Surogota (world)

Surogota/Nulinad (Empty Quarter 0231) Milieu 1116 C554557-6 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 5 Moderate (300 thousand) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	G9 V
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	3
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	5456
Army Size (BEs)	3
Economic Details
Technology Level	6
Economic Extension	743-1 Resources 7 Few Labor 4 Moderate (30 thousand) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	0
GWP (BCr)	76
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Surogota is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other lifeforms. The system has a population between 100,000 and 10 million sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Nulinad Subsector of Empty Quarter Sector and in the Domain of Antares. Surogota, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• This world was once known as Toyama.
• It is also sometimes misspelled as Surgota.
• It is the homeworld of the Xu’rokotani, a sophont species and minor race.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

No information yet available.

Surogota has a solitary primary star.

Surogota
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G9 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.9	5270 - 5380	0.69159
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0079	0.069	0.81 - 1.44	0.79	7.9
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	7
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System Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Surogota 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)

Surogota has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Surogota has 35-45% of its surface covered by liquid water. There will be a number of small seas or one larger body of water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

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

There is extensive flora and fauna, much of the latter dangerous to Humans.

Native Sophont (NIL): Surogotan

This is the homeworld of the Xu'rokotani, a sophont species and minor race. They have also been known as the Pikii (to the First Imperium) and the Surogotan (an Anglicized version of their native name).

History & Background (Dossier)

Ancient Ziru Sirka and Rule of Man records uncovered on Gudina (Empty Quarter 0334) led Imperial Scouts to rediscover the "Pikii" in 27 Imperial. The IISS decided to rename their homeworld Surogota -- an Anglicised version of the name the natives themselves used -- and the inhabitants as Surogotans. Fearing that settlers would enslave or destroy the low-tech insectoid species, the IISS advised Emperor Cleon to interdict the world in 30 Imperial. Scout fears were eventually proven to be unfounded: most the fauna of the system is quite dangerous, rendering the world unsuitable for settlement. The interdiction order was finally lifted in 51 Imperial.

Imperial Landed Nobility (N)

Surogota, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the fiefdom of a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversees affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial baron.

World Starport (Sp)

Surogota 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.

World Population (P)

Surogota has a population of 300,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).

• This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

World Demographics

• Xu'rokotani, population >= 95%
• Other sophonts <= 5%

World Languages

• Anglic: For official purposes
• Native languages
• Vilani: For official purposes

World Technology Level (TL)

Surogota possesses a Technology Level of TL–6.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fission power generation, advanced water and wind generation of electricity.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, early ATV's, and dedicated AFV's.
  • Water: Amphibious vehicles, improved submersibles, and early SCUBA gear.
  • Air: Early jet aircraft and rotorcraft VTOL's.
  • Space: Early unmanned rocket delivery systems and early manned orbital rockets.

World Government (G)

Surogota is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

World Military

No information yet available.

World Law Level (L)

No information yet available.

World Culture

The large "spiders" of Surogota have an indecipherable belief system. Most of their non-materialistic thought is actually expressed in genetic manipulation techniques, and in specialized, altered wildlife that seem to have a religious, or at least a numinous function. The Vilani of the conformity-demanding First Imperium taught them various rituals that they still sometimes perform before powerful Imperial officials. Watching large eight-legged beings conduct Ancestral Veneration rituals designed to be performed by bipedal Humans is... bizarre.

The best work on Surogotan beliefs is a series of Bwap scientific and sociological studies. Bwap Ritualists love order and see the universe organized much like a "Tree of Life", which seems to map more closely to Surogotan beliefs (grounded in genetic science and biology) than either Vilani reverence for dead Ancestors and repeated Tradition, or Solomani reverence for a transcendent God-King and a text of Divine Laws. Bwap surgeons have been known to discuss their Wapawab philosophy (or godless religion) with the Surogotans on Charity (Empty Quarter 0830) for hours at a time. The Surogotans can't seem to discuss their beliefs without referencing genetic structures, and nobody can figure out what these structures are supposed to represent. If the tightly-structured Bwap mind cannot change its foundational presuppositions, the Surogotans' vision of the spiritual is essentially non-communicable to outsiders. There is no Rosetta Stone, no bridge of understanding that can link the Surogotan mind and the Human (or Vargr, or Droyne, etc.) mind on this issue.

World Economy

No information yet available.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

World Infrastructure

This world possesses TBD infrastructure.

World Culture

No information yet available.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

UWP Changes (all dates are Imperial Calendar)

• T20 - 993 - Surogota 0231 C554557-6 Ag Ni Hw (Xu’rokotani) 123 Im
• CT - 1105 - Surogota 0231 C554557-6 Ag Ni 323 Im
• MT - 1125 - Surogota 0231 D554562-3 Ag Ni 123 La
• TNE - 1201 - Surogota 0231 X554542-4 Ag Ni 423 Wi

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Jason Kemp. "Gamma Quadrant of the Empty Quarter Sector- Nulinad Subsector." Stellar Reaches 01 (2005): 8. - UWP Only
• Jason Kemp. "Sector In Review: Empty Quarter 993." Stellar Reaches 05 (2006): 37. - UWP Only
• Alvin Plummer. "Maps and UWP’S for the Empty Quarter: 993, 1105, 1125, and 1201 Imperial." Stellar Reaches 17 (2011): 16. - UWP Only
• Alvin Plummer. "Data Dump: Updated Maps and UWPs for the Empty Quarter, 993 and 1105 Imperial." Stellar Reaches 19 (2012): 48. - UWP Only
• Alvin Plummer. "The Great Tribal Census of 993." Stellar Reaches 19 (2012): 5.
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