Sharleda (world)

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Sharleda/Cotan (Empty Quarter 2412)
Milieu 1116
C564698-4
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere6 Standard
Hydrographics4 Wet World 40%
Population6 Moderate (6 million)
Government9 Impersonal Bureaucracy
Law8 High Law (controlled blades)
Tech Level4 Industrial (combustion)
See also UWP
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System Details
Primary K5 V M4 V
Worlds 8
Gas Giants 3
Planetoid Belts 2
Cultural Details
Government Impersonal bureaucracy
Law Level High
Cultural Extension 6654
Army Size (BEs) 100
Economic Details
Technology Level 4
Economic Extension
854+1
Resources8Moderate
Labor5Moderate (600 thousand)
Infrastructure4 Very limited
Efficiency+1Average
Importance Extension 0
Resource Units 3
GWP (BCr) 160
World Trade Number 3
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 0
Starport Details
Classification Class-C
Port Size 0
Building Capacity (Tons) 6,899
Port employees 0
Port passengers (annual) 0

Sharleda is a rich and agricultural production world with a shirt-sleeve atmosphere and a balance of available surface water. The system supports a population in the millions of sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This is a low technology world with technology competency below the standard for Charted Space. It is a member of Julian Protectorate in the Cotan Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Hegemony of Lorean.

Astrography and Planetology[edit]

This world is part of the Cotan Cluster.

Stellar Data[edit]

Sharleda has two stars in the star system.
Sharleda
Solitary K Type.jpg 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
Sharleda
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M4 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.23 3110 - 3210 0.00584
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0025 0.0063 0.08 - 0.16 0.25 2.5
Orbit #  *  * 0 0 5
Remarks

History and Background[edit]

Sharleda is a rich world known for its agricultural exports. Home to eight million sophonts, the system itself is a shining star in the Cotan Cluster. Despite its Rich trade classification, Sharleda’s lower tech level prevents it from being a true powerhouse in subsector and Hegemony politics. Treated more as a coveted possession by offworld interests than respected as a world in its own right, the local governments of the once balkanized world have recently united in a state of corporate feudalism, where merchant houses and political power go hand-in-hand, and renounced all offworld claims. Needless to say, numerous offworld interests are not happy with the recent change in the status quo. The people of Sharleda openly bear weapons of various and sundry types as trained militia prepared to repel off-world invaders within the limits of their primitive technology.

World Starport (Sp)[edit]

Sharleda 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.

Linguistic Topography[edit]

The following languages are the most commonly used here:

  • Arzulan: A series of largely related languages granted state recognition by the Lorean Hegemony.
    • Various local languages may be heard, but have no support from the Lorean government.

World Timeline[edit]

These are some of the more important historical events that have affected this world and the surrounding region:

  • 814: The Third Imperium and the Arzula authorities forge a trading agreement, leading to the creation of the Deep Space Stations of the Saeghvung-Turley-Exile Run, crossing the Lesser Rift in Empty Quarter Sector.
  • 822-835: Much of Arzul Sector is conquered by the Arzula.
    • 835-860s: The Blighted War drains the Arzula's nascent Hegemony as it tries to conquer five subsectors.
  • 864: The modern Hegemony of Lorean is founded, starting out as a 'trade and aid' group of interstellar traders centred on a cluster of high-population systems dominating Mycocona Subsector.
    • The great success of this trade coalition leads to a sharp rise of economic and then military power.
  • 869-870: The repressive methods of the Hegemony, and the refusal of local resistance to buckle, leads to the Era of Horror in parts of coreward Empty Quarter Sector, as the Hegemony responds with undue cruelty against its enemies.
  • 872: The worlds of Kotsfa Subsector secede from the Hegemony, defying efforts to stop them.
    • Further disintegration is only prevented with the suicide of the Hegemon and radical economic reforms introduced by his successor.
  • 933-936: The defection of the Damlaer Union from the Julian Protectorate to the Hegemony leads to the Lorean Strikes. Failed military action leads to a major political crisis within the Protectorate.
  • 940: As part of this political upheaval, the government of the Ikonaz Sphere collapses, replaced by the Rukadukaz Republic.
  • 942: The Protectorate and the Hegemony formally sign the Treaty of Var-Inaka (restricting naval basing) and the Julian Concord, incorporating the Hegemony into the Julian Protectorate.

UWP Listing[edit]

UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)

References and Contributors[edit]

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