Sperle (world)
| Sperle/The Borderland (Trojan Reach 2824) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | BA8A76A-7
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | F3 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sperle is a rich, oceanic water world.
- It is covered with very deep oceans of water with less than 1% of its land above sea level.
- The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 1% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
- This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
- The world has a rich and flourishing economy poised for continual growth and very attractive to immigrants.
- It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Borderland Subsector of Trojan Reach Sector.
- This world was colonized by and is controlled from Falcon.
Description (Planetology)[edit]
This world is located in the Borderland Cluster.
Stellar Data[edit]
Sperle has a solitary primary star. Sperle 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity F3 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 1.44 6670 - 6750 3.58318 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0147 0.157 1.7 - 2.94 1.47 14.7 Orbit # * 0 5 4 7 Remarks None
Stellar Data[edit]
The Elgae Belt is mined by ships owned or accredited by GeDeCo, and also numerous non-accredited independents. These are not barred from the mainworld highport, but receive no active support.
Mainworld Data[edit]
Mainworld Size (S)[edit]
Sperle is a Big World between 15,200km and 16,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 1.1G and 1.5G. The horizon will appear about 5.7km away. Vessels with only 1G of thrust should avoid landing on this world.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]
Sperle 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.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]
Sperle has 95-100% of its surface covered by liquid water with only a few islands and archipelagos. Wilderness refueling is possible. Such worlds are Water Worlds or Ocean Worlds.
Native Lifeforms[edit]
Primitive native life. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.
The most notable native lifeform is the "Sperle whale", huge amoeba-like clusters of single-celled organisms which can be processed into a variety of useful biochemicals.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Sperle is a non-aligned, rich ocean world located in the The Borderland Subsector of the Trojan Reach.
- Sperle is a captive government under the control of neighboring Falcon (2725).
The system is located on the Hierate Route, an important trade route connecting Aslan and Imperial space.
- However, because most Imperial escorts use a J-3 shortcut to Acrid (2722), Sperle is a prime system for pirate attacks.
World Starport (St)[edit]
Sperle has a Class B Starport, a good quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
- The single-structure downport is named Ellen Bransk Starport, supposedly for a historical explorer said to have mapped part of the Borderland.
World Population (P)[edit]
Sperle has a population of 90,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).
Urbanization[edit]
The population is clustered on several small island chains and in settlements on the seabed between them. The majority of transportation is by submarine or ocean-going ship, with heavylift dirigibles sometimes used for air travel. These are highly efficient due to Sperle's dense atmosphere
World Technology Level (T)[edit]
Sperle possesses a Technology Level of TL–7.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early video and early satellite communication networks.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fuel cells, solar energy, and geothermal power sources.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land: Improved automobiles, hovercraft, and bullet trains.
- Water: Hydrofoils and early triphibians.
- Air: Hang gliders and supersonic jets.
- Space: Deep space probes and interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
World Government (G)[edit]
Sperle is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.
World Law (L)[edit]
Sperle 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. A few worlds with this law level may be a Red Zone and others will be an Amber 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).
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com