000-0/0.
MARION (RD 1832): World with a corrosive atmosphere that was the source of
a number of valuable organic compounds. M was originally organized as a
feudal technocracy. The recession threathened to make it impossible to
maintain the technology needed to survive on the planet, but in 1126 a
company that employed everybody on the planet was formed with Rintarnan
backing. The trade with Rintarna enabled the inhabitants to buy the
equipment they needed. 1130 UPP: D7B4310-5/7.
OBA (RD 1635): A world frequently ravaged by tides, earthquake, and
volcanic eruptions. Before 1115 a few hundred gem hunters made a living
there, but the loss of reliable off-world trade forced them to leave.
1130 UPP: X646000-0/0.
PAGOSA (RD 1433): A near-worthless planet inhabited by members of a cult of
technological renunciates. Most of the community, including their few tech
3 industries, was burned down and over a hundred renunciates killed by
reavers in 1129. 1130 UPP: E749220-0/6.
RINTARNA (RD 1933): Independent high-population planet with sizable system
defenses but no offensive fleet to speak of due to an extreme scarity of
lanthanum in the system. In the early twenties Rintarna managed, by a
combination of luck and good judgement, to acquire the services of several
reputable starmerc bands and a number of repairable warship hulls. With
this new navy they managed to protect their trade with their closest
neighbours. In 1130 the Rintarna Trade Sphere comprised Rintarna itself,
Marion, Skeena, Lanixhon, Drinsaar, and Esokhi. The last three were
technically still members of the Carrillian Assembly, but the Assembly was
having trouble elsewhere and was happy to leave the task of protecting
them to Rintarna forces. Their trade empire allowed Rintarna to weather
the recession better than most, and at the time of the Crash there were
even signs of a recovering economy. 1130 UPP: B887A99-B/3.
SOLOMAN (RD 1538): Imperial client state. When the Imperium pulled out
their ships in 1119 Soloman took over the base facilities and were
allowed to keep a few small warships. They immidiately started on an
ambitious ship-building program in an attempt to avert the recession.
In 1123 they got into a short war with the Carter Technocracy over trade
concessions with Himalaya and were subject to a nuclear bombardment that
destroyed the starport and killed almost 400,000,000 in the bombardment
and almost as many in the aftermath. At the time of the Crash they were
still trying to rebuild. 1130 UPP: C897A98-8/2.
VENICE (RD 1534): A high-population waterworld with most of its population
living in undersea domes. The planet was experiencing serious problems
with keeping its domes functioning, but had managed up to the Crash.
1130 UPP: C35A998-6/7.
Referee information:
COLLIN'S WORLD: The world appears dead. It is possible that some scattered
pockets of humanity survives in some of the domes, but it's not very likely.
UPP: X200000-0/0.
EKAFTOUH: The system appears dead. As with Collin's World it is possible
that some pockets of humanity survives in some of the larger habitats, but
it's not very likely. UPP: X000000-0/0.
HIHLAS: The population has thrived and even grown a little. Fickleweed is
harvested in small amounts by helicopter, but only for home consumption.
A valuable luxury trade might be developed in time. UPP: X674520-5/8.
KAMLOOPS: The planet supports a small number of savages who have lost
all knowledge of their origin. UPP: X242370-1/8.
PAGOSA: The renunciates have survived and even managed to regain their
former prosperity. They are not, however, very likely to have much
worth trading for. UPP: E749320-3/1.
RINTARNA: Their very success in keeping the Hard Times at bay worked
against Rintarna when the Virus struck. Billions of people died and
the survivours are still struggling to climb back. UPP: X887875-3/9.
SOLOMAN: The Virus destroyed most of the industry Soloman had left after
the Himalaya War and ruined all the relief efforts. Large surface areas
were never decontaminated and is still radioactive. The planet was split
into many small city-states fighting over the remains. UPP: X897877-3/8.
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Library Entry RD-POL-0034 "Lanyard Colonies"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Lanyard Colonies [Astrographic Reference "Ly"] are a tight cluster of
systems settled around 995 by Solomani citizens. The Colonies have enjoyed
Solomani support due to it's good agriculturual and aquacultural exports.
The worlds of the polity are so named by the first four governors of each
main world.
The worlds of the polity were first explored in 982 by Capt. Jacobb Lanyard
while he was a member of the Scout service. Upon his retirement in 992,
Lanyrad contacted Kyle Morgan, a wealthy noble and businessman. Together
they began to organize the "Diamond" project (Lanyard handling the logistics,
Morgan working with the Solomani government for the proper permits and
charters, as well as the primary backer). In 984 they were joined by
Dr. Marie Ceytle and Professor Solomon Horste, both of the University of
New Havaland [Astrographic Coordinate "Magyar/0902"] who coordinated and
provided biomedical and technical support.
Upon reaching the cluster of systems, Lanyard and 3,000 colonists chose a
major equatorial island chain on RD1938-II-0 as their colony. Ceytle and
Horste landed with 10,000 colonists each on the systems farthest from
the Solomani Confederation, while Morgan landed his group of 5,000 on the
fractured landmass of the final garden world. The worlds were named in honor
of the first governors, the leaders of the operation.
The Solomani left the worlds pretty much to themselves until 1008, where they
started to take more interest in the cluster as a forward point in the deep.
This heavy interest peaked at 1056 and dropped gradually since then to the
the current date where the Confederation has only a token presense in the
Cluster.
In 1119 the Solomani presence in the cluster was removed as needed forces
were drained off for use in other areas.
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Astrographic Entry RD1938-00 "Lanyard System"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Primary M5 V "Ember"
0 "Mallen" Small Gas Giant (78k)
3 Ring n-10 m-20 c-70
6 "Mallen a" Y300000-0
20 "Mallen b" Y200000-0
40 "Mallen c" YS00000-0
1 "Ash-Wescott" Small Gas Giant (50k)
2 Ring n-50 m-40 c-10
3 Ring n-10 m-20 c-70
7 "Fandi" Y100000-0
9 "Whispe" Y310000-0
2 "Lord Ornado" Large Gas Giant (148k)
1 Ring n- 0 m-10 c-90
5 "Naride" Y100000-0
6 "Shevia" Y200000-0
7 "Sinthia" Y610000-0
8 "Samantha" Y400000-0
9 "Yolanda" Y300000-0
40 "Alim" Y400000-0
45 "Olam" Y380000-0
50 "Gerrard" Y441000-0
60 "Prentice" Y310000-0
Companion M0 V "Jashala" in orbit 13
*0 "Lanyard" B89A530-A Ni Wa
1 "Willi's Belt" Asteroids 25m n-10 m-20 c-70 0.10 AU
2 "Smidgen" F100463-9 Ni Va
System Notes:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The primary system has to this date been ignored, although about 46
prospectors and support people were once involved in operations in
Ash-Wescott's metallic inner ring. These operations ceased around 1123 as
Solomani support was drained away from the cluster, leaving the inner system
empty.
Olam's and Gerrard's atmospheres are composed of methane and ammonia and
are not breathable.
Willi's Belt has a population of about 2,000 prospectors, space jocks and
support personnel trying to scratch out a living in the metal-poor belt.
World Data "Lanyard":
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grav:0.95175 Temp: 5~ Life
Year: Day:9 Tilt:22~ Eccn:0.005
Molten core Diam: 12960km Dens:0.94
Lanyard's land surface is limited to 7 major island chains, of which the
largest is the "Lion's Den" chain situated close to the equator. Of the
371,000 inhabitants, 90,000 make their home in the major port city of
Lionmouth, also the location of the primary starport.
Situated in the northern temperate zone is the "Shaft", a long string of
islands separated by shallow reefs. 80,000 people inhabit this chain, with
most of them in the city of "Warren". Another 40,000 inhabit the far
southern "Allen" chain. The remainder of the population is scattered over
the remaining island chains.
Because of (cynical citizens of other polity worlds tend to say "in spite
of") Capt. Lanyard's scout connections, Lanyard received a good degree of
support from the Solomani Confederation and thus enjoyed more technical
benefits then other worlds of the Polity. With this support came more
fingers into Lanyard's operations, so while there was quite a bit of
"Colonial Spirit", there was also a great deal of Solomani loyalty as well.
In the years leading to the 1119 pull-out of the remaining Solomani
forces, the Lanyard governors had slowly altered the colonial contract
in regards to the filling of important positions, which had not disturbed
the Solomani due to the general appointment of Solomani to those positions.
In 1120, the Central Council enacted emergency clauses in the contract and
appointed important Lanyard citizens to fill the now-empty spots. As of
1125, the Central Council is still the primary governing body.
The loss of Solomani support in 1119 sent shockwaves through the society,
but due to careful planning by the Central Council there was very little
effect, other then the loss of imported technology. In the Past two decades
Lanyard has strived to bring itself to the level of Solomani imports, and
as a result faired pretty well with the loss of external trade. The Lanyard
Defense Organization made a halfhearted attempt to bring the other worlds
of the cluster "officially" under it's banner, but after a particularly
bad series of incidents at Morgan, and due to other troubles at home, has
largely limited itself to Lanyard. The Central Council has also deemed that
the LDO continue readiness training in any event.
Lanyard has a breathable atmosphere with an obviously high average humidity.
Plant life in the seas produce semi-toxic compounds as a bi-product, most of
which is absorbed into the seas. During storms, however, the churning
waves increase the concentration of these compounds in the air to dangereous
levels. During storm periods the inhabitants must wear special filter masks
or remain indoors in pressurized buildings.
This condition was not originally know on landing, the scout expedition
headed by Lanyard having arrived during an unusually calm season. Lanyards
(the polity term for the inhabitants) originally were unhappy with their
choice, but given the otherwise rich hydrosphere have stuck it out.
Lanyard citizens have hence gained a polity-wide reputation for sheer
bullheadedness in sticking with unpleasant situations.
Progressiveness: Conservative Indifferent
Aggressiveness: Unaggressive Peaceable
Extensiveness: Discordant Aloof
Legal: 0-01102
Tech: AA-AAAAA-AAA9-AA-A
World Data "Smidgen":
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grav:0.039375 Temp:-261.2
Year:17983 Day:29 Tilt:36~
Icy body Diam: 1440km Dens:0.35
Smidgen was once a major Solomani military installation, during the time
the Solomani were heavily involved in the colonies, but has since been
stripped down of all military equipment and made into a penal colony
in 1090. It was an effective dumping ground for dissidents in the Lanyard
system. Since land is so scarce on the main world, severe troublemakers
(in Solomani eyes) were sent here so as to not disturb the rest of the
society. Not a particularly pleasant place, space access to and from the
world is monitored by a small armed station situated in a stationary orbit
above the single domed city.
With the Solomani pullout the local restictions have eased, and Smidgen
is now considered a protected colony of Lanyard, with some migration
being allowed.
Progressiveness: Conservative Indifferent
Aggressiveness: Unaggressive Peaceable
Extensiveness: Discordant Aloof
Legal: 3-74704
Tech: 98-99999-9877-66-7
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Astrographic Entry RD2037-00 "Ceytle System"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Primary K0 V "Lesgale"
0 "Woe" YS00000-0
1 "Anthem" Small Gas Giant (87k)
5 "Mock" YS00000-0
6 "Enya" Y620000-0
40 "Frag" YS00000-0
50 "Lahawn" Y300000-0
*2 "Ceytle" B446570-6 Ag Ni
3 "Grire" Y758000-0
7 "Shiresound" HS00000-0
35 "Laun" YS00000-0
4 "Much-Ado" Small Gas Giant (70k)
1 Ring n-10 m-30 c-60
2 Ring n-10 m-80 c-10
3 Ring n-10 m-20 c-70
7 "Edicott" Y300000-0
9 "Lanier" YS00000-0
15 "Gerard" Y530000-0
45 "Beiton" Y100000-0
5 "Scarp" H727000-0
6 "Thean" Large Gas Giant (140k)
7 "Sixly" H750000-0
9 "Brersiter" Y300000-0
11 "Puce" HS00000-0
12 "Ecar" Y744000-0
30 "Brass Monkey" Y757000-0
40 "Luccius" Y410000-0
60 "Ackit" H100000-0
7 "Crix" Y749000-0
8 "Etching" Y300000-0
1 Ring n- 0 m-10 c-90
30 "Monalis" Y200000-0
System Notes:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scarp, Ecar, Brass Monkey and Crix are all large worlds with methane/ammonia
atmopheres and methane slush or ice cover. Scarp was investigated as a
potential source of exotic compounds, and a small station was set up
for research, but the idea was abandoned as too costly to extract the
compounds from the ocean in reasonable amounts.
Ackit has the remains of a very old outpost of non-human manufacture.
The outpost itself is in horrible condition.
Puce is so named because of its color, the result of outgassing from the
world combined with gas debris from Thean.
Etching is an oddly marked world, so named for the fracture lines all
over the surface that give it a "lithographed" look.
World Data "Ceytle":
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grav:0.30225 Temp:8.4 Life
Year:235 Day:10 Tilt:35~ Stress:4
3 Major continents 6 Minor continents 7 islands 4 arch
Rocky body Diam: 6240km Dens:0.62
Ceytle is another agricultural bread basket world that exports grains adapted
to the dry, thin atmosphere. The air has a high average pollen count that
can cause alergic reactions in offworlders but these reactions can be
controlled with weekly injections. Most locals have since adapted and
developed an immunity to this problem.
Ceytle's major exports are grains and grain-related goods to Lanyard.
It's market for local aquaculture has dwindled with reduced contact to
worlds outside the polity.
Ceytle has no major cities, with most of the population scattered into
townships on the various land masses. The spaceport is situated on the
largest continent, "First-Down" and is ringed by about 20 communities
(known locally as the "Merchant Ring" with a total population of 56,450).
Each major and minor continent has it's own sub-governor who operates out of
the largest township cluster in that area. This situation has tended to
enhance local pride and a "city-state mentality" at the expense of world
solidarity. (In fact, the original decision to settle in scattered townships
rather then in single large cities was the decision of the first governor,
Dr. Ceytle. It was her desire to spread the population thin rather then
concentrate it and all the problems in a single area like on her homeworld.)
Ceytle's "obediance" to Solomani decrees waned greatly in the past decade,
and many land areas pretty much operated on their own while paying
lip service to the Solomani forces on First-Down's military station.
With the Solomani breakup, a brief period of anarchy ensued as the various
island states bickered over the distribution of what the Solomani left
behind. This, combined with the trend of the past few years has shattered
what little was left of Ceytle's government into 20 separate states. These
states formed along regional cultural lines, making actual laws and customs
fairly diverse in 1125.
The period of chaos had its greatest effect on the Merchant cities, forcing
them to rely more on local technology then on imported solutions.
Total Pop:854000 ML:111 MS:328 SM:1755 VS:6142
Progressiveness: Conservative Indifferent
Aggressiveness: Unaggressive Peaceable
Extensiveness: Discordant Aloof
Legal: 0-01140
Tech: 66-55555-5552-55-6
World Data "Grire":
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grav:0.5865 Temp:-65.0
Year:402 Day:25 Tilt:32~ Stress:4
Rocky body Diam: 11040km Dens:0.68
Grire was a small, icy outpost maintained by the O'Grire Company. The
O'Grire family was the major stockholder and the company is still a major
influence on the second largest continent on Ceytle, "Southern". The
company deals with a variety of interests on Ceytle, mostly involved in the
transportation service. Durring the chaos years of 1119-1121 the company
was faced with a lack of parts for their space and interface vehicles
and mothballed the outpost, returning to Ceytle. The underground complex,
with a capacity for 100 people, was set up to exploit a significant deposit
of rare earths discovered in 1107. At that time the O'grire company bought
the title rights for preliminary mining operations. Since they were the
only company with significant ability to reach the world, it was granted
and operations started in 1109. The O'Grire family currently maintains one
interface ship in ready condition at the family complex. No interface
flights are performed, however.
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Astrographic Entry RD2038-00 "Morgan System":
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Primary M0 V "Ibenjadt" (Companion DK "Dobijadt" in close orbit)
*0 "Lunden Trail" Asteroids 300m/1km n-30 m-60 c-10 0.01 AU
1 "Mosill" Large Gas Giant (125k)
3 "Cleon" Y300000-0
5 "Al'Boci" Y100000-0
8 "Frostbite" H777000-0
9 "Solice" G400000-0
2 "Hata" Y200000-0
Companion G5 VI in orbit 6
0 "Gribble" Y100000-0
*1 "Morgan" D659677-5 Ni x2
2 "Mite" Small Gas Giant (33k)
9 "Vendie" YS00000-0
3 "Bibi" Y401000-0
System Notes:
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The Lunden trail is a narrow belt close to the primary and dwarf companion.
It is believed to have been a moderate-sized world that was shattered by a
close passage of Dobijadt, which is in an orbit with 0.05 eccentricity.
About 23,000 people used to live and work in the belt, which is high in
metals and was one of the major exports to Lanyard from this system. With
The Solomani pullout eliminated the major source of supplies needed to
survive in the belt, and it is currently uninhabited.
Frostbite, in the primary system, is an icy world with only a small partial
pressure of oxygen (effectivly rated at "trace" for breathing purposes),
the remainder being nitrogen and other neutral gasses. Most of the
land surface is locked in ice, and this world could be quite habitable if
terraformed. The remains of a small expedition base, left over from the
days of colonization are here but not in the greatest of shape.
World Data "Morgan":
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Grav:0.775 Temp:-7.1 Life
Year:127 Day:34 Tilt:16~ Eccn:0.01
Molten core Diam: 9920km Dens:1
Morgan has the greatest population of any of the four colonies, a result of
a high birthrate and nearly constant immigration which had been pushed for by
over five generations of the Morgan family. Most of the usable landmass is
fortunately in the equatorial region, broken into four land masses of
roughly equal size stretching about halfway around the world.
The major population center, Morganport (situated on the east-center
landmass, on the west coast), includes the spaceport and is the center of
government and trade with a population of 1,345,000 in the city proper and
another 1,450,000 in surrounding suburban areas. The cultural center of the
world is Westpoint, a port city on the westernmost subcontinent, on the west
coast, with a city population of 300,000 and a surrounding population of
150,560. The remaining population is scattered more or less evenly on
the landmasses.
In the past few decades before the Solomani pullout, Morgan's government
had bloated, becoming distant from both the people and Solomani influence.
The Solomani pullout caused great hardship as Morgan was a major importer
of technology. In 1122 Lanyard tried to enforce an official joining with
itself, in effect trying to take the place of the Solomani, but due to
cultural differences and several social blunders on the part of the LDO
commanders, the local population and government resisted. The Lanyard
forces made a half-hearted attempt to use force, damaging Morgan's limited
industrial centers, but it was decided by the Lanyard Central Council that
there was no gain in the proposition and Morgan was left to itself.
The general population has taken on a slightly xenophobic bent as a result
of this fiasco, to the point of breaking up into scattered areas under
individual rule where even strangers from other areas are viewed with
suspicion. This was due largely to to the small scattering of supporters
of Lanyard's attempt. Even to this day small cores of support exist, but
given current attitudes they are very hard to find.
Total Pop:8.2e+06 ML:90 MS:444 SM:1923 VS:6221
Progressiveness: Progressive Advancing
Aggressiveness: Competitive Neutral
Extensiveness: Harmonious Friendly
Legal: 7-75974
Tech: 55-55555-5555-55-5
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Venice circa 1115: D-35A984-8
Water World, thin atmosphere, population 7 billion (3.25 billion human &
3.75 billion Phin), TL 8, Civil service beauracy gov. Law level permits
long arms.
The seven largest landmasses are no larger than the island of Hawaii on
Terra.
The Class D starport is on the island of Rome. The islands of Urbino
and Naples are government-run resorts, where vacations are expensive or
available as top prizes in the government run raffles.
The other large islands, Bern, Bonn, Liverpool and Dresden, are heavy
industrial sites. Workers are housed offshore in floating buildings or
buildings anchored on the shallow sea bottom surrounding the islands.
Most of the planet's population lives in floating cities, built out of
locally manufactured light plastics (a kelp derivative). Solar and wind
power is used to crack water into hydrogen, which fuels MHD turbines for
steady power. The cities serve as bases for various sea-product industries,
including fish and kelp farms, fishing fleets, sea-based dredge mining, and
light manufacturing industries. These cities are built of linked buildings
designed wide and deep for stablity. The cities float free with stablizing
engines built in buildings to keep a city from drifting too far from their
area of ocean - though buildings, neighborhoods, and whole cities
occaisionally move. The cities also provide 'shore leave' and other
support to smaller vessels.
There are also cities built on the summit of submerged mountain or plateau
tops. The `ground floors' of these cities are from 50 to 150 meters below
the surface. Most buildings rise above the water level. Power comes from
a combination of solar, wind, petrochem, MHD turbines and nuclear fission.
Neo-Amsterdam, the largest of these cities, is built on a string peaks
along an undersea mountain chain, with `floating-city' structures providing
connections. Neo-Amsterdam is one of the primary sources for TL 8
electronics on the planet. Neo-Amsterdam has a population of 63 Million
Solmani decended humans and Phins.
The mountain top hubs that make up the Neo-Amsterdam chain are called,
Manhatten, Bronks, Brooklyne, Konigin, Staten, Scarsdale, Pokipsea, Neo
Paltz, Bison and Albany.
Smaller than the floating cities are city-ships, large (50-100Kton)
vessels carrying an industry and its thousands of workers. The industry
moves to its resources. For instance, the _Dutchess County_ filter-mines
metals from the sea water (preferably near active under-sea volcanoes).
It's crew filters several metals from the sea water, refines the metal, and
rolls the ingots, selling several types of finished metal product - then
delivers the metal as needed. Other industries include large scale
fishing, seaweed farming, submerged mining operations, and petrochem
extraction. City ships are powered by imported fusion or locally built
fission reactors, petrochem-powered (if the city-ship has access to a
pumping station), or by IC engines fueled by a high-energy alcohol analog
brewed from kelp. This fuel, Kelphol, is also a popular export item.
A cut down version is flavored with local additives and sold under the brand
name `Venician Flame Water'. VFW is a popular drink in parts of Reavers
Deep.
Notice that more than half of the population is (dol)Phins. Some of these
work in close cooperation with the humans - some as `fishboys' at the fish
farms, spotting and repairing holes in the nets, driving schools of fish
toward collection pens. Others scout for fishing ships, safety swim
buddies for human divers, and undersea construction workers. Many also
live 'free' in mid-ocean.
Venice does a lot of trade with the Ekaftouth system. Ekaftouth is an
asteroid belt system with no human/aslan friendly planets. High tech items
and rare metals flows from Ekaftouth. Venice exports fresh foodstuffs and
provides a vacation spot with gravity, sky and beaches.
Venice 1125: Hard Times
Venice 1534 D35A7FD-6 Wa Td i1 114 Na M5 III DM F
During the HT era, interstellar trade fell off, limiting the ability to
gain and maintain the technology level, but things hung together well. The
imported weather and communication satellites continued to operate.
Existing structures can be repaired, though no new cities are being built.
New ships can be built (though construction of new city-ships slowed
greatly and very few new fusion plants are imported). Ship-building output
slowly decreases in size as metal becomes rare, shrinking the size of ships
that can be built. Petrochem sites can still be found and tapped. Fish and
kelp can be farmed. In fact, NeoAmsterdam's TL8 electronics industry's was
exporting more than before as other words sink to that level. This growth
was short lived however. Key manufacturing tools came from off planet and
couldn't be replaced when they failed. Production was in a downswing even
before the virus hit.
Venice: 1135-1200 - Virus Infestation
Venice 1534 X35A674-4 Wa 914 Na M5 III DM
Venice was first infected by a `Destroyer' strain of the Virus. Infection
was through a 200 ton trader. It infected the Class D starport computers
on the island of Rome, before crashing into the starport's fuel refinery.
A 400 ton trader docked at the port was infected also. It rose just high
enough to smash into a powered down SDB. The starport was reduced to a Class
X starport in about 90 seconds. There are a few patches of concrete large
enough to land a 200 ton trader, but's that's about all you will get in the
way of services. There might be some equipment stored underground still.
Natives won't go to Rome anymore. The Rad count is still a bit high. There
are also still tales foating about from those who escaped the island.
A lot of lives were lost very quickly. Submersible vessels took their
occupents with them when infected. Computer assisted deep diving suits
became computer assisted coffins. Fly by wire aircraft adopted the glide
ratio of one winged pelicans. The lower levels in Seamount top and floating
cities flooded, trapping and killing hundreds of millions within 24 hours in
the initial infection. Several floating cities and City-Ships sank out right.
Population continued a downward spiral over the next 30 years. Loss of
weather satellites resulted in lower kelp crop results. Lack of high tech
equipment to harvest it with made the problem even worse. Lack of aircraft
to spot fish schools and the equipment to do fish harvesting in massive
quantities resulted in dramatic reductions in the fish harvests. Many people
starved during this time.
By 1175, Venice was again producing more than enough food for it's population.
Venice has some 900,000,000 humans. Figure at least that many Phin. Many
Clans are living `free' in the oceans and don't like to be counted.
About half of the Phin harnesss were equiped with radios and locator
beacons. These where used when they surfaced. This allowed closer
communication with shipboard humans in fish herding and mining operations.
Many infected harnesses used their waldo's to destroy themselves.
Unfortunally the Virus really couldn't tell the difference between the harness
and the Phin wearing at the time. A lot of Phin's died that first day.
The harnesses without the radio equipment survived fairly well. There was
a lot of mistrust of harnesses after that, by both Phins and humans.
Distrust between some Phin clans and humans broke out years later when several
Phins known to own functional harnesses where found dead and their harnesses
missing. Shortly after that incident, the City-Ship _Ulster County_ brought
it's main computer back online. Seems they had some how found some uninfected
CPU's to repair it with. The _Ulster County_ sank four years later. A
re-infection had caused considerable internal damage. A combination of
high pressure steam leaks and Kelphol storage tanks exploding. Survivors
also claim explosions from below the waterline hastened the vessel's sinking.
The Phin clan MacKensy still is a major owner in the City-Ship _Columbia_.
A Kelphol powered vessel that contains the only major Phin hospital left
operating on planet.
The MacKensy and Mcleod Phin clans are intergal parts of two of the largest
organized salvage operations on Venice.
Other Virus side effects. All the communications and weather satellites were
either destroyed rendered inoperable when the Virus first hit. Any
satellites still in orbit can be considered targets or plunder waiting to
be taken.
[ --I have two views on this. 1) Such space junk is seen as a source of
possible Virus infection and should be destroyed. Good target practice for
your laser gunners. A typical low tech `scavenger' approach. 2) Such space
junk is a wealth of spare parts. This is coming from those with the needed
tech to protect themselves from reinfestation and the ability to make us of
the electronics it can salvage-- ]
Venicians were never much of space going culture and remain planet bound
in the New Era. Traders and explorers coming there can find a wealth of
material though. At the low end is lot's of fresh food. Both meat (fish
mostly) and veggies (mostly a wide varity of kelps, both raw and processed).
The Venician processed kelps are a good shipboard foodstuff. It's
concentrated; high in calories and protein; stores well and comes in a wide
varity of flavors. The floating cities support a fraction of their former
populations. They are a goldmine in old tech salvage. It's a time consuming
process though. Many rooms in the still floating building were flooded or
exposed to the salt water oceans and/or spray for the last 70 years. Rooms
still sealed though hold TL 6-8 household and light consumer goods that
will bring a good profit on many other planets in Reavers Deep.
Venice's oceans made a good hiding spot for many pirates during the Hard
Times. There are many rumors and tales of treasure cashes hidden beneath the
waves. Every dozen or so years, one is found. This keeps the stories alive
and fresh. Some tails tell of entire starships, stored underwater, powered
down and Virus free...
The human & Phin natives of Venice are of Solmani decent. Some clans still
take pride in their heritage. You can even find `offical' Solmani Party
members in Neo Amsterdam and the City Ship _Middlesex_. They are `pure'
humans and damn proud of it. They dislike geengineered humans, particularly
their Wuan `neighbors'. A Venician will however, take the side of a Wuan
before that of an obvious alien. Wuans may be designed, but at least they
don't have the fur pelts of the Aslan. This view doesn't not extend to their
Solmani decended Phins though. Most Venician humans view the Phins as
`brother Venicians'. The majority view the _Ulster County_ affair as a dirty
bit of history. There are extremist groups on either side though. Random
acts of violence still happen (mostly when there are no witnesses to the acts).
The basic TL is 4. You can find pockets of 5 and 6 scattered about. When
I say the TL is 4, I mean that is what the local population can produce.
There are still pre-Virus items floating about. Some actually do float.
Last count put a half dozen Contra-Grav vehicles on the planet. This
includes one grav belt.
The current government structure of Venice is Balkinized/Feudal Technocracy.
Kinda depends on where you land and who you talk to. The folks who produce
TL 6 electronics at Neo Paltz will tell you that they are in charge. The
folks producing steel on the _Dutchess County_ will tell you that they are
in charge. The O'Conner Phin clan living free in the southeastern hemisphere
will tell you that they are the ones really in charge. Take your pick.