Eskandor (world)

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Eskandor/Limon (Reft 3028)
Classic Era (1116)
C551499-9
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere5 Thin
Hydrographics1 Dry World 10%
Population4 Moderate (80 thousand)
Government9 Impersonal Bureaucracy
Law9 High Law (no weapons out of home)
Tech Level9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G3 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 4

Eskandor is a poor, nonindustrial world.

  • 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 world has few prospects for economic development.
  • It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Limon Subsector of Reft Sector in the Domain of Vland.

Description (Planetology)[edit]

Stellar Data[edit]

Eskandor has a solitary primary star.
Eskandor
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G3 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.99 5680 - 5720 0.96544
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0093 0.0815 0.94 - 1.66 0.93 9.3
Orbit #  *  * 3 3 7
Remarks

Mainworld Conditions[edit]

Eskandor is a fairly marginal world, with a thin but breathable atmosphere. There is little surface water, and much of it remains frozen for most of the year. Nights in particular are very cold due to the thin atmosphere.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

World Starport[edit]

Eskandor 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.

The port just barely qualifies as a Class-C installation, with minimal ground facilities including a control building, storage areas, a small workshop, underground fuel tanks and a support complex that contains little more than a couple of small hostels and some shops. These are used more by the local population than offworlders, as the port backs on to the planet's only major settlement. The port’s orbital component is little more than a mooring station for ships that cannot enter atmosphere, a small living area for staff and berths for the world’s two transfer shuttles.

World Population (P)[edit]

Eskandor has a population of 80,000 sophonts (tens of thousands).

  • This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

Linguistic Topography[edit]

The most commonly heard languages are:

Urbanization[edit]

The entire planetary population dwell within a 200km radius of the starport, most of them in the main settlement or close to it. The rest of the planet is officially unused apart from very scattered meteorological monitoring stations.

World Technology Level[edit]

Eskandor possesses a Technology Level of TL–9.

  • Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics and satellite communication and data networks.
  • Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fusion power.
  • Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
    • Land: Ultra high-speed trains and early grav vehicles.
    • Water: High efficiency sailcraft, multihulled seacraft, improved artificial gills.
    • Air: Tiltrotorcraft, exotic VTOL's, PARWIG, and rocket-assisted suborbitals.
    • Space: SSTO spacecraft, early military spacecraft (System Craft), and interstellar STL starships
    • FTL: Prototype Jump Drive-1.

World Government[edit]

Eskandor is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

World Law (L)[edit]

Eskandor has a high law level with laws covering many areas of interactions of people, corporations, and the government. A few worlds with this law level may be Amber Zones. Any interaction with the judicial system requires an Advocate trained in the local legal system. Law enforcement is present almost everywhere, either as people or via technology. Legal proceedings can take weeks to months to resolve and involve a dozen or more people. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (outside private residences or visiting starships).

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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