Need canon on Mora

[rancke]

I'm 99% sure that somewhere I've seen a description of Mora's government that describes several different councils and their relationship. I'm less certain that this was a canon source, but rather think it was. I've been searching for it in vain, though. Can anyone provide a reference or a qoute?

If any of you know of any obscure references to Mora, I'd love to hear about them.

Also, in my writeup of Mora in Mora -- Year 100 for JTAS Online, I made it orbit in the life zone of a G5 V star with a mass of 0.94 and a stellar luminosity of 0.82. I can't find my original calculations, so I can't see what the exact distance was, but the orbital period was 476.78 days and the base temperature was 31 degrees Celsius (88 degrees Fahrenheit).

EDIT: Hum... that's wrong, isn't it? A G5 V star is smaller than Sol, so a world orbiting in its life zone should have a shorter orbital period than Terra. I must have made a mistake somewhere... >>SIGH!<<

As it turns out, I need to change the star to an F0 V, which will require a different orbit to give it the same amount of sunlight. If anyone here has one of those nifty astronomical programs/spreadsheets, I'd very much appreciate someone figuring out the correct orbital distance and rotation period. I'd have to do it by hand, which is pretty tedious.

Oh, and if anyone would like to work out the entire star system, please feel free. The system has one planetoid belt and two gas giants and an unknown number of other planets. (Note that this is for eventual publication). There's also a world called Erstine "a tiny iceball of a rock far out in the system". Mora itself has four moons, three of which are "mere specks of rock". The last one is big enough to have a "vast military complex serving as the base for the Imperial 73rd Fleet, the Duchy Fleet, and the System Defence Force." Two of the four moons are "asteroidal moons of great age; current theories hold that they are cometary remnants."


Hans

 

[mmbutter]

The interactive atlas has the stellar type as M4V.

http://tinyurl.com/yjonoma

 

[rancke]

The interactive atlas has the stellar type as M4V.

http://tinyurl.com/yjonoma

I know, but I need to use an F0 V.


Hans

 

[Commander Truestar]

Mora Government and Culture in DGP's Grand Census: Page 25

Mora: Mora is the sector capital for the Spinward Marches, but of course it has its own local government. Rolling a 1 on Table 2.1 tells us that the government of Mora (Spinward Marches 3124 AA99AC7-F) is split into three authorities, corresponding roughly to one for each branch. Rolling 6 on Table 2.3 determines that the Judicial branch is the representative authority, so we know that it is a charismatic oligarchy from its government
characteristic digit of C. Using Table 2.4, we roll a 2 and discover that this Judiciary function is carried out by an elite council.
For the other two branch organizations, we roll on Table 2.5. A value of 5 tells us that the executive branch is also an elite council, and a value of 6 gives us a single ruler for the legislative branch. Now to flesh out this information. Mora is a matriarchy, in which most of the governmental positions are held by women(determined by a flash of inspiration.) The courts of the world are headed by the "Eleven Brides", so called because their duties to
the government are so demanding of their time that they do not take husbands, but rather are "married" to their work as Judges. Laws (With a characteristic of 7) are stricter and more intrusive than those on Rhylanor, but are still about average for most of
the worlds in The Imperium.
The executive branch is the "Caucus", 33 women who oversee the administrative activities of the government. There is no separate police force on Mora; the laws are carried out by the planet's army. (This was decided by looking at the "unaggressive" yet "militant" attitudes determined using the social rules of this book.) The legislative branch consists of the Duchess Delphine the Matriarch, In her own right a charismatic dictator (although the
Scouts published the world's government statistic based on the structure of the Judicial branch). The Duchess makes all the laws herself, and so far she has done well enough at it that most Morans are happy under her rule.

They also cover Rhylanor and Regina

Marc

 

[rancke]

Mora Government and Culture in DGP's Grand Census: Page 25

[snip]

Thanks a lot. That was the text I was looking for. This must be the first mention of Delphine.

They also cover Rhylanor and Regina.

The Regina information made it into World Builder's Manual, but if I ever saw the Rhylanor info, I've forgotten all about it again. Could you please quote it for me?


Hans

 

[Commander Truestar]

Rhylanor: Rhylanor (Spinward Marches 2716 A434934-F) is
a small, crowded, high-tech world in the Spinward Marches. It
has a government type 3, self-perpetuating oligarchy, and a law
level 4, relatively low.
Rolling 1D on Table 2.1, a value of 3 determines that the government
is split in a 2-way division of authority. Moving then to
Table 2.2, a roll of 6 means that the "main" branch of the self-
perpetuating oligarchy is composed of an authority sharing both
legislative and judicial powers. The other branch of the government
is the executive branch.
From Table 2.4, we learn that we should roll 1D to determine the
exact organization of the oligarchy. A roll of 5 tells us that it
consists of several councils.
Finally, rolling 2D on Table 2.5, we learn that the executive
branch (from our roll of 3) is composed of one elite council.
What Will characters find when they reach Rhylanor? We can
flesh out the details to give a more exact picture for the players.
Rhylanor's government consists of two groups, both of which are
filled with Rhylanor's nobles. Membership in the government is
handed down to the oldest child in a noble family, after the death
of the parent (self·perpetuating oligarchy).
One group is known as the "Three Councils", which make laws
and determines the guilt or innocence of lawbreakers. Each council
is in charge of one area of law. The Council of Rhylanor
makes all local laws. The Council of Space makes all laws concerning
visitors to the planet and relations of the planetary government
to the Imperium and other worlds. The Council of revenue
sets taxes.
The second main group in Rhylanors government, performing
the executive function, is known as the "Little Council". Its fifteen
members each oversee the activities of the government in one of
fifteen administrative areas. Thus separate police and armed
forces are organized differently in each area, although all must
enforce the same laws set by the Three Councils. (This corresponds
also to Rhylanor's "fragmented" global extensiveness,
as determined in the social rules In this book.)
With a law level of 4, inhabitants of Rhylanor live peaceful
lives. Police are occasionally visible. but citizens are not harassed
and have nothing to fear from governmental excesses.
Rhylanor's economy is relatively free, and taxes are low.
Incidentally, this government is relatively new to Rhylanor, the
result of a constitutional convention held in 1056. (This fact was
invented to correspond to the world's "progressive, enterprising"
philosophy, as determined in the social rules in this book.)