Phlume (world)

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Phlume/Vilis (Spinward Marches 1611)
Classic Era (1116)
C887624-8
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g)
Atmosphere8 Dense
Hydrographics7 Wet World 70%
Population6 Moderate (7 million)
Government2 Participating Democracy
Law4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons)
Tech Level8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G5 V M8 V
Planetoid Belts 1
Gas Giants 0
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Phlume is a rich, agricultural, nonindustrial garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most sophonts and high-grade living conditions due to a bustling 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.
  • This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
  • Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
  • It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Vilis Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector in the Domain of Deneb.
  • This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
  • Phlume is a member of the Spinward Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

Stars[edit]

Phlume is a binary star system.

  • The primary is a yellow main sequence.
  • The secondary is a red main sequence.

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Binary Solar System

Phlume Binary Star System
Primary
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G5 V Main Sequence 0.98 5600 - 5660 0.93173
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0091 0.0801 0.91 - 1.63 0.91 9.1
Orbit #  *  * 3 3 7
Remarks None
Companion
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M8 V Main Sequence 0.085 2420 - 2570 0.00018
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0011 0.0011 0.01 - 0.03 0.11 1.1
Orbit #  *  *  * 0 3
Remarks None

System Data[edit]

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

Mainworld Data[edit]

Phlume is about the same size as Terra but has a denser atmosphere at sea level. Phlume’s 7 million inhabitants engage in farming and gathering agricultural products, including some hunting. A well-managed safari business also operates in the wild lowlands, but strict limits are set on the numbers of animals which may be hunted.

Mainworld Size (S)[edit]

Phlume is a Meso World between 12,000km and 13,500km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.8G and 1.1G. The horizon will appear about 5.1km away. Vessels with 1G of thrust should check with local starport authorities before attempting to land using emergency power.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]

Phlume has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]

Phlume has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

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Mainworld Geography and Topography[edit]

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

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(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

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Phlume society celebrates individual freedom and moral responsibility, and is less interested in strangers or progress.

In 1100 the Battle Cruiser Lariinaan was lost with all hands on patrol in the Phlume system, three weeks out of a refit on Denotam (Spinward Marches 1413).

World Starport (St)[edit]

Phlume has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which includes 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]

Phlume has a population of 7,000,000 sophonts (millions).

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

Linguistic Topography[edit]

The following languages are most commonly heard:

World Technology Level (T)[edit]

Phlume 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 (G)[edit]

Phlume 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 write the policies voted on. Leadership of the government and all members of the bureaucracy are determined by voting population.

World Law (L)[edit]

Phlume has a moderate law level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. Light assault weapons, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Arms of the Barons of Phlume
(House Heulcyn-Aadarkhi)

Imperial Landed Nobility[edit]

Phlume, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of two members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.

Trade Data[edit]

  • Importance: 0 (unimportant)

World Economy[edit]

  • Resources: 9 (moderate)
  • Labor: 5 (hundreds of thousands)
  • Infrastructure: 4 (very limited)
  • Efficiency: -2 (fair)

World Culture[edit]

  • Heterogenity: 4 (harmonious)
  • Acceptance: 6 (aloof)
  • Strangeness: 3 (somewhat typical)
  • Symbols: 6 (somewhat concrete)

World Timeline[edit]

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey[edit]

1611 Phlume (Imperial)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 7,874 miles (12,600 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 71%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 7.22 million.
Government: Athenian-style democracy.
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 8.
World Trade Number: 3.5.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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