Kusu (world)

Kusu/Shiigus (Vland 2613)
Classic Era (1116)	A541676-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 4 Thin (tainted) Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 6 Moderate (2 million) Government 7 Balkanization Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K3 IV
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Kusu is a poor, nonindustrial hellworld with a population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.

• Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes even hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often develop intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Shiigus Subsector of Vland Sector in the Domain of Vland.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Kusu has a solitary primary star.

Kusu
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K3 IV	Subgiant		1.262	3600 - 4500	1.916
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.01544	0.11481	1.1 - 1.79	1.544	15.44
	Orbit #	*	0	4	4	8
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Kusu, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr in Article: "Vland"
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 5 in Article: 'Library Data'
• Marc Miller's Traveller T4 First Survey