Pavabid (world)

Pavabid/District 268 (Spinward Marches 1238)
Classic Era (1116)	C6678D8-6 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 8 Moderate (700 million) Government D Religious Dictatorship Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
New Era (1200)	C6678D8-6 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 8 Moderate (900 million) Government D Religious Dictatorship Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K7 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	1

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Pavabid is a rich, Non-Aligned garden world located on the Collace Arm in District 268, a subsector of the Spinward Marches. Pavabid has been issued an Amber Zone travel advisory. It was settled soon after the first complete IISS survey of the system in 502.

Pavabid is ruled by a religious dictatorship established in 780. This deeply-entrenched theocracy is a rigid offshoot of the widespread Church of the Stellar Divinity, led by the Son of the Star, Thearch and Divine Ruler of Pavabid. All activities are regarded as religious in nature, and the church enforces strict rules of behavior governing even the most mundane aspects of everyday life.

Offworlders are permitted on the planet only at the Pavabid Starport and Trade Enclave. This area of four square kilometers is completely cut off from the rest of Pavabid by hundreds of kilometers of wilderness and water, in order to prevent outside contamination of pure Pavabidian society. It is staffed by only the most loyal members of the Thearchy and guarded by church troops. The law level in the trade enclave is 8; in normal Pavabid society it is 9 or even A. The Travellers' Aid Society has classified Pavabid as an amber zone (dangerous) because it is easy to run afoul of its many laws even within the trade enclave.

With its near-average gravity, standard atmosphere, temperate climate, and bountiful water, Pavabid is potentially a rich world. However, due to the policies of its theocratic regime, the planet's wealth and technological development lag far behind those of its less well-endowed neighbors Collace (Spinward Marches 1237) and Trexalon (Spinward Marches 1339). Pavabid's 700 million inhabitants live in a stagnant, inflexible society that stifles intellectual and economic growth. Since immigration and emigration are illegal, interstellar trade is tightly restricted, and information is strictly controlled, the majority of the inhabitants can conceive of no other way of life. Most live in small towns built around light industry that are separated by expansive agricultural districts.

Pavabid has become a bone of contention in the ongoing 'cold war' between Collace and Traxalon. Ever since iridium deposits were discovered on Pavabid, both sides have been competing for the Son of the Star's favor in order to secure mineral exploitation rights. To date, however, he has rejected both parties’ advances due to fears that introducing large numbers of off-world miners would irrevocably pollute Pavabid's pure theocratic society.

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1238 Pavabid (Independent) - Amber Zone

Starport: Class III.

Diameter: 5,966 miles (9,500 km).
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 70%.
Climate: Normal.
Population: 738,000,000.
Government: Theocracy.
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 6.
World Trade Number: 4.5.

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• Divine Intervention/Night of Conquest
• Module 1 - Tarsus
• GURPS Traveller: Behind the Claw
• The Regency Sourcebook (UWP only)