Chulesh (world)

Chulesh/Rure (Gushemege 1914)
Second Survey	C575666-6 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 6 Moderate ( million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
Classic Era (1116)	C575666-6 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 6 Moderate (2 million) Government 6 Captive Government/Colony Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
Hard Times (1130)	C5757B6-7 Starport C Routine: No Construction, Major Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 7 Moderate (20 million) Government B Non-Charismatic Dictator Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 7 Pre-Stellar (electronics)
New Era (1200)	A575255-C Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 2 Low (00) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K4 V M9 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	3

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Chulesh was an Imperial waste basket, or more precisely, a so-called captive colony ruled by a small police force with high tech weapons from the TL–B downport. Virus arrived in late 1132 in the form of a modern puppeteer strain called Eshnir. Unlike stupid suiciders or doomslayers, Eshnir waited to reveal itself until he had infected the complete planetary network.

He contacted a group of prisoners, attacked the police force together with them and took control of the downport. Within a year the port was upgraded to class A, and he produced 2 vessels to expand to Munnarn. On Munnarn he couldn't get a stable foothold as the system had already collapsed to TL–5 from two prior infections.

Chulesh has seen about three dozen TEDs in the last 70 years. Each of them was a puppet of Eshnir, and was replaced by a new human puppet before becoming independent from Eshnir. Eshnir is a tricky politician. Most Chuleshi are not aware of him and think that Chulesh is leading the resistance movement against the FDR.

In 1199 he managed to upgrade to TL–C. Fortunately, the FDR had settled at this time, so he had no possibility to extend influence by infection. As he officially supports the FDR protocol of trade and is backed by his human population, the FDR has no legal way to disable him.

TRADE WARNING : Eshnir is based on dynamically linked systems at tech levels A-C. Chulesh is declared a Red Zone. The Gushemege Merchantile Guild advise a boycott of trade with this planet.

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Knight) and Vilani Shugilii Master Kraehe of the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service