Mediger Scale

Measures the relative gravity of a planet, comparing it to a human norm.

Scale

The Mediger scale is designed to sort planets into ranges best suited for colonization (called the "Shelby range" after Ravinger Shelby, the first head of what would become the first Colonization Bureau). For this reason, the scale is more granular within the Shelby range than on either side of its walls (Medigers 2 and 6). Between Medigers 1 and 2 is the cardio floor, the place where health issues start to crop up without significant genetic modification, and anyone born on a world under the cardio floor is by convention known as a light gravity worlder. The cardio ceiling is commonly placed between Medigers 7 and 8; Anseahla, in the latter category, is the heaviest world in the Alliance. Some debate exists on whether Selnor counts as a heavy gravity world, but in general worlds have to be in Mediger 8+ to produce people commonly known as heavy gravity worlders.

Qufiil required the creation of a Mediger 9 rating.

Mediger Number	Gravity Range	Worlds in this Range	Notes
0	zero g to microgravity	Moon (.17g)
1	.25 to .5	Escutcheon (.32g) Mars (.38g)	"light gravity worlders" Between Mediger 1 and 2 is the "cardio floor."
2	.5 to .75	Malarai Homeworld (.70)	Shelby range begins
3	.75 to 1	Chatcaavan Throneworld (.75ish) Phoenix-Nest (.82)
4	1	Earth Alliance Standard Gravity	Terra's gravity field is still considered the gold standard for health. All starbases, outposts, and Fleet vessels are calibrated to ASG.
5	1 to 1.5	Seersana (1.45)
6	1.5 to 2		Shelby range ends
7	2 to 2.5	Selnor (2.75)	Between Mediger 7 and 8 is the "cardio ceiling"
8	2.5 to 3	Anseahla (2.847)	"heavy gravity worlders" Mediger 8 is also called the "Mediger ceiling"
9	3+	Qufiil

"New Year Worlds" - "Because so many people make resolutions at the start of the new year to lose that little bit of extraweight? And worlds with gravity like this, just a few shades off of Terran norm, but without being noticeably lighter, do that without the effort or the trips to the clinic for metabolic therapy."

Dealing with Mediger Shear

• acclimatization
• hardware
• temporary pills/shots

The "Justice limit" is the point at which a person needs the more invasive acclimatization routines, versus being able to gradually get by with a little help and time spent in the higher gravity environment. Each individual's limit is based on species, planet of origin, and personal physiology (builds muscle faster/slower/etc), but there are profiles that physicians use to gauge probable Justice limits on patients until they can personalize a profile. Generally the Justice limit is about a lighter gravity worlder attempting to acclimate to a higher gravity environment, but (on occasion) it's applied to the reverse. Typically, those patients are said to have 'spaceman syndrome.'

History

Codified by Asanii cartographer Ameit Mediger, who was inspired by the plight of fellow student and friend Justice Line Padere, a Malarai.