Aerfor (world)

Aerfor/Million (Deneb 3104) Milieu 1900 X58485A-E Starport X No Starport Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 8 Moderate (400 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F7 V
Worlds	15
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	3
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	338G
Army Size (BEs)	750
Economic Details
Technology Level	14
Economic Extension	854+0 Resources 8 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (400 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency +0 Average
Importance Extension	-3
Resource Units	160
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	0
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-X
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Aerfor system has a population between 10 and 100 million sophonts. It is a member of Wilds in the Million Subsector of Deneb Sector.

Aerfor (world)/Million (Deneb 3104) Milieu 1116 A584520-D Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 5 Moderate (500 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 0 No Law Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	1718
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	13
Economic Extension	E46-2 Resources E Extremely abundant Labor 4 Moderate (50 thousand) Infrastructure 6 Limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	269
GWP (BCr)	2
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	1,652
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	245
Port passengers (annual)	0

Era: Milieu 1116

Aerfor is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. The system has a population in the hundreds of thousands of sophonts. This world has the Imperial Research Station Delta for the Sector. It is a client state of Third Imperium in the Million Subsector of Deneb Sector.

Aerfor (world)/Million (Deneb 3104) New Era X58456A-8 Starport X No Starport Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 5 Moderate (200 thousand) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	1315
Army Size (BEs)	2
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	E44-3 Resources E Extremely abundant Labor 4 Moderate (20 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	157
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	0
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-X
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Era: New Era

Aerfor is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. The system has a population in the hundreds of thousands of sophonts. It is a member of Wilds in the Million Subsector of Deneb Sector.  10% of the world's population is the Major Race Vargr. 10% of the world's population is the Major Race Humaniti.

Description (Planetology)

Aerfor is the moon of a small gas giant, Afak, which is located in the habitable zone around the primary.

Monostellar System

Aerfor Primary Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Aerfor Primary F7 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1.21	6180 - 6280	1.94872
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0062	0.1158	1.29 - 2.24	0.62	6.2
	Orbit #	*	0	4	2	6
	Remarks
	None

Main Article: Aerfor (system)

History & Background (Dossier)

General

Aerfor is a Vargr Agricultural world located in Million Subsector of Deneb Sector, and enjoys a lucrative trade surplus as a supplier of luxury foods. Its free-range Akallesa meat was popular in the Deneb and Corridor markets and its Gzaghaeksk stalks were a proven imbalance item for filling the cargo holds of merchant starships.

Early History

This planet was named in Aekhu and settled by Aekhu Vargr. It was a member of a small Vargr interstellar state, Ksekgizoksdhaerzluenoe, in 100 and was still a member of a derivative of that state, Sandherroerghdoe Kaefoulto, in 210. It was forced out of Sandherroerghdoe Kaefoulto during the Vargr Campaigns and was admitted to the Imperium in 440.

Following the First Frontier War the system was classified as an Imperial Client State.

Aerfor contains Research Station Delta, established in 760.

Golden Era

The world is a notable market for Shinku University Research Directorate Robotics. It was in this period that the Research Station reached its peak influence on the planet. Its largely automated Agricultural estates were reasonably Wealthy and Aerfor was considered an up-and-coming world.

Aerfor Military, 1105

In 1105, Aerfor was noted as having a fleet of:

• 2x Corsair Squadrons
  • 4x Corsair
  • 1x Light Scout
  • 1x Armed Fast Smuggler
  • 1x Ambush Frigate
• 2x Defence Squadron
  • 4x Police Cutter
  • 4x System Defence Boat
• Mercenary Squadron
  • 8x Mercenary Cruiser
• Other
  • 20x Letter of Marque
  • Approx. 10x Pirates

Point of interest: Research Station Delta

The subject of study for Research Station Delta is the entire Aerfor solar system, which has an extremely complex configuration. Aerfor and other bodies in the system have unusual concentrations of heavy elements near the core. About 25% of Aerfor's population are engaged directly with the research station.

Imperial Research Station Data Table

Name	World	Sector	Primary Project	Secondary Project/s	Primary Sponsor	Secondary Sponsor/s	Notes
Research Station Delta (Deneb)	Aerfor	Aerfor (Deneb 3109)	Cosmology (Aerfor system)	Robotics	Shinku University Research Directorate	Third Imperium	None

Rebellion and Collapse/Abandonment

This fleet was inadequate to defend Aerfor against the Dzarrgh Federate during the Rebellion. The world was attacked in 1119 and fell in 1120. Thereafter, was the very porous border between the Dzarrgh Federate and the United Followers of Augurgh. The vast majority of the millions of refugees from the Khouth Cluster (and beyond) passed through Aerfor on their way to the Domain of Deneb. The Research Station collapsed in late 1119 as the researchers fled for the protection of the 61st Fleet. The Dzarrgh Federate invested a lot of effort trying to pillage/preserve the information left behind at the station.

Virus

As the linking world between the Dzarrgh Federate and the United Followers of Augurgh (UFA), Aerfor was a key planet for the advance of the Virus. It was overrun shortly after the fall of Khouth and was the staging base for the assault on the UFA. Aerfor had been fully overtaken by the end of 1142 and the robotic farms (which the Federate leaders refused to see as a key danger) were the main route for this takeover.

Milieu 1900

By 1900, Aerfor's Virus take over has settled in as a reclusive culture with the Machines forming their own, self-replicating group: The Aerfor. The presence of an Imperial Research Station looking into advanced Robotics is suspected of helping in this transformation. Not all the population were, initially, machines - but the Empress Wave arrived in 1201 and effectively disabled the enslaved organic population. The Robots disposed of the, now useless, helpers.

The Aerfor are a single, networked, holographic AI distributed over more than 100,000,000 separate bodies. That is not to say that each node is identical, but each is linked. Becoming detached (and thus "other") is one of the Aerfor's component's greatest fears and the source of its isolationist tendencies.

The Aerfor quite clearly has the technology to exploit the minor worlds in its system, but does not do so for reasons of mental integrity. This quite severely limits its resource availability. It does not maintain a spaceport for trade purposes. That is not to say that it does not have space defence capability - it has over 150 defensive vessels at its disposal including a squadron of vessels over 50,000 dTons!

The most curious tension in the Aerfor's world is the Friendliness extended to individuals compared the the complete lack of cooperation and resources supplied by the world to passing vessels that has granted it the starport classification of X.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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