Ewmiak (world)

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Ewmiak/Esperance (Solomani Rim 1516)
Classic Era (1116)
A552986-E
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere5 Thin
Hydrographics2 Dry World 20%
Population9 High (6 billion)
Government8 Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns)
Tech LevelE High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary F8 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 5

Ewmiak is a poor, high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

Description (Planetology)[edit]

It is a world with three small moons.

Ewmiak has a solitary primary star.
Ewmiak
Solitary F Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
F8 V Main Sequence 1.18 6050 - 6180 1.78479
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0114 0.1108 1.24 - 2.17 1.14 11.4
Orbit #  * 0 4 3 7
Remarks

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey[edit]

1516 Ewmiak (Vegan Autonomous Region)

Starport: Class V.

Diameter: 4,200 miles (6,700 km). Gravity: 0.43g.
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 24%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 6.0 billion.
Government: Meritocracy.
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 12.
World Trade Number: 6.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Ewmiak is a poor, high-population world with three small moons, located on the Rim Main within Esperance Subsector of the Solomani Rim. The system is a member of the Vegan Autonomous Region.

In Wahuaragz, the name Ewmiak means "Covenant".

World Starport[edit]

Ewmiak 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)[edit]

Ewmiak has a population of 6,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

Demographics[edit]

The Vegan species, named as such by the Solomani for their proximity to the star Vega, are more properly called the Tyui, though they accept the Human label.

World Languages[edit]

World Technology Level[edit]

Ewmiak possesses a Technology Level of TL–14 or TL-E in Hexadecimal Notation.

  • Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early meson communicators.
  • Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, early collectors, and advanced fusion plants.
  • Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:

World Government[edit]

Ewmiak is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. The bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucracy or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence like the military.

World Culture[edit]

The Vegan population belong to multiple tuhuir, equivalent to nations, philosophies, or structured belief systems.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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