Jerez (world)

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Jerez/Kursa (Aldebaran 2619)
Classic Era (1116)
E636233-8
StarportE Frontier - no facilities
Size6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g)
Atmosphere3 Vacuum (very thin)
Hydrographics6 Wet World 60%
Population2 Low (00)
Government3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy
Law3 Low Law (no automatic weapons)
Tech Level8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G6 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 0

Jerez is a low-population world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.


Description / Astrography & Planetology[edit]

No information yet available.


Monostellar System[edit]

Jerez Monostellar System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Jerez

G6 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.97 5550 - 5600 0.89888
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0044 0.0786 0.91 - 1.61 0.44 4.4
Orbit #  *  * 3 1 6

System Data[edit]

0 Gas Giants — 0 Planetoid Belts — 7 Other Worlds 

Mainworld Data[edit]

Jerez is a rocky world on the inner edge of the local star's life zone. It has a thin atmosphere that is saturated with water vapor from its substantial oceans.


Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]

Jerez has substantial oceans, but no ice caps. The average temperature at the poles is 20C, and the average temperature at the equator is 54oC. The southern pole hosts a large continent, which is convenient.

Mainworld Map[edit]

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms[edit]

Some slow-growth plant species exist across the surface.

History & Background / Dossier[edit]

No information yet available.

World Starport[edit]

Jerez has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few 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 a downport. Jerez' downport is located at the southern pole at the exact pole. As a class E starport, it provides unprocessed fuel from local water. There is a maintenance hangar, but it is home to a skeleton crew of mechanics who charge a premium for any service.

World Technology Level[edit]

Jerez possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.

  • Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
  • Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
  • Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
    • Land: Advanced automobiles.
    • Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
    • Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
    • Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government[edit]

Jerez is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions in the government. These positions are inherited by member of the group or their family members. The organization may be monarchy, with titles passed to family members. Or a plutocracy where inheritance of the family fortune includes government position. Or the organization may be more typical organization with positions of power inherited.

World Law Level[edit]

Jerez has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Machine guns, other automatic weapons, portable energy weapons, and other military weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Military[edit]

No information yet available.

World Economy[edit]

Subsistence.

Trade Data[edit]

Some trader stop here on occasion and trade for specialty plants and adventure VR media materials: "Alone on Jerez", "Jerez Cooking".

World Demographics[edit]

Humaniti 100%

World Culture[edit]

The population is a small colony here because they do not like where they came from and want to live away from those locations. They get along internally, but will opine loudly on how they hate topic X on world Y.

World Language/s[edit]

Anglic

Urbanization[edit]

Jerez Colony is a collection of T-8 buildings near a inland sea near the southern pole.

Historical Data[edit]

Jerez has existed for at least 200 years as a colony, with continuous immigration bolstering its sparse birth rate.

World Timeline[edit]

No information yet available.

UWP Listing[edit]

E 6 3 6 2 3 3 – 8

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