Laputa (world)

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Laputa/Kukulkan (Solomani Rim 2740)
Classic Era (1116)
A7559D9-C
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere5 Thin
Hydrographics5 Wet World 50%
Population9 High (8 billion)
GovernmentD Religious Dictatorship
Law9 High Law (no weapons out of home)
Tech LevelC Average Stellar (robots)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K2 V M6 V
Planetoid Belts 2
Gas Giants 4

Laputa

  • 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.
  • Laputa is part of the Thetis-Laputa Coalition, a powerful trade alliance.

Description (Planetology)[edit]

It is a Terran Norm garden world .

Binary Solar System[edit]

Laputa Binary Star System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Laputa

K2 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.82 4830 - 5100 0.49928
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0036 0.0586 0.7 - 1.26 0.36 3.6
Orbit #  *  * 3 1 5
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Laputa

M6 V

Secondary Main Sequence 0.102 2740 - 2810 0.00034
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0006 0.0015 0.02 - 0.04 0.06 0.6
Orbit #  *  *  *  * 2

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey[edit]

2740 Laputa (Solomani Subsector Capital)

Starport: Class V - Naval base.

Diameter: 7,100 miles (11,400 km). Gravity: 0.84g.
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 48%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 8.0 billion.
Government: Theocracy.
Control Level: 6.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: 5.5.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Laputa is an important and high-population garden world, containing a Confederation naval base and serving as the subsector capital.

Trade between other worlds of the Kukulkan Subsector and the Palermo Cluster to rimward typically goes by way of Laputa, then Palmyra IV.

World Culture[edit]

Laputa is a high-technology world where cybernetics are common. The pursuit of transcendence through technological advancement has become a near-religion, though the Solomani Party uses these augments as instruments of social control.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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