Serpent's Reach (world)
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Primary | K1 V M0 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Government | Feudal technocracy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | Extreme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 9A7G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | E6E+5
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Importance Extension | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 5,880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 33,132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 47,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 9,145 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 2,186,600 |
Serpent's Reach has a short-sleeve breathable atmosphere. The system has a population between ten million and 100 million sophonts. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Mimu Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Serpent's Reach, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. During the Long Night this world was named Kuush.
Astrography and planetology[edit]
Serpent's Reach is located on the Vilani Main.
Serpent's Reach is an idyllic, earth-like world and an important joint Human-S'mrii colony.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Serpent's Reach Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Serpent's Reach K1 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.86 5100 - 5170 0.58985 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0037 0.0637 0.76 - 1.36 0.37 3.7 Orbit # * * 3 1 5 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Serpent's Reach M0 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.57 3770 - 3850 0.13982 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0027 0.031 0.39 - 0.74 0.27 2.7 Orbit # * * 2 0 5
Native Lifeform: Serpentian Flora[edit]
Zia'zak SIA and LaForge BioTechnology of Medurma (Dagudashaag 2124) harvest the flora of Serpent’s Reach to extract Retroviral HCG (RHCG), a trace organic compound that suppresses human fertility. This is processed to form Ovonil, a widely-used long-duration human contraceptive.
History and background[edit]
When the system was undergoing heavy expansion under the auspices of the Imperial Ministry of Colonization in the early 300s, it was found that the population growth rates were falling well below their targets. An IISS investigation discovered Retroviral HCG. When it transpired that the search for an antidote would take too long to meet the Ministry’s needs, they authorized the use of a wide-scale cloning program to boost the population. That program continues to the present day: gleaming high-tech metroplexes stand empty, waiting the day when they will be populated. Present Ministry targets call for a population of 270 million by the year 1190.
The primary provider of clones on Serpent’s Reach is the S'mrii biomedical services Phylum Zia'zak. Their contract is directly with the Imperial government, and they are forbidden by law to sell clones or cloning services to individuals or independent organizations. However, although nothing has ever been proved, rumours persist that clones and 'nonstandard genoproducts' (i.e. androids) are available 'for the right price'.
References and contributors[edit]
- Jae Campbell, Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Mimu Subsector." Signal-GK 05 (1992): 48. via. HIWG
- Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
- Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 309.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
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