Lesha (world)
| Lesha/Sashrakusha (Corridor 3238) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | B988168-9
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | K8 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lesha is a low-population world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.
- This world has yet to take off economically or otherwise and the population remains low for reasons largely unknown.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Sashrakusha Subsector of Corridor Sector in the Domain of Vland.
- This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
- This world was colonized by and is controlled from Mappeh.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]
Stellar Data[edit]
Mainworld Data[edit]
Mainworld Size (S)[edit]
Lesha is a Big World between 13,600km and 15,200km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 1G and 1.3G. The horizon will appear about 5.4km away. Vessels with only 1G of thrust should avoid landing on this world.
Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]
Lesha has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres. A Dense Atmosphere requires no survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]
Lesha has 75-85% of its surface covered by liquid water with a few large continents and extensive islands. Wilderness refueling is possible.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Imperial Landed Nobility[edit]
Lesha, 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.
World Starport (St)[edit]
Lesha 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.
- There is an associated Imperial Naval Base.
World Culture[edit]
There is a two-tier system of Lancian marriage. At the first level, marriage is seen as an arrangement for procreation and can be expected to be dissolved once any children are weaned. The second tier is a bond for life, and its breaking is a major trauma in Lancian society. Often such "high" marriages grow out of the partners' final "low" marriage.
- Laws of child custody are simple; first-born to same sex parent, then alternate parent.
World Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:
- circa -250,000: The Ancients transplant humans onto the world of Kukhun.
- -9235: The Vilani discover jump drive technology, and over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space. The Kukhunen culture acquires jump technology from these wanderers.
- circa -5400: The Vilani Consolidation Wars - the Kukhunen region is eventually conquered.
- -4045 to -2204: The Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
- -2404 to -2215: The Interstellar Wars.
- -2204 to -1776: The Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
- -1776 to 0: The Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
- circa -1700: The reemergent Kukhunen region gradually collapses into civil war.
- -1200: The Lancian movement rises to dominance on Kukhun and within Kukhunen space. Few ships are available throughout the period but limited contact is maintained.
- -143: The Lancians gain modern jump technology from Sylean traders and use it to establish the Lancian Confederation.
- The Year 0: The Third Imperium is founded. There are frictions with the Lancians.
- 76-84: The Vilani Pacification Campaign results in the absorption of the Confederation.
- 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the system.
- 604-622: The Civil War.
- 624: The Express Boat Network is established.
- 639: The Lancian Cultural Region is established.
- 995-1065: The Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
- 1065: The Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
References[edit]
- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), .
- Gary L. Thomas. "Corridor Sector Data/Library." The Travellers' Digest 18 (1989): 33-34.
- Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), .
- Martin Dougherty. The Great Rift (Mongoose Publishing, 2018), 39-41.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com