Shaida (world)

Shaida/Sapphyre (Dagudashaag 2139) Milieu 1116 E521742-7 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 7 Moderate (60 million) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 2 Low Law (no energy weapons) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M2 V M8 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	5
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	3513
Army Size (BEs)	20
Economic Details
Technology Level	7
Economic Extension	966-5 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 6 Moderate (6 million) Infrastructure 6 Limited Efficiency -5 Extremely poor
Importance Extension	-2
Resource Units	162
GWP (BCr)	54
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-E
Port Size	0
Building Capacity (Tons)	51,000
Port employees	0
Port passengers (annual)	0

Shaida has a very thin tainted atmosphere and a lack of available surface water. The system has a population between 10 million and 1 billion sophonts. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Sapphyre Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Shaida, 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 marquis. Both are members of the Imperial Landed Nobility who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level. 10% of the world's population is the Minor Race Chirper. During the Long Night this world was named Pikaa.

Astrography and Planetology

Shaida is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

Stellar Data

Shaida has two stars in the star system.

Shaida
	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
Shaida
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.085	2420 - 2570	0.00018
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0011	0.0011	0.01 - 0.03	0.11	1.1
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	3
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

A world with a harsh sub-zero climate, this is the first world on the Silk Road Branch of the Dagudashaag Main. As four of the five worlds to trailing have a total population of less than 100 thousand, the volume of trade through the system is small and the mainworld has only rudimentary starport facilities.

History and Background

Shaida was colonized as the most habitable base to exploit the system's five sparse planetoid belts. Prospecting in Fusion-rocket Seekers, the large belter community supports the majority of the population. The families of the belters can be identified by their common use of surgically implanted respirators. Given the dangerous nature of the prospecting, cybernetic prosthetics are common and cyborgs are easily accepted.

World Starport (St)

Shaida has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of a downport.

World Population (P)

Shaida has a population of 60,000,000 sophonts (tens of millions).

World Demographics

In addition to the predominantly Human inhabitants there are 2.6 million Chirpers on Shaida. Imported centuries before as slave labor, most Chirpers today tend hydroponic farms, providing the bulk of Shaida's food needs. Although not citizens, Chirpers are well treated.

World Government (G)

Shaida 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.

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: Sapphyre." Signal-GK 07 (1993): 17. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 84.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 310-311.