Orkney (RD 2919) (world)

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Orkney/Nightrim (Reaver's Deep 2919)
Classic Era (1116)	B5888CB-9 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 8 Moderate (300 million) Government C Charismatic Oligarchy Law B Extreme Law (control of movement) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M0 V M7 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	0

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Jump map from Travellermap.com

Orkney (RD 2919) is a rich, pre-agricultural world with a moderate population over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts in size.

• The world's agricultural industry is growing and some economists forecast an explosion in this world's agribusiness in the near future as new agro-technology and a more capable labor force are imported.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• This world has high-grade living conditions with a good climate and a non-harmful environment. As such, this world is much sought after with large queues for immigration here.
• This a "forbidden" world designated as a Red Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it extremely dangerous to visitors. Everyone is forbidden to travel here.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Nightrim Subsector of Reaver's Deep Sector.

• It is the homeworld of the Derfi'gassak, a sophont species and minor race.
• This world has a colony at Maiden (Reaver's Deep 2920).

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The world is part of the Khakhan Track.

Binary Solar System

Orkney Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Orkney M0 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0027	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.27	2.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5
	Remarks
	None
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Orkney M7 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.09	2630 - 2680	0.00022
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0006	0.0012	0.02 - 0.03	0.06	0.6
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	2
	Remarks
	None

System Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Atmosphere

Orkney has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Mainworld Map

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

Native Sophont (NIL): Derfi'gassak

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

Orkney is the home world of the extreme xenophobic Derfi'gassak and, with Maiden, form the autonomously governed region of Dienbach Grÿpen.

• The two worlds are quarantined and monitored by the scout base on Khagish.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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