Cotan (world)

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Cotan/Cotan (Empty Quarter 2212)
Milieu 1116
C8779CH-5
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g)
Atmosphere7 Standard (tainted)
Hydrographics7 Wet World 70%
Population9 High (4 billion)
GovernmentC Charismatic Oligarchy
LawH Extreme Law (legalized oppressive)
Tech Level5 Industrial (mass production)
See also UWP
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System Details
Primary G5 V
Worlds 11
Gas Giants 4
Planetoid Belts 2
Cultural Details
Government Charismatic oligarchy
Law Level Extreme
Cultural Extension EAAA
Army Size (BEs) 3000
Economic Details
Technology Level 5
Economic Extension
B89+5
ResourcesBAbundant
Labor8Moderate (400 million)
Infrastructure9 Extensive
Efficiency+5Very advanced
Importance Extension 1
Resource Units 5,012
GWP (BCr) 3,960
World Trade Number 4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 1,412
Starport Details
Classification Class-C
Port Size 4
Building Capacity (Tons) 4,800,000
Port employees 175
Port passengers (annual) 20,200

Cotan is an industrial world with a tainted atmosphere. The system has a population over one billion. This world is designated 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 Julian Protectorate in the Cotan Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Hegemony of Lorean.

Astrography and Planetology[edit]

This world is part of the namesake Cotan Cluster.

Stellar Data[edit]

Cotan has a solitary primary star.
Cotan
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G5 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.98 5600 - 5660 0.93173
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0091 0.0801 0.91 - 1.63 0.91 9.1
Orbit #  *  * 3 3 7
Remarks

History and Background[edit]

Cotan is still recovering from a long and grim fall. The pirate bands that ran the world were only recently broken by the Star Legion, and free-for-alls still occur in the system. The planet is governed by high-tech Vargr ex-pirates and starfarers, who dominate a low-tech and restless human majority.

Ironically, this was one of the first worlds taken by Humaniti during the War of Man, with Vargr power originally broken by 350 Imperial.

Government[edit]

At one time the most famous world in the sector, Cotan is still recovering from her long and bitter fall. The pirate guilds that -- until recently -- dominated the world were crippled by Star Legion strikes, leading to the current free-for-all as pack fights pack fights Legion. The world's government, currently dominated by high–tech Vargr starfarers and (ex-)pirates, is under ever greater stress from the now restless, low–tech Human majority.

There is only a single legitimate pirate, who has grown wary of the Star Legion. They rarely show themselves, so only the unluckiest Traveller will have to deal with the ship. A member of the 'Tailless Hunters' Suedzuk pack, they have taken to chasing and eating unarmed Humans when they board a ship.

Linguistic Topography: 1116[edit]

The following languages are the most commonly used here:

UWP Listing[edit]

UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)

References and Contributors[edit]

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