Jacent (FH 2331) (world)

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Jacent/Sarudis (Far Home 2331)
Classic Era (1116)	B465665-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 6 Moderate (8 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G3 IV
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	2

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Jacent is a nonindustrial, rich, agricultural world with improving living conditions due to a bustling agro-economy.

• As an agricultural world, this world is a near-ideal environment for producing quality foodstuffs of plant, animal, and other forms. Quality foodstuffs are a major export commodity for this world.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• Its economy is bustling and an increase in living conditions is expected in the near future.
• It is a part of the Hell Worlds in the Sarudis Subsector of Far Home Sector, which is part of the Distant Fringe.

• This world-system has a Military Base, usually associated with military ground forces, which may be located on or off-world.
• This world is controlled by the Sath Alliance

Astrography and Planetology

No information yet available.

Jacent has a solitary primary star.

Jacent
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G3 IV	Subgiant		1.9	4900 - 5800	5.54
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.02494	0.19523	1.87 - 3.05	2.494	24.94
	Orbit #	*	0	5	5	8
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System data

No information yet available.

Mainworld data

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Mainworld geography and topography

No information yet available.

Native lifeforms

Jacent has extensive native life. Flora is abundant and foliage is typically green. Most higher forms of fauna follow a bilateral body pattern with a typical structure of HS-TB-LN-LL-T, supported by an internal support structure of fluid-filled sacs and with ichor internal fluids. Most animals have vision that falls within the RGB spectrum and hearing broadly similar to that of humans. Most species native to the world contain substances harmful to humans and should not be consumed. At best, they provide no nutritional value. At worst they are extremely toxic.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

World starport

Jacent 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 technology level

Jacent possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A 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: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
  • Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
  • Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-1.

World government

Jacent has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. This is a colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.

Jacent has been occupied by the Ka'sa Faction of the Sath Alliance. The former government, a Civil Service Bureaucracy, has been removed from power and all of its offices of state have been dissolved.

The human resistance are called the Jacentis and are headed by the Lumin, a council drawn from among surviving members of Jacent's former government.

World military

The Ka'sa have constructed a major military and naval base at Jacent.

World economy

The Descent Star Lane terminates at Jacent.

Much of the agricultural economy of Jacent is based the production of lumber. The local trees (and most other forms of native flora) produce toxic compounds that make their wood resistant to pests and rot, particularly when used in offworld projects. Plantations of trees centered on family farms and tended and harvested by automated systems are common within human areas. Though Jacent is self-sufficient in terms of food production, almost all food is grown in hydroponic facilities and is known for its blandness.

Trade data

WARNING: As of 5596AD–present Jacent is under the control of the Sath Alliance and is considered to be a WAR ZONE. The Ka'sa Sath have declared the system to be under their direct jurisdiction and OFF-LIMITS to all human vessels. The Sath occupation forces actively enforce the ban through naval patrols. Any travel within the system is considered an EXTREME RISK and a violation of any existing ship insurance policies. Any unauthorised surface landings on any body within the system are prohibited.

• Prepared lumber is almost always available as a commodity on Jacent.

• Luxury products of all kinds, including foodstuffs, are in demand.

World demographics

Population: 8,000,000

World culture

• Homogeneity: 7 (Discordant)
• Acceptance: 9 (Friendly)
• Strangeness: 5
• Symbols: C

Rumours persist of a group of "Ghost People" that exist in the deep outback of the world, who shun all contact with outsiders. Some speculate that they may be the descendants of the original human settlers who managed to escape the forcible depopulation of Jacent by the Second Confederation in 2646AD, or that they may be the descendants of people trapped on the world by the Voyagers during the Dark Age. Most likely, though, is that they are a tall tale.

Historical data

The site of an early human settlement, in place since ca 2350AD. Its main port was an orbital facility constructed as a private venture and became operational in 2410AD. The Jacent Incident took place in the system in 2468AD. The system was forcibly depopulated in 2646AD, during the Second Confederation.

The Confederation navy continued to maintain a presence in the Jacent system: it utilised the orbital facilities as a base for a task force charged with preventing human ships from leaving the Confederation. Interstellar traffic was known to pass by the system heading towards the worlds of the Pador-Aredian Cluster. During this time, the only permanent residents in the system consisted of the naval staff and their families aboard the station.

The task force clashed with a Sath armored reconnisance force in 2657AD, comprehensively defeating it in what became known as the Battle of Jacent. Confederation naval forces were finally withdrawn in 2701AD and the orbital port was abandoned, eventually burning up in the atmosphere sometime around 2850AD.

Human refugees fleeing the increasingly harsh Second Confederation found sanctuary in the system sometime around 3300AD. Sath scouting vessels passed through the system's outer fringe around 3400AD as they performed covert surveys of the human worlds. The population remained sparse during the time of the Third Confederation and the world became barren during the Dark Age and the depredations of the Voyagers.

The third (and to date permanent) wave of settlement came during the so-called Scavenger Season, when human settlers seeking new opportunities began a new settlement on the world. This is known to have been in place by 4750AD and has thrived since that time, with Jacent becoming a wealthy agricultural world.

During the Sath Diaspora of the mid-55th century large numbers of Sath displaced from the Sha'a Cluster settled regions of the world not claimed by humans. Their temporary camps became permanent communities, though they remained poor and often lacked even the most basic amenities. These Sath outposts frequently found themselves at odds with their human neighbours. In 5596AD the Ka'sa Faction of the Sath Alliance invaded Jacent on the pretext, among other things, of protecting the rights of these Sath communities.

World timeline

• ca 2350AD: Human pioneers found an outpost on Jacent
• ca 2410AD: Jacent Highport operational
• 2468AD: The Jacent Incident
• 2646AD: Jacent forcibly depopulated by the Second Confederation
• 2657AD: Battle of Jacent
• 2701AD: Confederation naval forces withdraw from the system
• ca 2850AD: Jacent Highport falls from orbit
• ca 3300AD: Humans active within the system
• ca 3400AD: Sath scouts pass through the system
• 3730 AD: Voyagers are active within the Distant Fringe. Jacent becomes barren
• ca 4750AD: Human settlement on Jacent
• ca 5450AD: Sath Diaspora. Large numbers of displaced Sath form communities on the world
• 5596AD: The Ka'sa occupy Jacent

UWP listing

No information yet available.

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science