D'Artur (world)

D'Artur/Remnants (Dagudashaag 0924) Milieu 1116 AAE7443-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size A Large (16,000 km, 1.14g - 1.48g) Atmosphere E Exotic (ellipsoid) Hydrographics 7 Wet World 70% Population 4 Moderate (40 thousand) Government 4 Representative Democracy Law 3 Low Law (no automatic weapons) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	K1 V M5 V
Worlds	8
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Representative democracy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	152B
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	14
Economic Extension	834-2 Resources 8 Moderate Labor 3 Low (4 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency -2 Fair
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	77
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	545
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	3
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	40
Port passengers (annual)	0

D'Artur has a population between 10,000 and 10 million sophonts, lacking the industrial base to be completely self-supporting. This is a high technology world with available technology over the standards for Charted Space. It is a member of Third Imperium in the Remnants Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. D'Artur, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial knight, a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships. During the Long Night this world was named Emirkushguur.

Description (Planetography and Astrography)

D'Artur is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

Stellar Data

D'Artur has two stars in the star system.

D'Artur
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K1 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.86	5100 - 5170	0.58985
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0074	0.0637	0.76 - 1.36	0.74	7.4
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks
D'Artur
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M5 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.162	2930 - 3060	0.00171
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0018	0.0034	0.04 - 0.09	0.18	1.8
	Orbit #	*	*	*	0	4
	Remarks

Mainworld Data

The world of D'Artur itself is a huge, high gravity world with a dense, elliptical atmosphere. The atmosphere produces a dense, almost impenetrable cloud cover blocking the view of the surface.

Mainworld Size (S)

D'Artur is a Big World between 15,200km and 16,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 1.1G and 1.5G. The horizon will appear about 5.7km away. Vessels with only 1G of thrust should avoid landing on this world.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

D'Artur has a pressure of 0.5 or less atmospheres. An Ellipsoid Atmosphere typically requires no survival gear under many conditions. The world's surface is ellipsoidal, not spherical. Because the atmosphere remains spherical, surface atmospheric pressure ranges from very high at the middle to very low at the ends. Breathable bands may exist at some point within the range of pressure. TL–5 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

D'Artur has 65-75% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Topography and Geography

Two significant mountain ranges ring the world. The equatorial range runs virtually uninterrupted around the planet; the second, almost halfway to the south pole, is interrupted by two separate oceans. The south polar range is shorter, but boasts seven of the ten highest peaks on the planet, including the colossal Askranii mountain, more than 15 miles tall. Not far from it is the Yalipii Trench, almost 8 miles below sea level.

History and Background

• First Survey Planetary Designation: Emirkushguur
• Native Designation: Trakiini

The surface is off limits to all but cleared naval personnel. In the recent past the navy have shot down non-military ships attempting to land. The reason for the localized Red Zone classification and the Navy's aggressive pursuit of secrecy has remained a mystery. The Imperial Navy have refused point blank to comment on why the world is off-limits.

The naval base is situated on Morte, the satellite of D'Artur. The satellite is the site of the only permanent surface habitation in the system. The remaining population lives in structures floating high in the dense atmosphere and above the clouds.

D'Artur is the unofficial duchy capital of Remnants Subsector. The current duke Stefan de Bere-Owstrowski, like nearly every previous duke for the last five hundred years, is a high ranking serving officer with the Imperial Navy.

Civilization

The Trakii were the most successful race the planet spawned, growing from individual carnivores to small communities to a world-dominating civilization that lasted more than 200,000 years.

Their downfall came when the Solomani PERFORMAC Pharmaceuticals conglomerate -- based on Pixtome (Core 1124) for over five centuries prior to the founding of the Third Imperium -- surreptitiously tested an anti-aging virus. The unintended result was the rise of the "Abominations", savage Trakii hatchings that began displacing their civilized forebears.

As of Imperial Year 0, the few remaining Trakii were loners and individualists, unwilling to taint the memory of the great civilizations of their ancestors. They were embarrassed by any longing for the greatness of history; instead, they remained proud to participate in the final passage of their kind. The truth about the Abominations wasn't common knowledge, among Trakii or elsewhere.

By 1100, the most popular theory for the naval interdiction of D'Artur is that the world is home to an undisclosed war-like race which the Navy are developing into an elite fighting force. Of course, the world is indeed home to an aggressive species -- the last remainder of the once-magnificent Trakii race.

World Starport (St)

D'Artur 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.

• There is an associated Naval Base, hosting elements of the 190th Fleet.

References

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.

• Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Remnants." Signal-GK 13 (1997): 6. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 81.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 81.