Maiden (world)

Maiden/Pact (Dagudashaag 2130)
Classic Era (1116)	B13069B-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 1 Small (1,600 km, 0.05g - 0.09g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 6 Moderate (8 million) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M0 III M7 VI
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	4

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Maiden (Da 2130) (World) Synopsis

Maiden (Da 2130) is a poor, non-agricultural and nonindustrial desert world with no free-standing water.

• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• This world has few prospects for economic expansion and life is very bleak and trying here.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
• This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.

Description

The government is purely matriarchal but males are regarded as equals in all other matters. The population has retained some aspects of Medurman culture, among them a propensity to duel. Most of the population carry arms, generally a knife in an arm sheath or a small duelling pistol at the waist. Due to the history and background of the original settlers, the planet has always retained a strong military presence. This attracted the Imperial Navy who built a major Naval academy there.

Maiden (Da 2130) has two stars in the star system.

Maiden (Da 2130)
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M0 III	Giant		6.3	2800 - 3600	470
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.58621	1.79818	17.24 - 28.09	58.621	586.21
	Orbit #	2	4	8	10	13
	Remarks
Maiden (Da 2130)
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M7 VI	Main Sequence (Subdwarf)		0.081	1900 - 2700	0.001
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.00073	0.00266	0.03 - 0.04	0.073	0.73
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	2
	Remarks

GURPS World Paragraph

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History & Background (Dossier)

Maiden was colonised soon after Medurma (Dagudashaag 2124) regained Jump Drive technology, by members of the population who had become disgruntled with its patriarchal scientific elite. Many of its earliest female settlers were women who had been, or still were, in the military.

When the system was first colonised, the asteroid belt had been a habitable world but, within a hundred years, it was destroyed after a collision with a rogue planetoid. With additional immigrants from Medurma still arriving every day, a decision was made to colonise the less hospitable Maiden instead.

One of the decisions which led to the exodus was an order from The Medurman High Council requiring that all women be shorn of their body hair to prevent further infection by an infectious mite, the Kacha, which was believed to be the carrier of the deadly Mottled Plague that was sweeping the planet. Since this order was only directed at women and not the men, many took deportation rather than agree to this sexist order. A cure for the plague was soon found but the women of Maiden still grow their hair long as a reminder of why they left.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Periodical: Signal-GK Issue #2 by Author & Contributor: Jae Campbell of the HIWG