Gwi (world)
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Primary | M0 V M7 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Worlds | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Government | Self-perpetuating oligarchy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Law Level | No law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cultural Extension | 1112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army Size (BEs) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Technology Level | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economic Extension | 631-5
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Importance Extension | -3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Units | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GWP (BCr) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trade Number | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade Volume (MCr/year) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification | Class-D | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port Size | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Building Capacity (Tons) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port employees | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Port passengers (annual) | 0 |
Gwi has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Shallows Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Gwi, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling Scout Service starships and personnel. During the Long Night this world was named Khuum.
Astrography and planetology[edit]
Gwi is located on the Vilani Main.
Binary Solar System[edit]
Gwi Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Gwi M0 V
Primary Main Sequence 0.57 3770 - 3850 0.13982 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0027 0.031 0.39 - 0.74 0.27 2.7 Orbit # * * 2 0 5 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Gwi M7 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.09 2630 - 2680 0.00022 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0006 0.0012 0.02 - 0.03 0.06 0.6 Orbit # * * * * 2
History and background[edit]
Until 994 Gwi was a planet with a booming industrial base in disposable fashions and a severe population problem. Today Gwi Is virtually a ghost planet. It is governed by a Council of Archbishops of the Universal Church and as such has a strict moral code which prohibited the use of contraceptives. In 991 several planets in Shallows were affected by a mutated sexually transmitted disease known as Artificial Chromosome Deterioration Complaint (ACDC). The cure was simple, ODA2 administered over a period of six months rendered humans immune to its effects. The problem for the Universal Church was that ODA2 is a natural contraceptive rendering the user temporarily infertile.
On Gwi the Council refused to relax its prohibition on the importation and use of any contraceptives (including ODA2) even on medical grounds. Instead they quoted Pope Innocent's address on morality: In cases where sexual relations could possibly result in danger to one or other partner then total abstinence is the only acceptable solution in the eyes of the Church. Millions who found It impossible to live to such a restrictive lifestyle died slow and painful deaths before an acceptable alternative cure was discovered in 1065.
In 1077 Pope Emmanuel II opened a new cathedral on Gwi to commemorate the 'courage' of the Council in not allowing immense political and media pressure to stop them from guiding their flock In the one true path of God. Their sacrifice had prevented the people of Gwi from sinning so badly that they would have become irredeemable in the eyes of God. Indeed, he stated, their actions had ensured that the millions who had died a sure and certain place in the kingdom of their father.
References and contributors[edit]
- Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Shallows." Signal-GK 09 (1994): 54-55. via. HIWG
- Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
- Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 140.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com
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