Iooua (world)

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Iooua/Lanskur (Phlask 3224)
Classic Era (1116)
B8B4976-B
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g)
AtmosphereB Exotic (corrosive)
Hydrographics4 Wet World 40%
Population9 High (7 billion)
Government7 Balkanization
Law6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns)
Tech LevelB Average Stellar (large starships)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M7 V
Planetoid Belts 3
Gas Giants 4

Iooua is an industrial, high-population fluidic world with a billion or more sophonts.

  • A fluid world has an oceanic geography consisting of heavily contaminated water or a substance such as ammonia, methane, hydrocarbons, or other exotic liquid.
  • As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item.
  • It is a member of the Hive Federation in the Lanskur Subsector of Phlask Sector.
  • It is the homeworld of a sophont species also named Iooua in Gurvin.
  • The world serves as the subsector capital with the significant extra trade and prestige associated with that role.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

Stellar Data[edit]

Iooua has a solitary primary star.
Iooua
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M7 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.09 2630 - 2680 0.00022
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0011 0.0012 0.02 - 0.03 0.11 1.1
Orbit #  *  *  * 0 3
Remarks None

System Data[edit]

No information yet available.

System Importance (Ix)[edit]

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data[edit]

No information yet available.

Mainworld Size (S)[edit]

No information yet available.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]

Iooua has a Corrosive Atmosphere and possesses a concentrated gas mix or unusual temperature which requires the use of a Hostile Environment Suit or Vacc Suit. TL–9 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]

No information yet available.

Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map[edit]

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms[edit]

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Its extremely abundant resources, extensive infrastructure, and eager native sophonts led the Hivers to make this an administrative subcapital.

World Starport (Sp)[edit]

Iooua 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.

World Population (P)[edit]

Iooua has a population of 7,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

World Demographics[edit]

World Languages[edit]

  • Native languages
  • Gurvin
    • Locals will typically speak Gurvin augmented with a pidgin of local languages and Ithkluri, to provide ambiguity and metaphor lacking from the standard Gurvin vocabulary.

World Government (G)[edit]

Iooua has a Balkanized Government. There is no central world government. The world has several governments competing for control of the world. These may be allies, cooperating, competitors, or at war with each other.

World Law Level (L)[edit]

No information yet available.

World Technology Level (TL)[edit]

Iooua possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B in Hexadecimal Notation.

World Military[edit]

No information yet available.

World Economy (Ex)[edit]

The Hive Federation currency (or closest equivalent) is the Biyzihn.

Trade Data[edit]

No information yet available.

Urbanization[edit]

No information yet available.

World Infrastructure[edit]

This world possesses TBD infrastructure.

World Culture (Cx)[edit]

No information yet available.

Historical Data[edit]

No information yet available.

World Timeline[edit]

No information yet available.

UWP Listing[edit]

No information yet available.

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