Terragona (Aragon 0106) has a Class C starport, capable of major starship repairs, but offering only unrefined fuel.
Terragona has a diameter of 13,002 Km and an exotic, insidious atmosphere. With a "Hydrosphere" covering 64% of the world's surface.
The world population of 800 million people are members of a representative democracy. The Law Level of 5 prohibits personal concealable firearms. The Tech Level of 4 is early machine age, roughly equivalent to that of 1889 AD.
The system sports two planetoid belts, two gas giants, and a Scout Base for the Vice-Royal Scout Corps.
The only trade classification is "Fluid Seas" to cover the toxic brew of Flourine and Chlorine in the lower atmosphere.
Terragona is a scientific curiosity. Despite it's earth-normal size, it has a venus-thick atmosphere. The lower levels are toxic mixes of Florine, Chlorine, and sulfur dioxide. Most of the population lives in great floating cities in the narrow oxygen-nitrogen band of the atmosphere. There are mining and manufacturing facilities on the surface. Trade between cities is carried in airships and zeppelins.
The government is classified as a representative democracy, but is technically a constitutional monarchy. There is a ceremonial noble class, and Queen Beatriz Graciela Montemayor is the sovereign of the planetary system. She mostly gets along with the Vice-Royal government, but there have been disagreements in the past. Despite the low tech, this world is an important population center for the Vice-Royalty.
Commercially, the various nasty chemicals in the atmosphere result in raw materials that are desirable in industrial processes. A brisk trade is the result.
For the Referee
Terragona 0106 C8C6845-4 S Fl 822 Ar
Starport – Class C
Size – 8 Large, 12,000 to 13,599 Kms
Atmosphere – C Exotic, Insidious Atmosphere
Hydrosphere – 6 Wet world, 55-64% covered in liquid
Population - 8 – Moderate 100 Million to 1 Billion
Government – 4 Representative Democracy
Law Level – 5 Personal Concealable firearms are prohibited
Tech Level – 4 Mechanized age (Circa 1880)
Population Modifier – 8 800 Million people
Two Planetoid belts
2 Gas Giants
Scout base
Fluid seas.
This one gave me a lot of trouble. The combination of such a hostile environment with a fairly low tech level left me stymied. Until a friend of mine suggested Steampunk could work "After all, they all wear masks and goggles, right?"
I'm totally handwaving the planetary science away for the Rule of Cool. Imagine a Mad Steampunk world, drawn by Antoni Gaudi. Complete with flying cities and airships floating serenly over the implacable fluorine seas and Chlorine clouds...
Required reading for this world,
Gaudi on wikipedia
and
The Prologue to "The Uller Uprising" by H. Beam Piper. On Satan's Footstool at Project Gutenberg.
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