Selasia (world)

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Selasia/Alasim (Halcyon 0436)
Classic Era (1116)
A87A887-C
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g)
Atmosphere7 Standard (tainted)
HydrographicsA Water World 100%
Population8 Moderate (100 million)
Government8 Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law7 Moderate Law (no firearms)
Tech LevelC Average Stellar (robots)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G3 V
Planetoid Belts 1
Gas Giants 4

Selasia is a preindustrial, moderate population water world with over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts in population size.

  • Its surface is 90% or more covered in an ocean of water.
  • The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
  • As a preindustrial world, this planet cannot yet manufacture enough high-technology resources to support a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
  • This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
  • It is a member of the Bright Conclave in the Alasim Subsector of Halcyon Sector, which is part of the Distant Fringe.
  • This world-system hosts a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces, which may be located on or off-world.

Astrography and Planetology

A world in Halcyon Sector in the Distant Fringe.


Monostellar System

Selasia Monostellar System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Selasia

G3 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.99 5680 - 5720 0.96544
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0047 0.0815 0.94 - 1.66 0.47 4.7
Orbit #  *  * 3 1 6

System data

Monsado, the system primary, is an ordinary yellow main sequence star lying at the center of the Alasim Cluster.

Mainworld data

(III) Selasia. Orbital distance 0.8 AU.

(IIIa) Taffar. A large moon orbiting Selasia at 8 diameters (102,000 km). UWP F633668-B.

Mainworld geography and topography

Selasia has a total surface area of approximately 510 million km² and is almost entirely covered in a world-ocean of liquid water. The land surface area is approximately 25 million km² (or around 5% of the total surface area). This land area is made up of scattered islands and isolated archipelagos, largely of volcanic origin. Only a relatively small part of that available land surface is desirable: some islands are environmentally hostile, some have difficult terrain such as mountains, some are geologically active, and many areas of "land" are subject to Selasia's extreme tides and regularly flood. In total, the usable surface area of the world is considered to be somewhere around 7 million km² (or around 1.2% of the total surface area). Both poles have small icecaps.

Native lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

World starport

Selasia has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World technology level

Selasia possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C in Hexadecimal Notation.

World government

Selasia 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.

World military

No information yet available.

World economy

No information yet available.

Trade data

No information yet available.

World demographics

Population: 100,000,000

World culture

  • Homogeneity: D (Fragmented)
  • Acceptance: A (Very friendly)
  • Strangeness: 5
  • Symbols: F

Historical data

No information yet available.

World timeline

No information yet available.

UWP listing

No information yet available.

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