The Old Worlds
Original: Lave | Diso | Leesti | Riedquat | Zaonce
First expansion: Tionisla | Orerve | (Reorte
Second expansion: Quator | Orrere | Uszaa
This named region of space comprises five "one world, one star" systems including Lave, the seat of the Galactic Co-operative of Worlds and a further 6 systems. This region became known as the Far Colonies before the passing of the Galactic Co-operative of Worlds charter.
A brief overview of each planet is below, linked to its detailed page (if applicable).
Star: K Type orange star
TL: 4
Outdoor world with indigenous life (feline) and oxygen atmosphere. Lave is most famous for its vast rain forests and the Laveian tree grub.
Government: Dictatorship
Mass: 1.0 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 14 degs C
Starports: None
Orbital period: 171 Earth Days
Notes: seat of GalCop.
Star: G Type yellow star
TL: 7
Outdoor world with indigenous life (Black Furry Felines) and oxygen atmosphere. This planet is mildly noted for its ancient Ouza tulip plantations but ravaged by frequent earthquakes. Planet renamed to Birmingham between 3150 and 3200.
Government: Democracy
Mass: 1.0 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: -24 degs C
Starports: None
Orbital Period: 402 Earth Days
Notes:
Star: M Type red star
TL: 10
Barren rocky planetoid containing domed human colonies. The planet Leesti is reasonably fabled for Zero-G cricket and Leestiian evil juice. Mining and heavy industry form the backbone of Leesti's corporate economy.
Government: Corporate State
Mass: 1.0 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 16 degs C
Starports: None
Orbital Period: 238 days
Notes:
Star: G Type yellow star
TL: 3
Outdoor world with indigenous life (Harmless Rodents) and oxygen atmosphere. This planet is most notable for its fabulous cuisine but beset by occasional civil war. Planet renamed to Waterloo between 3150 and 3200.
Government: Anarchy
Mass: 1.0 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 29 degs C
Starports: None
Orbital Period: 131 days
Notes: Civil war has raged on Riedquat for 500 years.
Star: F Type white star
TL: 11
Barren rocky planetoid containing domed human colonies. This planet is a tedious place. Planet renamed to Industry between 3150 and 3200.Mining and heavy industry form the backbone of Zaonce's corporate economy.
Government: Corporate State
Mass: 1.0 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 16 degs C
Starports: None
Orbital Period: 238 days
Notes:
New California (Tionisla 3)
Star: G Type yellow star
TL: 11
World with indigenous lizard life and oxygen atmosphere. This world is very notable for its inhabitants' ingrained shyness.
Government: Democracy (Anarchy by 3200)
Mass: 0.91 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 53 degs C
Starports: Manchester Starport
Orbital Period: 306 days
Notes: Population drops to less than 1000 (humans, not lizards) by 3200. Starport and space station maintained as maintenance point for orbital graveyard?
Massey's Claim (Tionisla 2)
Rocky planet with a thin atmosphere
Mass: 0.18 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 163 degs C
Starports: Thompson Starport
Orbital Period: 101 days
Notes: Mining colony established between 3150 and 3200
Orerve (Orerve 3)
Star: G Type yellow star
TL: 5
Rocky planet with a thin atmosphere containing domed human colonies. This planet is a dull place. Planet renamed Ulrich between 3150 and 3200.
Government: Feudal
Mass: 0.18 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: -48 degs C
Starports: Francisport
Orbital Period: 870 days
Notes: Spaceport established between 3150 and 3200.
Davies (Orerve 1)
Small barren sphere of rock. Mining colony established in underground facilities.
Mass: 0.01 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: degs C
Starports: Sheehantown
Orbital Period: 7 days
Notes:
Reorte (Reorte 3)
Star: G Type yellow star
TL: 5
Indigenous population of black fat felines. This planet is mildly fabled for its inhabitants' eccentric love for tourists but plagued by deadly earthquakes.
Government: Dictatorship (Corporate State by 3200)
Mass: 1.66 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: -12 degs C
Starports: None
Orbital Period: 666 days
Notes: Planet abandoned between 3150 and 3200, possibly due to a severe earthquake that released sulphur and other poisons into the atmosphere. GalCop station removed prior to 3200.
Gold (Reorte 1)
Mining colony.
Mass: 0.01 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 254 degs C
Starports: Nakasoneport
Orbital Period: 49 days
Notes: Mining colony and ore refinery established between 3150 and 3200.
Quator (Quator 3)
TL: 6
World with indigenous (non-sentient) life and oxygen atmosphere, containing outdoor human colonies in the temperate and polar regions. The world Quator is scourged by deadly edible arts graduates. Planet renamed to Davies's Earth between 3150 and 3200.
Government: Anarchy
Mass: 1.99 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 44 degs C
Starports: None
Orbital Period: 337 days
Notes: GalCop station removed sometime before 3200.
Orrere (Orrere 2)
TL: 6
World with water weather system and domed human colonies with some outside access. Orrere is mildly well known for Orrereian vicious brew.
Government: Corporate State (Anarchy by 3200)
Mass: 0.72 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 0 degs C (perhaps 10-20 around 3150)
Starports: None
Orbital Period: 565 days
Notes: sometime between 3150 and 3200 this world is destroyed - by 3200 has corrosive atmosphere and no population. Assumption can be made that before atmosphere was destroyed may have retained more surface heat. GalCop station removed sometime before 3200.
Morgan's Legacy (Orrere 1)
Rocky planet with a thin atmosphere and domed human colonies.
Government: Anarchy in 3200
Mass: 0.22 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 204 degs C
Starports: Bakerport
Orbital Period: 77 days
Notes: Mining colony established sometime before 3200
Uszaa (Uszaa 2)
TL: 7
Rocky planet with a thin atmosphere containing domed human colonies and some access to the outside environment. The planet Uszaa is reasonably noted for its inhabitants' eccentric love for tourists and the Uszaaian tree grub. Planet renamed to Cooper's Claim between 3150 and 3200.
Government: Anarchy
Mass: 0.29 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: 36 degs C
Starports: Fortress Campbell
Orbital Period: 308 days
Notes: The tree grub was originally transplanted from Lave along with trees and thrived in the higher temperature climate. Population on this world drastically reduced to less than a thousand between 3150 and 3200 possibly eradicating the trees and associated tree grubs and turning it into a rock. GalCop station removed sometime before 3200.
Popov's World (Uszaa 4)
TL: 7
Rocky planet with a thin atmosphere containing domed human colonies. Planet colonised between 3150 and 3200.
Government: Anarchy
Mass: 0.28 Earth Masses
Surface Temp: -88 degs C
Starports: Newtown
Orbital Period: 4.8 years
Notes: Mining colony of less than a thousand
