0305 Brodyr

**0305 Brodyr B 9A5448-B**

*Starport Type B* - Coryn
Starport is a good quality installation, with refined fuel available and
 facilities for annual maintenance overhaul of starships. The extensive
Marteyn boatyards produce a wide range of solid, reliable, and above all
 *exciting* non-starships. Although some are exported, they are
primarily used in Brodyr's extensive in-system traffic because
production is relatively slow and there is a long waiting list (and,
consequently, high prices).

*Planetary Size 9* -
Approximately 9,000 miles in diameter, Brodyr is a high-gravity world.
This does not really affect locals, as all habitats are by necessity
sealed and artificially gravity-reduced. Planetside vehicles tend to be
massive affairs for the same reason. Because of the great distances
involved, and the lack of major population centres other than the
starport, gravitic air travel is generally preferred over surface
transportation. There are few notable mountain ranges, as rocks degrade
quickly under the combined effects of high gravity and atmospheric
decomposition.

*Atmosphere Type A* - As well as the
excessive gravity, Brodyr's exotic atmosphere makes the planet's surface
 an unpleasant place to be. Occasional atmospheric firestorms regularly
kill the lichen-like native lifeforms, and are a necessary part of their
 lifecycle in spreading spores across the continents. However, the
sunsets are quite something!

*Hydrographic Percentage 5* -
The world's surface consist of two major continents and land bridges
connecting a host of smaller land masses. The numerous shallow seas are
rather scattered and spread out, with no single, large ocean as such.
Most water other than springs and aquifers is quickly contaminated by
atmospheric gases, but is easily purified.

*Population Size 4*
 - With only 30,000 inhabitants, 5,000 of whom reside more-or-less
permanently in orbital facilities, Brodyr relies heavily on automation
and interactive media for almost every aspect of daily life. Production
of vessels at the Marteyn plants is entirely robotic, with only design
and administrative functions performed by human personnel. Remote
working and schooling is common, as communities are highly decentralised
 due to the vast area of available land and the relatively low cost of
long-distance transportation.

*Government Type 4* - A
representative democracy on such a relatively low-population world is,
indeed, very representative. Locals are quick to make their displeasure
known if their representatives are not seen to cater to their wishes.
This does have a tendency to produce some rather populist policy swings,
 unfortunately, especially with the Brodyrian's renowned imaginative and
 innovative mindset. Due to the highly dispersed population, most
political and administrative matters are resolved over the planetary
data grid.

*Law Level 8* - By current popular consent, the
law regulating weapon ownership and carry is extremely strict, and the
largely robotic police force is quick to apprehend the inevitable
offworld troublemakers who try to smuggle body pistols on-planet. There
are no dangerous animals roaming the surface or the seas, and the
scattered population makes the formation of a milita impractical.

*Technological Index B (14)*
 - Brodyr is one of the most technologically advanced worlds in the
sub-sector. It relies on technology for everything, from basic
sustenance and even survival, to education, defence, commerce, and so
forth. Although Brodyr technology is thus highly sought-after on nearby
worlds, it does not have an export industry as such and most production
is small-scale and tailored to individual customers' needs. Worlds
lacking the ability to maintain and repair high-tech devices are another
 barrier. The primary focus of industry is, naturally, on the
labour-saving and labour-replacing devices for which the planet is
renowned.

*Notes* - Brodyr has been settled for approximately 200 years. Much
 of the original population came from 0606, essentially for reasons of
discontent. There has been much genetic mixing from new arrivals since
then, including a sprinkling of non-human immigrants. Nevertheless, the
local language, culture, and communal identity very much derives from
its parent planet, although of course somewhat tempered by the far
greater freedoms enjoyed on Brodyr, and the progressive (rather than
regressive) attitude to technology and innovation.

*Orbital Facilities* -
 A great deal of activity, including much of the space industry, takes
place in orbit around Brodyr. The highport holds the largest
concentration of orbital population, aproximately 4,000, with about
1,000 others living or temporarily stationed aboard smaller orbital
facilities.

*The Triplets* - Three small moons orbit Brodyr:
 Dyv, Klyn, and Tandyr. All house robotic mines and refineries supplying
 the orbital industries, as the massive gravity well of the home planet
makes it impractical as a source of raw materials. There are no
permanent populations on the moons, although all three house small teams
 of operators for the orbital defence complexes located there. The
latter primarily consist of mobile long-range missile batteries and mass
 accelerators.

*The Rest of the System* - Brodyr is the sole
 rocky planet within the system. Further out are six gas giants of
varying sizes, together their attendant systems of satellites. An
extensive asteroid belt lies between Brodyr and the outer planets, which
 regularly sends rocks in the direction of the home world. Much of the
spce fleet, if it can be called that, is occupied with intercepting
rocks or nudging them out of the way if they look like they might cause
damage. Having said that, ice comets are not infrequently guided to
crash on-planet in one of the many unpopulated areas, as part of a
long-term terraforming experiment.

There is not much activity
throughout the rest of the star system, as Brodyr and the Triplets
provide everything the Brodyrians need. Automated and robotic probes are
 littered throughout the volume between the worlds, mostly on scientific
 or surveillance missions.