Dark Tower (world)

Dark Tower/Fjords (Tsadra 3129)
Classic Era (1116)	A556566-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 5 Moderate (700 thousand) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M9 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Dark Tower is an agricultural, nonindustrial world still lacking adequate means to expand its economy.

• As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• It is a member of the Talpaku Communality in the Fjords Subsector of Tsadra Sector.

• This world is a "Twilight Zone World", a planet that is tidally-locked to its star. It has a hot side that permanently faces the star, a cold side that permanently faces away, and a narrow twilight zone in-between.
• This world toils under the control of a military government with conditions reflecting that situation including curtailed civil rights and limited freedoms.
• This world-system has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Dark Tower has a solitary primary star.

• It is a red main sequence.

Dark Tower has a solitary primary star.

Dark Tower
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M9 V	Main Sequence		0.079	2350 - 2380	0.00014
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0009	0.001	0.01 - 0.03	0.09	0.9
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	3
	Remarks		None

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• An unknown number of secondary rocky worlds.
• x2 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Dark Tower is tidally locked to its primary star.

• It experiences libration - a regular wobble - as it orbits, causing the star to move in the sky.

The mainworld orbits within the star's Habitable Zone.

• It lies within the zones prime H region.
• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

• The world orbits beyond the stars Jump Shadow.

Mainworld Size (S)

Dark Tower is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Dark Tower 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.

• It experiences moderate temperatures within the narrow twilight zone.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Dark Tower has 55-65% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

Native Lifeforms

Primitive native life occupying a number of ecological niches. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

History & Background (Dossier)

World Starport (St)

Dark Tower 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.

• The world is host to a Talpaku Naval Base.

World Population (P)

Dark Tower has a population of 700,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
• The population almost entirely consists of Talpaku.
• A few humans and other sophonts may be encountered.

Linguistic Topography

Talpaku, a language comprised of whistles and clicks, is commonly used on the world.

• Talpaku cannot vocalize human sound, and even the most skilled humans can only poorly imitate spoken Talpaku.
• Language Translators are widely used for inter-species communication.

World Technology Level (T)

Dark Tower 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)

Dark Tower has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. A colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.

Dark Tower is controlled by a military junta.

World Law (L)

Dark Tower has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Economy

Each world in the Talpaku Communality has its own currency, the values of which fluctuate against each other according to economic circumstances.

There is a "reference" unit of currency called the kuyo, which is used by the Communality government, by multistellar companies, and for transactions between individuals and companies on different worlds.

World Culture

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

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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• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Zhodani (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), IBC. (sector named but no further data)
• Author/s & Contributor/s: Dale Jenkins
• Grant Sinclair, "Contact! Talpaku", Alien Realms Volume 3, Issue 1, (1993), Pages 1-15, via HIWG
• EXTERNAL LINK The Talpaku (1995)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS