Scapa (world)

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Scapa/Nightrim (Reaver's Deep 2515)
Classic Era (1116)
B667784-A
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g)
Atmosphere6 Standard
Hydrographics7 Wet World 70%
Population7 Moderate (70 million)
Government8 Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons)
Tech LevelA Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G6 V M2 V
Planetoid Belts 3
Gas Giants 0

Scapa is a rich, agricultural garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most sophonts.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

This system is part of the Gerim Trace.

Binary Solar System[edit]

Scapa Binary Star System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Scapa

G6 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.97 5550 - 5600 0.89888
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0044 0.0786 0.91 - 1.61 0.44 4.4
Orbit #  *  * 3 1 6
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Scapa

M2 V

Secondary Main Sequence 0.44 3470 - 3560 0.0565
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0021 0.0197 0.25 - 0.48 0.21 2.1
Orbit #  *  * 1 0 4

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Scapa has become rich exporting foodstuffs to the nearby naval bases on Kaagin, St George and Shetland.

  • The civil service government is geared towards continuing these food exports.
  • The population of Scapa, as well as nearby Shetland, Kaagin, Sheffield and Gerim all trace back to one of the more successful Reaver Warlords.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility[edit]

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

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