Weil (world)

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Weil/Siridor (Mavuzog 1516)
Classic Era (1116)
B786886-8
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere8 Dense
Hydrographics6 Wet World 60%
Population8 Moderate (900 million)
Government8 Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns)
Tech Level8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G0 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 4

Weil is a pre-agricultural, moderate population rich garden world with over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts.

  • Garden worlds are known for their near-ideal utopian environments conducive to most sophonts, plants, animals, and other forms of life.
  • It is a pre-agricultural world with an environment suitable for large scale agricultural and livestock industries that have not yet been widely developed.
  • This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
  • Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
  • This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
  • It is a subject world of the Korsumug Empire located in the Siridor Subsector of Mavuzog Sector.
  • About 90% of the population is composed of baseline humans.
  • About 10% of the population is composed of Jaibok.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

Stellar Data[edit]

Weil has a solitary primary star.

  • It is a yellow main sequence named Proxus.

Stellar Data[edit]

Weil has a solitary primary star.
Proxus
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G0 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 1.06 5860 - 5930 1.22623
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0102 0.0918 1.04 - 1.83 1.02 10.2
Orbit #  *  * 4 3 7
Remarks

System Data[edit]

A diagram indicating the positions of all of the major worlds and satellites in the system. Distances are noted in AU.

Jump Shadow[edit]

The Jump Shadow of the star lies at 0.958 AU. The mainworld orbits beyond the safe jump distance.

Mainworld Data[edit]

Weil has been designated the mainworld.

Mainworld Size (S)[edit]

Weil is a Meso World between 10,400km and 12,000km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.7G and 0.9G. The horizon will appear about 4.7km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]

Weil 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]

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

Satellites:[edit]

1x tiny cratered vacuum planetoid named Sparrel, orbiting at 7 diameters

1x small very thin atmosphere moon named Jorgan, orbiting at 35 diameters

  • Jorgan is a colony of Weil, with tens of millions of inhabitants.

Mainworld Geography & Topography[edit]

A simple map of Weil, showing the oceans and seas, the major landmasses, highland regions, and the polar icecaps.

  • The world is in the midst of an ice age, with sea-ice, tundra, and glaciation extending into the temperate regions.

World Map Weil Basic 2.png

Native Lifeforms[edit]

Extensive, abundant native life. Their metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

  • The world is home to many species of cold-tolerant megafauna.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Weil is a rich garden world, with exotic native lifeforms filling every available ecological niche.

  • The world is in the midst of an ice age.

The system is under Jaibok military occupation.

  • An active resistance movement is fighting the Korsumug invaders.

The Korsumug Immortal Legion Fleet patrols the system.
Fleet Counter 1.png
The standard of the Immortal Legion Fleet.

World Starport[edit]

Weil 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 Population (P)[edit]

Weil has a population of 900,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

World Demographics[edit]

  • Human, 90%
  • Jaibok, 10%; all occupation troops born into the role.

Linguistic Topography[edit]

  • Galanglic
    • Siri: A dialect local to the region, the most commonly spoken language within the system.
  • Kors

World Technology Level[edit]

Weil possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.

  • Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
  • Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
  • Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
    • Land: Advanced automobiles.
    • Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
    • Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
    • Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government[edit]

Weil 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.

  • A Jaibok military governor oversees the world.
Korsumug Structure.png

This world is part of the Imperial Korsumug Provinces.

World Law[edit]

Weil has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Military[edit]

Jaibok occupation forces.

  • Local militia forces work alongside the Korsumug troops. They are generally disliked.

World Economy[edit]

  • Resources: C (Very abundant)
  • Labor: 7 (Tens of millions)
  • Infrastructure: 6 (Limited)
  • Efficiency: +2 (Good)

Trade Data[edit]

No information yet available.

World Culture[edit]

  • Homogeneity: 6 (Harmonious)
  • Acceptance: 9 (Friendly)
  • Strangeness: 8 (Very confusing)
  • Symbols: 6 (Somewhat concrete)

Historical Data[edit]

No information yet available.

World Timeline[edit]

No information yet available.

UWP Listing[edit]

No information yet available.

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