Gishi (world)

Gishi/Shallows (Dagudashaag 0513) Milieu 1116 C555677-8 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 6 Moderate (5 million) Government 7 Balkanization Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V M4 V
Worlds	15
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	6558
Army Size (BEs)	20
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	853-1 Resources 8 Moderate Labor 5 Moderate (500 thousand) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	-1
Resource Units	108
GWP (BCr)	10
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	1,100
Starport Details
Classification	Class-C
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	5,000
Port employees	85
Port passengers (annual)	1,000

Gishi is an agricultural world with an ideal environment for producing food from plants, animals, or other lifeforms. The system has a population between 100,000 and 10 million sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Shallows Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Gishi, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight (the Imperial representative to the world) and the fiefdom of a baron. Both are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. During the Long Night this world was named Gim.

Astrography and Planetology

Gishi is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

Stellar Data

The close binary pairing of this system just provides a habitable biosphere for the agricultural community of the mainworld. Temperatures only move above 0°C on the warmest of days, usually the thermometer oscillates between -118°C and -10°C.

Gishi has two stars in the star system.

Gishi
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks
Gishi
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.23	3110 - 3210	0.00584
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0025	0.0063	0.08 - 0.16	0.25	2.5
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	5
	Remarks

History and Background

Despite many hardships this world is virtually self-sufficient in all its needs, indeed it is a net exporter of foodstuffs. The Gishians cultivate the native plant life which, fortunately, is very edible and nutritious. The vegetation is composed of thick expanses of moss and lichen-like plants which thrive in the seemingly harsh environment. Their simple appearance belies their sophisticated structure, biochemistry and reproductive methods.

World Starport

Gishi has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features 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.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used here:

• Anglic: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
  • Galaach: An Ushran trade language derived from Anglic, widely spoken throughout the Shallows, Zeda and Ushra subsectors.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

Urbanization

The Gishians live in sheltered dwellings, mostly carved out of the many hills and mountain ranges. Their energy needs are provided by geothermal activity tapped by extensive bore holes that riddle the inhabited areas. Although the Gishians have to import most of their high-tech items they are able to export much of their knowledge (and some equipment) in the exploitation of geothermal power.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Shallows." Signal-GK 09 (1994): 54. via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 128-129.