Griffin (RD 1839) (world)

Griffin/Drinsaar (Reaver's Deep 1839)
Classic Era (1116)	B8878AC-9 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 8 Moderate (300 million) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law C Extreme Law (no privacy) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G8 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	3

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Griffin (RD 1839) is a pre-agricultural, moderate population rich garden world with over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts.

• Garden worlds are known for their near-ideal utopian environments conducive to most sophonts, plants, animals, and other forms of life.
• It is a pre-agricultural world with an environment suitable for large scale agricultural and livestock industries that have not yet been widely developed.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Carter Technocracy in the Drinsaar Subsector of Reaver's Deep Sector.

• This world-system has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces, which may be located on or off-world.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Griffin Primary has a solitary primary star.

Griffin Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.94	5380 - 5480	0.80528
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0085	0.0744	0.87 - 1.54	0.85	8.5
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	7
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History & Background (Dossier)

It is a member of the Carter Technocracy in the Drinsaar Subsector of Reaver's Deep Sector.

World Starport

Griffin has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

Government

While theoretically a representative democracy, the Carter Technocracy is dominated by a single political faction, the Industrialist Party, which supports a libertarian platform and holds seats on the boards of all important corporations.

Language

The primary language is Enlis, a dialect of Galanglic.

References

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• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 27. (dot map)
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 11. (dot map)
• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), 11, 50. (dot map)
• Paul Sanders, J. Andrew Keith. Reaver's Deep Sector Sourcebook (Cargonaut Press, 1998), 40.