Derekam (world)

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Derekam/Anarsi (Vland 2406)
Classic Era (1116)
C5468CB-8
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere4 Thin (tainted)
Hydrographics6 Wet World 60%
Population8 Moderate (100 million)
GovernmentC Charismatic Oligarchy
LawB Extreme Law (control of movement)
Tech Level8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K6 V
Planetoid Belts 2
Gas Giants 0

Derekam is a pre-agricultural, pre-Industrial world with a moderate population of over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts.

  • It requires significant imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
  • Its economy and population are growing and living conditions are expected to slowly improve barring outside forces.
  • It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Anarsi Subsector of Vland Sector in the Domain of Vland.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

No information yet available.

Derekam has a solitary primary star.
Derekam
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
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System Data[edit]

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World Data[edit]

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Native Lifeforms[edit]

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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

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Imperial Landed Nobility[edit]

Derekam, 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 estate and fiefdoms of three members of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

World Starport (St)[edit]

Derekam has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

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World Technology Level[edit]

Derekam possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.

  • Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
  • Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
  • Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
    • Land: Advanced automobiles.
    • Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
    • Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
    • Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government[edit]

Derekam is governed by a Charismatic Oligarchy, like a charismatic dictatorship in that a larger group has asserted their right to rule. The group will likely have better rules of succession than a single dictator and may last longer, or may transition to a non-charismatic dictatorship.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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