Laudum (world)

Laudum/Kaskii (Core 3011)
Classic Era (1116)	B552A86-E Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 2 Dry World 20% Population A High (10 billion) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M2 V M1 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Laudum is a poor, high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• This world is always on the edge of revolution as the common citizen struggles under extremely low wages. Much dissent is present.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Kaskii Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
• This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is part of the namesake Laudum Cluster.

Stellar Data

Laudum has two stars in the star system.

Laudum
	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		None
Laudum
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.5	3620 - 3660	0.08839
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0047	0.0247	0.31 - 0.59	0.47	4.7
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks		None

History & Background (Dossier)

World Starport (Sp)

Laudum 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 Imperial Naval Base, hosting elements of the 4th Fleet.
• The 4th Fleet's personnel are by regulation over three quarters Sylean, and all of its ships are given traditional Sylean names above the banner of Kaskii.

World Population (P)

Laudum has a population of 10,000,000,000 sophonts (tens of billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Core Anglic, a dialect of one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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