Aslan Calendar

Aslan timekeeping is based upon the rotational period of their homeworld, Kusyu (Dark Nebula 1226) around Tyeyo, its star.

The Aslan calendar takes as its starting point the first selection of the Tlaukhu as supreme council of Kusyu about 3,200 years ago (-2083 Imperial).

Timeline

 Aslan	Imp.	Event				

 -123	-2190	First World War

 -88    -2160	Second World War (nuclear)

 -60	-2136	TL 7

 -22	-2102	Orbital bases

 -18	-2098	Third World War

 0	-2083	Tlaukhu formed

 94	-1999	TL 9; Jump drive invented

 117	-1980	First contact with Humaniti

 1100	-1118	Aslan Border Wars begin

 1185	-1044	Great Rift crossed

 2810	380	Peace of Ftahalr; Border wars end
 2902   461     First contact with Zhodani
 3077	614	Yerlyaruiwo-Tralyeaeawi War

 3120	652	Hlyueawi clan joins Tlaukhu 

 3167	693	Yerlyaruiwo-T. War ends

 3644	1111	Golden era of Third Imperium

 3652	1120	Mid-Rebellion era
 3744   1201    The New Era
 3880	1320	The Wave hits the Hierate

 4543	1902	The Galaxiad Era


Basic Units

The Aslan ftahea (year ) is 212.2 eakhau (days) long. Every fifth ftahea has an extra eakhau added to keep the calendar in sync with the rotation about the system primary. This corresponds to 320.2 Imperial days per Aslan year.

Each eakhau is divided into 16 tekhaao (hours), each just over two standard hours, with an eakhau being 36 standard hours. Each eakhau has a unique name, for convenience they are numbered from 1 to 212, with a 213th every fifth ftahea.

Each tekhaao is further divided into 8 khtauaao (periods), each about 17 standard minutes long.

The khtauaao is divided into 64 areiaao (sprint), each about 16 standard seconds long.

The areiaao are divided into 8 uealaao (second), the smallest unit of time in general use by Aslan. Each uealaao is about 2 standard seconds long.

Seasons

The planet Kusyu has minimal axial tilt and orbital eccentricity, so there is little astronomical cause for seasons. There are no formal divisions corresponding to months in the Aslan calendar. However, they do divide each ftahea into three raohfokh (seasons): Aihros, Tralrea, and Ktaho.

Aihros (Beginnings) is the equivalent of spring: the mating season for many animals and the time when annual plant life grows from seed.

Tralrea (Growth) is the long season of mild weather on Kusyu. It lasts 100 eakhau. the growth refers to that of herd animals.

Ktaho (Harvest) is the hunting season; it is short, lasting 30 eakhau, and is the traditional time for hunting.

See also

Please see the following AAB articles for more information:

• Charted Space Chronology
  • General Chronology
    • Date Conversion
    • Dating Systems
  • Imperial Chronology
    • Imperial Calendar
      • Holiday
      • Holiday Year
  • Aslan Chronology
    • Aslan Calendar
  • Hiver Chronology
    • Hiver Calendar
  • K'kree Chronology
    • K'kree Calendar
  • Zhodani Chronology
    • Zhodani Calendar

References

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. Referee's Companion (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), .