Primary:
Drikkar, spectral class G8V. ICN S4K0809G8V. Mass 0.871 standard. Stellar
diameter 0.909 standard. Luminosity 0.52 standard.
Planetary
System:
Six major bodies. One Inhabited world (Lindritar, II). No gas giants, one
planetoid belt, three empty orbits (#0, #4, #5) in system.
II
Lindritar: Mean orbital radius, 116.69 million kilometers (0.78 AU).
Period, 269.60 days ... One satellite ... Diameter, 9,318 kilometers. Density,
0.99. Mass, 0.242 standard. Mean surface gravity, 0.62 G. Rotation period: 29
hours, 53 minutes, 31 seconds. Axial Inclination, 12°18'0.1" Albedo, .31
... Surface atmospheric pressure, 0.8atm; composition, oxygen-nitrogen mix with
oxygen content significantly above normal concentrations (31%). Filter required
to breathe atmosphere. WARNING: LACK OF FILTER CAN CAUSE OXYGEN INTOXICATION
Hydrographic percentage, 95%; composition, liquid water and water-ice. Mean
surface temperature, 37°C.
Remarks:
Lindritar is a pleasant, almost idyllic world, largely oceanic, with numerous
island chains and small landmasses. The planet is rather close to its primary,
and has a warm, tropical climate in the 30°-60° latitudes; it is rather
too warm for human habitation around the equatorial zone.
Lindritar's atmosphere is of standard pressure, but the perfectly innocuous
oxygen-nitrogen mix can be dangerous, due to the 31% oxygen concentration.
Breathing unfiltered air leads to a severe condition of hypoxia, with an effect
rather similar to intoxication on beings from a more earth-like world -
including humans. Indeed, Lindritar's colonists have evolved an interesting
religion which relies heavily on the euphoria of breathing the oxygen-rich air;
visions and prophecies by oracular seers high on oxygen are a major element of
religious observance (a similar state of affairs can be found on Pysadi (Spinward
Marches 3008), in the Aramis subsector, comparisons between these two
religions of ecstasy can be found in Unity and Diversity: Humaniti Among the
Stars [Capitol Press, 1096] ).
The world is part of the Carrillian
Assembly.. but thus far has been little influenced by the assumption of
power by High Justice Daldreem and
the ensuing problems (such as the Ildrissarian
rebellion) which accompanied it. Lindritar has pretty much gone its own way,
meeting the new Assembly taxes and contributing its quota of troops to
Daldreem's expansion of the Peacekeepers. Laws have been tightened somewhat in
accordance with decrees from Carrill
(Reavers' Deep 2330), but by and large, life has gone on untouched by outside
problems.
This may, however, change, for undersea exploration has turned up useful ore
deposits of various radioactives deep underwater. As these certainly have
important military applications, Daldreem's government is likely to turn a great
deal more unwanted attention on the world. A few far-sighted individuals in
Lindritar are thought to be already in communication with the Ildrissarian
rebels, planning a resistance movement against the day when Daldreem's
Peacekeepers appear to spoil the tropical paradise of the island colonies.