Orishada (world)

Orishada/Velous (Far Home 1615)
Classic Era (1116)	D542322-4 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 2 Dry World 20% Population 3 Low (7 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level 4 Industrial (combustion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K0 V M0 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	3

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Orishada is a poor, low-population hellworld with a population less than 10,000 sophonts struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.

• Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes even hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often form intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
• This is a "low technology" world with technology competencies well below technology standards for Charted Space.
• This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Velous Subsector of Far Home Sector.

• It is a Voluntarily Regressive World

Astrography and Planetology

This star system is detailed using the Fringian Variant System Description.

• The system lies on the edge of the Demon's Eye Rift.
• The supergiant primary of the Demon's Eye system and the huge Demon's Eye Nebula that surrounds it, lying six parsecs to rimward, are clearly visible in the sky.

Binary Solar System

Orishada Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Orishada K0 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.88	5170 - 5270	0.63928
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0038	0.0663	0.78 - 1.4	0.38	3.8
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	5
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Orishada M0 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.57	3770 - 3850	0.13982
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0027	0.031	0.39 - 0.74	0.27	2.7
	Orbit #	*	*	2	0	5
	Remarks
	20.2 AU from primary

System Data

Chalos-Orishada System

The primary is Chalos, an ordinary orange main sequence star. It has a luminosity of 0.42 Sols, a mass of 0.825 Sols and a diameter of 1.263 million km. The inner system consists of (I) a vacuum worldlet, and (II) a trace atmosphere worldlet. (III) Orishada orbits within the habitable zone and is designated the mainworld. (IV) a large gas giant forms the inner part of the outer system. Orbital positions (V) through (X) are unavailable due to the presence of the companion star. (XI) a sparse icy planetoid belt, lying beyond the companion star, forms the outer part of its outer system. Orishada and the gas giant retain satellites.

Manar Subsystem

The companion is Manar, an ordinary red main sequence star that orbits Shalos at a mean distance of 20.2 AU (orbital position (IX), 3.021 billion km). It has a luminosity of 0.04 Sols, a mass of 0.489 Sols and a diameter of 356,000 km. (I) a standard atmosphere hospitable world orbits within the habitable zone. (II) a small gas giant, and (III) a ringed small ice giant form the outer system. Both of the gas giants retain satellites.

Mainworld Data

(III) Orishada

(III) Orishada is designated the mainworld. It orbits Chalos at a mean distance of 0.71 AU (105.9 million km), within the habitable zone. It has an orbital period of 240 days 14 hours and a rotation period of 33 hours. The axial tilt is 15 degrees. Orishada has a diameter of 7,816 km, a density of 4.87 g/cm³, and a surface gravity of 0.54 G. The world is geologically active. Its atmosphere is rated as Thin, Tainted, with a mean surface pressure of 0.44 bar and a composition of 87% nitrogen (N₂), 11% oxygen (O₂), 1% carbon dioxide (CO₂), and 1% argon (Ar), water vapor (H₂O), ozone (O₃), neon (Ne) and other trace gases. The taint is caused by low percentage of atmospheric oxygen. Approximately 22% of the surface is covered in seas of liquid water: average tidal ranges exceed 0.25m. Mean surface temperature: 12°C. The climate is rated as Temperate-Cool and experiences minor seasonal changes during the local year. The atmosphere is sluggish and slow weather systems, driven by the star, crawl across the globe.

Satellites

Orishada retains two natural satellites, a vacuum worldlet named Baslak and a marginally hospitable moon named Volu:

(IIIa) Baslak (UWP Y100000-0, orbiting at 20 Diameters/155,000 km)

(IIIb) Volu (UWP Y322000-0, orbiting at 35 Diameters/275,000 km)

Mainworld Geography and Topography

Total surface area: 192 million km², Land surface area: 150 million km², Water surface area: 42 million km². The northern tropics are covered by the Vardak range and the southern pole is dominated by the Heights of Pygar, barren mountain and highland regions surrounded by stony rubble-covered plains. The Plain of Sorrows and the Bowl of Dust, lying along the equator, are arid deserts. The Gorgon Sea, the largest body of water, lies in the southern hemisphere and is surrounded by lakes and marshy Damplands. The poles are ice-capped throughout the year, with glaciers and ice-fields extending into the temperate zones in some areas. Large areas of the northern temperate zone are lowland and are dotted with small lakes of glacial origin.

Native Lifeforms

Chalos-Orishada System

Orishada, the mainworld has primitive native life, largely consisting of microscopic organisms that exist anywhere that they can find water. Their metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal. The most advanced lifeforms are simple worms measuring millimeters in length. A number of types of introduced flora survive and even thrive on the world.

• Volu, Orishada's marginally hospitable outer moon, has primitive extremophile native life, consisting entirely of microscopic cyanobacteria-parallels that thrive in the harsh conditions. Their metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

No other world in the system is known to have native life.

Manar Subsystem

The temperate hospitable world lying in orbital position (I) (within the habitable zone) has extensive native life, consisting of minute multicellular organisms that can be found in most ecological niches. Their metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

No other world in the subsystem is known to have native life.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

World starport

Orishada has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

World technology level

Orishada possesses a Technology Level of TL–4.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone and telegraphs, widespread printing.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early electricity, hydrocarbon internal combustion.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Trains and early automobiles.
  • Water: Clippers and steam ships.
  • Air: Dirigibles, balloons, very basic rockets.

World government

Orishada is governed by a Participatory Democracy where eligible voters determine laws and policy. What determines an eligible voter varies. There may be smaller councils or regional bodies to write the policies voted on. Leadership of the government and all members of the bureaucracy are determined by voting population.

World Military

Locally organised defense militias only, consisting of armed citizens.

World Economy

• Resources: 8 (Moderate)
• Labor: 2 (Hundreds)
• Infrastructure: 1 (Extremely limited)
• Efficiency: +0

Trade Data

• Resource Units: 16

World Demographics

Population: 7,300

• Humaniti (Human races)
  • Solomani (Major Race): 7,200 (98.6% of the population), descended from immigrants from all across the Distant Fringe. They refer to themselves as Terrans.

• Other Non-Human Races:
  • Temelik: 100 (less than 1.4% of the population), anywhere humans can be found.

Urbanization

No information yet available.

World Culture

• Homogeneity: 4 (Harmonious)
• Acceptance: 1 (Extremely xenophobic)
• Strangeness: 1
• Symbols: 1

Historical Data

No information yet available.

World Timeline

• 2255AD: The Last Armada arrives in the Demon Cluster.
• 2413AD: First settlement on Orishada.
• 2500AD: The Second Confederation is founded. Orishada is a member.
• 3359AD: The Civil Wars begin. Orishada is in the Traditionalist camp.
• 3400AD: Fall of the Second Confederation. End of the Civil Wars. The Dissolution period.
• 3500AD: Orishada's population exceeds 500,000.
• 3730AD: Voyagers arrive and devastate the Sector. The Dark Age begins. Orishada's population do not survive and the world becomes barren.
• 4549AD: The Voyagers depart and the Dark Age ends. The Renaissance sees the first steps back into space.
• 4650AD: Scavenger Season. Lawless and violent Salvagers pick over the remains of pre-Voyager sites: the ruins on Orishada are stripped.
• 4910AD: Tal Varisan Development claims jurisdiction of the Orishada system.
• ca 5200AD: Tal Varisan Development merges with the worlds of the Risa Cluster to form the Firstworlds. Orishada becomes neutral.
• 5344AD: Scybrian Wars begin.
• 5489AD: Scybrian Wars come to an end.
• 5496AD: Former Firstworlds soldiers found a settlement on Orishada.

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science