Roget (world)

B566777-9

Starport	B	Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size	5	Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g)
Atmosphere	6	Standard
Hydrographics	6	Wet World 60%
Population	7	Moderate (40 million)
Government	7	Balkanization
Law	7	Moderate Law (no firearms)
Tech Level	9	Early Stellar (fusion)

Era: New Era

Roget has an ideal environment for producing agricultural goods and an balanced population between 10 and 100 million. It is a member of Darrian Confederation in the Darrian Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector. This world is an Interface world, with a quarantine inspection facility for all ships. 20% of the world's population is the Minor Human Race Daryen. 70% of the world's population is the Major Race Aslan.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

No information yet available.

Binary Solar System

Roget Binary Star System
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Roget F8 V	Primary	Main Sequence		1.18	6050 - 6180	1.78479
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0057	0.1108	1.24 - 2.17	0.57	5.7
	Orbit #	*	0	4	2	6
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Roget M3 V	Secondary	Main Sequence		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0017	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.17	1.7
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	4

History & Background (Dossier)

A balkanized world, Roget was settled by large colonies of Aslan who preferred their own company and own culture to assimilation with humans. Amicable meetings settle any questions involving the whole planet. The startport was built as a joint effort.

Other Data

Roget was first settled by the pre-Maghiz Darrians around -1375. The world was perfectly situated within their comfort zone, and it had abundant potential for agriculture. Within the next three hundred years Damu, as it was then known, had attained a population of about ten million, and its foodstuffs were in high demand on Daryen and its neighbors. Its proximity to the homeworld made it an early casualty of the Maghiz shockwave, and the world regressed back to a TL of 5. Because of its export dominated market, the locals were suddenly very poor, and forced to rely upon local subsistence for their survival. A schism resulted that divided the world into several mini-states, and a slow population die-back resulted from the growing isolationism that separated these states.

Roget was the second world to be recontacted by Mire (Spinward Marches 0527) in -275. By that time the population was barely half of what it was before the Maghiz, and the various nations were so badly divided that recovery was nearly impossible. While quickly readmitted to the restored Confederation, its reconstruction was not a high priority, and the world languished while its neighbors effected their own reconstruction. The remaining Darrian population saw an increase in their numbers, thanks to improved health care and some offworld immigration, yet they remained bitterly balkanized and utterly incapable of helping themselves, and this attitude caused other Darrian worlds to heap scorn and indifference upon them.

When the First Frontier War erupted in 589, the Darrian military was in a poor position to fight it. While the Confederation Navy was quite competent, the ground forces were inadequate to the task of fighting Zhodani and Sword Worlder forces, and a number of battles were lost due to their deficient performance. The answer to the problem came from an unlikely source. A number of Aslan Ihatei had come across the Great Rift with the intent of serving the combatants in exchange for land of their own. A Darrian delegation met with several of Ihatei groupments, and struck a deal that offered Darrian territory in return for their permanent loyalty to the Confederation.

The deal was accepted, and four Aslan clans, the Eeakyo, Ftoaliy'ktai, Oakteiyetlaw and the Yeyuteil, immediately committed their forces against the Outworld Coalition, and then against the Sword Worlders. So successful were these troops that the Confederation expanded their reward, giving them Damu, now renamed Roget ("Gift") as recognition of their sacrifices against their enemies. The decrepit human states were abolished, and the surviving Darrian population were made vassals of their new Aslan overlords. The world has been a home to increasing numbers of Aslan Ihatei ever since, and a source for most of the Confederations most elite infantry and special forces units.

The Aslan population of Roget shows the least signs of integration into the Confederation, and are considered to be "Other Aslan" by their fellows in the Hierate. The Four Clans have been unanimous in upholding, as faithfully as possible, the traditional Aslan cultural and honor codes, and this loyalty has tested their bond to the Confederation at times. Many other non-Rogetian Aslan have spurned this cultural loyalty, and have integrated fully into Darrian society, and controversy with the Roget Aslan has been a frequent occurence. Younger members of the Four Clans have been unmindful and downright contemptous of the polite, nonviolent nature of Darrian society, and were vocally supportive of other Aslan Ihatei during the Imperial Civil War period.

Nevertheless, the taint of Darrian culture has increasingly sharpened the distinction between the Four Clans and their brethren, and Te-zlodh has increasingly supplanted Trokh as the language of business and day-to-day life, especially among lower class Rogetian Aslan.

Roget's economy recovered quickly after it was given over to the Aslan, and it currently is the Confederation's largest food producer. Its food surplus has been a major reason for the governments tolerance of the most egregious Aslan behavior in the past. The world's main export is grain for shipment to Iilium and Daryen itself, and enough income is generated for nearly the entire population to be prosperous. Other markets have been slow to develop, and the Four Clans have shown disinterest in new economic development.

The Four Clans are actually four different governments, with little in common other than a Tlaukhu-like body to remedy problems and intervene in disputes. The entire world, save for the starport, is divided between them, down to the lowliest human. Passage between these territories is strictly controlled, and permission must be granted by a tao at the least. The power sharing agreement enforces parity among the clans, with no clear dominance by just one. Their relations with Mire and their own Daryen vassals have been more lopsided. Generally, the human population has preferred the Oakteiyetlaw clan, even though this clan has been the most conservative in its outlook. The Confederation government has quietly preferred Eeakyo in its dealings, but has been careful to keep that support covert, fearing the consequences that would occur from disclosure.

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 W. Miller, Robert Parker, Nancy Parker, Matt Renner. Darrians (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 23,32,38,.Pete Nash. Darrians (Mongoose Publishing, 2010), 23,32,38,.
Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 22.
Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 44.
Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 48.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 48.
External Link: BARD-OPAL 9532 - Peter Gray
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

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