Sphere (world)

Sphere/Unknown (Nooq 3201)
Classic Era (1116)	AYB0B72-9 Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size Y Error in Size Decode Atmosphere B Exotic (corrosive) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population B High (500 billion) Government 7 Balkanization Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K6 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	4

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Sphere is a poor, high-population desert world, with a billion or more sophonts struggling to survive in a inhospitable environment.

• This world has no free-standing water.
• It is an unclaimed Non-Aligned world located in the Unknown Subsector of Nooq Sector.

• It is in Subsector D (Unknown Subsector name) of the Nooq Sector.
• Nearly 100% of the population is composed of the Inheritors.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The mainworld is a megastructure, an incomplete scaffolding orbiting the primary.

Stellar Data

Sphere has a solitary primary star.

Sphere
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K6 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.69	4100 - 4300	0.27288
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0062	0.0433	0.53 - 0.99	0.62	6.2
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks

Point of Interest: Sphereworld

Between -310,000 and -290,000, the Ancients are thought to have created the incomplete Sphereworld which later became home to the Inheritors. They also constructed other megastructures in Charted Space, including a multiworld Rosette at Tireen (Knaeleng 2910) in the Vargr Extents, and an unfinished Ringworld at Leenitakot (Hinterworlds 1432).

History and Background

World Starport (Sp)

Sphere has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)

Sphere has a population of 300,000,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets. Worlds with this many sophonts are extremely rare, and can easily account for the majority of a sector's population.
• The population consists of Inheritors.

Urbanization

The inhabited portion of the sphereworld possesses almost no gravity and a hydrogen-fluorine-sulfur tetrachloride atmosphere, maintained at a pressure of 0.9 with a temperature of 150°C.

World Government (G)

Sphere has a Balkanized Government. There is no central world government. The world has several governments competing for control of the world. These may be allies, cooperating, competitors, or at war with each other.

• The population of the sphereworld is estimated at about 3 million nests. Relations between these nests run the gamut from friendly trade and alliance to open warfare. For the last three centuries, about a tenth of the known Inheritor nests have been united in a relatively stable confederation, the Circle of the Sphere.

World Law Level (L)

No information yet available.

World Technology Level (TL)

Sphere possesses a Technology Level of TL–9.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics and satellite communication and data networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fusion power.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Ultra high-speed trains and early grav vehicles.
  • Water: High efficiency sailcraft, multihulled seacraft, improved artificial gills.
  • Air: Tiltrotorcraft, exotic VTOL's, PARWIG, and rocket-assisted suborbitals.
  • Space: SSTO spacecraft, early military spacecraft (System Craft), and interstellar STL starships
  • FTL: Prototype Jump Drive-1.

References

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• Dave Nilsen, David L. Pulver, Andy Slack, David Thomas. Alien Races 3 (Steve Jackson Games, 2000), 128.