Zypher (world)

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Zypher/Zhemi (Daibei 0122)
Classic Era (1116)	C78A646-A Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 6 Moderate (6 million) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K3 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Zypher is a rich, nonindustrial water world, which has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water.

• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• It has high-grade living conditions and life on this world is much admired by off-worlders.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Zhemi Subsector of Daibei Sector in the Domain of Ilelish.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This system is part of the Amoretti Group.

Zypher has a solitary primary star.

Zypher
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.78	4600 - 4830	0.41911
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.007	0.0537	0.65 - 1.18	0.7	7
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks		None

System Data

System:

• x2 Gas Giants
• x0 Planetoid Belts
• x5 Other Worlds

System Importance (Ix)

This world has an Importance Extension (Ix): of 1 (Ordinary).

• (The Importance Extension (Ix) ranks worlds within a region. It governs the locations of capitals and trade routes.)

Mainworld Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Size (S)

This world has a Planetary Size of 7.

• 11,200 km

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

This world 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)

This world has a Hydrosphere of A.

• 100 % of the world's surface is covered in liquid so it is classified as a Water World.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Imperial Landed Nobility (N)

This world, 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.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial baron.

World Starport (Sp)

This world has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

• The Starport Authority employee population is approximately 335 sophonts.

World Population (P)

This world has a Population rating of 6.

• App. 2,000,000 sophonts

World Demographics

Humaniti, population 100%

World Government (G)

This world is governed by a Representative Democracy where government leadership is by representatives elected by eligible voters. What determines an eligible voter varies. The representatives determine policy, including selecting members of the bureaucracy. There can be referenda, votes by eligible voters on specific subjects.

World Law Level (L)

This world has a Law Level of 6.

• All firearms except shotguns prohibited

World Technology Level (TL)

This world 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 Military

This world has a Battalion Equivalent figure of 15.

• This equates to approximately 7,500 sophonts under arms in an active or reserve capacity.

World Economy (Ex)

The world's economic measurements are: ( A 5 5 +1 )

• Resources: A Abundant
• Labor: 5 Hundreds of thousands
• Infrastructure: 5 Limited
• Efficiency: 1 Average
• Economic Extension: 21
• Resource Units 250

Trade Data

Trade Classifications for this world:

• Ni-Non-Industrial World
• Ri-Rich World
• Wa-Water World

Trade Lines with other worlds:

• This world has a red line minor route with the nearby world of Luna.
• This world has a yellow line feeder route with the nearby world of Shinnar.

World Culture (Cx)

The world's cultural characteristics are: [ 5 7 4 9 ]

• Homogeneity: 5 Harmonious
• Acceptance: 7 Aloof
• Strangeness: 4 Somewhat distinct
• Symbols: 9 Somewhat abstract

World Language/s

• Anglic
• Vilani (language)

Urbanization

No information yet available.

World Infrastructure

This world possesses limited infrastructure.

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

UWP: C78A646-A

• Starport C Routine
• Size 7 11,200km
• Atmosphere 8 Dense
• Hydrosphere A Water World
• Population 6 Millions
• Government Type 4 Representative Democracy
• Law Level 6 All firearms except shotguns prohibited
• Technology Level A Interstellar community

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Gary L. Thomas. "Daibei Sector: Library and Map." The Travellers' Digest 15 (1989): 22-25.
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• David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), TBD.
• 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