Powaza (world)

Milieu 1116 

Powaza/Rhylanor (Spinward Marches 3220) Milieu 1116 C787566-5 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 5 Moderate (300 thousand) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K4 V M2 V
Worlds	13
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	3
Cultural Details
Government	Captive government
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	4444
Army Size (BEs)	3
Economic Details
Technology Level	5
Economic Extension	743-2 Resources 7 Few Labor 4 Moderate (30 thousand) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	67
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Powaza is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other lifeforms. It supports a shirt-sleeve atmosphere and a balance of available surface water. The system hosts a population between 100 thousand and 1 million. The governance of this world is from Mora (Spinward Marches 3124). It is a member of Third Imperium in the Rhylanor Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Powaza, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and a baronet, and the fiefdom of a baron. All three are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. Powaza is an agricultural, nonindustrial, pre-rich garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most sophonts, but still lacks an adequate population to expand its economy to a rich status.

• 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.
• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• 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.
• This is a "low technology" world with technology competencies well below standard for Charted Space.
• The bright supergiant star Deneb is visible in the sky even during daylight hours.
• This world is controlled by Mora through a third party.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Powaza is a binary star system.

• The primary is an orange main sequence.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Powaza has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.73	4440 - 4600	0.33238
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0066	0.0478	0.58 - 1.07	0.66	6.6
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks		None
Companion
	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		None

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x7 secondary rocky worlds.
• x3 planetoid belts.
• x2 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Powaza orbits within the prime region of its star's habitable zone.

Mainworld Size (S)

Powaza 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)

Powaza 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.

• It experiences generally moderate temperatures.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

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

Mainworld Geography and Topography

»» Mainworld Map

(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

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

History & Background (Dossier)

Powaza was originally settled from Mora: in a complex arrangement, a subsidiary company of Spinward DevCorp, a part of the corporation's Tacaxeb operation, controls the world on behalf of Mora.

World Starport (St)

Powaza 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)

Powaza has a population of 300,000 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.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are most commonly heard:

• Riftian Galanglic, a regional dialect of one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Technology Level (T)

Powaza possesses a Technology Level of TL–5.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Electricity, hydrocarbon internal combustion, and the most fundamental atomic energy.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Ground cars or automobiles and tracked vehicles.
  • Water: Large ships and submersibles with steel hulls.
  • Air: Early aircraft including seaplanes and very early unmanned rockets.

World Government (G)

Powaza has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. This is a colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.

This world is controlled by a subsidiary company of Spinward DevCorp.

World Law (L)

Powaza has a moderate 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. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Powaza, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the estate and fiefdom of two members of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial Knight: The Honourable Knight of Powaza, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds contains the estate of an Imperial Baronet: The Baronet of Powaza.
• It holds contains the fiefdom of an Imperial Baron: His/Her Lordship the Baron of Powaza.

See: Nobles of Powaza

Trade Data

• Importance: -1 (unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: 7 (few)
• Labor: 4 (tens of thousands)
• Infrastructure: 3 (very limited)
• Efficiency: -2 (fair)

The economy of Powaza is primarily based around agricultural production and export.

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 4 (harmonious)
• Acceptance: 4 (extremely aloof)
• Strangeness: 4 (somewhat distinct)
• Symbols: 4 (concrete)

World Timeline

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

• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 589-604: First Frontier War.
• 604-622: the Civil War.
• 615-620: Second Frontier War.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
• 979-986: Third Frontier War.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
• 1082-1084: Fourth Frontier War, also known as the False War.
• 1107-1110: Fifth Frontier War.

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IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

3220 Powaza (Imperial)

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 6,619 miles (10,600 km).
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 73%.
Climate: Cool.
Population: 270,000.
Government: Captive/colony (Mora): (Corporate - Spinward Development Corp., as a subsidiary to the Tacaxeb operation).
Control Level: 2.
Tech Level: 6.
World Trade Number: 3.0.

References & Contributors / Sources

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

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• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 43. (UWP only)
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