Tuwayk (world)

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Tuwayk/Gulf (Deneb 0339)
Milieu 1116
B672843-A
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g)
Atmosphere7 Standard (tainted)
Hydrographics2 Dry World 20%
Population8 Moderate (500 million)
Government4 Representative Democracy
Law3 Low Law (no automatic weapons)
Tech LevelA Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G8 V
Worlds 16
Gas Giants 1
Planetoid Belts 0
Cultural Details
Government Representative democracy
Law Level Low
Cultural Extension 5A27
Army Size (BEs) 150
Economic Details
Technology Level 10
Economic Extension
B7B-1
ResourcesBAbundant
Labor7Moderate (50 million)
InfrastructureB Very extensive
Efficiency-1Average
Importance Extension 2
Resource Units 762
GWP (BCr) 1,464
World Trade Number 5
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 38,792
Starport Details
Classification Class-B
Port Size 6
Building Capacity (Tons) 425,000
Port employees 10,785
Port passengers (annual) 29,000

Tuwayk has a tainted atmosphere and limited access to surface water, making it poorly suited to sophont habitation. The system has a population in the hundreds of millions, and it is suited to being a industrial world. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Gulf Subsector of Deneb Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Tuwayk, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and the fiefdoms of a marquis and a viscount. All three are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

Tuwayk (world)/Gulf (Deneb 0339)
New Era
A672943-D
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g)
Atmosphere7 Standard (tainted)
Hydrographics2 Dry World 20%
Population9 High (2 billion)
Government4 Representative Democracy
Law3 Low Law (no automatic weapons)
Tech LevelD Average Stellar (holo data)
See also UWP
Cultural Details
Government Representative democracy
Law Level Low
Cultural Extension 4B19
Army Size (BEs) 1000
Economic Details
Technology Level 13
Economic Extension
B8B-4
ResourcesBAbundant
Labor8Moderate (200 million)
InfrastructureB Very extensive
Efficiency-4Very poor
Importance Extension 4
Resource Units 581
GWP (BCr) 8,532
World Trade Number 5.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 111,986
Starport Details
Classification Class-A
Port Size 6
Building Capacity (Tons) 1,105,000
Port employees 10,835
Port passengers (annual) 109,200

Era: New Era

Tuwayk is an industrial, high-population hellworld with a billion or more sophonts, who struggle in an inhospitable environment.

  • Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes even hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often form intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
  • As an industrial world, this planet has well-developed manufacturing and processing industries. Manufactured goods are a major export item. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Gulf Subsector of Deneb Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

This world is part of the namesake Tuwayk Cluster.

Stellar Data[edit]

Tuwayk has a solitary primary star.
Tuwayk
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G8 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.94 5380 - 5480 0.80528
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0085 0.0744 0.87 - 1.54 0.85 8.5
Orbit #  *  * 3 2 7
Remarks

System Data[edit]

The system has one gas giant, named Yedden.

Mainworld Data[edit]

Tuwayk is an "inferno world", with an average summer temperature of 64 ° C and wide variation through the rest of the year.

Native Lifeforms[edit]

The animal and plant life of Tuwayk is generally independent and deadly.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Tuwayk rests in the backwaters of the Gulf Subsector, and its otherwise unimpressive economy was designed as an interstellar transport stop, providing fast exchange, refuel and service facilities.

World Starport (St)[edit]

Tuwayk 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.

World Government[edit]

No information yet available.

World Economy[edit]

Lurent planetoid ships may be found trading in the inner system; or else in the system's Oort clouds, refuelling.

World Demographics[edit]

No information yet available.

Historical Data[edit]

No information yet available.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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