Colada (world)

Colada/Sword Worlds (Spinward Marches 1022)

B564685-B

Starport	B	Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size	5	Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere	6	Standard
Hydrographics	4	Wet World 40%
Population	6	Moderate (2 million)
Government	8	Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law	5	Moderate Law (no concealable weapons)
Tech Level	B	Average Stellar (large starships)

Era: New Era

Colada is a rich and agricultural production world with a shirt-sleeve atmosphere and a balance of available surface water. The system supports a population in the millions of sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. Government control of this world is by an external military force. This world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Sword Worlds Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.

This world is an Interface world, with a quarantine inspection facility for all ships.
This world hosts a Regency Military Base, Supporting military ground forces.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Colada has a normal climate with a standard oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere.

Binary Solar System

Colada Binary Star System
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
"Rodrigo" 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)
"Bivar" M8 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.085	2420 - 2570	0.00018
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0005	0.0011	0.01 - 0.03	0.05	0.5
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	1

System Data

Colada has two stars, the primary Rodrigo and its companion Bivar. Colada orbits at a distance of 0.73 AU. Colada has a single small moon, Minaya. The capital city is Foernyelseborg, located on the eastern coast of the small continent Hjalmaren. The world's starport is located several kilometers north of Foernyelseborg.

History & Background (Dossier)

Colada contains vast pastures given over to the rearing of beef cattle. The population is thinly spread about the planet.^[2]

Colada is a member of the Sword Worlds Confederation and was once one of the most important worlds in the subsector. Colada was part of the Triple Dominion, but a civil war in 212 erupted into a nuclear exchange that devastated both the planet's population as well as its environment, with the effects continuing to linger almost a thousand years later, resulting in its Amber Zone classification.

Colada's most prized export is its elite mercenary force, The Champion's Guard. This force numbers 50,000 and is available in whole or part to anyone willing to pay. Stoedel Base is a large military base just north of Foernyelseborg, used as a training facility for the Champion's Guard.

World Starport

Colada 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

Colada possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B 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 & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
- Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
- FTL: Jump Drive-2.

World Government

Colada is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. The bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucracy or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence like the military.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), .
Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 45.
Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 69.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 69.
GURPS Traveller: Sword Worlds

↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
↑ Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 69.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 69.

[1] "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com

[2] Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 69.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 69.

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