Nishlishurkha (world)
| Nishlishurkha/Tri-Empire (Glimmerdrift Reaches 1904) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | A545833-B
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | F6 V M8 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nishlishurkha is a pre-agricultural, pre-Industrial, moderate population world with over a hundred million, but not yet at a billion sophonts in population size.
- It requires significant imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
- Its economy and population are growing and living conditions are expected to slowly improve barring outside forces.
- 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 Tri-Empire Subsector of Glimmerdrift Reaches Sector.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
- A world with a normal climate, one of six orbiting the binary stars.
- This world is part of the Lunber Trace, which is sometimes known as the Nishlishurkha Cluster.
Binary Solar System
Nishlishurkha Binary Star System Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Nishlishurkha F6 V
Primary Main Sequence 1.25 6280 - 6350 2.18366 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0063 0.1226 1.36 - 2.36 0.63 6.3 Orbit # * 0 4 2 6 Star Name Hierarchy Category Mass (Sol) Temp (K) Luminosity (Sol) Nishlishurkha M8 V
Secondary Main Sequence 0.085 2420 - 2570 0.00018 Unit Diameter Min Distance Hab Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0005 0.0011 0.01 - 0.03 0.05 0.5 Orbit # * * * * 1
System Data
This mainworld is part of the Lunber Trace.
World Data
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms
Local predatory wildlife is quite infamously dangerous to Humans.
History & Background / Dossier
A high tech mining city was built here with a massive wall to keep the dangerous local wildlife from taking over. It has a decent starport created to service the bulk freighters transporting ore offworld. Thrill-seekers take part in rather dangerous hunting tours past the wall, with experienced guides.
The Mische Conglomerate trade route to the former Shukikikar League and the Third Imperium passes through Nishlishurkha.
World Starport
Nishlishurkha has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.
World Technology Level
Nishlishurkha possesses a Technology Level of TL–11 or TL-B in Hexadecimal Notation.
- Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
- Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
- Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
- Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
- Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
- FTL: Jump Drive-2.
World Government
Nishlishurkha is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions in the government. These positions are inherited by member of the group or their family members. The organization may be monarchy, with titles passed to family members. Or a plutocracy where inheritance of the family fortune includes government position. Or the organization may be more typical organization with positions of power inherited.
World Military
The shipyard built the League Class Fleet Tenders and the Skukikikar Class Patrol Cruisers which were part of the Shukikikar League's space navy.
World Economy
No information yet available.
Trade Data
No information yet available.
World Demographics
No information yet available.
World Culture
No information yet available.
Urbanization
No information yet available.
Historical Data
No information yet available.
World Timeline
No information yet available.
UWP Listing
No information yet available.
References & Contributors / Sources
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- Classic Traveller Judges Guild Crucis Margin (Non-canon)
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- Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. Gateway to Destiny (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), TBD.
- Mongoose Traveller: Solomani
- Author & Contributor: Dakin Burdick
- Author & Contributor: Enoki
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
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