Kivu (Co 3129) (world)

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Kivu/Kivu (Corridor 3129)
Classic Era (1116)
A56567B-9
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere6 Standard
Hydrographics5 Wet World 50%
Population6 Moderate (6 million)
Government7 Balkanization
LawB Extreme Law (control of movement)
Tech Level9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary F5 V
Planetoid Belts 2
Gas Giants 2

Kivu (Co 3129) is a nonindustrial, rich, agricultural world with improving living conditions due to a bustling agro-economy.

  • As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
  • It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
  • This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
  • Its economy is bustling and an increase in living conditions is expected in the near future.
  • It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Kivu Subsector of Corridor Sector in the Domain of Vland.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

This world is located on the shore of the Great Rift.

Stellar Data[edit]

Kivu (Co 3129) has a solitary primary star.
Kivu (Co 3129)
Solitary F Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
F5 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 1.33 6350 - 6550 2.71319
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0137 0.1366 1.49 - 2.6 1.37 13.7
Orbit #  * 0 4 4 7
Remarks

Native Lifeforms[edit]

History and Background[edit]

Imperial Landed Nobility[edit]

Kivu (Co 3129), as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the fiefdom of a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversees affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

World Starport (St)[edit]

Kivu has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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