Amshu (world)

Amshu/Sapphyre (Dagudashaag 1736) Milieu 1116 C674354-8 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 3 Low (6 thousand) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K1 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	1136
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	521-4 Resources 5 Scarce Labor 2 Low (600) Infrastructure 1 Extremely limited Efficiency -4 Very poor
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	6
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	2.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Amshu supports a population of fewer than 10,000 sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Sapphyre Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Amshu, 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.

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• During the Long Night this world was named Giir.

Astrography and planetology

No information yet available.

Monostellar System

Amshu Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Amshu 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

System Data

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Mainworld Data

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Mainworld Geography & Topography

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Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History and background

Amshu has never expanded beyond the small trading enclave that surrounds the starport, the 6,000 or so inhabitants live in the single settlement at Amshu Port and are almost exclusively concerned with its smooth operation.

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Amshu, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Nobility overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

World Starport

Amshu 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.

• The port is the only source of fuel for traffic using the Dagudashaag Main. The majority of the surface water is locked into the polar ice caps and the extreme weather make wilderness refueling hazardous.

World Technology Level

Amshu possesses a Technology Level of TL–8.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics, improved telephones, and satellite communication and data networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Improved geothermal and improved batteries.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Advanced automobiles.
  • Water: Triphibians and early artificial gills.
  • Air: Improved helicopters and hypersonic jets.
  • Space: Space shuttles, early space stations, and improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government

Amshu is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

References and contributors

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• Citation Missing - Signal-GK 7
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 83.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science