Jerez (world)

Jerez/Kursa (Aldebaran 2619)
Classic Era (1116)	E636233-8 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 2 Low (00) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G6 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	0

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Jerez is a low-population world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.

• This world has yet to take off economically or otherwise and the population remains low for reasons largely unknown.
• This is a hot world, with a climate of high temperatures.
• It is a member of the Grand United States of Quesada, which is a member state of the Solomani Confederation, in the Kursa Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

No information yet available.

Jerez has a solitary primary star.

Jerez
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	G6 V	Main Sequence		0.97	5550 - 5600	0.89888
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0088	0.0786	0.91 - 1.61	0.88	8.8
	Orbit #	*	*	3	3	7
	Remarks

System Data

0 Gas Giants — 0 Planetoid Belts — 7 Other Worlds 

Mainworld Data

Jerez is a rocky world on the inner edge of the local star's life zone. It has a thin atmosphere that is saturated with water vapor from its substantial oceans.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

Jerez has substantial oceans, but no ice caps. The average temperature at the poles is 20C, and the average temperature at the equator is 54oC. The southern pole hosts a large continent, which is convenient.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

Some slow-growth plant species exist across the surface.

History & Background / Dossier

No information yet available.

World Starport

Jerez has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of a downport. Jerez' downport is located at the southern pole at the exact pole. As a class E starport, it provides unprocessed fuel from local water. There is a maintenance hangar, but it is home to a skeleton crew of mechanics who charge a premium for any service.

World Technology Level

Jerez possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Advanced automobiles.
  • Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
  • Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
  • Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government

Jerez is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions in the government. These positions are inherited by member of the group or their family members. The organization may be monarchy, with titles passed to family members. Or a plutocracy where inheritance of the family fortune includes government position. Or the organization may be more typical organization with positions of power inherited.

World Law Level

Jerez 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. Machine guns, other automatic weapons, portable energy weapons, and other military weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

World Military

No information yet available.

World Economy

Subsistence.

Trade Data

Some trader stop here on occasion and trade for specialty plants and adventure VR media materials: "Alone on Jerez", "Jerez Cooking".

World Demographics

Humaniti 100%

World Culture

The population is a small colony here because they do not like where they came from and want to live away from those locations. They get along internally, but will opine loudly on how they hate topic X on world Y.

World Language/s

Anglic

Urbanization

Jerez Colony is a collection of T-8 buildings near a inland sea near the southern pole.

Historical Data

Jerez has existed for at least 200 years as a colony, with continuous immigration bolstering its sparse birth rate.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

E 6 3 6 2 3 3 – 8

References & Contributors / Sources

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• Classic Traveller Alien Module 6: Solomani (named but no further data)
• MegaTraveller Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)
• Periodical: Imperial Lines 2 by Author: Steven Eric Schwartz
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani
• External Link: CORE Data Site
• External Link: Federation Development Agency
• External Link: Zho Berka's Maps
• Author & Contributor: Garnfellow
• Author & Contributor: Dochsavage
• Author & Contributor: Leroy W.L. Guatney of the Federation Development Agency (FDA)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science