Ashurst Wood (world)

Ashurst Wood/Dudin (Daibei 2322)
Classic Era (1116)	C64A101-C Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 1 Low (30) Government 0 No Government structure Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K4 V M0 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	4

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Ashurst Wood is a low-population water world, which has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water and a population of less than 10,000 sophonts.

• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• This dangerous world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it dangerous to visitors.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Dudin Subsector of Daibei Sector in the Domain of Ilelish.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is part of the Tukera Cluster.

Stellar Data

Ashurst Wood has two stars in the star system.

Ashurst Wood
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.73	4440 - 4600	0.33238
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0066	0.0478	0.58 - 1.07	0.66	6.6
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks		None
Ashurst Wood
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0055	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.55	5.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	1	6
	Remarks		None

System Data

System:

• x Gas Giants: 4
• x Planetoid Belts: 2
• x Other Worlds: 2

System Importance (Ix)

This world has an Importance Extension (Ix): of 0 (Unimportant).

• (The Importance Extension (Ix) ranks worlds within a region. It governs the locations of capitals and trade routes.)

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Ashurst Wood 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)

Ashurst Wood has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. While the thin atmosphere does not require survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Ashurst Wood has 95-100% of its surface covered by liquid water with only a few islands and archipelagos. Wilderness refueling is possible. Such worlds are Water Worlds or Ocean Worlds.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

An outpost of the Evantha Protectorate.

Imperial Landed Nobility (N)

Ashurst Wood, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

World Starport (Sp)

Ashurst Wood has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features 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.

• The Starport Authority employee population is approximately 1,500 sophonts.

World Population (P)

Ashurst Wood has a population of approximately 30 sophonts.

World Demographics

• Evantha, population >= 80%
• Humaniti and other sophonts <= 20%

World Languages

• Anglic: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
• Detran: Currently the most politically significant of the Evantha languages.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

World Government (G)

Ashurst Wood has no central government or substantial government apparatus; an Anarchy. The largest governmental structure would be a family, tribe, or single clan. The largest group will be between 50 and 100 individuals, and there may be dozens to hundreds of them. This governmental structure can be stable over long periods of time if the population remains small or geographically separated.

World Law Level (L)

Ashurst Wood has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Technology Level (TL)

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

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-3.

World Military

Ashurst Wood has a Battalion Equivalent figure of 0.

• There are no organized ground forces on this world.

World Economy (Ex)

This world's economic measurements are: 900-4

• Resources: 9 (Moderate)
• Labor: 0 (Unpopulated)
• Infrastructure: 0 (Non-existent)
• Efficiency: −4 (Very poor)
• Economic Extension: 5
• Resource Units: 0

Trade Data

Trade Classifications for this world:

• Lo: Low Population World
• Wa: Water World
• Da: Danger World
• Ht: High Tech World

Trade Lines with other worlds:

• This world has a yellow line feeder route with the nearby world of Chapel Mews.
• This world has green line intermediate routes with the nearby worlds of Durgaarurkim and Fender.

Express Boat Network:

• This world is not connected to the Express Boat Network for this polity.

World Culture (Cx)

This world's cultural characteristics are: 1118

• Homogeneity: 1 (Monolithic)
• Acceptance: 1 (Extremely xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 1 (Very typical)
• Symbols: 8 (Somewhat abstract)

Evantha young are very dependent on their parents. Children accompany parents as much as possible, at home and during work. When they become adults, most find a substitute family by devoting themselves to a cause larger than themselves, not so much on its own merits as to give direction to their lives.

World Infrastructure

This world possesses non-existent infrastructure.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

• (-4238): Evantha develop successful spacecraft and achieve spaceflight.
• (-4233): First Contact between the Evantha and the Vilani.
• (-4014 to -2423): Pax Vilanica.
• (-3341): Evantha fully conquered by the largely indifferent Vilani and assimilated into the Ziru Sirka.
• (-2404 to -2215): Interstellar Wars.
• (-2204): Rule of Man Founded.
• (-1776 to 0): Long Night.
  • The Evantha Protectorate endures under Terran administration.
• (0): Third Imperium Founded.
• (76 to 120): Pacification Campaigns.
• (990-1002): Solomani Rim War.

UWP Listing

UWP: C64A101-C

• Starport: C Routine
• Size 6 9,600km
• Atmosphere: 4 Thin / Tainted Atmosphere
• Hydrosphere: A Water World
• Population: 1 Tens
• Government: 0 No Government Structure
• Law Level: 1 Body pistols, explosives, and poison gas prohibited
• Technology Level: C Average Imperial

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