Re: Rangent/Vilis (0601) Date: 283-1107 15:50
Ash starts feeding planetary data to the crew, even as the ship swings onto a course which will carry it to what is laughingly described as a starport...
WORLD DETAILS
NAME: Rangent
HEX LOCATION: Spimward Marches 1411
UWP: E67A612-7
PBG: 503
TRADE CODES: Non-industrial, Water World
BASES: None
ALLEGIANCE: Non-aligned
STELLAR DETAILS: Primary Star: M4 V Mass: 0.36
SATELLITE DETAILS: Number: 3
Satellite 1: UWP:Y331300-6, Orbit: 8
Satellite 2: UWP:H100520-6, Orbit: 10
Satellite 3: UWP:Y440000-0, Orbit: 30
SIZE RELATED DETAILS
Basic World Type: Planet - molten core.
Diameter: 10,080 km Density: 0.98 World Mass: 0.413 World Gravity: 0.735
Orbit Period: 54.448 Std Days Distance: 0.2 AU Eccentricity: 0.15
Rotation Period: 18.8 Std Hours Axial Tilt: 41° Seismic Stress Factor: 0.0
ATMOSPHERIC RELATED DETAILS
Composition: Standard oxygen-nitrogen mix, with disease taint
Surface Pressure: 0.95 Mean Temp: -27.153°C Native Life: Yes
Terraforming - Atmospheric: No Albedo: No Greenhouse Effect: No
Weather Control: No
HYDROSPHERE RELATED DETAILS
Composition: Tainted liquid water beneath an ice sheet
Hydrographic Percentage: 100% Tectonic Plates: 12
Terraforming - Hydrographic: No Terrain: No
POPULATION RELATED DETAILS
Total World Population: 5,000,000
Starports and Spaceports: E/E/Y/E/E/E/E/E/H/H
Primary Cities: 10 Orbital Cities: No
Social Outlook:
Progressiveness: Conservative, Advancing
Aggressiveness: Competitive, Neutral
Extensiveness: Discordant, Xenophobic
Unusual Local Customs: Entire population, male and female, uses cosmetics.
Marriage always arranged by parents.
Marriage take place only at night.
GOVERNMENT RELATED DETAILS
Representative Authority: Company/Corporation, several councils.
Division of Authority: 3-way division - Executive, legislative, judicial
LAW RELATED DETAILS TECHNOLOGY RELATED DETAILS
Uniformity of Law: Undivided Technology Profile:
Legal Profile: 2-00544 High Common Tech Level: 7
Overall Law Level: 2 Low Common TL: 3
Weapons law Level: 0 Energy TL: 7
Trade law level: 0 Computer/Robotics TL: 6
Criminal Law: 5 Communications TL: 8
Civil Law: 4 Medical TL: 5
Personal Freedom: 4 Environment TL: 8
Land Transport TL: 6
Water Transport TL: 6
Air Transport TL: 7
Space Transport TL: 7
Personal Military TL: 7
Heavy Military TL: 6
Novelty Tech Level: 8
RESOURCES AND GOODS
Resources:
Natural: Minerals, Agricultural
Processed: Non-Metals, Processed Foods
Manufactured: Durables
Information: Documents
Rangent and its three moons huddle close to a red sun, trying to gather whatever heat they can from it. The planet itself glitters brightly in the sullen light - the brightness of endless plains of ice reflecting most of the sun's meagre radiation back into space.
The computer reports transit time to the surface as 239 minutes...