Nesighan (world)

Nesighan/Zairae (Glimmerdrift Reaches 1131)
Classic Era (1116)	C95A998-7 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 9 High (3 billion) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K1 V M2 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	3

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Nesighan is a high-population, water world, which has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water and a population with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Zairae Subsector of Glimmerdrift Reaches Sector.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

This world is part of the Addirka Cluster.

Binary Solar System

Nesighan Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Nesighan K1 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.86	5100 - 5170	0.58985
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0037	0.0637	0.76 - 1.36	0.37	3.7
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	5
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Nesighan M2 V	Secondary	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

System Data

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Mainworld Data

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Mainworld Geography & Topography

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Native Lifeforms

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History & Background / Dossier

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World Starport

Nesighan has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which includes amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World Technology Level

Nesighan possesses a Technology Level of TL–7.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early video and early satellite communication networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fuel cells, solar energy, and geothermal power sources.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, hovercraft, and bullet trains.
  • Water: Hydrofoils and early triphibians.
  • Air: Hang gliders and supersonic jets.
  • Space: Deep space probes and interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government

Nesighan is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

World Military

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World Economy

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Trade Data

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World Demographics

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World Culture

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Urbanization

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Historical Data

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World Timeline

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UWP Listing

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References & Contributors / Sources

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