Amiens (world)

Amiens/Ziusudra (Alpha Crucis 0731)
Classic Era (1116)	D6888DE-4 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 8 Moderate (900 million) Government D Religious Dictatorship Law E Extreme Law (police state) Tech Level 4 Industrial (combustion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K0 V M5 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	0

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Amiens is a rich, pre-agricultural world with a moderate population of over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts in size.

• The world's agricultural industry is growing and some economists forecast an explosion in this world's agribusiness in the near future as new agro-technology and a more capable labor force are imported.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• This world has high-grade living conditions with a good climate and a non-harmful environment. As such, this world is much sought after with large queues for immigration here.
• This is a "low technology" world with technology competencies well below standard for Charted Space.
• This is a "Puzzle" 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 the Consolidation of Turin (Solomani Confederation) in the Ziusudra Subsector of Alpha Crucis Sector.

• It is the homeworld of the Minor Race popularly known as the Ladybugs.

Astrography & Planetology

This world is located on the Turin Run.

Stellar Data

Amiens has two stars in the star system.

Amiens
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.88	5170 - 5270	0.63928
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0076	0.0663	0.78 - 1.4	0.76	7.6
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks
Amiens
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.162	2930 - 3060	0.00171
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0018	0.0034	0.04 - 0.09	0.18	1.8
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	4
	Remarks

System Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Size (S)

Amiens is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Amiens has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Amiens has 75-85% of its surface covered by liquid water with a few large continents and extensive islands. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

Native Sophont

Amiens is the homeworld for the Ladybugs, a native minor race that has successfully assimilated into Solomani society. Once a TL-0 race, they have adapted to Amiens' TL-4 Human society. All wear Human clothes, speak Anglic with a lisping accent, and belong to the Church. Most Solomani farms have Ladybug domestic and farmworkers. Amiens' Solomani Party arranges for surplus Ladybugs to emigrate to find jobs on other Consolidation of Turin worlds and sometimes to serve as stewards or cargo hands aboard starships.

History

Amiens is a rich, low-tech Solomani Confederation world.

Amiens is named for the eponymous Terran city renowned for being the home of one of the largest Roman Catholic Cathedrals on that world.

World Starport (Sp)

Amiens has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Population (P)

Amiens has a population of 900,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

World Demographics

The population of Amiens is nearly evenly split between Solomani and native "Ladybugs".

World Government

Amiens is governed by a Religious Dictatorship. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy). There is a powerful independent organization, the state religion, which has influence or direct control of the government. Like the bureaucratic governments this may simply be a strong influence with a secular government, be direct influence by virtue of controlling who may be in the leadership, or be a direct theocracy where the church leadership and bureaucracy is the government.

World Law Level (L)

Amiens has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. Most worlds with this law level may be an Amber Zone or Red Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors). Civilian movement is rigidly controlled. There is no difference between the police and the military. This world is a full-fledged police state. Oppression is legalized, though not routine.

World Technology Level (TL)

Amiens possesses a Technology Level of TL–4.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone and telegraphs, widespread printing.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early electricity, hydrocarbon internal combustion.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Trains and early automobiles.
  • Water: Clippers and steam ships.
  • Air: Dirigibles, balloons, very basic rockets.

Amiens was founded by a monastic sect of the Solomani Catholic Church based on communal farms and a rejection of advanced technology.

World Military

No information yet available.

World Economy

No information yet available.

World Culture

Amiens was founded by a missionary sect of the Solomani Catholic Church devoted to a spartan way of life. They have rejected the inclusion of most advanced technology into their society.

The pre-contact culture of the Ladybug species has been lost. They have fully embraced the Solomani Catholic faith and take part in its traditions.

Historical Data

Amiens has been the home to the sophont Ladybug species for millennia prior to contact with Terran settlers from the Turin system. The Ladybugs were a TL-0 species that integrated into the colonizing societies.

World Timeline

• -2270: The Alpha Crucis Foundation places a colony on Turin.
• -2265: Alpha Crucis Foundation colonizes worlds in the Ziusudra Subsector.
• -2204: Second Imperium founded.
• -1776: Collapse of the Rule of Man.
• -364: The Declaration of the Consolidation of Turin unites several worlds near Turin under the banner of the Church of the First Cross.
• -200: Consolidation of Turin missionaries settle Amiens and contact the native "Ladybugs".
• 411: The Consolidation launches the brutal Santa Maria Crusade against heretics in Veracruz Subsector.
• 415: The Santa Maria Crusade is halted by Imperial diplomacy.
• 520: The Consolidation joins the Imperium. Noble titles are granted to leading citizens, with the Archbishop of Turin invested as the Duke of Denobola.
• 685: Delegates from Turin are sent to the foundational meeting of the Solomani Movement on Terra.
• 740: Alpha Crucis joins the Solomani Autonomous Region.
• 871: The Solomani Confederation is founded.
• 940: The Solomani Autonomous Region is dissolved.
• (990-1002): Solomani Rim War.

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