Gudina (world)

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Gudina/Nulinad (Empty Quarter 0334)
Milieu 1116
C78699B-9
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere8 Dense
Hydrographics6 Wet World 60%
Population9 High (2 billion)
Government9 Impersonal Bureaucracy
LawB Extreme Law (control of movement)
Tech Level9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also UWP
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System Details
Primary G6 V M4 V
Worlds 9
Gas Giants 4
Planetoid Belts 2
Cultural Details
Government Impersonal bureaucracy
Law Level Extreme
Cultural Extension BA7B
Army Size (BEs) 15000
Economic Details
Technology Level 9
Economic Extension
H8B+3
ResourcesHExtremely abundant
Labor8Moderate (200 million)
InfrastructureB Very extensive
Efficiency+3Improved
Importance Extension 1
Resource Units 7,320
GWP (BCr) 4,488
World Trade Number 5
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 16,040
Starport Details
Classification Class-C
Port Size 5
Building Capacity (Tons) 2,300,000
Port employees 6,375
Port passengers (annual) 210,000

Gudina is a garden world with an environment conducive to most sophonts. The system has a population over one billion. This world is designated an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Nulinad Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Domain of Antares. Gudina, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and a baronet, and the fiefdom of a count. All three are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. Less than 10% of the world's population is the Minor Race Bwap.

Astrography and Planetology[edit]

Stellar Data[edit]

Gudina has two stars in the star system.
Gudina
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G6 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.97 5550 - 5600 0.89888
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0088 0.0786 0.91 - 1.61 0.88 8.8
Orbit #  *  * 3 3 7
Remarks
Gudina
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M4 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.23 3110 - 3210 0.00584
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0025 0.0063 0.08 - 0.16 0.25 2.5
Orbit #  *  * 0 0 5
Remarks

Mainworld Data[edit]

Mainworld Size (S)[edit]

Gudina 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]

Gudina has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]

Gudina has 55-65% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

History and Background[edit]

Gudina is a major storage centre of old Imperial paperwork and data. As an Imperial Resource world, it is administered directly by the Imperium, to meet Imperial needs. The World Library of Gudina provides resources to many prestigious academies and research institutions, with data stretching back to the First Imperium.

Gudina was one of the Glorious Twelve, the term given to the twelve human systems that stood against the Vargr Pillaging. Gudina was initially hostile to the Third Imperium, but in 32 Imperial was persuaded to join in return for giving the world her old position as a document depository.

Given the predilection of Imperial bureaucracy for generating countless forms and files, there comes a time when the accumulated by-products of bureaucracy begin to take up far too much space, and must be shipped somewhere. Gudina is an example of a world dedicated to the warehousing and maintenance of these "artifacts." An Imperial resource world, Gudina receives regular shipments of bureaucratic data from the Imperial holdings within the Empty Quarter and adjacent subsectors, and houses them indefinitely. A practice started during the end of the First Imperium, the vaults at Gudina contain regional documentation over three millennia old. Dedicated Imperial civil servants receive, collate and warehouse every piece of information that arrives at Gudina. Many Bwaps consider Gudina an excellent place to retire, for this very reason.

The World Library of Gudina allows Imperial citizens access to the public information that has been gathered and released by the Imperial Bureaucracy. Many prestigious academies through the Gamma Quadrant of Empty Quarter Sector support campuses on Gudina, to take advantage of the incredibly diverse resources available.

Imperial Landed Nobility[edit]

Gudina, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the estate and fiefdom of two members of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

World Starport[edit]

Gudina 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 Demographics[edit]

While a broadly Vilani-culture world, there is a substantial Bwap minority as well. Many of these crèches are influential within the planetary government, and to the interstellar Bwap culture, to the extent that Gudina is sometimes treated as an honorary Bwap world.

Gudina is one of the few worlds ruled directly by an Imperial noble, instead of a separate and independent local government. Due to its unusually close links to the Iridium Throne, the planetary culture is rather closer to the "clan and corporate" Imperial mainstream than to the "race and faith" matrix common in the Imperial Empty Quarter.

The Asa-wakawa-wapawab Crèche is one notable Bwap community on Gudina.

Viscount of Gudina[edit]

The Viscount rank is tied to this system's role as an Imperial Deposit of bureaucratic files. Similar ranks were held by the leading planetary nobles during the First and Second Imperia, making this one of the oldest titles in the Imperium.

Linguistic Topography[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Natives of Gudina include Sebabpawa and Wassasskawe.

UWP Listing[edit]

UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)

  • T20 - 993 - GUDINA 0334 C786967-9 Hi Bwap0 324 Im
  • CT - 1105 - GUDINA 0334 C78699B-9 Hi Bwap0 224 Im
  • MT - 1125 - GUDINA 0334 C786993-7 Hi 124 Ou - Outlands
  • TNE - 1201 - GUDINA 0334 C7869B9-9 Hi B 124 Wi - Wilds

References and Contributors[edit]

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