Marava (world)

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Marava/Wovoka (Aldebaran 1809)
Classic Era (1116)
C758632-8
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g)
Atmosphere5 Thin
Hydrographics8 Wet World 80%
Population6 Moderate (2 million)
Government3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy
Law2 Low Law (no energy weapons)
Tech Level8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary G6 V K6 V
Planetoid Belts 2
Gas Giants 0
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Marava is an agricultural, nonindustrial world still lacking adequate means to expand its economy.

  • 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 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.
  • It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Wovoka Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

No information yet available.

Marava has two stars in the star system.
Marava
Solitary G Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
G6 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 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
Marava
Solitary K Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
K6 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.69 4100 - 4300 0.27288
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0062 0.0433 0.53 - 0.99 0.62 6.2
Orbit #  *  * 2 2 6
Remarks

System Data

0 Gas Giants — 2 Planetoid Belts — 10 Other Worlds

Mainworld Data

Marava is a standard-sized world with a thin atmosphere and abundant hydrosphere in the form of a world ocean and icecaps. The atmosphere has a relatively large amount of water dissolved into it and entrained within it, resulting in almost constant fogs and mists.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

There are normal amounts of mountain ranges on the 2 moderate-sized continents. 2 extensive archipelagos were observed during orbital scans, but not visually verified.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

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Marava is a member of the Orient Worlds, a small group of systems in the spinward-rimward corner of Wovoka Subsector.

Society is divided into four castes: the High, the Upper, the Merits, and the Lower, with the High Caste portraying themselves as something like nobility, but not quite. The old word snooty seems to fit when any member of a higher caste interacts with a lower caste individual. "Groveling subservience" might best describe members of lower castes interacting with members of higher castes. Failure to follow caste norms and rules can result in legal penalties.

Solomani Security keeps a close eye on things to ensure the security of the Solomani State and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, others are coerced, while many see it as an act of duty to help protect the the State and its interests.

World Starport

Marava 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.

Marava maintains an adequate downport on an isolated plateau about 250 km from the coastal city of Capitol. It is connected by a maglev route.

Marava Highport exists, but it is a primitive space station holding approximately no more than ten personnel at any given time, though with capacity for up to sixteen in times of need. As a member of the Scout Service, I paid the Highport a port call, and exchanged gifts and food. Nice folks, but they appeared to be bored out of their minds. Still, it made the worldnet news and got me free resupply, information, and meals in exchange for a quick supply run to their Highport. Generally, they were interested in normal news for about a week, then they lost interest in me.

Be advised that the rate of suicides and periodic mass killings is higher than most worlds, perhaps due to the depressing lack of regular sunlight.

Memoirs of a Casual Traveller

World Population (P)

Marava has a population of 2,000,000 sophonts (millions).

  • This is a Nonindustrial World, too small to support the complete chain of production of most goods from start to finish.
  • More than 95% of the population (in excess of 1.9 million individuals) consists of Solomani humans.
  • Less than 5% of the population (fewer than 100,000 individuals) is made up of Dolphins.
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Urbanization

Marava has a single large city, called Capitol, which is surrounded by the Capitol Urban Zone, the region where settlement is permitted: a number of small communities have been founded within this area. Capitol has an extensive harbor and a large shipyard. It is connected by a maglev train to the downport – this train and its supporting infrastructure is the only permitted development outside of the Urban Zone.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

World Technology Level (T)

Marava 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 (G)

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

World Military

Marava maintains an army, primarily for training their youth and responding to disasters. Its wet navy is more extensive, with a number of large vessels fitted with modern weaponry, combat aircraft, and low orbit-capable missiles.

World Law (L)

Marava 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. Portable energy weapons, body pistols, explosives, and poison gas are typically regulated or prohibited.

Trade Data

World Economy

Marava is a comfortable agricultural / aquacultural world. Its principal exports are foodstuffs of all kinds.

World Culture

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

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