Aegir (world)

Aegir/Capella (Solomani Rim 1339)
Classic Era (1116)	A76A885-D Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 8 Moderate (500 million) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	M2 V
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	2

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Aegir is a rich water world with a moderate population of over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts in size.

• Its surface is 90% or more covered in an ocean of water.
• The inhabitants of this world live on the roughly 10% of exposed land mass, in underwater colonies, on city ships, or similar arrangements.
• This is a rich world with a prosperous and thriving world economy.
• This world has high-grade living conditions with a good climate and a non-harmful environment. As such, this world is much sought after with large queues for immigration here.
• Most observers think that the planet's economy and population will prosper in the near future barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Solomani Confederation in the Capella Subsector of Solomani Rim Sector.

• It is part of the Near Boötes Cluster.
• Corporate interests based on Aegir have recently established a colony on nearby Hibernia (Solomani Rim 1239).
• Aegir has also established a colony on Aeneas (Solomani Rim 1237).

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is part of the Aquitaine Cluster.

Stellar Data

Aegir has a solitary primary star, named Siqiniq.

• It is a red main sequence.

Aegir has a solitary primary star.

Siqiniq
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.44	3470 - 3560	0.0565
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0041	0.0197	0.25 - 0.48	0.41	4.1
	Orbit #	*	*	1	1	6
	Remarks

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld
• x2 secondary rocky worlds (Miki and Tonraq)
• x2 gas giants (Nirek and Gitingev)

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Aegir is a Meso World between 10,400km and 12,000km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.7G and 0.9G. The horizon will appear about 4.7km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Aegir has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Aegir has 95-100% of its surface covered by liquid water with only a few islands and archipelagos. Wilderness refueling is possible. Such worlds are Water Worlds or Ocean Worlds.

• Note that approximately 70% of the surface is frozen. The ocean is heated from below by tectonic activity, driven by tidal forces exerted on the world by the system's gas giants. Upwellings of warm water keep the equatorial belt largely ice free.

IISS GURPS Astrographics Survey

1339 Aegir (Solomani)

Starport: Class V.

Diameter: 7,300 miles (11,700 km). Gravity: 0.93g.
Atmosphere: Standard oxygen-nitrogen.
Hydrographics: 96%.
Climate: Warm.
Population: 520 million.
Government: Meritocracy.
Control Level: 3.
Tech Level: 10.
World Trade Number: 5.

Native Lifeforms

Numerous species of algae and kelp-like plants are found in the oceanic equatorial belt. Some primitive species have colonised parts of the subtropical ice, while in the polar reaches bacterial and algal analogues extract energy from ocean vents.

Complex animal life exists in the world-ocean.

• Aegiri banded spider crab: Cooperative equatorial hunters
• White grasping shark: Pouncers hiding beneath ice packs
• Aegiri giant prawn: Prized for their meaty flesh and subtle flavour.

History & Background (Dossier)

Aegir is a rich water world, part of the Near Boötes Cluster. Prosperous and well developed, it has a long history of association with the other worlds of the Cluster. It boasts a diversified economy with sizeable resource processing and aquaculture sectors.

World Starport (Sp)

Aegir has a Class A Starport, an excellent quality installation which includes all the expected amenities including refined fuel for starships, brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing annual maintenance, overhauls and other kinds of repair, and construction of both starships and non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

• Aegir-Sissimut-Roy Highport: The world's primary interface with the interstellar community, servicing private and commercial traffic.
• Aegir-Wolfe Highport: The military and government highport, with shipyards specialising in sub-10,000-ton starships. Also used by the Confederation Navy and Transstar.
• Aegir Saxe Transport Highport: Wholly owned and operated by Saxe Transport.

World Population (P)

Aegir has a population of 500,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

World Demographics

Almost all the Humans on Aegir are pure Solomani.

Minorities of Dolphin and Orca are established, and largely self-governing.

Urbanization

Surface settlements are concentrated in polar regions where the ice is most stable, while cities on the equatorial belt are built on the sea floor in shallower areas, often rising above the surface.

World Government (G)

Aegir is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government takes another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy, and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. This ruling bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucractic apparatus or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence, like the military.

Aegir contributes 50 delegates to the Boötean Federation Council, as well as eight representatives to the Confederation Secretariat. Public political sentiment is largely in favour of détente and trade with the Imperium.

Historical Data

World Timeline

• (-2199 to -2196): Officially, Aegir is discovered, surveyed and named by the Boötes Cluster Expedition, mounted from Fenris.
  • Aegir is named by the expedition after an ancient Terran ocean deity.
• -2140: A cooperative of Inuit and Chukotko-Kamchatkan groups establish the Aegir Settlement and Development Company to oversee the settlement and development of the world.
• -2137: The first settlers arrive.
• -2112: Terran Mercantile Community established.
• -2094: A crew member from the merchant ship Dancer's Pride carries the Plague of Duskir to Near Boötes. As the plague only affects Vilani, there are no major outbreaks on this Terran-dominant world; a general quarantine is set up and the plague contained to the ship and a small starport.
• -400: The Boötean League is created in response to increasing political pressure from the Old Earth Union; Aegir is among its members.
• Circa -300: Discovery of extensive rare earth deposits near underwater vents boosts the economy of Aegir.
• 590: The League is reformed as the Boötean Federation; Aegir remains a member.
• 704: Aegir joins the Solomani Autonomous Region along with the rest of the Federation.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
• Periodical: Imperial Lines 2 by: Steven Eric Schwartz
• JTAS 17 (2024)