The Confederation Handbook by Peter F. Hamilton

Author:Peter F. Hamilton [Hamilton, Peter F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9780330396141
Publisher: Tor
Published: 2009-11-17T03:00:00+00:00

5. Avon

Avon is a terracompatible planet ninety-three light-years from Earth. An ethnic Canadian world, it was discovered in 2147, and opened for emigration in 2151.

Star System Physical Data

The Avon star system has five solid planets, and two gas giants, and there is a single asteroid belt. The star is a G2 type.

There are five solid planets.

The asteroid belt orbits between 305m and 470m km from the star.

There are two gas giants.

Avon

Physical Data

Avon has one moon, Nepeta, 3,000km in diameter, with an orbital altitude of 437,000km. It has a thin carbon dioxide atmosphere, and the surface is lightly cratered.

Avon’s gravity is 0.97 standard. There are eight continents, covering a third of the surface. Rotation takes 23 hours 32 minutes. The year is 350 days long, with a leap year every three years. The capital is Regina, with a population of 8,000,000. The planetary population is 834,000,000.

History

Avon has progressed along almost standard lines. Its first century saw the dumping of 73,000,000 people there by Earth’s Govcentral. The economy was essentially agricultural throughout this time, and it wasn’t until 2230 that real industrial development began.

The constitution is standard for a democratic republic. It provides for a Parliament on each continent, and an overall planetary Parliament with a president. Avon does not have a state religion. There is an independent judiciary.

In 2271 Avon hosted a summit for the planetary heads of state, called in response to the increasing use of antimatter as a weapon, and has served as home to the Confederation Assembly ever since. There are over 1,500,000 accredited diplomats and their staff, providing a substantial boost to the local economy. As well as the Assembly compound, the Confederation Navy has its main headquarters in Trafalgar, orbiting 110,000km above the planet. This asteroid was moved into position by the Avon government, and handed over in its entirety to the Confederation. Avon corporate orbital industry stations provide the systems to maintain the asteroid, and Avon companies performed the civil engineering work needed to produce the caverns.

Economy

Avon’s economy has benefited enormously from the Confederation presence. Planetary service industries support the Assembly compound and the embassies. The asteroid settlement industry stations are heavily (though not exclusively) involved with Confederation fleet contracts. As a consequence, the starship manufacturing capability among the local asteroid settlements is almost as advanced as Earth’s and the Kulu Kingdom’s.

There are fifteen asteroid settlements in orbit around the planet (including Trafalgar), and eighty-four independent settlements in the asteroid belt. The asteroid settlement population is 15,000,000.

The safety provided by basing the 1st Fleet in this system means that piracy has become essentially nonexistent, which in conjunction with the large influx of starships on government business has helped establish Avon as a substantial port in its own right.

He3Mining

There is a large Edenist presence in the Avon system, orbiting Ocymum. There are twelve cloudscoops mining the gas giants, providing fuel for the copious starship traffic as well as the rest of the system’s industrial facilities.

The cloudscoops are tended by twenty-five bitek habitats, which possess a considerable number of attendant industrial stations.

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