Shiirand (world)

Shiirand/Mekee (Core 1316)
Milieu 0	D85A477-4 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 4 Moderate (20 thousand) Government 7 Balkanization Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 4 Industrial (combustion)
Classic Era (1116)	D85A969-7 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 8 Large (12,800 km, 0.80g - 1.08g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 9 High (2 billion) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K7 V M5 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Shiirand is a high-population water world, which has 90% or more of its surface covered in an ocean of water and a population of a billion or more sophonts.

• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Mekee Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
• This world was colonized by and is controlled from Fornol.
• During the Long Night this world was named Shibasiim.

Description / Astrography & Planetology

Stellar Data

Shiirand has two stars in the star system.

Shiirand
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K7 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.64	3990 - 4100	0.20972
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0059	0.038	0.47 - 0.88	0.59	5.9
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks
Shiirand
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.162	2930 - 3060	0.00171
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0018	0.0034	0.04 - 0.09	0.18	1.8
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	4
	Remarks

System Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

Technically this is a balkanized world, but the populations of the tiny countries located on the various small islands are insignificant. The only government of true import is that of the country in existence on the main landmass.

The capital city of the major nation is D'Riin.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

Landmass consists of one major continent and scattered islands.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

History & Background / Dossier

Despite being virtually in the middle of the Third Imperium's sphere of influence, Shibasiim (as this world was once known) wasn't formally contacted for decades. Sylean Federation scouts had made convert observations in -38, but saw the world as being of little economic consequence; it was, after all, at a low tech level, with (at the time) a small population, and very little land.

The population grew enormously once the Imperium took interest.

The company Aykthul Industries achieved considerable control over the government of Shiirand (at the time still known most commonly as Shibasiim), when valuable uranium deposits were discovered. Since local technology provided neither the means nor the incentive for extraction, Aykthul was awarded a contract. In return, the government of Shibasiim received a reasonable fee for each ton transported offworld. This arrangement seemed suitable to both parties, and work began within a few months. However, as Aykthul workers began to arrive on the planet, the citizens started to show the first signs of dissatisfaction with their rulers. It was whispered that the ruling caste, traditionally psionic, was using their powers to violate the privacy of every citizen. Aykthul began planning to send a mercenary force to help "liberate" the population and destroy the psionicist government. They would then put a puppet government in place, which would allow the exportation of resources from the world without recompense.

Imperial Landed Nobility

Shiirand, 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.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.

World Starport

Shiirand has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the 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 only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Core Anglic, a dialect of one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Technology Level

Shiirand possesses a Technology Level of TL–7.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Early video and early satellite communication networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fuel cells, solar energy, and geothermal power sources.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, hovercraft, and bullet trains.
  • Water: Hydrofoils and early triphibians.
  • Air: Hang gliders and supersonic jets.
  • Space: Deep space probes and interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).

World Government

Shiirand has a Captive Government or Colony. The world is ruled by an external government, there is no self-rule. This is a colony or conquered area. The local government is an oligarchy appointed by, and answerable only to, the external government.

• Shiirand is a member of the Imperium.

World Military

No information yet available.

World Economy

In the first decades of the Third Imperium, Aykthul Industries had a very lucrative operation on this world as well as the two adjacent worlds Gipkikhar and Imdi Mi. It was rumored that the current government was just a puppet of Aykthul Industries.

Trade Data

No information yet available.

World Demographics

No information yet available.

World Culture

No information yet available.

Urbanization

No information yet available.

Historical Data

• Shibasiim was ruled by psionicists until the year 12, when a revolutionary force was successful in overthrowing the government. It has since turned rabid psioniphobic.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

References & Contributors / Sources

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• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), TBD.
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 8 (Core Subsector)
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 9 (Cemplas, Bunkeria Subsectors)
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 10 (Cadion, Chant Subsectors)
• Michael Berry, David Burden. Milieu 0 Campaign (Imperium Games, 1996), TBD.
• Marc Miller's Traveller T4 Psionic Institutes
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), TBD.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science