Igualada (world)
| Igualada/Vestus (Reft 0605) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | B540567-9
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | G2 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Igualada is a poor, nonindustrial desert hellworld with a population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.
- Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often form intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
- This world has no free-standing water.
- 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 Third Imperium in the Vestus Subsector of Reft Sector in the Domain of Deneb.
- This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
- This world was colonized by and is controlled from Colony Five (world).
Description (Planetology)
Settled originally as a stopover on the Rift-edge route, Igualada is a desert world with a thin, tainted atmosphere.
Monostellar System
Igualada Primary Monostellar System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Igualada Primary G2 V
Primary Main Sequence 1 5720 - 5770 1 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0047 0.0829 0.95 - 1.68 0.47 4.7 Orbit # * * 4 1 6
Mainworld Geography & Topography
There is very little surface water; less than 2% of the planetary crust (and this includes regions of swampland that dry up every year). The atmospheric taint is harmful to humans; the only native life is fungal and the air is filled with spores that drift on desert winds. These grow rapidly wherever they encounter moisture, normally along the fringes of a swamp or oasis -- or in a human's mucous membranes.
Native Lifeforms
The only native life are various fungal forms.
History & Background / Dossier
There is one known settlement on Igualada, mostly subterranean. Igualada City is tunnelled into rock in an area of high ground which happens to be one of the driest on the planet. It is supplied with water by deep artesian wells, and has excellent recycling facilities. Food is grown in huge garden complexes located on the top levels where they can receive natural light through a glazed ceiling.
Imperial High / Landed Nobility
World Starport
Igualada 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 Technology Level
World Government (G)
Igualada has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. A colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.
World Military
No information yet available.
World Economy
Igualada could support a pharmaceutical industry, but this is not permitted by the government of Colony Five or the overseers from Gaspar sent to oversee Igualada by the Fives.
Trade Data
No information yet available.
World Demographics
No information yet available.
World Culture
No information yet available.
Urbanization
Igualada City is far from the nearest water, and so isn't much troubled by airborne spores, although maintenance crews working outside wear protective clothing as a matter of routine. Decontamination procedures are effective and well-practiced.
Historical Data
No information yet available.
World Timeline
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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