Vland (world)

Vland/Vland (Vland 1717)
Milieu 0	B967344-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 3 Low (2 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
Classic Era (1116)	A967A9A-F Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population A High (30 billion) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level F High Stellar (anagathics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F8 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	0

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Vland is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• This world contains an archaeological site with suspected high-tech remnants of the now-vanished Ancients precursor race.
• This world serves as the sector capital with the considerable 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 Third Imperium in the Vland Subsector of Vland Sector in the Domain of Vland.
• This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
• This is the homeworld of the Vilani branch of Humaniti, a Major Race.
• It is an Xboat hub.
• Vland is located on the Vilani Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Vland has a solitary primary star named Urakkalan.

• It is a white main sequence.

Monostellar System

Vland Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Urakkalan F8 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1.18	6050 - 6180	1.78479
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0057	0.1108	1.24 - 2.17	0.57	5.7
	Orbit #	*	0	4	2	6
	Remarks
	See ''Urakkalan'' for additional data.

The sky from Vland has two notable stars, Deneb (to spinward and visible during daylight hours) at magnitude -4.7, and Antares (to trailing) at magnitude -1.6.

System Data

The worlds of the Vland system have been surveyed. They consist of:

The mainworld.

• This world is orbited by three natural satellites: innermost Irukka, well-colonized Gashema, and large, distant Kalaguur. The combined illumination provided by these three moons make dark nights virtually unknown. When all three moons are full, the nigh time light level makes outdoor reading possible without artificial aid.
  • Irukka is barren ball of rock orbiting roughly 170,000 km from Vland. A small corporate mining and fuelling station is maintained here, along with a government-operated weather surveillance post. The latter installation coordinates information from thousands of weather satellites circling Vland in geostationary orbits.
  • Gashema is marginally habitable with its thin atmosphere and significant amount of free water. Orbiting Vland at a distance 550,000 km, Gashema supports a thriving colony, a psychohistorical research station, and a military base – the operational headquarters of Vland COACC.
  • Kalaquur is a large satellite, nearly large enough to be a twin planet. A distant 720,000 km from Vland, Kalaquur is seldom visited. Its atmosphere - rich with sulfur compounds - is poisonous, and the only local settlement is a small corporate mining colony.
• This world is also orbited by three self-sufficient geostationary space habitats that serve as both highports and industrial manufacturing centers. All inbound interstellar traffic must be cleared at one of the highports before it is allowed to proceed to a downport.

Other bodies in the system include:

• x5 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 planetoid belt.

Mainworld Data

This world has an axial tilt of 6.32^o.

• Vland has a rotational period of 31h 48m 18s and an orbital period of 478.72 standard days.
  • A Vlandian local day is called a dran-dir (lit. "Day-Night") and is about 31.8 hours long.
  • A Vlandian year is called a gurkula and is 360 dran-dir in length.
• It has three natural satellites.
• Vland is a warm world whose equatorial temperatures often reach 40°C or higher, and whose poles rarely drop below -35°C. As a result, most cities are located along coastal stretches in order to take advantage of the cooler ocean breezes.

Mainworld Size (S)

Vland is a Big World between 13,600km and 15,200km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 1G and 1.3G. The horizon will appear about 5.4km away. Vessels with only 1G of thrust should avoid landing on this world.

• This world has an average density of 1.02 D_⊕, producing a surface gravity of 1.15g and a surface atmospheric pressure of 1.00 atm.
• It has a diameter of 14,850 km and a mass of 1.45 M_⊕.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Vland 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)

Vland has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

This world has two large continents and five smaller ones, in addition to many large islands and archipelagos. Its oceans are referred to as Ar, or "Vast Waters".

• Khii Eshkhima (Vil. "Land of the Gods' Wars") is the largest continent on Vland, and lies mostly in Vland's southern hemisphere. A 2300km stretch of the northwestern coastline is dominated by a chain of rugged mountains and sea cliffs known as the Nedapip Wall. Southeast of this barrier lies the Siigiizuni River (Vil. "River of Heroes"), which runs through Kuragan's Jungle. The western part of the continent is dominated by The Edamar, or inland "Sea of Fables", near which at an oasis by the source of the Siigiizuni River is the Heroes of Vland Planetary Monument, which was constructed along its banks. Over half of the continent's interior is dominated by the steppeland known as the Dikaai desert, most of which in the modern era has been terraformed as an agricultural production region.
  • It was on the Khii Eshkhima continent thousands of years ago that the Ancient automatons engaged in most of their fighting during the Final War.

• The largest northern continent is named Lugikad, and is heavily urbanized and the site of Vland's two largest cities (the planetary capital of Enlugal, and Ishimaga, the location of the renowned Encyclopedia), as well as two downports. The continent is dominated by the Ashkige mountain range which divides the eastern half of the continent from the west. The Degar (Vil. "Grey") River has its source on the Ashkige, flowing into the sea at the site of the city of Ishimaga.
  • Enlugal is the site of the Imperial Palace of the old Ziru Sirka, now maintained as a museum of the Old Vilani Imperium. Next to the Imperial Palace and housing one of the largest assemblages of information collected in one place is the Imperial Library, the oldest library in continuous operation in all of explored space. It is primarily concerned with the history of Vland, its culture, and the Ziru Sirka.
  • An isolated mountain near the Ashkige range named the Founder's Peak has a kilometer-high bas relief of the First Triumvirate who founded the original Ziru Sirka. The tallest figure of the carving holds five stars in his left hand while two other figures flank him holding up his arms with their own outstretched hands.
  • Lugikad is the original home of the Vilani race.

• The circumpolar southern continent of Vland is named Shudushkir. Shudushkir is the only landmass on Vland that receives any significant snowfall. Habitation is found primarily on a peninsula that extends into more northerly latitudes.

• The continent of Alashad is the farthest northern-reaching continent. The northern parts of the continent are barren, cool desert-land, while the southern parts have a large number of parks and residential areas dedicated to vacationers.

• The continent of Ushirud Kiigi straddles Vland's equator. Ushirud Kiigi's single large city, Arugis, is surrounded by privately-owned middle-class residences.
  • Admegun Lasha (Vil. "Land of the Sky") is a wilderness continent dominated by mountains, hilly forested uplands, and rugged coasts. It is a favorite destination for vacationers and off-worlders seeking outdoor recreational activities. The Admegun Rangers and Admegun Flotilla of the Vilani Wet Navy patrol the interior and coastal region.

• Irka Ir is half desert and is Vland's smallest continent. Lying far south of Vland's equator, it sports a much more temperate climate than much of the rest of the planet. The continent has two major urban centers surrounded by a sizeable region of semi-urban dwellings.

Native Lifeforms

Abundant, diverse native life fills every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

Important local organisms include:

• Argu
• Ashurgarsh
• Balaanii
• Kankurur

Extensive populations of Hoplites, large, heavily armored grazing creatures, inhabit plains and steppe terrain on Vland. The actual homeworld of the Hoplite is uncertain.

The Ramumis is possibly native to Vland, though this is unclear.

Native Sophont (NIL): Vilani

The Vilani people, a major race of Humaniti originated here and Vland is their homeworld.

History & Background (Dossier)

Vland is a high-population Imperial world and sector capital, in Vland Subsector of Vland Sector.

It is widely believed that one of the battles of the Ancients Final War was fought on this planet.

• Treasure seekers often search for artifacts left over from those battles, any of which might contain incredible technologies and untold riches.

It is the location of a major Imperial Data Repository. It is a vast treasure trove of secrets and sensitive data.

• The site is heavily guarded. Access to the information it contains is carefully controlled.

World Starport (St)

Vland 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.

• The world is host to an Imperial Naval Base.

World Population (P)

Vland has a population of 30,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

Urbanization

• Important cities include Enlugal, the capital, and Ishimaga, both located on the continent of Lugikad.

World Technology Level (T)

Vland possesses a Technology Level of TL–15 or TL-F in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Meson Communicators and Pseudo Reality Communications.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, improved collectors, and advanced Fusion+.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land & Water: Advanced gravcraft.
  • Air: Advanced gravcraft and speeders.
  • Space: Advanced gravcraft and G-Carriers.
  • FTL: Jump Drive-6.

World Government (G)

Vland is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

World Law (L)

Vland has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. A few worlds with this law level may be a Red Zone and others will be an Amber Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors).

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Vland, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of four members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial subsector duke.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial archduke.

Trade Data

• Importance: 3 (ordinary)

Vland is the corporate headquarters for the megacorporation Zirunkariish.

• Vland is the corporate headquarters for the shipping lines of Khugishu Bilanidin, but most of the lines activities run through Vland's moon Gashema.

World Economy

• Resources: D (very abundant)
• Labor: 9 (billions)
• Infrastructure: F (very comprehensive)
• Efficiency: +5 (very advanced)

World Culture

• Heterogenity: C (fragmented)
• Acceptance: D (very xenophilic)
• Strangeness: 7 (confusing)
• Symbols: H (incomprehensibly abstract)

Languages

• Anglic
• Vilani

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• -18000: Ancients war machines active on the world finally run down.
• -10004: the Vilani space exploration program begins, using ships with sublight drives.
• -9893: the Vilani establish scientific bases throughout their system.
• -9394: the Vilani begin launching colony missions to other stars and worlds.
• -9310: the Vilani discover intelligent lifeforms on other worlds.
  • First Contact between the Tahavi and Vilani.
• -9303: the Vilani discover other humans.
• -9235: the Vilani discover the J-1 Jump Drive.
• -5400 to -4045: the Consolidation Wars.
• -5230: the Vilani discover the J-2 Jump Drive.
• -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka settles and improves worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars.
• -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• 604 to 622: the Imperial Civil War. The region suffers disruption and widespread economic issues.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established, facilitating communications, trade, and economic growth within the area.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.

History-Era: Rebellion

Vland is the capital of the so-called Restored Vilani Empire.

References

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