Wa-Lu (world)

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Wa-Lu/Taemerlyk (Far Frontiers 2224)
Classic Era (1116)
A572513-B
StarportA Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere7 Standard (tainted)
Hydrographics2 Dry World 20%
Population5 Moderate (200 thousand)
Government1 Company/Corporation
Law3 Low Law (no automatic weapons)
Tech LevelB Average Stellar (large starships)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G6 III
Planetoid Belts 1
Gas Giants 1
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Pshtaijtlatl is a nonindustrial hellworld with a population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.

  • Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes even hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often develop intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
  • It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
  • It is a member of the The Protectorate in the Taemerlyk Subsector of Far Frontiers Sector.
  • This system features an Exploration Base, similar in function to an Imperial Scout Base.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Wa-Lu has a solitary primary star.

  • It is an unstable, turbulent yellow giant named Ye-Lu.

Solitary Giant G Type 2.jpg

Wa-Lu has a solitary primary star.
Ye-Lu
Solitary Giant G Type 2.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G6 III Giant 3.36 4600 - 5500 79
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.11166 0.73722 7.07 - 11.52 11.166 111.66
Orbit # 0 2 7 7 10
Remarks None

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Mainworld Geography and Topography

A basic map of Wa-Lu showing the small seas (blue), rugged uplands (paler brown), high-sided plateaus (darker brown), and the flatter polar lowlands (tan-green).

  • The high plateaus were formerly continents.

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(Based on the world map of Wa-Lu, page 59 GURPS Atlas of Charted Space 3)

History & Background (Dossier)

As a member of The Protectorate, Wa-Lu sends a specially selected Representative to the High Council, the polity's governing body.

  • The role is prestigious and is highly sought.
  • The choice of Representative is determined by the corporation governing the world.

Headquartered in the orbiting construction yards of Wa-Lu, Protectorate-subsidized warship and merchantman construction has reached a level second only in quality to the nearby independent planet, Freedonia.

Historical Geography and Topography

A historical map showing Wa-Lu before its oceans dried up.

World Map Wa-Lu Ancient.png

World Starport

Wa-Lu has a Class A Starport, an excellent 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 other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)

Wa-Lu has a population of 200,000 sophonts (hundreds of thousands).

  • This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.

World Technology Level

Wa-Lu possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B in Hexadecimal Notation.

World Government

Wa-Lu is governed by a Corporate Polity, having a single corporation with a typical corporate structure as a government. Essentially, this is a "company town" (or world). The typical corporate-run world usually has a single purpose. Examples include mining, agriculture, or other kinds of resource extraction. But rather than a simple base of operations, there are facilities for housing workers and their families, including hospitals, schools, and other infrastructure. How, or if, the children of the workers are incorporated into the workforce varies with companies. The corporation running the world may be a subsidiary of a larger interstellar corporation.

World Law (L)

Wa-Lu 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.

Trade Data

  • Importance: 1 (ordinary)

World Economy

  • Resources: 9 (moderate)
  • Labor: 4 (tens of thousands)
  • Infrastructure: 5 (limited)
  • Efficiency: -2 (fair)

World Culture

The world lies within the Zhodani Shadow, a region strongly influenced by the society and culture of the Zhodani Consulate.

  • Heterogenity: 2 (monolithic)
  • Acceptance: 6 (aloof)
  • Strangeness: 2 (typical)
  • Symbols: 8 (somewhat abstract)

World Timeline

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