Shining Face (world)

Shining Face/Rom's Loch (Yiklerzdanzh 2836)
Classic Era (1116)	D5657DI-A Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 7 Moderate (30 million) Government D Religious Dictatorship Law I Error in Law Decode Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G8 V
Planetoid Belts	5
Gas Giants	9

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Shining Face is an agricultural world.

• 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 is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Rom's Loch Subsector of Yiklerzdanzh Sector.

• 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 "Puzzle" world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Shining Face has a solitary primary star.

• It is a yellow main sequence.

Shining Face has a solitary primary star.

Shining Face
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.94	5380 - 5480	0.80528
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0085	0.0744	0.87 - 1.54	0.85	8.5
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	7
	Remarks		None

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• An unknown number of secondary rocky worlds.
• x5 planetoid belts.
• x9 gas giants, in three groups of three.

There are three groups of gas giants in the outer system, each consisting of a large central gas giant world with two small gas giant companions.

• The companion gas giants orbit their central world once every few days.
• Intense gravitational and tidal forces are in play among these worlds, making navigation hazardous.
• None of these gas giant groupings retain any rocky moons.

It is widely agreed that such groupings of worlds are not likely to have occurred naturally. However, to date, no plausible explanation for their formation has been offered.

Mainworld Data

The mainworld orbits within the star's Habitable Zone.

• It lies within the zone's prime H region.
• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Shining Face is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Shining Face has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.

• It experiences moderate temperatures.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Shining Face has 45-55% of its surface covered by liquid water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

• The continental interiors are dominated by plains and steppes.
• The world's large moon causes high tidal ranges.

Satellites

Shining Face retains a single large vacuum moon.

• It orbits once every few days.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

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

(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)

Native Lifeforms

Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

History & Background (Dossier)

Shining Face is a Puzzle World and is designated as an Amber Zone. It presents particular risks and dangers due to the environment or native life forms, laws or customs, or other conditions that are not well understood.

• Visitors are advised to act with caution.

Shining Face is also known to its inhabitants as "Love of the Prophets", having been dominated and governed by the Lord of Light religion since first colonised. The main tenants of the faith are that the great prophets of the old Human religions were all reincarnations of the same soul, sent to Humaniti to proclaim God's word. The current Council of Great Elders believe that Shining Face has the largest concentration of true believers in space, which means that it will be the next place for the reincarnation of the inspired soul.

World Starport (St)

Shining Face has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Population (P)

Shining Face has a population of 30,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).

• The population are Human of both Imperial and Zhodani descent.

Linguistic Topography

The most widely spoken language is Zdetl.

World Technology Level (T)

Shining Face 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)

Shining Face is governed by a Religious Dictatorship. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy). There is a powerful independent organization, the state religion, which has influence or direct control of the government. Like the bureaucratic governments this may simply be a strong influence with a secular government, be direct influence by virtue of controlling who may be in the leadership, or be a direct theocracy where the church leadership and bureaucracy is the government.

• Governance is by the religious authorities of Lord of Light (the Council of Great Elders).

World Law (L)

Shining Face has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. Most worlds with this law level may be an Amber Zone or Red Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors). All aspects of life rigidly controlled with disproportionate punishments for even minor legal infractions. There is no difference between the police and the military. This world is a full-fledged police state. Oppression is legalized and routine.

Editor's note: the Law Level is actually "I", even more oppressive and strict than "H", according to surveys; this results in the Amber Zone rating for the mainworld.

World Culture

The world lies within the Zhodani Shadow, a region strongly influenced by the society and culture of the Zhodani Consulate.

World Timeline

• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Zhodani (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), IBC. (sector named but no further data)
• Author/s & Contributor/s: David Schneider & Grant Sinclair of the HIWG in Australia
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS