Glea (world)

Glea/Liana (Centrax 2609)
Classic Era (1116)	A667800-F Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 8 Moderate (700 million) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level F High Stellar (anagathics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G0 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Glea is a rich world.

• As a rich world, this planet has high-grade living conditions and is highly sought after by immigrating sophonts.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• Some of the sources of this world's wealth are well known, but others remain a mystery. Many speculate on these mysterious sources of wealth. Some even investigate them... to no avail yet.
• This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• It is a member of the Hive Federation in the Liana Subsector of Centrax Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is the center of the Glean Cluster, an unusually rich grouping of seventeen Hiver-habitable worlds, mutually accessible by Jump-1 shipping.

Monostellar System

Glea Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
New Primary G0 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1.06	5860 - 5930	1.22623
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0051	0.0918	1.04 - 1.83	0.51	5.1
	Orbit #	*	*	4	1	6
	Remarks
	None

System Data

Glea orbits New Primary, a solitary G0 V star slightly brighter and hotter than Sol. Luminosity is 1.21. Effective temperature is 6,000° K. Radius is 1.03; mass is 1.04. Glea orbits New Primary at 1 AU with a period of 358 days. Orbital eccentricity is negligible.

Mainworld Data

While not a garden world, Glea is practically a paradise, and full of beautiful scenery and fantastic weather including semi-regular meteor shower shows put on by nature.

The world is well developed and quite rich with several highports, shipyards, and orbital factories. Most industry is located in orbit and the surface is primarily reserved for residential habitation and tourism. The world's oceans are gorgeous with amazing maritime yachting and teem with delicious sealife foodstuffs. The undersea environment has been extensively inhabited with TL:10-12 and TL:13-15 undersea hab domes. The population is capped by law and it may be challenging to buy property or acquire a residency permit.

Mainworld Size (S)

Glea is 9,580 kilometers in diameter and rotates on its axis once in about 22 hours. The average temperature for Glea is 22° C.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Glea 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)

Seventy percent of the world is covered with three water oceans; icecaps cover about 10% of the polar regions. Two of the oceans, the Northern and the Spreading, are very deep. Two continental plates grow from a ridge under the Spreading Ocean. The Breathing Ocean is much more shallow.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

There are three continents.

A large number of islands and archipelagos are also present. The underwater topography of the world is fantastically complex and has been studied for well over a millennia.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

Glea has a diverse and highly complex biosphere, full of many lifeforms. Cephalopods and giant insects are common. The chief predator of Hiver larvae is the wind wasp.

History & Background (Dossier)

This world is the main coordinating center and Capital of the Hive Federation since 410. Glea was settled by Hivers in -866.

World Starport (Sp)

Glea 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)

No information yet available.

World Demographics

• Hivers, population 50%
• Other, 50%

World Government (G)

Glea has no central government for the world, an Anarchy. The largest governmental structure would be a family, tribe, or single clan. The largest group will be between 50 and 100 individuals, and there may be dozens to hundreds of them. This governmental structure can be stable over long periods of time if the population remains small or geographically separated.

• Cosmopolitan influences and a desire to have a non-Hiver world as the seat of government for the combined Hiver and non-Hiver populations of the Federation led to the transfer of the state's Capital to the world in 410.
• Glea has a Federation Embassy Center.
• The Federation maintains its major governmental apparatus on Glea:
  • Federation Development Agency
  • Hive Federation Navy
  • Embassy Directorate
• All have major installations on the world. There is no formal world government, however, and all governmental activities are in the hands of the local nests. Non-Hivers either maintain local organizations similar to nests, or are under the control of Hiver nests.

World Law Level (L)

Glea has no law level.

World Technology Level (TL)

Glea possesses a Technology Level of TL–15 or TL-F in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Meson Communicators and Pseudo Reality Communications.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, improved collectors, and advanced Fusion+.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land & Water: Advanced gravcraft.
  • Air: Advanced gravcraft and speeders.
  • Space: Advanced gravcraft and G-Carriers.
  • FTL: Jump Drive-6.
• Some Hiver technology exceeds the TL-15 rating that this world has received.

World Military

Glea has a Federation Embassy Center. Naval and military bases are not present, although such bases have been established in nearby systems.

World Economy

No information yet available.

Trade Data

Glea has a trade classification of Rich.

Urbanization

The world is populated with numerous cities or urbs with many of them rated as metropolises. Arcologies also exist, but no beanstalk. Local environmental regulations have prohibited the construction of one.

The capital, Phiikkoh, is immense and very cosmopolitan.

World Infrastructure

This world possesses extensive, well developed infrastructure of a variety of kinds.

World Culture

No information yet available.

World Language/s

• Anglic
• Gurvin (language)
• Hiver Sign Language
• Hiver (language)
• Ithklur (language)
• Za'tachk (language)

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
• Classic Traveller Alien Module 7 - Hivers
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science