Charuth (world)

Charuth/Concord (Solomani Rim 2004)
Classic Era (1116)	A786988-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 9 High (5 billion) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F6 IV
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Charuth is a high-population, pre-rich garden world with a billion or more sophonts in population size, and a near-ideal utopian environment conducive to most sophonts, but still lacks adequate population to expand its economy to a rich status.

• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Concord Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector in the Domain of Sol.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.

History & Background (Dossier)

World Starport

Charuth 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 (P)

Charuth has a population of 5,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

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

World Technology Level

Charuth possesses a Technology Level of TL–14 or TL-E in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early meson communicators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, early collectors, and advanced fusion plants.
• 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-5.

World Government

Charuth is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.

Era: New Era

The only system in Concord Subsector which retained interstellar capability through the Collapse, Charuth (B7869A7-9) still operates a number of pre-Collapse starships. Construction began recently on new TL–A starship designs utilizing jump drive components from old, no longer functional vessels. Scientists and engineers are also working to make new jump drive components, and are less than a year away (provided their supply of lanthanum is not interrupted, see below) from having this capability once again.

Explorers from Charuth have ventured out to a number of local systems since the Collapse. Though a few vampire ships and free traders have been encountered, so far no other civilization capable of producing starships has been found. Many intellectuals on Charuth have begun to theorize that no other such civilization will be found, as the Collapse has apparently destroyed all others. This has caused the Charuth government to assume an extremely cautious approach in sending out exploratory vessels, since if Charuth is the last of its kind, all starships resources must be husbanded very carefully until new ones can be constructed in quantity.

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2004 Charuth (Imperial)

Starport: Class V.

Diameter: 7,100 miles (11,400 km). Gravity: 0.97g.
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 59%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 5.5 billion.
Government: Meritocracy.
Control Level: 5.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: 5.5.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
• External Link: The Zhodani Base