Zushu (world)

Zushu/Mming (Ktiin'gzat 1821)
Classic Era (1116)	A2008DD-A Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 2 Small (3,200 km, 0.10g - 0.17g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 8 Moderate (700 million) Government D Religious Dictatorship Law D Extreme Law (paramilitary law) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K0 V M9 V
Planetoid Belts	3
Gas Giants	2

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Zushu is a non-agricultural world.

• It is unable to produce quality foodstuffs and must import them.
• It has few prospects for economic development.
• It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by Vargr sophonts located in the Mming Subsector of Ktiin'gzat Sector.

• This world-system has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.
• It has a majority population of Chirpers.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is part of the Great Ktiin'gzat Cascade.

Stellar Data

Zushu has two stars in the star system.

Zushu
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K0 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.88	5170 - 5270	0.63928
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0076	0.0663	0.78 - 1.4	0.76	7.6
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks
Zushu
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M9 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.079	2350 - 2380	0.00014
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0009	0.001	0.01 - 0.03	0.09	0.9
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	3
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

This world is naturally uninhabitable, and its large Chirper population are dependent on a technological infrastructure maintained by their religious leadership caste -- the 10% Vargr minority.

The local Vargr have an unsteady Charisma so far as other Vargr factions are concerned. On the one hand, they have the zealous, secure loyalty of hundreds of millions of followers. On the other hand, those followers are Chirpers.

World Starport (Sp)

Zushu has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

• There is an associated Naval Base.

World Population (P)

Zushu has a population of 700,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

• Around 90% of the population is made up of Chirpers.
• Approximately 10% Vargr.

World Government (G)

Zushu is governed by a Religious Dictatorship. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy). There is a powerful independent organization, the state religion, which has influence or direct control of the government. Like the bureaucratic governments this may simply be a strong influence with a secular government, be direct influence by virtue of controlling who may be in the leadership, or be a direct theocracy where the church leadership and bureaucracy is the government.

World Law Level (L)

Zushu has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. A world with this law level may be an Amber Zone or a Red Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors). Civilian movement is rigidly controlled. On worlds with this degree of law, it is difficult to distinguish the police from the military. On others, there is no difference.

World Technology Level (TL)

Zushu possesses a Technology Level of TL–10 or TL-A in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land & Water: Grav belts and maturing gravcraft.
  • Air: Greatly improved hybrid grav-aircraft.
  • Space: Improved interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-1.

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.

• Author & Contributor: Leroy W.L. Guatney - Federation Development Agency