Vrirhlanz (world)

Vrirhlanz/Okhuemgir (Gzaekfueg 1635)
Classic Era (1116)	B657721-7 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 7 Moderate (30 million) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G4 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	4

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Vrirhlanz is an agricultural garden world with a near-ideal, utopian environment conducive to most sophonts.

• 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.
• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to incrementally rise barring outside forces.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by indigenous Sophonts located in the Okhuemgir Subsector of Gzaekfueg Sector.

• 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.
• This is the homeworld of the Hlanssai.
• 10% of the population consists of Vargr.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Vrirhlanz has a solitary primary star.

• It is a yellow main sequence.

Vrirhlanz has a solitary primary star.

Vrirhlanz
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.985	5660 - 5680	0.94848
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0092	0.0808	0.93 - 1.65	0.92	9.2
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks		None

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x3 secondary rocky worlds.
• x1 planetoid belt.
• x4 gas giants.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Vrirhlanz is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Vrirhlanz has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Vrirhlanz has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

The two primary landmasses on Vrirhlanz are Uzgez and Khukhu.

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

Native Lifeforms

Abundant native life occupying every available ecological niche. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

Although the Vargr have managed to cull a vast majority of the species that once hunted the Hlanssai, there are those which evaded them. One of the more notable predators is the Drans'ia, water-dwelling reptiles that return to land to hunt and build nests.

History & Background (Dossier)

Vrirhlanz is the homeworld of the Hlanssai, slender graceful humanoids covered in silky golden fur.

In prehistory, tectonic shifts created a "land bridge" between two continents, allowing a large number of different -- and frequently dangerous -- species to invade the territory of the proto-Hlanssai species. The resulting evolutionary pressure encouraged flexible, intelligent behaviour, demanding the ability to perceive situations quickly and in detail.

Hlanssai culture had achieved an elegant Bronze Age when the race was first contacted by the Vargr, and the systems they used changed only slightly in the centuries following.

World Starport (Sp)

Vrirhlanz 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.

• The primary port facility is Vrir Down.

World Population (P)

Vrirhlanz has a population of 30,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).

• Approximately 90% of the population is made up of Hlanssai.
• Around 10% of the population consists of Urzaeng Vargr.

World Technology Level (T)

Vrirhlanz possesses a Technology Level of TL–7.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early video and early satellite communication networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fuel cells, solar energy, and geothermal power sources.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, hovercraft, and bullet trains.
  • Water: Hydrofoils and early triphibians.
  • Air: Hang gliders and supersonic jets.
  • Space: Deep space probes and interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government (G)

Vrirhlanz is governed by a Participatory Democracy where eligible voters determine laws and policy. What determines an eligible voter varies. There may be smaller councils or regional bodies to draft the policies voted upon. Leadership of the government and all members of the bureaucracy are determined by the voting population.

Larger-scale organization for long-term aims is rare, generally only occurring when an unusually capable and charismatic Hlanssai perceives a particularly strong racial need, and persuades his people to work together to meet it.

World Law (L)

Vrirhlanz has a low law level. There are few laws, covering only important areas. There may be few or no law enforcement officers, the expectation is citizens will bring law breakers to the attention of the Judicial system. Legal proceedings will be fast, with few people involved. For interactions outside of the framework of the laws, cultural norms dominate. Body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

Trade Data

• Importance: 1 (ordinary)

World Economy

• Resources: 6 (few)
• Labor: 6 (millions)
• Infrastructure: 8 (generally available)
• Efficiency: +4 (advanced)

There are a variety of trade offices here. Menderes Corporation maintains a presence, with a mixed Human-Vargr staff.

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 6 (harmonious)
• Acceptance: 8 (friendly)
• Strangeness: 5 (distinct)
• Symbols: 9 (somewhat abstract)

Vrirhlanz is generally considered a difficult place for non-Hlanssai to visit. Operating in the area around the starport is relatively easy, as this area has a high Vargr population who impose their own cultural norms, but elsewhere fine judgement and nerve is required, despite the general friendliness of the populace.

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• -3810: the Vargr discover jump technology and begin an era of expansion.
• -3700s onwards: waves of Vargr settle worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: the human Interstellar Wars rage to rimward.
• -1998: the First Empire of Gashikan is formed.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
• -1700 onward: Vargr expansion and settlement gradually ceases.
• -1658: the Sack of Gashikan, an atrocity known throughout the coreward parts of Charted Space.
• -1483 to -321: the Gashikan Race Wars rage between human and Vargr extremists across the Extents.
• -1427: the Wolvesbane plague is released in Gashikan Sector, decimating Vargr populations.
• The Year 0: to rimward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• circa 26: to spinward, the Empire of Varroerth is founded.
• circa 30: the earliest precursor states that later become the Ruler of Five Confederation emerge.
• circa 170: the various Ruler of Five precursor states begin a centuries-long war of dominance.
• 175 to 191: the Julian War.
• 300 to 420: the Imperial First Survey charts the world.
• circa 500: the Ruler of Five Confederation draws up its charter, establishing the state in its current form.
• 995 to 1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the world.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the world becomes widely available.
• 1070: the Second Empire of Gashikan is shattered by civil war.
• 1078: the Third Empire of Gashikan forms.

References

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• Loren Wiseman. Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 22 (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 40. (article "The Hlanssai")
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 48. (dot map)
• David Burden, Stuart Dollar, Andy Lilly, Joseph Walsh. T4 Aliens Volume 1 (Imperium Games, 1998), 91-182.
• Steve Jackson, Loren Wiseman. Alien Races 4 (Steve Jackson Games, 2001), 76.
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• Author & Contributor: John G. Wood (Generated data)