Arghavor (world)

Arghavor/Vorvoun (Provence 1006)
Classic Era (1116)	B90435A-C Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 9 Large (14,400 km, 1.03g - 1.33g) Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 4 Wet World 40% Population 3 Low (7 thousand) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level C Average Stellar (robots)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	None
Planetoid Belts	0
Gas Giants	0

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Arghavor is an icy, low-population vacuum world, with a population less than 10,000 sophonts in population size, warranting hazardous environment precautions.

• Its surface is ice-capped with little or no atmosphere and nearly all of its water frozen.
• It is a starless rogue world, located within an empty interstellar hex.
• It is a member of the Empire of Varroerth in the Vorvoun Subsector of Provence Sector, which is part of the Vargr Extents.

• This is a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
• This world-system has a Naval Base, usually associated with military starships, which may be located on or off-world.
• It is the spinward of the two Llaegharrgh-Vorvoun Jump Bridges.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

The world does not orbit a star.

• It is a rogue world.

System Data

The world is not part of a star system. It consists of:

• The mainworld.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Arghavor is a Big World between 13,600km and 15,200km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 1G and 1.3G. The horizon will appear about 5.4km away. Vessels with only 1G of thrust should avoid landing on this world.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Arghavor has a pressure of less than 0.001 atmospheres which requires the use of a Vacc Suit. TL–8 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Arghavor has 35-45% of its surface covered by liquid water. There will be a number of small seas or one larger body of water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, vacuum world.)

History & Background (Dossier)

Arghavor is surrounded by navigation / emergency buoys, precisely locating the world in relation to the buoy's position.

• The buoys form a huge sphere around the world, with some buoys lying as far as 10,000 AU distant.
• The buoys provide emergency assistance to vessels that have emerged from jump, perhaps as a result of a navigation error, at a great distance from the Jump Bridge facilities: they contain supplies of oxygen, food, and water.
• Each buoy automatically transmits a signal to the central Bridge facilities if it is activated by communications or is physically accessed.

World Starport (St)

Arghavor has a Class B Starport, a good 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 most kinds of repair, and construction of non-starships. Most ports of this classification have both a Highport and a Downport.

• The world is host to a Vargr Naval Base.

World Population (P)

Arghavor has a population of 7,000 sophonts (thousands).

• This is a Low Population World and the population would be too low to sustain itself without a little outside assistance. This may represent the home base of a sizable but mostly transient population such as the base of a major starship expedition, the last generation of a dying colony, the first generation of a new colony, or a large outpost that will probably evolve into a colony if not stopped.
• The population entirely consists of Vargr.

World Technology Level (T)

Arghavor possesses a Technology Level of TL–12 or TL-C in Hexadecimal Notation.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Holovision, Personal Global Communications, and advanced Translators.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Increasingly advanced fusion plants and advanced fuel cells.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land, Water & Air: Personal G-Tubes and advanced gravcraft.
  • Space: Advanced interplanetary spacecraft (System Craft).
  • FTL: Jump Drive-3.

World Government (G)

Arghavor is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.

World Law (L)

Arghavor has an extreme law level which covers every area of interaction. Laws are complex, detailed, and difficult to understand. Every interaction with the government requires an Advocate. Law enforcement is omnipresent and strict. Legal proceeding can take months to years to resolve and may involve dozens of people. A few worlds with this law level may be a Red Zone and others will be an Amber Zone. All objects specifically manufactured as weapons are typically regulated or prohibited (with no exception for private residences; visiting starships are only protected so long as they stay within designated starports and approach corridors).

Trade Data

• Importance: -

World Economy

• Resources: -
• Labor: -
• Infrastructure: -
• Efficiency: -

World Culture

• Heterogenity: -
• Acceptance: -
• Strangeness: -
• Symbols: -

World Timeline

Major events that have affected these facilities and the wider region that they lie within:

• circa 26: the Empire of Varroerth is founded.
• early 900s: the Llaegharrgh-Vorvoun Jump Bridges are constructed.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the jump bridges.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the jump bridges becomes widely available.
• 1095: Faarzgaen extremists capture a number of worlds and secede from the Empire of Varroerth. They declare a Jihad against neighbouring worlds.
• 1096: the Province of Llaeghskath secedes from the Empire of Varroerth, becoming the Llaeghskath Interacterate.

References

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• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Classic Traveller Vargr (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), IBC. (Sector named but no world data provided)
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 48, 49. (Dot maps and charts indicating the location of the world and its political allegiance)
• Rob Caswell. "Life Under the Vargr: Snapshots of the Occupation." MegaTraveller Journal 2 (1991): page 47. (Background for Provence Sector)
• David Burden, Stuart Dollar, Andy Lilly, Joseph Walsh. T4 Aliens Volume 1 (Imperium Games, 1998), pages 91-182. (The Vargr)
• David L. Pulver. GURPS Traveller Alien Races 1 (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), pages 64-99. (The Vargr)
• Simon Beal. Mongoose Traveller: Vargr, (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), various pages. (Background for the Windhorn Rift region)
• Author & Contributor: David Drazul (Generated data)