Parade (world)

Parade/Hermes (Daibei 0940)
Classic Era (1116)	A5458AA-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 8 Moderate (400 million) Government A Charismatic Dictator Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M2 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	3

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Parade is a pre-agricultural, pre-Industrial world with a moderate population of over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts.

• It requires significant imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• Its economy and population are growing and living conditions are expected to slowly improve barring outside forces.
• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or above the standard for Charted Space.
• This is a "Puzzle" world designated as an Amber Zone. Caution is advised since the world has an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that are not well understood and might be a danger to a visitor.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Hermes Subsector of Daibei Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Parade has a solitary primary star.

Parade
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

System Importance (Ix)

This world has an Importance Extension (Ix): of 2 (Ordinary).

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Parade 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)

Parade has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. While the thin 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)

Parade has 45-55% of its surface covered by liquid water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

Due to proximity to the industrial center of Oifuerr (Daibei 1637), the Parade shipyards have done significant Starship construction using high-tech robots.

World Starport (Sp)

Parade 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 Solomani Starport Authority employee population is approximately 33,840 sophonts.

World Population (P)

Parade has a population of 400,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

World Demographics

• Humaniti, population 100%

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used here:

• Core Anglic: A major dialect of one of the two official languages of the Third Imperium, and an official language of the Solomani Confederation.
  • Daibei Anglic is also influenced by Rim Anglic.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium and a language with a long history in the region.

World Government (G)

Parade is governed by a Charismatic Dictatorship. Charismatic governments justify their ability to rule by simply asserting their right to rule. Charismatic dictatorships are typically young governments, coming as a recent change, and rely on the leader(s) to supply head of government.

World Law Level (L)

Parade has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. A few worlds with this law level may be a Red Zone and others will be an Amber Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors).

World Technology Level (TL)

Parade possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-3.

World Military

This world has a Battalion Equivalent figure of 120.

• This equates to approximately 60,000 sophonts under arms in an active or reserve capacity.

World Economy (Ex)

The world's economic measurements are: ( E 7 C +4 )

• Resources: E (Extremely abundant)
• Labor: 7 (Tens of millions)
• Infrastructure: C (Very extensive)
• Efficiency: 4 (Advanced)
• Economic Extension: 37
• Resource Units: 4704

Trade Data

Trade Classifications for this world:

• Pa-Pre-Agricultural World
• Ph-Pre-High Population World
• Pi Pre-Industrial World
• Pz-Puzzle World
• Ht-High Tech World

Trade Lines with other worlds:

• This world has a yellow line feeder route with the nearby world of Sharn.
• This world has a green line intermediate route with the nearby world of Akludu and Parsifal.
• This world has a cyan line main route with the nearby world of Gawain and Harp.

World Culture (Cx)

The world's cultural characteristics are: [ A A 7 E ]

• Homogeneity: A (Discordant)
• Acceptance: A (Very friendly)
• Strangeness: 7 (Confusing)
• Symbols: E (Extremely abstract)

Urbanization

No information yet available.

World Infrastructure

This world possesses very extensive infrastructure.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

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• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science