Shenshba (world)

Shenshba/Aquaria (Fulani 1007)
Classic Era (1116)	X653000-0 Starport X No Starport Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 0 Barren (0) Government 0 No Government structure Law 0 No Law Tech Level 0 Pre-Industrial (primitive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K5 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	0

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Shenshba is a poor, barren world with no overt population, government, or law level.

• This world could be populated if anyone had an inclination to do so...
• It is an unclaimed Non-Aligned world located in the Aquaria Subsector of Fulani Sector.

• This is a temperate world, with a climate of pleasant, average temperatures, considered to be an ideal or near-ideal environment by many different sophont species.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Shenshba has a solitary primary star.

• It is an orange main sequence.

Shenshba has a solitary primary star.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.7	4300 - 4440	0.28697
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0065	0.0444	0.56 - 1.01	0.65	6.5
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x6 secondary rocky worlds.

Mainworld Data

Shenshba orbits within the prime region of its star's habitable zone.

• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

It has a slow rotation period: one local day is equivalent to 4.3 standard days (104 standard hours).

Mainworld Size (S)

Shenshba is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Shenshba has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

• On average, the world experiences moderate temperatures.
  • Temperatures climb to high levels during the 52 hours of daylight.
  • Temperatures fall to low levels during the 52 hours of night.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Shenshba has 25-35% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has a few small seas. Wilderness refueling is possible. Water for the inhabitants will be recycled.

• Much of the surface is an arid, hostile environment.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

• Locally, detailed maps may be available.

(Placeholder chart, predominantly dry world.)

Native Lifeforms

Primitive native life occupying a number of ecological niches. Its metabolic functions drive the process of atmospheric renewal.

History & Background (Dossier)

Shenshba is a frontier, a wild and lonely place that rarely sees visitors. Many of the planets and moons within the system have never had an intelligent being visit them.

Note that social data, though only 40 years old, may be out of date: previously undocumented groups may now inhabit the system and maintain their own culture, forms of government, and systems of law.

• Verified updated data is constantly sought.

World Starport (St)

Shenshba does not have a starport. The Class X Starport is an indication that no starport exists in the system. There are no facilities or services available, and no site marked for landing.

World Demographics (P)

Shenshba is unpopulated.

Urbanization

None.

World Technology Level (T)

Shenshba possesses a Tech Level of TL–0.

• The world has no technological base.

World Government (G)

Shenshba has no government or ruling authority of any kind.

World Military

None.

World Law (L)

Shenshba has no law level. No laws of any kind are enforced.

World Economy

• Resources: 9 (moderate)
• Labor: 0 (unpopulated)
• Infrastructure: 0 (non-existent)
• Efficiency: -5 (extremely poor)

Trade Data

• Importance: -3 (very unimportant)

World Culture

• Homogeneity: 0 (none)
• Acceptance: 0 (none)
• Strangeness: 0 (none)
• Symbols: 0 (none)

World Timeline

• 300-420: the First Survey charts the system.
• 995-1065: the Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published.

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.

• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), 50, 51. (sector named, dot map provided locating world)
• Author & Contributor: Jo Grant of CORE (generated data) / Geir Lanesskog (refinement of data)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS