Wypoc (world)

Wypoc/Lanth (Spinward Marches 2011)
Classic Era (1116)	E9C4547-8 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere C Exotic (insidious) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 5 Moderate (900 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
Hard Times (1130)	E9C4547-8 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere C Exotic (insidious) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 5 Moderate (900 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
New Era (1200)	E9C4687-9 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere C Exotic (insidious) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 6 Moderate (3 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M3 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	2

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A non-industrial Imperial world located in the Lanth Subsector of the Spinward Marches. Wypoc has a normal climate and an insidious (weak sulfuric-acid vapor) atmosphere; the local inhabitants live in domed cities and rarely venture outside.

In 1106 a small Imperial Navy facility was established to test hostile-environment equipment.

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• The Spinward Marches Campaign
• Twilight's Peak
• Imperial Encyclopedia
• The Regency Sourcebook
• GURPS Traveller: Behind the Claw

Wypoc is a hostile world, best noted for being only jump 2 from Regina, and being basically a hell hole of a world. Standard vaccum suits will be irreperably damaged within 4 hours, and experience lethal failures within 8 hours, due to the combination of acids, high-speed sand, and temperature. The population is focussed around 3 public activities, which include mining, orbital manufacture of electronics, and expedition hunting.

Wypock has become a mecca for jaded individuals desiring a real challenge: The Dragon. These and other dangerous and armored beasts run free and wild, and are known to hunt the hunter. Some have even claimed that air-rafts have been dragon-snacks! The Pen-jooin, the dragon, the bopper, and other large creatures have a thriving ecosystem, and apparently, the predators hunt by metalic ions released by the bodies of their targets. The local creatures are edible, as a general rule, but are not particularly tasty.

Physical Data

Gravity and Size

Wpypoc is 14,570m in mean surface diameter as of the 1066 second survey, although specific accuracy is questionable. Local gravity is 1.3 G's standard, with local variation of up to 0.05 G's. The core is molten nickle/iron, with a dense silicate crust.

Atmosphere

The atmosphere of Wypoc is an insidious mix of hydroflouric, hydrochloric, and sulfuric acids, plus a small ammount of prossic acid is also present. Atmospheric pressure at surface is about 2.5atm, and the orangeish haze is everpresent, and leads to a noteable lack of useful visibility.

Hydrosphere

The liquid which passes for an ocean is a rich soup of amino acids, plus some of the acids above. The amino acids and protiens of Wypoc's life, however, are definitely incompatable with H. Sapiens, and also with Vargr, digestive capabilities. This hydrosphere has a major problem for life: most of the proteins are immediately broken apart by one or more of the available acids.