Viewday (world)
| Viewday/Sashrakusha (Corridor 2738) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | C673324-6
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | K5 V M7 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Viewday is a low-population world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.
- This world has yet to take off economically or otherwise and the population remains low for reasons largely unknown.
- It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Sashrakusha Subsector of Corridor Sector in the Domain of Vland.
- This world has an Imperial Scout base, capable of handling IISS starships and personnel.
Description (Planetology)[edit]
This world is part of the Shurgi Main, a named region of the Vilani Main.
Stellar Data[edit]
Mainworld Data[edit]
Mainworld Size (S)[edit]
Viewday 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)[edit]
Viewday has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. While a Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.
Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)[edit]
Viewday 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.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Imperial Landed Nobility[edit]
Viewday, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.
World Starport[edit]
Viewday 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 Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:
- circa -250,000: The Ancients transplant Humans onto the world of Kukhun.
- -9235: The Vilani discover jump drive technology, and over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space. The Kukhunen culture acquires jump technology from these wanderers.
- circa -5400: The Vilani Consolidation Wars -- the Kukhunen region is eventually conquered.
- -4045 to -2204: The Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
- -2404 to -2215: The Interstellar Wars.
- -2204 to -1776: The Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
- -1776 to 0: The Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
- circa -1700: The reemergent Kukhunen region gradually collapses into civil war.
- -1200: The Lancian movement rises to dominance on Kukhun and within Kukhunen space. Few ships are available throughout the period but limited contact is maintained.
- -143: The Lancians gain modern jump technology from Sylean traders and use it to establish the Lancian Confederation.
- The Year 0: The Third Imperium is founded. There are frictions with the Lancians.
- 76-84: The Vilani Pacification Campaign results in the absorption of the Confederation.
- 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the system.
- 604-622: The Civil War.
- 624: The Express Boat Network is established.
- 639: The Lancian Cultural Region is established.
- 995-1065: The Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
- 1065: The Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
References[edit]
- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), .
- Gary L. Thomas. "Corridor Sector Data/Library." The Travellers' Digest 18 (1989): 33-34.
- Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), .
- Martin Dougherty. The Great Rift (Mongoose Publishing, 2018), .
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com