Durne (world)

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Durne/Tlianke (Hinterworlds 1006)
Classic Era (1116)
B539511-A
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere3 Vacuum (very thin)
Hydrographics9 Wet World 90%
Population5 Moderate (800 thousand)
Government1 Company/Corporation
Law1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas)
Tech LevelA Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K1 V
Planetoid Belts 1
Gas Giants 4

Durne is a nonindustrial world, that requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.

  • In a technological universe, societies without industrial capability generally suffer as nearly all manufactured and high tech goods must be brought in at significant cost.
  • As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
  • This dangerous world is designated an Amber Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions make it dangerous to visitors.
  • It is a member of the Ral Ranta in the Tlianke Subsector of Hinterworlds Sector.
  • This world-system hosts a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

No information yet available.

Monostellar System[edit]

Durne Monostellar System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Durne

K1 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.86 5100 - 5170 0.58985
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0037 0.0637 0.76 - 1.36 0.37 3.7
Orbit #  *  * 3 1 5

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

This system is the home of the Ral Ranta Owato clan. They engage in corporate espionage, assassinations, smuggling, drug dealing, and modification of ships for those purposes.

World Starport (Sp)[edit]

Durne has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)[edit]

800,000

World Demographics[edit]

Humaniti, population 95%

World Government (G)[edit]

Durne is governed by a Corporate Polity with a single corporation with a typical corporate structure as a government. A company town, or world. The typical corporate run world usually has a single purpose. Examples include mining, agriculture, or other kinds of resource extraction. But rather than a simple base of operations, there are facilities for housing workers and their families including hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure. How, or if, the children of the workers are incorporated into the workforce varies with companies. The corporation running the world may be a subsidiary of a larger interstellar corporation.

World Technology Level (TL)[edit]

Durne possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.

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