Powaza (world)

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Powaza/Rhylanor (Spinward Marches 3220)
Milieu 1116
C787566-5
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere8 Dense
Hydrographics7 Wet World 70%
Population5 Moderate (300 thousand)
Government6 Captive Government/Colony
Law6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns)
Tech Level5 Industrial (mass production)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K4 V M2 V
Worlds 13
Gas Giants 2
Planetoid Belts 3
Cultural Details
Government Captive government
Law Level Moderate
Cultural Extension 4444
Army Size (BEs) 3
Economic Details
Technology Level 5
Economic Extension
743-2
Resources7Few
Labor4Moderate (30 thousand)
Infrastructure3 Very limited
Efficiency-2Fair
Importance Extension -1
Resource Units 67
GWP (BCr) 0
World Trade Number 3
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 0
Starport Details
Classification Class-C
Port Size 0
Building Capacity (Tons) 0
Port employees 0
Port passengers (annual) 0

Powaza is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. It supports a shirt-sleeve atmosphere and a balance of available surface water. The system hosts a population between 100 thousand and 1 million. The governance of this world is from Mora (Spinward Marches 3124). It is a member of Third Imperium in the Rhylanor Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Powaza, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight and a baronet, and the fiefdom of a baron. All three are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world.

Powaza (world)/Rhylanor (Spinward Marches 3220)
New Era
C787566-7
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere8 Dense
Hydrographics7 Wet World 70%
Population5 Moderate (500 thousand)
Government6 Captive Government/Colony
Law6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns)
Tech Level7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also UWP
Cultural Details
Government Captive government
Law Level Moderate
Cultural Extension 4446
Army Size (BEs) 2
Economic Details
Technology Level 7
Economic Extension
743-3
Resources7Few
Labor4Moderate (50 thousand)
Infrastructure3 Very limited
Efficiency-3Poor
Importance Extension -1
Resource Units 59
GWP (BCr) 0
World Trade Number 3
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 146
Starport Details
Classification Class-C
Port Size 3
Building Capacity (Tons) 0
Port employees 10
Port passengers (annual) 20

Era: New Era

Powaza is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other forms. It supports a shirt-sleeve atmosphere and a balance of available surface water. The system hosts a population between 100 thousand and 1 million. The governance of this world is from Mora (Spinward Marches 3124). It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Rhylanor Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector.


Description (Astrography & Planetology)

  • The bright supergiant star Deneb is visible in Powaza's sky even during the daytime.

Binary Solar System

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

K4 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.73 4440 - 4600 0.33238
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0033 0.0478 0.58 - 1.07 0.33 3.3
Orbit #  *  * 2 1 5
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Powaza

M2 V

Secondary Main Sequence 0.44 3470 - 3560 0.0565
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0021 0.0197 0.25 - 0.48 0.21 2.1
Orbit #  *  * 1 0 4

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

3220 Powaza (Imperial)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 6,619 miles (10,600 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 73%.
Climate: Cool.
Population: 270,000.
Government: Captive/colony (Mora): (Corporate - Spinward Development Corp., as a subsidiary to the Tacaxeb operation).
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 6.
World Trade Number: 3.0.

History & Background (Dossier)

Powaza is a non-industrial, Imperial agricultural garden world located in the Rhylanor Subsector of the Spinward Marches.

It was once settled by Mora/Mora (Spinward Marches 3124). The planet is under the control of Tacaxeb (Spinward Marches 3218) and is being settled by a subsidiary of that world's Spinward DevCorp corporation with the permission of the government of Mora.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Powaza is the home of a member or members of the Imperial Nobility, a narrow class of persons at the upper strata of Imperial society who hold noble rank.

World Starport

Powaza has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which includes amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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