Hortalus (world)

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Hortalus/Nareshakir (Fornast 2522)
Classic Era (1116)
D51488A-7
StarportD Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere1 Vacuum (trace)
Hydrographics4 Wet World 40%
Population8 Moderate (900 million)
Government8 Civil Service Bureaucracy
LawA Extreme Law (no weapons)
Tech Level7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M0 V M8 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 4

Hortalus is an icy, preindustrial world with a moderate population of over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts.

  • Its surface is ice-capped with little or no atmosphere and nearly all of its water frozen.
  • As a preindustrial world, it cannot meet its own demands for manufactured and high-tech goods. It must import extensive outside technology to maintain its extreme environment living spaces.
  • This is a cold world with an overall climate that is at the lower temperature range of human-congruous sophont endurance.
  • This a "forbidden" world designated as a Red Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it extremely dangerous to visitors. Everyone is forbidden to travel here.
  • It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Nareshakir Subsector of Fornast Sector in the Domain of Sylea.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

No information yet available.

Binary Solar System

Hortalus Binary Star System
Hortalus
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M0 V Main Sequence 0.57 3770 - 3850 0.13982
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0055 0.031 0.39 - 0.74 0.55 5.5
Orbit #  *  * 2 1 6
Remarks
Hortalus
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M8 V Main Sequence 0.085 2420 - 2570 0.00018
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0011 0.0011 0.01 - 0.03 0.11 1.1
Orbit #  *  *  * 0 3
Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

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