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 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)
- Marc Miller. Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), TBD.
- 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