Socorro (world)

Socorro/Thalia (Ustral Quadrant 2608)
Classic Era (1116)	D59079E-5 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 7 Moderate (70 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law E Extreme Law (police state) Tech Level 5 Industrial (mass production)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G3 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	3

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Socorro is a preindustrial hellworld with a challenging environment.

• The inhabitants of this world struggle to survive in the life-threatening environment of a desert hellworld.
• This world has little to no free-standing water.
• The world is a preindustrial one, which cannot produce adequate materials to maintain a modern, star-faring society. These items must be imported at considerable cost.
• This world has few easy prospects for significant economic development. The inhabitants of this world are searching for economic prospects capable of leading them to prosperity.
• 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.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Thalia Subsector of Ustral Quadrant Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

No information yet available.

Socorro has a solitary primary star.

Socorro
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.99	5680 - 5720	0.96544
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0093	0.0815	0.94 - 1.66	0.93	9.3
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks		None

System Data

System:

• 3 Gas Giants
• 0 Planetoid Belts
• 10 Other Worlds

Mainworld Data

Socorro has an Importance rating of -2 (Very unimportant).

• Importance Extension- -2
  • (The Importance Extension (Ix) ranks worlds within a region. It governs the locations of capitals and trade routes. )

Mainworld Atmosphere

Socorro has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. While a Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available

Mainworld Map

No information yet available

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

World Starport

Socorro 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 Technology Level

Socorro 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

Socorro is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

World Law Level

Socorro has a Law Level of E.

• Full-fledged police state

World Military

No information yet available

World Economy

Economics: ( 9 6 5 +2 )

• Resources-9 (Moderate)
  • (Resources are any materials available for processing and exploitation. They include natural resources, minerals, ores, metals, energy sources, biological assets, and any other materials of limited availability.)
• Labor-6 (Millions)
  • (Labor is the workforce available for the processing and exploitation of Resources.)
• Infrastructure-5 (Limited)
  • (Infrastructure is the established technical structures that support exploitation of resources. Infrastructure includes roads, power grids, communications, and factories.)
• Efficiency- 2 (Good)
  • (Efficiency reflects the current economic system, and includes sensible legal procedures, appropriate tariffs, customs promoting a balanced work ethic, rewards for merit, and social structures which match ability and job. Negative Efficiency is worse. Efficiency at -1 or less turn the RUs available negative: the Inefficiencies are so destructive as to make the economy a net drain. Such barriers represent a welfare state; cultural influences which do not value wealth, even physical limitations. On the other hand, since some economies have positive efficiencies: positive multipliers increasing available RU. )
• Economic Extension- 22
  • (The Economic Extension (Ex) is the strength of a world economy and provides basic insights into the economy’s structure and capabilities.)
• Resource Units- 540
  • (The world's budget.)

Trade Data

• De-Desert
• He-Hellworld
• Pi-Pre-Industrial
• Pz-Puzzle

World Demographics

Humaniti, population 100%

World Culture

Culture: [ B 5 9 9 ]

• Homogeneity-B (Discordant)
  • (Homogeneity is a measure of the degree to which members of society hold common beliefs. Members of very homogeneous cultures are in strong agreement on the fundamentals of society (usually basic rights, religion, and methods of interaction). Members of non-homogeneous cultures hold many different beliefs on the fundamentals of society.)
• Acceptance-5 (Very aloof)
  • (Acceptance is the degree of xenophobia ( or xenophilia ) in the culture. High Acceptance is evidenced by friendliness to outsiders and offworlders; Low Acceptance is characterized by fear or rejection of outsiders.)
• Strangeness-9 (Extremely confusing)
  • (Strangeness is the degree of difference from the norms of interstellar society. High Strangeness is evidenced by unusual or outwardly incomprehensible actions, statements, or responses in the course daily activity. Low Strangeness reflects activities close to interstellar norms.)
• Symbols-9 (Somewhat abstract)
  • (Symbols used by the culture may range from the concrete (idols; totems; statuary) to the abstract (symbolized belief systems; group affiliations).)

World Language/s

• Anglic
• Vilani (language)

Urbanization

No information yet available

World Infrastructure

Socorro possesses limited infrastructure

Historical Data

No information yet available

World Timeline

No information yet available

UWP Listing

D59079E-5

• Starport-D (Poor)
• Size-5 (8,000 km)
• Atmosphere-9 (Dense; Tainted)
• Hydrosphere-0 (Desert World)
• Population-7 (app. 70,000,000)
• Government Type-9 (Impersonal Bureaucracy)
• Law Level-E (Full-fledged police state)
• Technology Level-5 (Mass Production)

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