Lauderdale (world)
| Lauderdale/Delsun (Banners 1336) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | C757120-8
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | F0 V M5 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lauderdale is a low-population garden world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts.
- It is a garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most forms of sophontic life.
- Both the population and economy of this world are expected to grow in the near future barring outside forces.
- It is a member of the Delsun Comagistrant located in the Delsun Subsector of Banners Sector.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]
Stellar Data[edit]
| Lauderdale | ||||||
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Type | Category | Mass (Sol) | Temperature (K) | Luminosity | |
| F0 V | Main Sequence (Dwarf) | 1.61 | 7020 - 7220 | 5.2953 | ||
| Unit | Diameter | Safe Distance | Habitable Zone | Jump Shadow | M-Drive Limit | |
| AU | 0.0161 | 0.1909 | 2.02 - 3.48 | 1.61 | 16.1 | |
| Orbit # | * | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | |
| Remarks | ||||||
| Lauderdale | ||||||
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Type | Category | Mass (Sol) | Temperature (K) | Luminosity | |
| M5 V | Main Sequence (Dwarf) | 0.162 | 2930 - 3060 | 0.00171 | ||
| Unit | Diameter | Safe Distance | Habitable Zone | Jump Shadow | M-Drive Limit | |
| AU | 0.0018 | 0.0034 | 0.04 - 0.09 | 0.18 | 1.8 | |
| Orbit # | * | * | * | 0 | 4 | |
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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
World Starport[edit]
Lauderdale has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.
World Population (P)[edit]
Lauderdale has a population of 40 sophonts (tens).
- This is a Low Population World and the population would be too low to sustain itself without significant outside assistance. This may represent a transient population such as the crew of a starship, the final survivors of a dying colony, an advance team setting up to receive colonists, or a small outpost where establishing a colony is not the primary objective.
World Technology Level[edit]
Lauderdale 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]
Lauderdale is governed by a Participatory Democracy where eligible voters determine laws and policy. What determines an eligible voter varies. There may be smaller councils or regional bodies to draft the policies voted upon. Leadership of the government and all members of the bureaucracy are determined by the voting population.
World Military[edit]
Ranger Squadron #4 of the Delsun Ranger Force is based here.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), TBD. (dotmap provided)
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com