Resource Unit

Resource Unit (RU) is a highly abstract measurement of the economic capabilities (production) of a world.

• The Resource Unit is a measure by which Imperial economists measure the economic behavior of the sophonts on a planet (world).
• It is also known by the less formal term Aryu.

Library Data Referral Tree

Please see the following AAB Library Data articles for more information:

• Interstellar Commerce
  • Merchant
  • Galactic Stock Exchange
  • Interstellar Currency
  • Interstellar Banking
  • Resource Units
  • UWP
• Business Entities
  • Cartels
  • Corporation
  • Megacorporation
  • Merchant Line
  • Merchant Service
  • Trade Organizations

Description (Specifications)

The basis for economic activity for both players is the resource base of the various planetary systems; each player counts his resources in resource units (RUs). These RU are used to pay for maintenance costs, the production of new starships and other forces, and for

The calculation of the RU involves access to natural resources, labor, infrastructure, and a complex analysis of cultural factors. It also approximately measures the world's budget.

Avery-Quesnay System

The RU of a world is rated on the Avery-Quesnay Economic Scale, ranging -13,680 to 13,680.

• The zero point of the scale represents a self sufficient economy, negative values represent a dependent or contracting economy, and positive values show an economy with growth or export capability.
• Please see Resource Unit/summary for more information.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Office of the Emperor, the Imperial Bureaucracy, the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service, the Travellers' Aid Society, the Merchant Service, the Educational Institutes, and many other interstellar organizations use this data for governance, interstellar economy, world surveys, and other necessary tasks.

Such data drives Charted Space.

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

• Marc Miller. Dark Nebula (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 13.
• David Burden. Pocket Empires (Imperium Games, 1997), TBD.
• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 428.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science