Kosice (world)

Kosice/NewSun (Crucis Margin 1514)
Classic Era (1116)	A544899-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 8 Moderate (700 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K5 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	0

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Kosice is a pre-agricultural, pre-Industrial world with a moderate population of over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts.

• It requires significant imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• Its economy and population are growing and living conditions are expected to slowly improve barring outside forces.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the NewSun Subsector of Crucis Margin Sector.

Description (Astrography and Planetology)

Stellar Data

Kosice has a solitary primary star.

Kosice
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.7	4300 - 4440	0.28697
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0065	0.0444	0.56 - 1.01	0.65	6.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Kosice is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Kosice has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. While the thin atmosphere does not require survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Kosice has 35-45% of its surface covered by liquid water. There will be a number of small seas or one larger body of water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

History & Background (Dossier)

In 990, Kosice was home to around 90 million people, ruled by a rather oppressive and stifling government. By 1105, the population has reached 700 million.

Kosice is the site of several ruins of indeterminate but considerable age. These ruins vary from primitive hill forts to quite advanced cities showing clear signs that gravitic technology was in use. Who built these cities is unknown; possibly a Droyne population who may have degenerated into the planet's Chirpers. Another possibility is the Kafoe, whose origins are unclear but whose current worlds are located within this subsector.

World Starport (Sp)

Kosice 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)

Kosice has a population of 700,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

World Demographics

Kosice has a fairly large Chirper population; well over 3 million live in the wilder areas, especially in the temperate uplands. For the most part, the Chirpers avoid contact with Humans.

World Government (G)

Kosice is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

World Law Level (L)

Kosice has a high law level with laws covering many areas of interactions of people, corporations, and the government. A few worlds with this law level may be Amber Zones. Any interaction with the judicial system requires an Advocate trained in the local legal system. Law enforcement is present almost everywhere, either as people or via technology. Legal proceedings can take weeks to months to resolve and involve a dozen or more people. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (outside private residences or visiting starships).

World Technology Level (TL)

Kosice possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land & Water: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
  • Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
  • Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-1.

World Economy

Kosice has the resources and the population to become an economic power in the region, but it lacks entrepreneurial spirit and the will to change its situation. The major exports of Kosice are agricultural products and starships, the latter built to order in the world’s small orbital yards.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Classic Traveller Judges Guild Crucis Margin
• T20 QuikLink Interactive Gateway to Destiny