Primary:
Trinary
star system (two close companions, one distant). Hsmeilha, spectral class F0V.
ICN S4G0501F0V. Mass 1.7 standard. Stellar diameter 1.7 standard. Luminosity 8.1
standard. Close companion Shleihsi, spectral class M1VII. ICN S4G0501M1VII. Mass
1.11 standard. Stellar diameter .006 standard. Luminosity .00003 standard. Far
companion Ekhana, spectral class M5V. ICN S4G0501M5V. Mass .331 standard.
Stellar diameter .358 standard. Luminosity .007 standard. Orbital radius 4968
AU.
Planetary System:
(Hsmeilha/Shleihsi):
Eleven major bodies. One inhabited world (Lhshami, IV). Two gas giant. No
planetoid belts
IV Lhshami:
Mean
orbital radius, 324.63 million kilometers (2.17 AU). Period 696.5 days. No
satellites. Diameter, 6634 kilometers. Density, 0.98 standard. Mass, 0.123
standard. Mean surface gravity, 0.49G. Rotation period: 19 hours, 17 minutes, 10
seconds. Axial inclination 25°47'44.6". Albedo, 0.41. Surface atmospheric
pressure, .95 atm. Composition, oxygen-nitrogen mix with oxygen imbalance.
WARNING: HIGH OXYGEN CONTENT CAN CAUSE OXYGEN INTOXICATION!
Filter masks advised for atmospheric breathing. Hydrographic
percentage, 70%; composition, water and frozen water-ice. Mean surface
temperature, 5°C.
Remarks:
Like
Tsanesi (Reavers' Deep 1711), Lhshami is
home to an intelligent sophont race. Unlike the Yn-tsai
of Tsanesi, however, the Lhshana people are definitely
native to the world, and their evolution and history can be traced with some
confidence. Lhshana are
generally passive, contemplative, and rather fatalistic in nature. Their
pre-civilized ancestors were enslaved by the Saie
(and much of what we know about that race is derived from oral traditions of the
Lhshana, distorted over the centuries into a body of folklore and mythology).
They received a considerable boost in civilization thanks to Saie technology,
and also absorbed knowledge from Reaver
spacecraft which visited the world during the Long Night. When first contacted
by Caledonian merchants, the Lhshana had a
flourishing tech level 9 civilization, though they had no knowledge of (and
little interest in) space flight.
One of their best known exports are touchstone
sculptures.