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Revision as of 01:57, 19 May 2025
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| Classic Era (1116) | B423868-B
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | K4 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Merat is a poor, non-agricultural and preindustrial moderate-population world with over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts in population size.
- 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 unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
- Life is trying on a world like this and inhabitants are constantly working towards developing a viable source of food production.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Chant Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
- This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
- This world was colonized by and is controlled from Rek-shons (world).
Astrography and planetology
Merat is a member of the Sylean Main.
Merat has a solitary primary star. Merat 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity K4 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.73 4440 - 4600 0.33238 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0066 0.0478 0.58 - 1.07 0.66 6.6 Orbit # * * 2 2 6 Remarks
History & Background (Dossier)
This world suffered collapse during the Long Night. The ruins of its First Imperium Vilani civilisation sit alongside the structures of the modern Imperium.
World Starport (St)
Merat 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.
- There is an associated Naval Base.
Linguistic Topography
The most commonly heard languages are:
- Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
- Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
References
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com