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| Semiplast/Khouth (Corridor 0609)
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| Milieu 0
| D461466-5 |
Starport | D | Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel
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Size | 4 | Small (6,400 km) | |
Atmosphere | 6 | Standard | |
Hydrographics | 1 | Dry World 10% | |
Population | 4 | Moderate (0 thousand) | |
Government | 6 | Captive Government/Colony | |
Law | 6 | Moderate Law | |
Tech Level | 5 | Industrial (mass production)
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| Classic Era (1115)
| C461662-8 |
Starport | C | Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
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Size | 4 | Small (6,400 km) | |
Atmosphere | 6 | Standard | |
Hydrographics | 1 | Dry World 10% | |
Population | 6 | Moderate (5 million) | |
Government | 6 | Captive Government/Colony | |
Law | 2 | Low Law | |
Tech Level | 8 | Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
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| New Era (1200)
| X4616F9-6 |
Starport | X | No Starport
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Size | 4 | Small (6,400 km) | |
Atmosphere | 6 | Standard | |
Hydrographics | 1 | Dry World 10% | |
Population | 6 | Moderate (4 million) | |
Government | F | Tolitaian Oligarchy | |
Law | 9 | High Law (no weapons out of home) | |
Tech Level | 6 | Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
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| See also | UWP
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| System Details
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| Primary | M7 V M1 V
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| Gas Giants | 2
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| Planetoid Belts | 0
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Semiplast has an extreme 72 degree axial tilt. Given its short year, the world has wildly gyrating weather, including massive dust storms during the equinoxes. Because the world had extensive mineral resources, a large population of workers was required in order to work the local mines. The population lives in huge habitats known as Bells, in reference to their shape, which provides optimum safety during the seasonal variances. Extreme conditions of heat and cold, and the thawing and freezing of permafrost distorts that land severely, requiring special construction techniques. This distortion provides easy access to extensive belts of metamorphosized minerals lying within the bedrock, often with as little as some strip mining or a shallow mine shaft.
The world was originally ruled by a colonial administration from Khouth itself, but generally the colonists felt neglected by this arrangement. The Irrgh Manifest took the world with no resistance in 1119, and the occupation administration ruled it in a fashion more benevolent than their colleagues on Pamock (Corridor 0510). Unlike their neighbors, the locals were allowed to keep a significant percentage of their wealth for themselves, and the world was strongly loyal to the Manifest as a result. Virus ended this relationship in the late 1130s, and power has shifted back to the self styled "Bell King" who is a direct descendant of the last colonial governor. Like Pamock, direct trade in minerals to Drayne (Corridor 0910) has permitted the purchase of some mercenary groups to deter further vampire attacks, though the high prices charged and boorish behavior of these Hessians have slowly alienated the population against their presence.
