Tuuttka (world)

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Tuuttka/Isi Ahto (Gushemege 2814)
Classic Era (1116)
A876623-9
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g)
Atmosphere7 Standard (tainted)
Hydrographics6 Wet World 60%
Population6 Moderate (9 million)
Government2 Participating Democracy
Law3 Low Law (no automatic weapons)
Tech Level9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M0 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 2

Tuuttka is an agricultural, nonindustrial world still lacking adequate means to expand its economy.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

Stellar Data[edit]

Tuuttka has a solitary primary star.

  • It is a red main sequence.
Tuuttka has a solitary primary star.
Tuuttka
Solitary M Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
M0 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.57 3770 - 3850 0.13982
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0055 0.031 0.39 - 0.74 0.55 5.5
Orbit #  *  * 2 1 6
Remarks None

System Data[edit]

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

Mainworld Data[edit]

Mainworld Size (S)[edit]

Tuuttka is a Meso World between 12,000km and 13,500km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.8G and 1.1G. The horizon will appear about 5.1km away. Vessels with 1G of thrust should check with local starport authorities before attempting to land using emergency power.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]

Tuuttka has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. While a Standard Atmosphere does not require 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 Hydrosphere (H)[edit]

Tuuttka has 55-65% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography[edit]

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

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(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

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In the first century of the Third Imperium, this world's orbital port was a major crossroads for traffic on the Gushemege trade routes.

At the time, the world itself was only occupied by a small mining operation due to lethal pathogens in the atmosphere, but in subsequent centuries defences and vaccines were developed, and full-scale settlement began.

World Starport (St)[edit]

Tuuttka 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.

  • The world is host to a Naval Base.
  • A key station at the downport is the Starport Agency, the Graytch government body that oversees starport operations, while the Immigration and Trade agencies also have a presence.
  • The startown is an extension of the facilities provided for the corporate and starport workers. There is a conglomeration of smaller companies and traders who maintain their own retail and leisure space, and this is often the best place to find cheap accommodation.

World Population (P)[edit]

Tuuttka has a population of 9,000,000 sophonts (millions).

  • This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
  • About 70% of the population is made up of Graytch.
  • Around 30% of the population consists of baseline humans, Lancians, and other sophonts.
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World Languages[edit]

The following languages are most commonly heard:

Urbanization[edit]

A typical Graytch structure has huge uprights taking the place of their homeworld's tree-trunks. Between these are strung pseudo vines and branches, the arrangement of which is a hallmark of Graytch designers.

World Technology Level (T)[edit]

Tuuttka 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.

World Government (G)[edit]

Tuuttka is governed by a Participatory Democracy where eligible voters determine laws and policy. What determines an eligible voter varies. There may be smaller councils or regional bodies to draft the policies voted upon. Leadership of the government and all members of the bureaucracy are determined by the voting population.

World Law (L)[edit]

Tuuttka has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Machine guns, other automatic weapons, portable energy weapons, and other military weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

  • In Graytch courts, a judicial board is established for each trial session, the board members drawn from the public at large. The board act as judge and jury, and also handle sentencing. The Agency of Justice appoints an advisor to ensure that all goes smoothly.
  • Graytch legal codes treat almost all crime as an example of mental illness, and hand out banishment as one of their most substantial punishments.

Imperial Landed Nobility (N)[edit]

Tuuttka, 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.

Trade Data[edit]

  • Importance: 1 (ordinary)

World Economy[edit]

  • Resources: A (abundant)
  • Labor: 5 (hundreds of thousands)
  • Infrastructure: 5 (limited)
  • Efficiency: -2 (fair)

The Graytch colonies have imported species of thay-tra from Liigash; these are used as beasts of burden, as well as for gene-production and non-destructive harvesting of their skins.

World Culture[edit]

  • Heterogenity: 3 (monolithic)
  • Acceptance: 7 (aloof)
  • Strangeness: 2 (typical)
  • Symbols: 6 (somewhat concrete)

World Timeline[edit]

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

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