Shakhishir (world)

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Shakhishir/Sanny (Fornast 3013)
Classic Era (1116)
C100994-F
StarportC Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel
Size1 Small (1,600 km, 0.05g - 0.09g)
Atmosphere0 Vacuum
Hydrographics0 Desert World 0%
Population9 High (9 billion)
Government9 Impersonal Bureaucracy
Law4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons)
Tech LevelF High Stellar (anagathics)
See also UWP
System Details
Primary K1 V
Planetoid Belts 2
Gas Giants 4

Shakhishir is a high-population, non-agricultural and industrial vacuum world, with a billion or more sophonts in population size, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)[edit]

This world is part of the namesake Shakhishir Group.

Stellar Data[edit]

Shakhishir has a solitary primary star.
Primary
Solitary K Type.jpg Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity
K1 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 0.86 5100 - 5170 0.58985
Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit
AU 0.0074 0.0637 0.76 - 1.36 0.74 7.4
Orbit #  *  * 3 2 6
Remarks

Mainworld Data[edit]

Mainworld Size (S)[edit]

Shakhishir is a Small World between 900km and 2,400km in diameter. The world has very low gravity between 0.05G and 0.09G. The horizon will appear about 2km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)[edit]

Shakhishir has a pressure of less than 0.001 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]

Shakhishir has no free-standing water or ice on the surface. Wilderness refueling isn't possible on this world. Water for the inhabitants needs to be imported and extensively recycled. These worlds are classified Desert World or a Hell World depending on their atmosphere.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility[edit]

Shakhishir, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the fiefdom of a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversees affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

World Starport[edit]

Shakhishir 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.

World Population (P)[edit]

Shakhishir has a population of 9,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

Linguistic Topography[edit]

World Technology Level (T)[edit]

Shakhishir possesses a Technology Level of TL–13 or TL-D in Hexadecimal Notation.

  • Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovideo recorders.
  • Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Miniature super-batteries, prototype collectors, advanced fusion plants.
  • Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:

World Government (G)[edit]

Shakhishir is governed by an Impersonal Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy dictates government policy and its execution. Government leadership is reduced to little more than figureheads and does not select the bureaucracy leadership or its members.

World Military[edit]

Shakhishir is the home port for one of the subsector fleet's two AssaultRons, the 34th (the other, the 112th, is stationed at Liikham). These two planets provide the majority of the subsector fleet's divisions of soldiers.

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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