Romar (world)

Romar/Glisten (Spinward Marches 2140) Milieu 1116 B550456-8 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 4 Moderate (10 thousand) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 8 Pre-Stellar (superconductors)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K2 V M3 V
Worlds	6
Gas Giants	2
Planetoid Belts	1
Cultural Details
Government	Feudal technocracy
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	3447
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	8
Economic Extension	933-1 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 3 Low (1 thousand) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -1 Average
Importance Extension	0
Resource Units	73
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	0
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	4,785
Port passengers (annual)	0

Romar has both an unbreathable thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Glisten Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector and in the Domain of Deneb. Romar, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. The system supports both an Imperial Naval Base and a Scout Base with the additional starship traffic.

Romar (world)/Glisten (Spinward Marches 2140) New Era A550576-D Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 5 Moderate (200 thousand) Government 7 Balkanization Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	354A
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	13
Economic Extension	943-2 Resources 9 Moderate Labor 4 Moderate (20 thousand) Infrastructure 3 Very limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	2
Resource Units	86
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	3,595
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	4
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	275
Port passengers (annual)	2,200

Era: New Era

Romar has both an unbreathable thin atmosphere and a lack of surface water making habitation by sophonts difficult. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. It is a member of Regency of Deneb in the Glisten Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector. The system supports both a Regency Naval Base and a Scout Base with the additional starship traffic. 70% of the world's population is the Major Race Aslan.

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• Romar is sometimes spelled "Romor."

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The mainworld has a chilly climate and a thin oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere, and is notable as the source of the narcotic Dustspice, much prized by the Aslan and a major cause of Aslan trans-rift migration after 380.

Romar contains a significant Aslan population that is known to have been on-world since at least 454.

Binary Solar System

Romar Binary Star System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Romar K2 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.82	4830 - 5100	0.49928
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0036	0.0586	0.7 - 1.26	0.36	3.6
	Orbit #	*	*	3	1	5
Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Romar 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

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

2140 Romar (Imperial)

Starport: Class IV - Naval and Scout bases.

Diameter: 3,922 miles (6,300 km).
Atmosphere: Thin oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: None.
Climate: Chilly.
Population: 12,000.
Government: Technocracy.
Control Level: 4.
Tech Level: 8.
World Trade Number: 3.5.

History & Background (Dossier)

In 1117 a group of Aslan ihatei attempted to seize control of Romar and were summarily crushed by Imperial forces.

History-Era: New Era

By 1200 the population of Romar is 70% Aslan.

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. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), .
• MegaTraveller Alien - Solomani & Aslan in Articles: "Aslan Society and Culture" & "The History of the Aslan Race"
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 50.
• Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 98.Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 98.
• GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 2
• GURPS Traveller: Star Mercs
• JTAS Online The Outrim Frontier by Hans Rancke-Madsen published June 19, 2007
• Mongoose Traveller: Spinward Marches