Keshurlim (world)

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Keshurlim/Laraa (Dagudashaag 2531)
Milieu 1116
B527467-C
StarportB Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted)
Hydrographics7 Wet World 70%
Population4 Moderate (70 thousand)
Government6 Captive Government/Colony
Law7 Moderate Law (no firearms)
Tech LevelC Average Stellar (robots)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary M2 V
Worlds 10
Gas Giants 4
Planetoid Belts 0
Cultural Details
Government Captive government
Law Level Moderate
Cultural Extension 455C
Army Size (BEs) 0
Economic Details
Technology Level 12
Economic Extension
A34+1
ResourcesAAbundant
Labor3Low (7 thousand)
Infrastructure4 Very limited
Efficiency+1Average
Importance Extension 1
Resource Units 120
GWP (BCr) 0
World Trade Number 3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year) 490
Starport Details
Classification Class-B
Port Size 3
Building Capacity (Tons) 0
Port employees 35
Port passengers (annual) 0

Keshurlim has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. Government control of this world is by an external military force. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Laraa Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Keshurlim, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships. During the Long Night this world was named Degiir.

Astrography and planetology[edit]

Keshurlim is a cold world orbiting a dim red star. It is an important link on the communications route into the Pact Subsector, and is the site of a major naval base. The naval base hosts elements of the 230th Fleet.


Monostellar System[edit]

Keshurlim Monostellar System
Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol)
Keshurlim

M2 V

Primary Main Sequence 0.44 3470 - 3560 0.0565
Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0021 0.0197 0.25 - 0.48 0.21 2.1
Orbit #  *  * 1 0 4

History and background[edit]

Keshurlim is famed for its glass cities, which are regarding as on of the wonders of Laraa Subsector. Each city is a masterpiece of engineering, constructed only from the purest and most translucent plastiglass, and covering hundreds of square kilometers. The world has a population of less than seventy thousand people, and draws most of its income from tourism.

The government is controlled by the Ministry of Colonization.

References and contributors[edit]

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