Purfyr (world)

Purfyr/Orphans (Precipice 1308)
Classic Era (1116)	C867645-A Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 6 Moderate (6 million) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G4 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	0

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Purfyr is an agricultural world.

• 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 is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Orphans Subsector of Precipice Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

No information yet available.

Purfyr has a solitary primary star.

Purfyr
	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
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System Data

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Mainworld Data

Purfyr has a Routine Starport without shipyards, can perform Major repairs, and provides Unrefined fuel. The main world is roughly 14,200 kilometers in diameter, and is a Large terrestrial (e.g. Terra). The atmosphere has a pressure of 1.1 atmospheres The atmosphere is a standard oxygen/nitrogen mix, which is breathable without assistance. The surface is roughly 65 percent surface water, which qualifies it as a Wet world world. The main world has a general population of 2 Million local residents, which qualifies it as a Moderate population world. The local government is characterized as Representative Democracy, with government by elected representatives. Visitors may find the law moderately restrictive as personal concealable weapons are regulated or restricted by local authorities.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

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Mainworld Map

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Native Lifeforms

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History & Background (Dossier)

Purfyr is a remote agricultural world off the main trade routes but visited occasionally by merchant ships trading gourmet foods, wines, and pharmaceutical plant extracts.

World starport

Purfyr 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.

World technology level

Purfyr 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

Purfyr 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

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World Military

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World Economy

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Trade Data

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World Demographics

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World Culture

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Urbanization

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Historical Data

It is known to have experienced an outbreak of the "Glowing Plague" which is a viral form of the ancient genetic disease iron deficiency porphyria. The disease was developed years ago by one of the world's nation-states as a biological weapon and released into the atmosphere.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

C867645-A

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Journal of the Travellers Aid Society No. 11 - "Day of the Glow" by Marcus Rowland.