Icetina (world)

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Icetina/Lanth (Spinward Marches 2418)
Milieu 1116
B5245A9-7
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted)
Hydrographics4 Wet World 40%
Population5 Moderate (300 thousand)
GovernmentA Charismatic Dictator
Law9 High Law (no weapons out of home)
Tech Level7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K9 V M8 V
Worlds 13
Gas Giants 1
Planetoid Belts 0
Cultural Details
Government Charismatic dictatorship
Law Level High
Cultural Extension 6468
Army Size (BEs) 1
Economic Details
Technology Level 7
Economic Extension
743+1
Resources7Few
Labor4Moderate (30 thousand)
Infrastructure3 Very limited
Efficiency+1Average
Importance Extension -1
Resource Units 84
GWP (BCr) 0
World Trade Number 3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 440
Starport Details
Classification Class-B
Port Size 3
Building Capacity (Tons) 0
Port employees 30
Port passengers (annual) 100

Icetina has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Lanth Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Icetina, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Astrography & Planetology

Icetina is a member of the Spinward Main.

Icetina has a normal climate and a very thin oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere tainted by mild noxious gases. Icetina is a moon of the small gas giant Luartha. The passage of Icetina through the strong magnetic field of the gas giant produces induction heating which keeps the world at a pleasant temperature, but also causes releases a number of noxious gases.

Binary Solar System

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

K9 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.59 3850 - 3930 0.15775
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0028 0.0329 0.41 - 0.78 0.28 2.8
Orbit #  *  * 2 0 5
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Icetina

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

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2418 Icetina (Imperial) - Amber Zone

Starport: Class IV - Naval Base.

Diameter: 4,876 miles (7,800 km).
Atmosphere: Very thin oxygen-nitrogen, tainted by mild noxious gases.
Hydrographics: 44%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 343,000.
Government: Dictatorship.
Control Level: 5.
Tech Level: 7.
World Trade Number: 3.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

In 1095 a bloodless pro-Imperial revolution deposed an inefficient bureaucratic system.

The Naval Base hosts elements of the 18th Fleet.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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