Demick (world)

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Demick/Strand (Corridor 1013)
Classic Era (1116)
A532879-D
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere3 Vacuum (very thin)
Hydrographics2 Dry World 20%
Population8 Moderate (700 million)
Government7 Balkanization
Law9 High Law (no weapons out of home)
Tech LevelD Average Stellar (holo data)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K6 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 2

Demick is a poor, non-agricultural, moderate population world with over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts in population size.

  • It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
  • Life is trying on a world like this and inhabitants are constantly working towards developing a viable source of food production.
  • It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Strand Subsector of Corridor Sector in the Domain of Vland.
  • This world has a colony at Heald.

Description (Planetology)[edit]

This world is part of the Kaasu Cluster.

Stellar Data[edit]

Demick has a solitary primary star.
Demick
Solitary K Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
K6 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.69 4100 - 4300 0.27288
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0062 0.0433 0.53 - 0.99 0.62 6.2
Orbit #  *  * 2 2 6
Remarks

Mainworld Data[edit]

Mainworld Size (S)[edit]

Demick 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)[edit]

Demick has a pressure of 0.10 to 0.42 atmospheres. The very thin pressures require a respirator or Oxygen Mask. TL–5 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]

Demick has 15-25% of its surface covered by liquid water or ice. There may be a few small seas. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are Hell Worlds or Poor Worlds depending on their atmosphere.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

No information yet available.

Imperial Landed Nobility[edit]

Demick, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the fiefdom of a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversees affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

World Starport (St)[edit]

Demick 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)[edit]

Demick has a population of 700,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

Linguistic Topography[edit]

The following languages are most commonly heard:

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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