Virshash (world)

Virshash/Urlaqqash (Reaver's Deep 2724)
Classic Era (1116)	DA86954-6 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size A Large (16,000 km, 1.14g - 1.48g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 9 High (4 billion) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 4 Moderate Law (no light assault weapons) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F9 V M4 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	3

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Virshash is a high-population, pre-rich world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• It lacks adequate resources to expand its economy to a rich status.
• Its economy and population are rapidly growing and living conditions are expected to quickly rise barring outside forces.
• 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.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Urlaqqash Subsector of Reaver's Deep Sector in the Domain of Ilelish.
• This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling IISS starships and personnel.
• Virshash is the homeworld of the Virushi, a Minor Race that are among the largest intelligent races ever encountered by Humaniti.
• On some published charts this world is named Virsh, either through error or as an abbreviation.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Virshash has a notably dense core and a diameter of somewhat over 16,000 km, giving it a gravity of 1.75g.

• It is part of a relatively close double-star system.
• The second star of the pair produces high levels of radiation, which Virshash's dense atmosphere only partially blocks.

Binary Solar System

Virshash Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Thintle F9 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1.13	5990 - 6050	1.53382
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0054	0.1027	1.16 - 2.03	0.54	5.4
	Orbit #	*	0	4	1	6
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
' M4 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.23	3110 - 3210	0.00584
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0013	0.0063	0.08 - 0.16	0.13	1.3
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	3

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2724 Virshash (Imperial)

Starport: Class V - Scout Base.

Diameter: 10,000 miles (16,000 km). Gravity: 1.67g.
Atmosphere: Dense oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 76%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 2.1 billion (1.3 million Human and other races, otherwise Virushi).
Government: Anarchy (with elements of Athenian Democracy and Technocracy).
Control Level: 1.
Tech Level: 10.
World Trade Number: 5.5.

System Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Data

No information yet available.

Mainworld Geography & Topography

No information yet available.

Native Lifeforms

No information yet available.

Native Sophont: Virushi

The Virushi are among the largest intelligent races encountered by Humaniti. With quasi-centauroid bodies nearly 3.0 meters long, standing around 1.8 meters at the shoulder, and weighing around a ton, they are a formidable sight; however this effect is balanced by their well-justified reputation for pacifism.

History & Background / Dossier

The Virushi are valued Imperial citizens, but find the idea of the Imperium a little confusing, since they themselves have no concept of hierarchy or imposition. The most effective Imperial officials on Virshash are those skilled at phrasing Imperial policy in the form of polite advice.

Languages

• Anglic
• Vilani (language)
• Virsashi

Imperial High / Landed Nobility

Virshash, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of three members of the Imperial Nobility, who are charged with overseeing the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.
• It holds the estate of an Imperial baronet.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial count.

World Starport

Virshash 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.

World Technology Level

Virshash possesses a Technology Level of TL–6.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fission power generation, advanced water and wind generation of electricity.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, early ATV's, and dedicated AFV's.
  • Water: Amphibious vehicles, improved submersibles, and early SCUBA gear.
  • Air: Early jet aircraft and rotorcraft VTOL's.
  • Space: Early unmanned rocket delivery systems and early manned orbital rockets.

World Government

Virshash is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

Virushi have adopted the Human word “rule”, but to them it means little beyond “what the Humans claim to do to all those worlds”. The nearest words in their own tongue mean either “exert physical control over an object” (they use the same word for “ownership”) or “provide respected advice to.”

Instead of government as such, the Virushi have powerful computer systems, paid for by modest taxes and import-export duties, which analyze social trends and periodically suggest courses of action.

World Military

The nearest thing that the Virushi have to a military force is a set of emergency response teams, who handle disaster relief and search-and-rescue. That said, specialist alien relations units within these teams have access to (mostly nonlethal) heavy weaponry.

World Economy

A Virushi business will ask a fair price; no sensible Human trader bothers trying to hagggle with a Virushi, who will cheerfully take hours explaining why the price is not going to change.

Trade Data

The Virushi pay for their imports by selling small-volume, high-quality manufactures (their safety standards are excellent), as well as minerals (Virshash is dense with plenty of metals), and a few specialized agricultural products.

System Demographics

4 billion

• Virshash itself has 2.1 billion (1.3 million Human and other races, otherwise Virushi).

World Culture

No information yet available.

Historical Data

Individuals exchanging information about food sources was the origin of Virushi language. The sheer quantity and variety of food that a proto-Virushi needed forced this species into a solitary, wide-ranging pattern of foraging -- after all, they were able to defend themselves from most dangers, without help -- but even aside from questions of reproduction, they found considerable advantages in cooperation. Cooperative organization was never coercive or hierarchical; the race lacked agressive instincts, and individual Virushi had to be able to wander off alone on foraging expeditions, from which they simply wouldn’t return if they had no good reason to. Their society had to actively reward cooperative behaviour, rather than assume its necessity. Language therefore developed a system of deeply respectful etiquette combined with detailed practical information; to Human perceptions, it translated as something akin to a textbook performed by melodramatic sycophants.

World Timeline

No information yet available.

UWP Listing

No information yet available.

References

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