Gibroat (world)

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Gibroat/Ventura (Theta Borealis 2023)
Classic Era (1116)
C798410-7
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere9 Dense (tainted)
Hydrographics8 Wet World 80%
Population4 Moderate (30 thousand)
Government1 Company/Corporation
Law0 No Law
Tech Level7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G4 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 0

Gibroat is a pre-agricultural and nonindustrial world lacking adequate development for its economy to become prosperous.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

Stellar Data[edit]

Gibroat has a solitary primary star.

  • It is a yellow main sequence.
Gibroat has a solitary primary star.
Gibroat
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G4 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.985 5660 - 5680 0.94848
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0092 0.0808 0.93 - 1.65 0.92 9.2
Orbit #  *  * 3 3 7
Remarks None

System Data[edit]

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

Mainworld Data[edit]

The mainworld orbits within the star's Habitable Zone.

  • It lies within the zone's prime H region.
  • It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

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Mainworld Size (S)[edit]

Gibroat 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)[edit]

Gibroat has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. While a Dense Atmosphere requires no 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 Hydrosphere (H)[edit]

Gibroat has 75-85% of its surface covered by liquid water with a few large continents and extensive islands. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Satellites:[edit]

Gibroat retains three small vacuum moons.

  • The worlds orbit once every few weeks.

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Mainworld Geography and Topography[edit]

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

  • Locally, detailed maps may be available.
  • Verified updated charts are constantly sought.
  • Detailed survey data commands premium prices.

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(Placeholder chart, predominantly watery world.)

Native Lifeforms[edit]

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

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

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Gibroat is a lightly populated backwater. It is the site of a small agricultural community.

  • The resources of the system are being exploited.

There is limited activity within the system.

  • Commercial traffic is infrequent: ships occasionally visit.
  • Commo regularly picks up signals and private chatter. Communications are in Riftian Anglic.
  • One or two commercial navigation beacons may be active.
  • A vessel or two may be operating among the other worlds and moons that make up the system.

Note that social data, though only 40 years old, may be out of date.

  • Verified updated data is constantly sought.

World Starport (St)[edit]

Gibroat 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.

World Population (P)[edit]

Gibroat has a population of 30,000 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.

Urbanization[edit]

A few small urban areas each surrounded by satellite communities.

  • Inhabited areas are dotted across the world.
  • Most of the surface of the world remains as wilderness.

World Technology Level (T)[edit]

Gibroat possesses a Technology Level of TL–7.

  • Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early video and early satellite communication networks.
  • Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fuel cells, solar energy, and geothermal power sources.
  • Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
    • Land: Improved automobiles, hovercraft, and bullet trains.
    • Water: Hydrofoils and early triphibians.
    • Air: Hang gliders and supersonic jets.
    • Space: Deep space probes and interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government (G)[edit]

Gibroat is governed by a Corporate Polity, having a single corporation with a typical corporate structure as a government. Essentially, this is 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 Military[edit]

Corporate security personnel.

World Law (L)[edit]

Gibroat has no law in practice. It is an Anarchy. On many worlds, this by itself justifies an Amber Zone advisory. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate.

Trade Data[edit]

  • Importance: -2 (very unimportant)

World Economy[edit]

  • Resources: 6 (scarce)
  • Labor: 3 (thousands)
  • Infrastructure: 1 (extremely limited)
  • Efficiency: -5 (extremely poor)

World Culture[edit]

  • Homogeneity: 1 (monolithic)
  • Acceptance: 2 (very xenophobic)
  • Strangeness: 1 (very typical)
  • Symbols: 2 (very concrete)

World Timeline[edit]

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