Osha (world)

Osha/Shallows (Dagudashaag 0519) Milieu 1116 A625441-D Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 4 Moderate (20 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	1519
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	13
Economic Extension	A34-3 Resources A Abundant Labor 3 Low (2 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	84
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	575
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	40
Port passengers (annual)	600

Osha has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Shallows Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Osha, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships. During the Long Night this world was named Kuus.

Astrography and Planetology

Osha is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

Stellar Data

Osha has a solitary primary star.

Osha Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

History and Background

The entire population of Osha are either starport employees or naval base personnel.

The navy base was established to help keep an eye on the Ziadd to rimward and Ushra (Dagudashaag 1016) to trailing, as were the other bases around this subsector.

World Starport (Sp)

Osha 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.

• There is an associated Imperial Naval Base, hosting elements of the 50th Fleet.

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.

World Government (G)

Osha is governed by a Representative Democracy where government leadership is by representatives elected by eligible voters. What determines an eligible voter varies. The representatives determine policy, including selecting members of the bureaucracy. There can be referenda, votes by eligible voters on specific subjects.

World Economy

Osha is located on the main supply route to Dakushan (Dagudashaag 0518). It currently has a contract to build a fleet of multi-ton tanker ships to carry hydrogen to Dakushan and bring back the exports -- thorium and platinum -- of that world.

Historical Data

Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• -2404 to -2215: To trailing and rimward, the Interstellar Wars are waged.
• -2204 to -1776: The Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
  • -2176: First contact between Humans originating in the Terran Confederation and the Ziadd.
• -1776 to 0: The Long Night.
• -642: War breaks out between the Ziadd and the Ushran Empire.
  • Outmatched by the Ushran navy, the war goes badly for the Ziadd.
• -639: The Ushran capture Zeda after a long and bloody campaign.
• -600: The Ushran Empire has conquered most of the former Ziadd worlds. Remaining Ziadd forces, now scattered, begin a campaign of corsair activity to support the ongoing rebellions on the Ziadd planets.
• Circa -400: The Zeda Alignment corsairs begin to capture whole worlds, the Ushran Navy no longer able to keep them at bay.
• The Year 0: The Third Imperium is founded.
• 46: A series of uprisings on Zeda, supported by the corsairs, sufficiently weaken military control of the world.
• 65: The Ziadd rebellion, supported by the regular troops of the corsair bands, retake Zeda. For the first time in more than six centuries, the Ziadd homeworld is back under Ziadd control.
• 96: The overwhelming might of the Third Imperium forces the Ziadd to choose another long war or integration. They choose to join the Imperium.
• 300-420: The First Survey charts the system.
• 604 to 622: The Imperial Civil War.

References

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): 58. via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 80.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 273.