Elliador (world)

Elliador/Eslyat (Vanguard Reaches 2811)
Classic Era (1116)	A67A834–B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 8 Moderate (300 million) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M0 III
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	4

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Elliador is a preindustrial, moderate population water world with over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts in population size.

• Its surface is 90% or more covered in an ocean of water.
• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• As a preindustrial world, this planet cannot yet manufacture enough high-technology resources to support a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
• This world-system has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.
• It is the homeworld of the Eslyat, a sophont species and minor race.
• It is the capital of the Eslyat Magistracy.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

The red giant star Ellias is known as Alpha Bursa to the Corellan League.

Elliador has a solitary primary star.

Ellias
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M0 III	Giant		6.3	2800 - 3600	470
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.58621	1.79818	17.24 - 28.09	58.621	586.21
	Orbit #	2	4	8	10	13
	Remarks

Ellias is a star near its natural death. Its continual brightening would have ended life upon Elliador 30 million years ago, but a planetary realignment caused by a near collision permitted the native biology to continue thriving, and contributed to the evolution of the Eslyat race. Ellias is now nearing the end of its stable brightening and within 10,000 years it will finally render Elliador uninhabitable. The Eslyat are aware of this, and it motivates their expansionism; by the time the end comes, the Eslyat civilization will hopefully be entirely relocated.

System Data

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

• The mainworld
• x9 other rocky worlds
• x2 planetoid belts
• x4 gas giants

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Elliador is a Meso World between 10,400km and 12,000km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.7G and 0.9G. The horizon will appear about 4.7km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Elliador has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Elliador has 95-100% of its surface covered by liquid water with only a few islands and archipelagos. Wilderness refueling is possible. Such worlds are Water Worlds or Ocean Worlds.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

Fauna includes the following:

• Krysha: Filter-feeding animals.
• Syrkisya: An animal, the polyps of which feed a great variety of sea life.

Native Sophont (NIL): Eslyat

A semi-aquatic reptilian species, who have expanded rapidly in spite of their relatively small population.

History & Background / Dossier

Elliador is controlled by the Sesshayr Theocracy. This aggressive religious dictatorship is pervasive. The Sesshayr religion is central to all aspects of the native culture.

• In addition, this water world is a traditional location of treaty signings; for example the 1058 treaty which ended the Second Eslyat War with the Trelyn Domain and another peace treaty in 1087 which effectively ended the Fourth Eslyat War.

World Starport

Elliador 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)

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

• The population consists entirely of Eslyat.

World Demographics

The Eslyat are split between three subraces:

• Chutin: Sub-race of red-scaled Eslyat. In modern culture, a caste of police, warriors, sports performers and explorers.
• Magsin: Sub-race of green-scaled Eslyat. A working class in modern Eslyat society.
• Selyin: Sub-race of blue-scaled Eslyat, today an upper class of nobility, scholars and merchants.

The Eslyat are gregarious and social among members of their own species and become depressed if isolated from their community.

World Languages

• Vrynsyss

World Technology Level

Elliador 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

Elliador is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions in the government. These positions are inherited by member of the group or their family members. 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.

• The Tarf family is dominant on Elliador, and in the Eslyat Magistracy as a whole.

Elliador directly owns the following worlds:

• Inchusela
• Cueyntros

World Military

• The ruling family use Eslyat Commandoes to enforce their will.

World Economy

It is the site of a Rushui Expeditors business center.

Trade Data

Trade Information

• System Classifications :
  • Low-Population
  • Non-Industrial
  • Water-World
• World Trade Number (WTN) : 2.5
• Per Capita Income (WPCI) : $ 2,928

World Culture

The tiny landmass of this ocean world has shaped the Eslyat culture and profoundly influenced their development.

• They view other worlds and cultures as heretics for non-compliance with their strict religious codes.
• The Sesshayr religion is followed on this world.

Historical Data

In 456 the Eslyat began explorations of their home system.

• They eventually acquired jump technology in 613 from a wayward Zhodani freighter. Expansion and colonization followed, considered a necessity given the short life expectancy of Elliador's star.
• The world now hosts a Naval Base and is the headquarters of the Eslyat Magistracy.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

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