Riimsha (world)

Riimsha/Sapphyre (Dagudashaag 1836) Milieu 1116 B502400-B Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 2 Dry World 20% Population 4 Moderate (60 thousand) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K4 V M8 V
Worlds	9
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	No government
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	1616
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	11
Economic Extension	C35-2 Resources C Very abundant Labor 3 Low (6 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	144
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	540
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	1,275
Port passengers (annual)	0

Riimsha is an icy vacuum world with little or no atmosphere and a significant quantity of water frozen on the surface. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Sapphyre Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Riimsha, 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. The system supports both an Imperial Naval Base and a Scout Base with the additional starship traffic.

• During the Long Night this world was named Siin.

Astrography and planetology

Riimsha holds an important strategic position overlooking two branches of the Dagudashaag Main, the Drugaarur Arm leading to spinward and the Sabaash Trail to rimward.

Binary Solar System

Riimsha Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Inserra K4 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.73	4440 - 4600	0.33238
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0033	0.0478	0.58 - 1.07	0.33	3.3
	Orbit #	*	*	2	1	5
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Higgah 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

History and background

The Imperial Navy base is home to the 991st squadron of Vonk Class Cruisers.

The Scout Base concerns itself with studies of the sub-planetary bodies, notably the rich cometary band that orbits the primary perturbed by the red dwarf companion.

The world of Riimsha has little of interest. The Class B starport offering all travellers could need.

The majority of the population are all IN or IISS personnel who either have permanent residence or R&R while on leave.

Imperial High Nobility

Riimsha, 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

Riimsha has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

World Technology Level

Riimsha 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.

References and contributors

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Citation Missing - Signal-GK 7
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 83.