Zaltek
| Zaltek | |
|---|---|
| Geophysical Data | |
| System Position | Zaltek |
| Distance from Primary | 0.97 AU |
| Planet Type | Terrestrial |
| Natural Satellites | 1 |
| Day Length | 21h 45min |
| Surface Gravity | 0.92g |
| Atmosphere | Breathable |
| Mean Temperature | 13C° |
| Surface Water | 66% |
| Age | 3.6 billion years |
| Infrastructure | |
| Nations (2185) |
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| Demographics (2185) | 138 million |
The Zaltek Corporation has colonized Zaltek during the mid 23rd century in an attempt to create a Corporate Nation, where all employees were also citizens of the planet.
While this worked out for a while, the structure of the planet and its infrastructure collapsed during the Age of War along departmental lines. The technological abilities of this corponation collapsed completely to a medieval level and the departmental heads had to set themselves up as feudal lords to support their department. Over time the society stratified along the new feudal aristocracy and stifled rediscovery of knowledge and technology, so that the current developmental level is comparable to the 16th century.
Defense against pirate raids is almost unknown and the various feudal duchies (still called departments) simply pay what the pirates want, as the plant does not have any feudal overlord (CEO).
