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The Orcrist System


Orcrist | 1126 | B-8A6733-A | M | Fl | 401 | M7V M7D | Sw


M7V  Tolkein
     [Luminosity 0.235, mass 0.273]

1    M7D star  Erebor

3    Large Gas Giant  Thorin
     [Size 150, axial tilt 11 degrees]
     [Thorin is a swirling brown Gas Giant the cloud patterns
      of which look like wood grain]
       5r   Y-s00113-9  Bolg
       8r   F-200463-A  Azog      Nv, Re
       9r   G-100212-9  Wolfen
       10r  G-s00132-A  Batheim   Re
       12r  G-s00114-A  Elfheim   Re
       13r  Y-s00164-A  Lakeheim  Re
       20r  F-100366-A  Frerin    Nv
       30r  F-300215-9  Dis
       35r  G-s00115-9  Fili
       40r  Y-100203-A  Kili      Re
       50r  Y-200166-9  Dain

4    F-200664-A  Trollsbane  Nv, Co

5    Y-500134-A  Durinsheim  Re

6    B-8A6733-A  Orcrist          M, Fl
     [Molten core; density 1.08, mass 1.08, gravity 1.08]
     [Base temperature 33 K; greenhouse effect 1.5;
      axial tilt 33 degrees; orbital eccentricity 0.015]
     [Day length 21 standard days; year length 22.7 standard years]
     [3 major continents, 2 minor continents,
      14 major islands, 7 archipelagoes; Seismic Stress 10]
     [Largest cities have UWP population 5; there are 48 of
      these and many smaller cities too; all cities are highly
      insulated windowless domes or spheres on stilts for
      insulation from the cold ground, situated next to ice
      deposits for water, oxygen]
     [Orcrist has a clear nitrogen/methane atmosphere at 1 
      atmosphere of pressure (there is not enough UV for 
      photochemical smog or anything which might turn it 
      into something more like Titan) and oceans of liquid 
      gases such as ethane. It is rich in minerals. From 
      space it is orange and white. It has volcanoes of lava, 
      and also ones of ice/liquid water.]
      10r  F-200561-A  Thranduil  Nv, Co
           [Very much like Luna, formed of mixed rock and ice]
           [Orbital period 1.73 standard days]
      50r  F-100561-A  Gondolin   Nv, Co
           [Very much like a small version of Luna, formed of
            mixed rock and ice]
           [Orbital period 19.40 standard days]

7    H-500362-9  Trollsheim

Orcrist is ruled by a hereditary monarchy. The King is Head of 
State. The representative authority is several councils who form 
the executive and legislative branches. The judicial branch is 
also several councils. Law is undivided.

Ocrist has a code Duello among social equals (usually carried 
out using pistols).

The name Orcrist derives from Tolkein, from the sword of Thorin 
Oakenshield, discovered by him in a troll-hoard on his journey 
to Erebor, and buried with him after his death in the Battle of 
Five Armies.

The symbol of Orcrist is a silver sword, pommel to upper right, 
running diagonally across a swirling orange-white circle which 
represents the planet itself, all on a black background.

Conservative and Advancing
Competitive and Peaceable
Harmonious and Friendly

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