Colby (world)

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Colby/Castra (Gateway 1917)
Classic Era (1116)
B659866-A
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g)
Atmosphere5 Thin
Hydrographics9 Wet World 90%
Population8 Moderate (600 million)
Government6 Captive Government/Colony
Law6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns)
Tech LevelA Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary F8 V
Planetoid Belts 1
Gas Giants 0

Colby is a moderate population world with over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts in population size.

  • It is controlled from Lem.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

Stellar Data[edit]

Colby has a solitary primary star.
Colby
Solitary F Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
F8 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 1.18 6050 - 6180 1.78479
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0114 0.1108 1.24 - 2.17 1.14 11.4
Orbit #  * 0 4 3 7
Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

This system is defended by a squadron of (20) Colby Class Monitors.

In the 1110s, Colby suffered heavily in pirate raids.

World Starport[edit]

Colby has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Population (P)[edit]

Colby has a population of 600,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

World Technology Level (TL)[edit]

Colby possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.

World Government (G)[edit]

Colby has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. This is a colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.

Governance of this world is from Lem.

Historical Data[edit]

The storied Galastrian Metals corporation collapsed during a workers' revolt on Tharver in 302, but within three years the League Concord had been signed, establishing the Galian Trade League, a trade corporation which essentially took over most of Galastrian's former holdings under looser reigns of authority and control. By the mid-500s, the League incorporated all of what is today the Galian Federation, the Plavian League, the Trindel Confederacy, and the coreward worlds of the Viyard Concourse.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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