Io (world)

Io/Raelas (Knoellighz 2334) Milieu 1116 D5565BF-4 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 5 Moderate (100 thousand) Government B Non-Charismatic Dictator Law F Extreme Law (rigid control) Tech Level 4 Industrial (combustion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V D
Worlds	14
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Non-charismatic dictatorship
Law Level	Extreme
Cultural Extension	2364
Army Size (BEs)	10
Economic Details
Technology Level	4
Economic Extension	942+0 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 4 Moderate (10 thousand) Infrastructure 2 Extremely limited Efficiency +0 Average
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	1
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-D
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	35
Port passengers (annual)	0

Io is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other lifeforms. The system has a population between 100,000 and 10 million sophonts. This is a temperate world, with a climate of average temperatures. It is a Vargr dominated Non-Aligned world in the Raelas Subsector of Knoellighz Sector.

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• This is a "low technology" world with technology competencies well below standard for Charted Space.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

Io has two stars in the star system.

Io
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks
Io
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	D	White Dwarf		0.53	6800 - 6800	0
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.00011	0.00168	0 - 0.03	0.011	0.11
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	0
	Remarks

System Data

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Mainworld Data

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Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background / Dossier

Situated on a dead-end cluster of worlds on the so-called Bridge of Destiny, non-aligned Io (Knoellighz 2334) D5565BF-4 Ag Ga Lt Ni is Amber Zone interdicted by its neighbors in light of its strict Dictatorship and rigid Law making trade almost a ritualized religion when met by mercantile starships from off-world. Io is found in the Raelas subsector of Knoellighz Sector. It has one planetoid belt and one Gas Giant where ships not wishing to make planetfall choose instead to refuel in the wilds by skimming for fuel.

World Starport

Io has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

• The local D-rated Downport requires a series of painful, injected inoculations to prevent a furious rabies style disease from leaving the planet. Characters suffer 1D6 damage to Endurance over a course of a week from the injections. The alternative is madness and then a slow death if not put down by local law enforcement.

World Technology Level

IoD possesses a Technology Level of TL–4.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone and telegraphs, widespread printing.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early electricity, hydrocarbon internal combustion.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Trains and early automobiles.
  • Water: Clippers and steam ships.
  • Air: Dirigibles, balloons, very basic rockets.
• With an Industrial Age Tech Level, the planet cannot stop visitors from outer space, but do try to limit such landings to a prepared landing field across from internal combustion biplanes.

World Government

Io is governed by a Non-charismatic Dictatorship. This is a continuation of the charismatic dictatorship, where the original leadership has died or retired and been replaced by allies or protégés. The justifications for the original change in government remain as well as the assertion of rights to rule.

World Law Level

No information yet available.

World Military

No information yet available.

World Economy

Trade starships arrive in majority from Ghandorr (Knoellitz 2033) and Io-published, hardcopy warning pamphlets warn of the necessary inoculations and current terror threat level.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

World Demographics

No information yet available.

World Culture

Though the world of Io boasts a Progressive culture that is vibrant and expanding from opening its doors to off-world traders, economists calculate on simple electronic devices that tariffs might be in order to curtail the fortunes being made by Agricultural tycoons in such trades. Science is barely able to keep up with its own advances from theory to application.

Not all is well and developing however as a cult of nihilistic Vargr featuring deadly assassins are trying to terrorize the government leaders and their families or packs. Wanting the progressive breakthroughs to halt and maintain a status quo of society, the planetary government has a war on terror to contend with in addition to visitors from outer space. Hence, there is no extraterritorialty at the airfield barely passing for a landing zone of monthly starships.

Urbanization

No information yet available.

Historical Data

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World Timeline

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UWP Listing

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References & Contributors / Sources

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• Author & Contributor: Michael Allyn Davis (generated data and names)
• Author & Contributor: The Pakkrat
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science