Vald (world)

Vald/Vald (Alpha Crucis 2226)
Classic Era (1116)	C9D6400-B Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere D Exotic (dense, high) Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 4 Moderate (30 thousand) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K4 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	4

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Vald is a non-industrial world located in Vald Subsector of Alpha Crucis Sector. The system is a member of the Solomani Confederation and has been assigned an Amber Zone travel advisory.

While Vald’s very dense oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere makes its surface uninhabitable, a rich ecosystem has developed on a few high mountain plateaus and in the upper air, where the pressure is equivalent to a standard atmosphere. Its most advanced native life forms are the floating blimp-like zephyr hives and the myriads of smaller flyers that nest amongst them. These include the fierce winged valrocs, whose flocks seem to exist in a symbiotic relationship with the zephyr hives.

In the 1060s a team of Macrogenesis xenologists discovered a particular exotic hormone within valroc brains that could be used as natural psi-drug, kicking off a lucrative market.

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• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani