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THAT ONE IS DONE NOW, I JUST HADN'T CHECKED THE PRINTS AND THEY PRINT FINE, THANKS XANDER.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Saturday, August 21, 2010 - 03:28 pm: Edit

I just sent in the Index from Adventure seeds to Zorski interspecies compatibility table (which has two new entries!)

Happy dance! This is coming together and on schedule.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, August 21, 2010 - 04:11 pm: Edit

INDEX
Adventure seeds, 137-139.
Afrikanius, star system with Tafelland and Donujebruche, 134.
Agencies, Federation, 21-24, 115.
Aging, 69.
Allen’s Planet, colony world, 97.
Alpha Centauri, Alpha-Centaurans, 51-54.
Alpha Veras IV, protected world, 100.
Amin Audeh Chronology, 42.
Analogue worlds, 140.
Andichron VI, colony world, 97.
Andor, Andorians, 59-64.
Andorian fleece, 139.
Annox, colony world, 97.
Antares, Antareans, 70-71, 102.
Arcturia, Arcturians, 72-73, 135.
Arcturian soul stones, 139.
Armored vehicles, 113.
Big Valley V, colony, one of the Western Worlds, 97.
Bis’en, independent world, 101.
Black Nebula, private security company, 114.
Brecon, Brecons, 74-75.
Capital District, 45.
Chairmen, list of and capsule biographies, 15-21.
Charter, 13.
Chicago, major industrial world, 97.
Chronologies, 42.
Class-M planet, 54.
Classes of planets, 54.
Codimark, colony world, 97.
Colonies, case studies, 36-38.
Colonies, types of, 31-32.
Colonization, Commission for, 23.
Colonization procedure, 32-36.
Colonization program, 31.
Cosmopolitans, 39.
Culden-Feyr (Alpha Centauri), 51-54.
Culture and history, 12-43.
Cygnus, Cygnans, 76-77, 102.
Deck plans of Burke-class frigate, 125-132.
Defense, Ministry of, 22.
Deiana, the industrial world that is the central hub of the Western Worlds, 97.
Deians, 78-79, 102.
Designer’s notes, 145.
Development, Ministry of, 23-24.
Donjebruche trading post, 134-136.
Drones, 124.
Earth, 46-49.
Economics, 25.
Economics, Ministry of, 22.
Education, Ministry of, 24.
Elections, 13-15.
Entering the Federation, visas, travel documents, 44.
Facebook, our page on, 142.
Federation Charter, 13.
Federation colonies, 31.
Federation Express Corporation, 43.
Federation marshals, 39.
Federation police, 113.
Federation politics, 13-14.
Ferkite Order, Arcturian cult, 73.
Fiction, Another New World, 2.
Fiction, Into the Dark, 133.
Fighters, 124.
Fnania, independent world, 101.
Frallia, Fralli, 80-81, 102.
Franchised colonies, 31.
Galactic Intelligence Agency, 115.
Gamma Artemis III, protected world, 100.
Gazetteer, 40-41.
Geography of the Federation, 40.
Gordan’s Planet, industrial world, 97.
Government, 29-30.
Government agencies, 21-24.
Gravity toys, 139.
Health, Ministry of, 24.
Height and Weight tables, 69.
History and culture, 12-43.
Humans, 46.
Humanoid life, 140.
Intelligence agencies, 115
Internal organization of the Federation, 30.
Internal Relations, Ministry of, 22.
Janus VI, 100.
Justice, Ministry of, 22.
Justice system, 27-28.
Klingons, 16, 135, 138.
Kzintis, wars with, 16, 17, 77.
List of planets, 40.
LTTG, colony, 38.
Mantor, Mantorese, 82-83, 102.
Map of the Federation, 41.
Marko V, mining colony, 137.
Mars, 49-51.
Marshals, 39.
Meria, independent world in the Klingon-Federation Neutral Zone, 137.
Meva, industrial world, 97-98.
Mezan, independent world, 101.
Military forces, 104-115.
Morkedia III, colony world, 97.
Mynienix, Mynieni, 84-85.
Mysteries of the Federation, adventure seeds, 140-142.
Naramar III, colony world, 98.
National Guard, 111-112.
New Brazil, colony, 36-37.
New Marsailles, colony world, 98.
Notes for GMs, 11, 142.
Novorosibirsk, industrial world, 98.
Numbered fleets of Star Fleet, 105-106.
Old Kings, precursor race, 87, 141.
Orion, Orions, Orion Enclave, 92-95.
Orion Pirates, 138.
Osiris, 95-96.
Outposts, type of colony, 31.
Pacifica, major industrial world, 98.
Paktar, homeworld of Deians, 78-79, 102.
Phasers, 116.
Phases of a colony, 32-35.
Planetary classes, 54.
Planetary guards, 112.
Planetary surveys, 44-103.
Planets of the Federation, various status levels, 29-30.
Police, 113-114, 115.
Political history, 15.
Political parties, 13-14.
Pollux IX, colony world, 98.
Ponderosa IV, agricultural colony, one of the Western Worlds, 98.
Pre-existing colonies, 32.
Prelaria, Prelarians, 86-87.
Preservers, precursor race, 141.
Prime Directive, 28, 100.
Prime Teams, 111.
Private security companies, 114-115.
Publisher’s information, 145.
Rigel, Rigellians, 65-67.
Rigellian ferrets, 139.
Rimworld, colony, 37-381
Rita’s Planet, colony world in the Federation-Klingon Neutral Zone, 98.
Romulans, 138.
Sample characters, 143-144.
Sebelia IV, minor industrial world, 99.
Seeders, precursor race, 140-141.
Sheboygan III, minor industrial world, 99.
Sherman’s Planet, colony world in the Federation-Klingon Neutral Zone, 99, 137.
Shiloh II, agricultural colony, one of the Western Worlds, 99.
Shresha, home star of the Cygnans, 75.
Sigma Draconis, major industrial world, 99.
Sky Fathers, 76.
Social Contract, 25-27.
Sol System, 45.
Southfork IX, agricultural colony, one of the Western Worlds, 99.
Spaceships, 124.
Sponsored colonies, 31.
Star Fleet, 105-111.
Star Fleet Academy, 106-107.
Star Fleet Auxiliary, 109.
Star Fleet Bureaus, 108.
Star Fleet Intelligence, 115.
Star Fleet Marines, 110-111.
Star Fleet Reserves, 109-110.
Star Fleet Universe, 42.
Starships, 117-123.
Strongport, 68.
Tafelland, colony planet with Donjebruche trading post, 134-136.
Talos IV, proscribed world, 101.
Tellar, Tellarites, 88-91.
Tenoria V, protected world, 100.
Thetis, industrial world, 99.
Valentina III, proscribed world, 100.
Valkenburg Chronology, 42.
Vega Colony, industrial world, 99.
Vereb IV, proscribed world, 100.
Vulcan, Vulcans, 55-58.
Vultrax, Vulcan world, 58.
Warrant Officers, 109.
Weapons, 116.
Western Worlds, 99.
Xena, planet used by Federation Express Corporation, 43, 45.
Yeney’vn, proscribed world, 100-101.
Zeta Reticuli, Old Kings outpost, 99.
Zorski interspecies compatibility table, 69.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, August 21, 2010 - 05:51 pm: Edit

PD FEDS MAP GAZETTEER
Aberdeen (Federation colony) 3411
Adanerg (Federation colony) 1909
Airsis IV (neutral) 2113
Aliser VI (primitive) 3404
Allen’s Planet (Federation colony in Neutral Zone) 2002
Alpha Centauri (Federation member) 2908
Alpha Veras IV (pre-spaceflight planet) 2302
Andichron VI (Federation colony) 3309
Andor (Federation member system) 2908
Ankrogea (ancient, dead) 3301
Annox (Federation colony) 2209
Antares (Federation member) 2610
Arcturia (Federation associate member) 2715
Bezwell Index (Neutral planet) 2214
Big Valley V (Federation colony) 2106
Bis’en (Independent feline world) 2806
Blackfoot Pass (Navigational feature, in N.Z.) 1909
Brecolaris (home of the Brecon) 3214
Capital District 2908
Cestus 4007
Chicago (Federation major colony) 3306
Codimark (Federation minor colony) 2510
Debrock (Federation protectorate) 3514
Deiana (Federation protectorate) 2106
Denebola (neutral) 3415
Diablo Asteroid Field (Orion base) 2106
Dimitris (Kzinti minor industrial world) 1802
Earth-Sol (Federation member) 2908
Fnanla (Independent world) 2604
Fornax (Federation protectorate) 3413
Frallia (Federation associate member) 3201
Gamma Artemis III (primitive world) 3707
Geslok (Gorn minor industrial world, major
port for trade with Federation) 4001
Gordan’s Planet (Federation planet) 3612
Helvetia (neutral) 3912
Iridima (neutral planet) 1912
Janus VI (Horta homeworld) 2110
Justinia (Romulan minor industrial world, major
port for contact with Federation) 4112
K’brogrh (Klingon minor industrial world) 2216
Kyprus (Klingon major industrial world) 2518
Leebyahh (neutral, pro-Klingon) 2013
LTTG 2306
Mad Jack’s Hole (pirate sanctuary) 1706
Mantor (Federation Associate Member) 2206
Meva (Federation planet) 2704
Mezan (Independent planet) 3013
Miktaka (Federation Associate Member) 2910
Morkedia III (Federation mining colony) 3414
Mynienix (Federation associate member) 3204
Naramar III (Federation minor planet) 3005
New Brazil (Federation colony) 3003
New Marseilles (Federation colony) 3504
Nomea (Federation colony) 2209
Novorosibirsk (Federation minor planet) 2509
Organia (neutral) 1913
Orion (Orion capital planet) 2812
Osiris (Orion minor planet) 2811
Pacifica (Federation major planet) 2708
Paktar (Federation member, Deians) 2505
Pleiades Star Cluster 2011
Pollux IX (Federation minor colony) 2213
Ponderosa IV (Federation colony) 2106
Prelaria (Federation associate member) 2705
Rigel (Federation member system) 2908
Rimworld (Federation colony) 3809
Rita’s Planet (Federation colony) 1912
Roon (developing planet) 2805
Scylla-Charybdis (navigational feature) 3506
Sebelia IV (Federation minor planet) 3711
Sentria (primitive) 2803
Sheboygan III (Federation minor planet) 2403
Sherman’s Planet (Neutral) 1910
Shiloh II (Federation colony) 2106
Shresha-Cygnus (Federation member) 2306
Sigma Draconis (Federation major planet) 3509
Skoleos (Federation planet, Gorn mercenaries) 3704
Southfork IX (Federation colony) 2106
Strongport (Rigel V, Federation major planet) 2908
Taffeland (Federation colony) 2007
Talos IV (Proscribed planet) 3002
Tellarite Prime (Federation associate member) 3706
Tenoria V (primitive planet) 2212
Terdranake-IV (destroyed civilization) 2701
Thetis (Federation colony) 2314
Tyson’s Star (disputed) 2315
Valentina III (destroyed civilization) 2110
Vanecheck (disputed) 2315
Vega (Federation colony) 2908
Vereb IV (dangerous civilization) 2903
Vidalia (Federation minor planet) 3210
Vulcan (Federation member system) 2908
Vultrax (Vulcan secondary planet) 2908
Walkuria (Klingon warrior colony, industrial world) 1916
Western World (group of five systems) 2106
Yenev’vn (xenophobic dictatorship) 3108
Zeta Reticuli (Old Kings outpost) 2908

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 09:30 am: Edit

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Donjebruche trading post, 134-136.

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By Loren Knight (Loren) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 12:14 pm: Edit

Jean, can you give me a phonetic of Donjebruche?

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 12:37 pm: Edit

Donny (as in Marie and) Brook (as in stream)

The spelling is a corruption of "donnybrook" and you can imagine how it got that name!

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 01:56 pm: Edit

Heh, I never would have got that. I thought it was more like: Dohn-jeh-brock.

I can't think of what Donnybrook is. I have a feeling I should be embarrassed. The place in Ireland?

By Shawn Hantke (Shantke) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 02:52 pm: Edit

From wikitionary:
English
Etymology

Named from Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, the site of a notoriously disorderly annual fair.

Noun

donnybrook (plural donnybrooks)

1. A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 02:54 pm: Edit

* Looks at Loren *

* Looks at dictionary *

* Finds two synonyms *

uproar
free-for-all

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 03:20 pm: Edit

Donnybrook, a roudy brawl. Got it. Funny, I've got the dang Dictionary.com tool bar, you'd think I'd use it, but I forget it's there.

Hmmm, that ought to be an interesting place both in the SFU AND Dublin Ireland.

By Steve Wagner (Waggs) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 04:10 pm: Edit

So a GREAT place for shore leave!!! Is this place close to the Klingon border? This is a place that I am sure my fellow Klingons would love to visit!!

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 04:58 pm: Edit

Donjebruche is on planet Taffelland, which is near the Klingon and Kzinti border (and Mad Jack's Hole).

Way back when, a bunch of simpler farmers who wanted a pure colony of their sprig of humanity bought a spaceship and went looking. They found Shiloh and were going to set up there, but the Mantorese told them to run fast as the kzintis were around. The farmers ran until they ran out of fuel, and found Taffelland, a very desert planet. The planet had granite colonies on a bassalt crust (like earth) but no water, and the "sea bottom" was covered in sand and dirt. But there was SOME water, some rain, and the planet averaged an inch or two a year. One of those big granite slabs sloped, and all of the rainwater from an area the size of North American ran into a valley the size of, say, Arkansas, creating the only farmable spot (Greenveldt or something I don't remember right now). So, the farmers took it. They were happy. They did not have to deal with outsiders, especially outside humans of other races. They did not consider themselves racists, just segregationists.

Then one day, a spaceship landed. These spacers wre honest merchants, and just wanted to buy some fresh veggies and stuff, not defoliate the farmers' daughters, and polite conversation and an exchange of potatoes for metals worked out. This continued, and grew, and the farmers became more and more nervous about outsiders but more and more accustomed to dealing with them at a distance.

So, some bunch of space traders build a small landing port, Donnjebruche, on the granite slab "above" and a few dozen miles from Greenveldt. A carefully controlled elevator-train was built, and the port and the farm colony could trade without really seeing each other (and the farmer fathers could control what came into their community, no porn for example).

Soon there are desert mining colonies all over Taffelland, all going to Donnybruche for a weekend away from the mines. Klingons, Kzintis, Cygnans, Mantorese, Orions all showed up and traded.

The Federation showed up and had a problem. Here was a planet full of colonies with no "law" or "government" to speak of. Worse, any starcrews landing there were as likely to pick up knife wounds as they were potatoes. Something had to be done. So, Federation marshals (and Rigellian Army military police) showed up along with Federation colonial experts, who said "you gotta fit into fed law somehow, but let's come up with something that leaves you alone and makes visitors safe--well, less unsafe."

So, you have one big farm feeding all kinds of mining colonies and one big town that is a cross between Las Vegas and Dodge City. Klingons, Kzintis, and Orions all show up to trade.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 05:16 pm: Edit

DONJEBRUCHE TRADING POST

Located on Tafelland, a Class-K planet in Federation Space, Donjebruche Trading Post is an adjunct to the Grenveldt colony. Close to the Klingon border, and near enough to Kzinti space to allow easy peacetime trade, the trading post is a convenient stop for traders and travelers in the area. Being less than a thousand parsecs from the infamous Orion Pirate bastion known as Mad Jack’s Hole, Donjebruche Trading Post has also become a legal point of sale for purloined items that are “laundered” by the Orions and ready to re-enter the market.
Donjebruche Trading Post is a very cosmopolitan “town” (numbering 10,000 people by the time of the General War). The town is fed (literally) by the agricultural community of Groenveldt (which regards Donjebruche as “sin city”, their residents rarely going there). The town of Donjebruche existed before the Federation reached this area and was not originally a formal colony. The legal status of the town is less clear than the official Federation records would seem to indicate, and residents of the town regard themselves more as citizens of Donjebruche than citizens of the Federation.
There are a dozen large mining complexes around the planet, all of them in desert areas. These have populations from a few thousand to 20,000 and are effectively small independent “company towns”. All of their citizens regard Donjebruche as the place to go and have a good time or to do some shopping.

By Shawn Hantke (Shantke) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 05:56 pm: Edit

Are the two posts about Donjebruche part of the FED source book or seeds for a Captains Log article?

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 06:24 pm: Edit

Shawn, yes.



A wise friend told me never to ask a question with an "or" in it because you never know what part the person is answering.

Tafelland (with one "f") is part of the book. Taffelland (with 2 "f"s) is a summarization/condensation in SVC's own words.

We don't have some of the more colorful imagery in the book. (SVC, NO! Don't do it, please. Remember this is for my RPGers and is G-rated.)

By Howard Bampton (Bampton) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 06:53 pm: Edit

And people wonder why I use "iff" (yes, double f) and "xor" in my writing some times. :-)

By Loren Knight (Loren) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 07:22 pm: Edit

Then, Howard, you'll like one of the races created for PD Tholians in the M81 galaxy.

By Howard Bampton (Bampton) on Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 08:26 pm: Edit

I look forward to reading the various RPG books. Hopefully now that PD Feds is winding down, I'll get to see the Tholian one in print soon (and no doubt Jean will have refined her editing checklist, so the book will be even better edited).

Note to Jean before she completes the windup for the #8- in a year or so, not next quarter!

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Monday, August 23, 2010 - 07:11 am: Edit

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, August 23, 2010 - 11:42 am: Edit

SYSTEM SURVEY: Afrikanius

Star Class: F9V yellow-white dwarf (1.05 stellar masses).

Planets
I. Gesmolten: This is a Class-I hot rock, 4,632 miles in diameter, similar to Mercury.
II. Rokerig: This is a Class-C hothouse, 6,897 miles in diameter, with temperatures too high for even brief visits and a corrosive atmosphere.
III. Tafelland: This is a Class-K desert planet, similar to Vulcan, with no oceans to speak of. It is 8,101 miles in diameter. See the planetary survey.
IV. Bevroren: This is a Class-O frozen planet with a thin atmosphere. It is 6,277 miles in diameter. There is a mining colony here operated by Mars Mining & Manufacturing. It has a population of over 10,000 people, mostly Humans and Cygnans.
V. Blauw: A large Class-A hot gas giant, similar to Jupiter. There are over 60 moons, some of them fairly large. Two dozen have small mining operations, and three of them have significant colonies (with populations of over 5,000). One is operated by Cygnus Trans-Star Mining, one by Mars Mining & Manufacturing, and one of them (a former Klingon mining colony) is operated by expatriate Dunkars.
VI. Groen: This is a Class-B cold gas giant with six moons, none of which are mined on any regular basis.
VII. Buitenst: This is a Class-Q iceball.
VIII. Afgelegen: A small Class-Q Ort cloud object.

Because I am really proud of Tafelland, I will post a bit of it each day.

By Gary Plana (Garyplana) on Monday, August 23, 2010 - 04:03 pm: Edit

SVC, Moon data?

Blauw: the fairly large moons, number and Classes (probably all J's)?

Groen, ditto?

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Monday, August 23, 2010 - 09:22 pm: Edit

Gary, other surveys don't go into detail on the moons, especially if there are many moons. I think we're fine.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 11:02 am: Edit

We have never provided moon data in any of the previous books, Gary, and there isn't room to add it now. Not unless we delete the Fralli.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 11:03 am: Edit

PLANETARY SURVEY: Tafelland

I. GENERAL INFORMATION
Status: Minor colony world.
Location: Coordinates 2007, Federation.
Mass: 5.7x1021 metric tons.
Density: 5.5.
Diameter: 8,101 miles.
Class: K.
Surface Area: 206 million square miles.
Land Area: 205.99 million square miles.
Land Area as Percentage of the Surface: 99.5%.
Surface Gravity: 1.01G.
Mean Surface Temperature: 88°F.
Surface Pressure at Sea Level: 1.04.
Atmosphere Composition: Nitrogen 77%.
Oxygen 21%.
Argon: 1%.
Trace Gasses: 1%.
Pollution: Very minor in the two small industrial areas.
Orbital Distance: 95 million miles (1.02 AU).
Day: 26 hours.
Year: 376 local days (407 Earth days, 1.11 Earth years).
Axial Tilt: 17°.
Population: 300,000.

II. BIOSPHERE
Most of Tafelland is simply a barren desert, but the valley basin of Groenveldt is virtually Class M in most respects. There are significant mountain ranges and vast continent-sized slabs of granite. Tectonic basalt plates under the sand move at the normal rates for such things (similar to Earth).
At one point, a Star Fleet survey ship calculated that a few thousand comets could be crashed into the planet over a period of a century or two, elevating it to Class-L, but this plan was never put into motion.