Carter (world)

Carter/Drinsaar (Reaver's Deep 1740)
Classic Era (1116)	A7589A8-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 9 High (4 billion) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K7 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Carter is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
• It is a member of the Carter Technocracy in the Drinsaar Subsector of Reaver's Deep Sector.

• This world has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
• This world has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.
• This world has a colony at Jefferson.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This system is part of the Murphy Cluster.

Stellar Data

Carter has a solitary primary star.

Carter
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.64	3990 - 4100	0.20972
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0059	0.038	0.47 - 0.88	0.59	5.9
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Carter 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)

Carter has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

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

History & Background (Dossier)

The Carter Technocracy has a narrow technological edge over most neighbouring systems. Its corporations supply military starships and weapons to many non-aligned Human and Aslan worlds within eight parsecs of Carter.

• Carter is home to the Carter Technocracy Fleet (CTF) and is the construction site for the Nemesis Class Destroyer.

World Starport (St)

Carter 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 Population

Carter has a population of 4,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

Linguistic Topography

The primary language is Enlis, a dialect of Galanglic.

World Technology Level (T)

Carter 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)

Carter is governed by a Charismatic Dictatorship. Charismatic governments justify their ability to rule by simply asserting their right to rule. Charismatic dictatorships are typically young governments, coming as a recent change, and rely on the leader(s) to supply head of government.

While theoretically a representative democracy, the Carter Technocracy is actually dominated by a single political faction, the Industrialist Party, which supports a libertarian platform and holds seats on the boards of all important corporations. It is therefore categorized as a dictatorial government.

References

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