BENECIA


System Data

System Name: Delta Majoris
Number of Class M: 1
Planetary Data
Position in system: 3
Number of satellites: 12
Planetary gravity: 0.98g
Planetary size
Diameter: 10,200 km
Equatorial circumference: 15,700 km
Total surface area: 308,000,000 sq km
Percent land mass: 70%
Total land area: 215,600,000 sq km
Planetary conditions
Length of day: 23 hrs
Atmospheric density: Terrestrial
General climate: Terrestrial
Mineral Content
Normal metals: 70%
Radioactives: 20%
Gemstones: Trace
Industrial crystals: Trace
Special minerals: Trace
Cultural Data
Dominant life form: 65% Alpha Centauri/35% Human
Technological/
sociopolitical index:
876666-88
Planetary trade profile: BCCCDDD/C (D)

Founded after the Romulan War by a joint Human-Alpha Centauri colonial mission, Benecia remains a vast welderness planet, only one quarter of which has ever been explored. Local industries include forrestry and processing native raw minerals. The local inhabitants have resisted the importation of excessive technology, with an eye toward disturbing the local envorinment as little as possible. Benecia was also the home of the Back-to-Earth movement, which had a widespread following until it collapsed after the second Babel Conference. Current Benecian population is less than 25,000.