Primary:
Elwynd,
spectral class F0V. ICN S4G0807F0V. Mass, 1.7 standard. Stellar diameter, 1.7
standard. Luminosity, 8.1 standard.
Planetary System:
Nine
major bodies. One inhabited world (Bryn, V). Four gas giants in system. One
planetoid belt in system.
V Bryn:
Mean
orbital radius, 344.08 million kilometers (2.3 AU). Period, 977.1 days. Two
satellites. Diameter, 7099 kilometers. Density, 1.0 standard. Mass, 0. 125
standard. Mean surface gravity, 0.5 G. Rotation period: 32 hours, 15 minutes, 56
seconds. Axial inclination 11°44'33.6". Albedo, 0.22. Surface atmospheric
pressure, 0. 18 atm. Composition, oxygen-nitrogen mix tainted with various
industrial pollutants. Filter mask required to breathe atmosphere. Hydrographic
percentage, 63%; composition, water and frozen water-ice. Mean surface
temperature, 50°C.
Remarks:
Though
not yet classifiable as an "Industrial" world according to the
standards generally set down for such planets, Bryn is well on its way towards
being a major industrial center of the Imperial
frontier. Though small and unattractive physically, economic opportunities of
this "boom system" have attracted a large number of new colonists over
the course of the past century, and it is anticipated that the next Imperial
Grand Census will show the population well over the 1 billion mark required for
an "industrial" classification. Current population is estimated at
close to 920,000,000 already.
The government of Bryn is currently headed up by one Richard Kulagin, son of the
popular Life-Tribune Eneri Kulagin, a reform politician who ended the excesses
of the megacorporations, including Naasirka, GSbAG,
and Instellarms, which for a time
dominated planetary industry. The elder Kulagin's reforms won the support of the
people, forced government by corporate syndicates to withdraw in favor of
government by the will of the people, and put Eneri Kulagin in the newly created
Tribuneship, at the head of the planetary government, for the rest of his life.
After the elder Kulagin’s death, his name still had magic on Bryn. His son
Richard, a comparatively obscure politician, ran to succeed his father, and was
elected overwhelmingly as the new Life-Tribune. Unfortunately Richard Kulagin is
not the man his father was. He is commonly referred to as “Deadbrain Dick”,
and has proven to be totally inadequate to hold office. However, the
extraordinary powers granted with the title Life-Tribune make it unlikely that
he will be replaced save by voluntary resignation or an untimely death. There
are those on Bryn who are not above arranging for the latter.
However, Richard Kulagin’s office is now receiving the full support of the
megacorporations his father once ousted, who find him easily manipulated and
highly useful. A consortium of megacorporations and other prominent businesses
have been pulling the strings for Kulagin for some time, and would be very
disturbed to see their puppet replaced by a less pliable character.