Torrel (world)

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Torrel/Ile (Old Expanses 2818)
Classic Era (1116)
C557A95-A
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere5 Thin
Hydrographics7 Wet World 70%
PopulationA High (30 billion)
Government9 Impersonal Bureaucracy
Law5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons)
Tech LevelA Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M2 V
Planetoid Belts 0
Gas Giants 4

Torrel is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The surface gravity is 0.31 Gs and the atmospheric pressure is 0.48 atmospheres. The planet's core is molten iron and the planet has a density of 4.58 g/ml. The climate is cold and this world orbits 0.98 AU from its primary. Twelve worlds orbit this red star.

Torrel has a solitary primary star.
Torrel
Solitary M Type.jpg 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

History & Background (Dossier)

The huge population means that there is vast amounts are shipyard capacity at the starport. Imperial recruitment here can sustain 150,000 defensive battalions. As a result the 2694th AssaultRon, of the 269th Fleet is stationed here to take advantage of this troop strength.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Torrel, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the fiefdom of a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversees affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

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