Bigg's World (world)

Bigg's World/Taemerlyk (Far Frontiers 2021)
Classic Era (1116)	A797A99-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population A High (20 billion) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F7 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Bigg's World is a high-population, industrial world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item.
• Its economy is rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to rapidly improve barring outside forces.
• It is a member of The Protectorate in the Taemerlyk Subsector of Far Frontiers Sector.

• It is a member of the Caractacalla Scatters.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Bigg's World has a solitary primary star named Desecá.

• It is a white main sequence.

Bigg's World has a solitary primary star.

Desecá
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F7 V	Main Sequence		1.21	6180 - 6280	1.94872
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0123	0.1158	1.29 - 2.24	1.23	12.3
	Orbit #	*	0	4	3	7
	Remarks		None

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld, (orbiting at 2.2 AU).
• x6 secondary rocky worlds.
  • The named worlds are Piá (orbiting at 0.6 AU), Toppá (orbiting at 1.0 AU), and Mortá (orbiting at 1.4 AU).
  • Three unnamed worlds orbit in the far outer system.
• x1 small gas giant, Endá (orbiting at 3.8 AU).

Mainworld Data

The mainworld orbits within the star's Habitable Zone.

• It lies within the zones colder outer H- region.
• It receives lower levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Bigg's World is a Meso World between 10,400km and 12,000km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.7G and 0.9G. The horizon will appear about 4.7km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Bigg's World has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. While a Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as 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.

• While the world receives lower levels of stellar energy, high levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂), carbon monoxide (CO) and other greenhouse gases help maintain moderate temperatures.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Bigg's World has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Satellites

Bigg's World retains a single large moon named Pietá.

• It orbits once every few weeks.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

A basic map of Bigg's World, showing the seas (blue), hills and uplands (paler brown), mountain ranges (darker brown), plains and savannahs (tan-green), deserts (tan-orange), forested regions (green), and the polar icecaps (pale blue).

• Major urban centers are marked in red. Flying cities are marked in blue.
• Nimbus, the capital, is ringed in blue. It hovers at an altitude of around 6000 meters.
• The starport is marked by a red cross. It lies on the shores of a large lake and is the location of The Citadel, the fortress-palace of the world's rulers.
  • The Citadel occupies a long peninsula that juts into the lake. The peninsula is closed off by a wall.

(Based on the world map of Bigg's World, page 19 GURPS Atlas of Charted Space 3)

History & Background (Dossier)

As a member of The Protectorate, Bigg's World sends a specially selected Representative to the High Council, the polity's governing body.

• The role is prestigious and is highly sought.
• The choice of Representative is entirely at the whim of the world's current ruler.

Bigg's World also selects a Special Delegate to represent the unpopulated world of Jacobi.

• This choice lays with the world's government, rather than the world's ruler.

World Population (P)

Bigg's World has a population of 20,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.
• The population has Zhodani, Imperial, and Vlazhdumecta heritage.
• Many families can trace their ancestry to pre-Long Night Vilani colonists.

Linguistic Topography

• Local languages descended from Vlazhdumecta.
• Riftian Anglic, a dialect of one of the two principal languages of the Imperium.
• Zdetl, the language of the Zhodani and the Zhodani Consulate.

World Technology Level (T)

Bigg's World possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B 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-2.

World Government (G)

Bigg's World is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

The world is the personal fiefdom of the immensely wealthy Biggs Family. The current patriarch is Tyrone Biggs.

World Law (L)

Bigg's World has a high law level with laws covering many areas of interactions of people, corporations, and the government. A few worlds with this law level may be Amber Zones. Any interaction with the judicial system requires an Advocate trained in the local legal system. Law enforcement is present almost everywhere, either as people or via technology. Legal proceedings can take weeks to months to resolve and involve a dozen or more people. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (outside private residences or visiting starships).

Trade Data

• Importance: 4 (important)

World Economy

• Resources: D (very abundant)
• Labor: 9 (billions)
• Infrastructure: F (very comprehensive)
• Efficiency: +5 (very advanced)

World Culture

The world lies within the Zhodani Shadow, a region strongly influenced by the society and culture of the Zhodani Consulate.

• Heterogenity: B (discordant)
• Acceptance: E (extremely xenophilic)
• Strangeness: 6 (very distinct)
• Symbols: C (very abstract)

World Timeline

• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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