Wabaska (world)

Wabaska/Iselle (Ustral Quadrant 3215)
Classic Era (1116)	B5A0522-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere A Exotic Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 5 Moderate (500 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G8 V M4 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	5

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Wabaska is a nonindustrial hellworld with a population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.

• Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes even hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often form intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Iselle Subsector of Ustral Quadrant Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

No information yet available.

Monostellar System

Wabaska Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Wabaska A2 II	Primary	Supergiant		12.8	8600 - 9400	1660
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.1526	3.3794	32.39 - 52.8	15.26	152.6
	Orbit #	0	5	9	8	11
	Remarks
	None

System Data

System:

• 4 Gas Giants
• 0 Planetoid Belts
• 7 Other Worlds

Mainworld Data

Wabaska has an Importance rating of 1 (Ordinary).

• Importance Extension- 1
  • (The Importance Extension (Ix) ranks worlds within a region. It governs the locations of capitals and trade routes. )

Mainworld Atmosphere

Wabaska has an Exotic Atmosphere and possesses an unusual gas mix which requires the use of oxygen tanks, but protective suits not necessary, but are recommended. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available

Mainworld Map

No information yet available

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

World Starport

Wabaska has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Technology Level

Wabaska possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A 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: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
  • Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
  • Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-1.

World Government

Wabaska is governed by a Participatory Democracy where eligible voters determine laws and policy. What determines an eligible voter varies. There may be smaller councils or regional bodies to write the policies voted on. Leadership of the government and all members of the bureaucracy are determined by voting population.

World Law Level

Wabaska has a Law Level of 2.

• Portable energy weapons prohibited

World Military

No information yet available

World Economy

Economics: ( B 4 5 -3 )

• Resources-B (Abundant)
  • (Resources are any materials available for processing and exploitation. They include natural resources, minerals, ores, metals, energy sources, biological assets, and any other materials of limited availability.)
• Labor-4 (Tens of thousands)
  • (Labor is the workforce available for the processing and exploitation of Resources.)
• Infrastructure-5 (Limited)
  • (Infrastructure is the established technical structures that support exploitation of resources. Infrastructure includes roads, power grids, communications, and factories.)
• Efficiency- -3 (Poor)
  • (Efficiency reflects the current economic system, and includes sensible legal procedures, appropriate tariffs, customs promoting a balanced work ethic, rewards for merit, and social structures which match ability and job. Negative Efficiency is worse. Efficiency at -1 or less turn the RUs available negative: the Inefficiencies are so destructive as to make the economy a net drain. Such barriers represent a welfare state; cultural influences which do not value wealth, even physical limitations. On the other hand, since some economies have positive efficiencies: positive multipliers increasing available RU. )
• Economic Extension- 17
  • (The Economic Extension (Ex) is the strength of a world economy and provides basic insights into the economy’s structure and capabilities.)
• Resource Units- -660
  • (The world's budget.)

Trade Data

• He-Hellworld
• Ni-Non-Industrial

World Demographics

Humaniti, population 100%

World Culture

Culture: [ 1 6 1 6 ]

• Homogeneity-1 (Monolithic)
  • (Homogeneity is a measure of the degree to which members of society hold common beliefs. Members of very homogeneous cultures are in strong agreement on the fundamentals of society (usually basic rights, religion, and methods of interaction). Members of non-homogeneous cultures hold many different beliefs on the fundamentals of society.)
• Acceptance-6 (Aloof)
  • (Acceptance is the degree of xenophobia ( or xenophilia ) in the culture. High Acceptance is evidenced by friendliness to outsiders and offworlders; Low Acceptance is characterized by fear or rejection of outsiders.)
• Strangeness-1 (Typical)
  • (Strangeness is the degree of difference from the norms of interstellar society. High Strangeness is evidenced by unusual or outwardly incomprehensible actions, statements, or responses in the course daily activity. Low Strangeness reflects activities close to interstellar norms.)
• Symbols-6 (Somewhat concrete)
  • (Symbols used by the culture may range from the concrete (idols; totems; statuary) to the abstract (symbolized belief systems; group affiliations).)

World Language/s

• Anglic
• Vilani (language)

Urbanization

No information yet available

World Infrastructure

Wabaska possesses limited infrastructure

Historical Data

No information yet available

World Timeline

No information yet available

UWP Listing

B5A0522-A

• Starport-B (Good)
• Size-5 (8,000 km)
• Atmosphere-A (Exotic)
• Hydrosphere-0 (Desert World)
• Population-5 (app. 200,000)
• Government Type-2 (Participating Democracy)
• Law Level-2 (Portable energy weapons prohibited)
• Technology Level-A (Interstellar community)

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• EXTERNAL LINK: Goerge.com
• EXTERNAL LINK: Ross Mack ^{dead link}
• Author & Contributor: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips