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|name=Londonium
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|sun=[[White Sun]]{{Ref|<ref name="The Verse in Numbers">''[[The Verse in Numbers]]''</ref>}}
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|moons=*[[Colchester]]{{Ref|<ref name="Verse in numbers">''[[The Verse in Numbers]]''</ref>}}
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*[[Balkerne]]{{Ref|<ref name="Verse in numbers" />}}
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|terraformed=[[2220]]{{Ref|<ref name="Verse in numbers" />}}
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|diameter=18,000km{{Ref|<ref name="Verse in numbers" />}}
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|mass=1.210x10x10<sup>22</sup> tonnes{{Ref|<ref name="Verse in numbers" />}}
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|gravity=1.0145{{Ref|<ref name="Verse in numbers" />}}
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|orbital position=2{{Ref|<ref name="Verse in numbers" />}}
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|orbital distance=1,346,380,830km (9.000 AU){{Ref|<ref name="Verse in numbers" />}}
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|orbital periods=27.00 years/9,862 days{{Ref|<ref name="Verse in numbers" />}}
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|region=[[Central planets]]{{Ref|<ref name="Serenity RPG">''[[Serenity Role Playing Game]]''</ref>}}
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|cities=[[The House]]
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|population=4,510,000,000{{Ref|<ref name="Verse in numbers" />}}
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|affiliation=[[Anglo-Sino Alliance]]}}
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{{Quote|I'd like to be the King of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat.|[[Malcolm Reynolds]]|Serenity (episode)}}
 
{{Quote|I'd like to be the King of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat.|[[Malcolm Reynolds]]|Serenity (episode)}}
   
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Such a large military target is protected by a large military presence. The [[Ministry of Intelligence]] and the elite SAS ([[Special Alliance Support]]) forces have their headquarters on the planet, while, in orbit the Alliance flagship ''[[Victoria]]'' protects the skies.
 
Such a large military target is protected by a large military presence. The [[Ministry of Intelligence]] and the elite SAS ([[Special Alliance Support]]) forces have their headquarters on the planet, while, in orbit the Alliance flagship ''[[Victoria]]'' protects the skies.
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[[Category:Planets]]
 
[[Category:Planets]]

Revision as of 23:50, 31 December 2009

name
Planet information
Sun orbited

White Sun[1]

Moons
Date terraformed

2220[2]

Diameter

18,000km[2]

Mass

1.210x10x1022 tonnes[2]

Gravity

1.0145[2]

Orbital position

2[2]

Orbital distance

1,346,380,830km (9.000 AU)[2]

Orbital periods

27.00 years/9,862 days[2]

Region

Central planets[3]

Cities and towns

The House

Population

4,510,000,000[2]

Affiliation

Anglo-Sino Alliance


"I'd like to be the King of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat."
Malcolm Reynolds[src]

Londinium, along with its sister planet Sihnon, was one of the first planets colonized after the exodus from Earth-That-Was. Being the most like Earth-That-Was, it was the easiest to settle on and thus an ideal choice.

Most of the settlers came from Europe and the Americas and the predominant western culture took hold here quickly. Old western traditions were combined with modern technology. The best example, being the buildings themselves as they were built with the most advanced materials but designed to look like stone. The Imperial Gothic style of the buildings (e.g. the contemporary Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, etc.) became the norm for almost all building on Londinium. The symbol of the planet is an Imperial Gothic clocktower (a la Big Ben).

Politics is the main activity on Londinium nowadays. The Alliance Parliament building is situated on Londinium. The Parliament building itself (which contains "the House", where the members of Parliament meet to debate current issues) is the size of a small city and surrounding Government complex which contains the offices of ministers and their civil servants (and is also where the aforementioned clocktower is) makes up the entire unitary decision-making body of the Allied Planets. There is a policy of shoot-on-sight for any craft that comes too close to the Parliament building No Fly Zone.

Not all of the planet is dedicated to political dealings though. Art is also a major attraction. Londinium contains the finest museums of Earth-That-Was and colonial artifacts and also the largest collections of Western-style art in the system.

Such a large military target is protected by a large military presence. The Ministry of Intelligence and the elite SAS (Special Alliance Support) forces have their headquarters on the planet, while, in orbit the Alliance flagship Victoria protects the skies.

Sources