Caledon (world)

Caledon/Caledon (Reaver's Deep 1815)
Classic Era (1116)	A8688A5-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 8 Moderate (900 million) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G2 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	3

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Caledon is a rich, pre-agricultural world with a moderate population over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts in size.

• The world's agricultural industry is growing and some economists forecast an explosion in this world's agribusiness in the near future as new agro-technology and a more capable labor force are imported.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• This world has high-grade living conditions with a good climate and a non-harmful environment. As such, this world is much sought after with large queues for immigration here.
• This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
• It is a member of the Principality of Caledon in the Caledon Subsector of Reaver's Deep Sector.

• This world has a nearby Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
• This world has a nearby Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.
• Caledon is, of course, the capital world of the Principality of Caledon, and is the center of Principality government as well as the main residence of the hereditary Sovereign Prince of Caledon.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The world is extremely similar to Earth, almost ideal in every way. Despite its respectable antiquity as an inhabited world, the population is not large enough to cause crowding or excessive pollution, thanks both to planned population control and to extensive colonization efforts mounted in the early Principality period. The world is thoroughly civilized and explored; unlike many of its neighbors, Caledon holds few new frontiers to conquer. Most of the interest of the planet comes from political and business institutions rather than any interesting physical or cultural aspects of the world.

• This system is part of Rob Roy's Run.

Monostellar System

Caledon Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
''New Sol'' G2 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1	5720 - 5770	1
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0829	0.95 - 1.68	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	4	1	6

System Data

• Primary: New Sol, spectral class G2 V. ICN S4G0205G2V. Mass 1.0 standard. Stellar Diameter 0.98 standard. Luminosity 0.99 standard.
• Planetary System: Nine major bodies. One inhabited world (Caledon, III). Three gas giants in system. One planetoid belt in system.
• III Caledon: Mean orbital radius, 128.66 million kilometers (.86AU). Period 291.3 days. One satellite. Diameter, 12,838 kilometers. Density, 1.01 standard. Mass, 1.01 standard. Mean surface gravity, 1.01G. Rotation period, 29 hours, 48 minutes, 41 seconds. Axial inclination, 21°22'3.3". Albedo, 0.35. Surface atmospheric pressure, 1.1 atm. Composition, standard oxygen-nitrogen mix, breathable without artificial assistance. Hydrographic percentage, 81%; composition, water and frozen water-ice. Mean surface temperature, 15°C.

System Importance (Ix)

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Size (S)

No information yet available.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Caledon has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

No information yet available.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

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Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

Caledon is a self-conscious reversion to a semi-feudal society, though updated for application to a high-tech age. A hereditary nobility provides leadership and a focus of personal loyalties, but the nobility is not out of reach for any common citizen. Patents of nobility may be awarded to any individual for outstanding service to the Crown, which inspires loyalty and effort unheard of in more blatantly egalitarian societies. The nobility includes Knights, Lords, Margraves, Viscounts, Counts, and Earls, all answerable to the Sovereign Prince. The Prince reigns not as an absolute monarch, but as the leading nobleman of the Principality, and his powers are checked by a Constitution which provides for three legislative bodies - the House of Lords, the House of Delegates, and the Grand Senate.

Lately, the Principality has been split by a certain amount of factionalism developing among the nobility. The precedent by which a comparatively minor baron, Lord Campbell, asserted a claim to the throne against the most powerful Earl in the realm has caused other nobles to look to developing more stable power bases, and has led to incidents of violence between ambitious members of rival noble houses. The incidence of sedition, of the formation of small private armies, and of reckless political maneuvering have all been on the rise for nearly a century, and could lead to trouble in the not-too-distant future.

World Starport (Sp)

Caledon has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)

No information yet available.

World Demographics

Humaniti, population 95%

• Other, population 5%

World Government (G)

Caledon is governed by a Charismatic Dictatorship. Charismatic governments justify their ability to rule by simply asserting their right to rule. Charismatic dictatorships are young governments, coming as a recent change and rely on the leader(s) to supply head of government.

World Law Level (L)

No information yet available.

World Technology Level (TL)

Caledon possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-3.

World Military

• The task of balancing the prerogatives of a pseudo-feudal nobility with a high-tech age and the checks and balances of a constitutional monarchy is a complex one indeed. The organization of the Principality's military, and the militaries of its component systems, have been a key part of Caledonian royalty's striking of that balance for the state's entire history.
• This has led to a complex set of institutions combining centuries of tradition, and vestiges resolutions of conflicts in past centuries, with a shrewd modernism.
• Please see Military of the Principality of Caledon for more data.

World Economy (Ex)

No information yet available.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

Urbanization

Caledon is home to two capitol cities:

• Selkirk is the capitol of the Principality of Caledon, and contains the Principality's seat of royal power as well as the Parliament and the Crown Court.
• Mackenzie is the capitol of the Caledon system.

World Infrastructure

This world possesses TBD infrastructure.

World Culture (Cx)

No information yet available.

World Language/s

• Anglic
• Gheldaght
• Vilani (language)

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

References

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