Parida (world)

Parida/Vandir (Crucis Margin 1304)
Classic Era (1116)	B578510-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 5 Moderate (200 thousand) Government 1 Company/Corporation Law 0 No Law Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K5 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	5

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Parida is an agricultural, nonindustrial world still lacking adequate means to expand its 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.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Vandir Subsector of Crucis Margin Sector.

• This world has colonies at:
  • Chitek
  • Lorne

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Parida has a solitary primary star.

Parida
	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

History & Background (Dossier)

As of 1116, Parida is facing a decision about its future. Its colony worlds of Chitek and Lorne are under threat from the Mische Conglomerate and the Principality of Souris respectively. If Parida joins the Mische Conglomerate, its ownership of three worlds will gain it multiple positions on the Conglomerate's board, but it will lose its sovereignty. If it remains independent it faces losing its two colony worlds to powers it cannot fight politically or militarily. Souris has made it clear they have little interest in having Parida join them politically.

World Starport (Sp)

Parida 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)

Parida has a population of 200,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

World Technology Level (T)

Parida 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 Government (G)

Parida is governed by a Corporate Polity, having a single corporation with a typical corporate structure as a government. Essentially, this is a "company town" (or world). The typical corporate-run world usually has a single purpose. Examples include mining, agriculture, or other kinds of resource extraction. But rather than a simple base of operations, there are facilities for housing workers and their families, including hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure. How, or if, the children of the workers are incorporated into the workforce varies with companies. The corporation running the world may be a subsidiary of a larger interstellar corporation.

World Law (L)

Parida has no law in practice. It is an Anarchy. On many worlds, this by itself justifies an Amber Zone advisory. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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