Laputa (world)

Laputa/Kukulkan (Solomani Rim 2740)
Classic Era (1116)	A7559D9-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 9 High (8 billion) Government D Religious Dictatorship Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K2 V M6 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	4

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Laputa is a high-population garden world with a billion or more sophonts in population size and a near-ideal utopian environment conducive to most sophonts.

• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Kukulkan Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector.

• This world has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
• This world has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.
• Laputa is part of the Thetis-Laputa Coalition, a powerful trade alliance.

Description (Planetology)

This is a Terran Norm garden world .

Stellar Data

Laputa has two stars in the star system.

Laputa
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.82	4830 - 5100	0.49928
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0073	0.0586	0.7 - 1.26	0.73	7.3
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
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Laputa
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M6 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.102	2740 - 2810	0.00034
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0013	0.0015	0.02 - 0.04	0.13	1.3
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2740 Laputa (Solomani Subsector Capital)

Starport: Class V - Naval base.

Diameter: 7,100 miles (11,400 km). Gravity: 0.84g.
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 48%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 8.0 billion.
Government: Theocracy.
Control Level: 6.
Tech Level: 11.
World Trade Number: 5.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

Laputa is an important and high-population garden world, containing a Confederation naval base and serving as the subsector capital.

Trade between other worlds of the Kukulkan Subsector and the Palermo Cluster to rimward typically goes by way of Laputa, then Palmyra IV.

World Starport

Laputa 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.

• There is an associated Confederation Naval Base.

World Culture

Laputa is a high-technology world where cybernetics are common. The pursuit of transcendence through technological advancement has become a near-religion, though the Solomani Party uses these augments as instruments of social control.

References

{{Sources | John Harshman. The Solomani Rim (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), 40. (UWP) | Jon F. Zeigler. Rim of Fire (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 126. | David L. Pulver. Solomani Rim (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 111}.