Lod (world)

Lod/Florian (Beyond 2511)
Classic Era (1116)	A7668C9-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 8 Moderate (600 million) Government C Charismatic Oligarchy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G1 V M2 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	1

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Lod is a pre-agricultural, rich garden world with a moderate population of over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts.

• Garden worlds are known for their near-ideal utopian environments conducive to most sophonts, plants, animals, and other forms of life.
• It is a pre-agricultural world with an environment suitable for large scale agricultural and livestock industries that have not yet been widely developed.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• Its economy and population are growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• This world is also the overall capital of an interstellar government with the massive extra trade and prestige associated with that role.
• It is a member of the Monarchy of Lod in the Florian Subsector of Beyond Sector.
• This is a "Puzzle" world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor.
• This world has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships.
• This world has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Lod has two stars in the star system.

Lod
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.03	5770 - 5860	1.109
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0099	0.0873	1 - 1.75	0.99	9.9
	Orbit #	*	*	4	3	7
	Remarks
Lod
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Lod is a Meso World between 10,400km and 12,000km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.7G and 0.9G. The horizon will appear about 4.7km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Lod has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Lod has 55-65% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

World Topography and Geography

Four major continents break up the world ocean.

History & Background (Dossier)

Lod was settled in 631 by former Third Imperium citizens fleeing the aftermath of the Civil War. They were led by Leandra Miinilargi, former Countess Fornice.

World Starport

Lod 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 Naval Base, supporting the Royal Lod Space Force.

World Population (P)

Lod has a population of 600,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

World Technology Level

Lod possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B 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 & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-2.

World Government

Lod is governed by a Charismatic Oligarchy, like a charismatic dictatorship in that a larger group has asserted their right to rule. The group will likely have better rules of succession than a single dictator and may last longer, or may transition to a non-charismatic dictatorship.

• Lod has a very elitist society. Its nobles rule with relative impunity, subject only to the arbitrary authority of the monarch and royal ministries. The nobility consists of 16 duchies known also as the Major Houses, and more than 100 Minor Houses.

World Economy

Trade

The Gateway Consortium, a major commercial power within the Corellan League, maintains its own diplomatic staff and consular office on Lod.

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