Diamond Head (world)

Diamond Head/Alun (Daibei 1608)
Classic Era (1116)	A675837-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 8 Moderate (800 million) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M3 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	3

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Diamond Head 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.
• The world serves as the subsector capital with the significant extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Alun Subsector of Daibei Sector in the Domain of Ilelish.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is part of the Shigakham Intersection, which is often known unofficially as the Diamond Head's Spread.

Stellar Data

Diamond Head has a solitary primary star.

Diamond Head
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks		None

System Data

System:

• 3 Gas Giants
• 2 Planetoid Belts
• 4 Other Worlds

Mainworld Data

Core Type: Rocky

Density: 0.91 Earths

Mass: 0.58 Earths

Gravity: 0.77 G

Rotation Period: 147 hours

Orbital Period: 351 days

Axial Tilt: 24 degrees

Orbital Eccentricity: 0

Satellites: 3

Surface Pressure: 0.993 atm

Diamond Head has an Importance rating of 2 (Ordinary).

• Importance Extension- 2
  • (The Importance Extension (Ix) ranks worlds within a region. It governs the locations of capitals and trade routes. )

Mainworld Atmosphere

Diamond Head has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. While a Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available

Mainworld Map

No information yet available

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available

History & Background (Dossier)

Baronet (Rear Admiral) Omnigunn Du Fegee is rumored to have a floating grav palace here. He is a commanding officer for the 172nd Fleet. There is a Knight assigned to protect the fiefdoms of the Marquis and the Viscount.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Diamond Head, 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 four members of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the estate of an Imperial baronet.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial marquis.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial viscount.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial subsector duke, who also conducts affairs regarding the entire subsector at the Interstellar and Imperial level.

World Starport

Diamond Head 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 Technology Level

Diamond Head possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C 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-3.

World Government

Diamond Head is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions within the government. These positions are inherited by members of the group or by their relatives. The organization may be a monarchy, with titles passed to family members, or a plutocracy where inheritance of the family fortune includes government position. Alternatively, the organization may be a more typical government apparatus, only with positions of power inherited.

World Law Level

Diamond Head has a Law Level of 7.

• Shotguns prohibited

World Military

No information yet available

World Economy

Economics: ( F 7 C +2 )

• Resources F (Extremely abundant)
• Labor 7 (Tens of millions)
• Infrastructure C (Very extensive)
• Efficiency 2 (Good)
• Economic Extension 36
• Resource Units 2520
  • (Resources are any materials available for processing and exploitation. They include natural resources, minerals, ores, metals, energy sources, biological assets, and any other materials of limited availability.)
  • (Labor is the workforce available for the processing and exploitation of Resources.)
  • (Infrastructure is the established technical structures that support exploitation of resources. Infrastructure includes roads, power grids, communications, and factories.)
  • (Efficiency reflects the current economic system, and includes sensible legal procedures, appropriate tariffs, customs promoting a balanced work ethic, rewards for merit, and social structures which match ability and job. Negative Efficiency is worse. Efficiency at -1 or less turn the RUs available negative: the Inefficiencies are so destructive as to make the economy a net drain. Such barriers represent a welfare state; cultural influences which do not value wealth, even physical limitations. On the other hand, since some economies have positive efficiencies: positive multipliers increasing available RU. )
  • (The Economic Extension (Ex) is the strength of a world economy and provides basic insights into the economy’s structure and capabilities.)
  • (Resources approximately represent the world's budget.)

Trade Data

• Pa-Pre-Agricultural
• Ph-Pre-High Population
• Cp-Subsector Capital
• Pi-Pre-Industrial

World Demographics

Humaniti, population 100%

World Culture

Culture: [ 8 A 5 C ]

• Homogeneity 8 (Discordant)
• Acceptance A (Very friendly)
• Strangeness 5 (Distinct)
• World Symbols C (Very abstract)
  • (Homogeneity is a measure of the degree to which members of society hold common beliefs. Members of very homogeneous cultures are in strong agreement on the fundamentals of society (usually basic rights, religion, and methods of interaction). Members of non-homogeneous cultures hold many different beliefs on the fundamentals of society.)
  • (Acceptance is the degree of xenophobia ( or xenophilia ) in the culture. High Acceptance is evidenced by friendliness to outsiders and offworlders; Low Acceptance is characterized by fear or rejection of outsiders.)
  • (Strangeness is the degree of difference from the norms of interstellar society. High Strangeness is evidenced by unusual or outwardly incomprehensible actions, statements, or responses in the course daily activity. Low Strangeness reflects activities close to interstellar norms.)
  • (Symbols used by the culture may range from the concrete (idols; totems; statuary) to the abstract (symbolized belief systems; group affiliations).)

Urbanization

No information yet available

World Infrastructure

Diamond Head possesses very extensive infrastructure.

Historical Data

No information yet available

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• circa -250,000: The Ancients are active within the sector.
• -9235: The Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
• -5400 to -4015: The Vilani Consolidation Wars.
• -4045 to -2204: The Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: The Interstellar Wars.
• -2204 to -1776: The Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
• -1776 to 0: The Long Night.
• The Year 0: The Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 604-622: The Civil War.
• 624: The Express Boat Network is established.
• 704: The Solomani Autonomous Region is established.
• 800-820: The Psionics Suppressions.
• 990-1002: The Solomani Rim War.
• 995-1065: The Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: The Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.

UWP Listing

A675837-C

• Starport A Excellent
• World Size 6 9,600km
• Atmosphere 7 Standard; Tainted
• Hydrosphere 5 50%
• Population 8 App. 300,000,000
• Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy
• Law Level 7 Shotguns prohibited
• Tech Level C Average Imperial

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