Irlu (Co 0428) (world)

Irlu/Bunkeria (Core 0428)
Classic Era (1116)	B53598C-D Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 3 Vacuum (very thin) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 9 High (6 billion) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law C Extreme Law (no privacy) Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K2 V M4 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	3

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Irlu (Co 0428) is a high-population world with a billion or more sophonts in population size.

• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Bunkeria Subsector of Core Sector in the Domain of Sylea.
• This world has an Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships.
• This world has colonies at:
  • Protalus
  • Relle

Description (Planetology)

This world is located on the Sylean Main.

Stellar Data

Irlu (Co 0428) has two stars in the star system.

Irlu (Co 0428)
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.82	4830 - 5100	0.49928
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0073	0.0586	0.7 - 1.26	0.73	7.3
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks
Irlu (Co 0428)
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.23	3110 - 3210	0.00584
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0025	0.0063	0.08 - 0.16	0.25	2.5
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	5
	Remarks

History & Background (Dossier)

Prior to the Third Imperium, this world was a member of the Interstellar Confederacy.

World Starport (St)

Irlu 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.

• There is an associated Imperial Naval Base, hosting elements of the 217th Fleet.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Core Anglic, a dialect of one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Government

The Meritocracy of Irlu supposedly uses a nonpartisan selection process to identify and appoint the best-qualified among its population to fill administrative and governmental positions. Like so many other corrupt bureaucracies, its levers have been usurped by those in power to obtain roles for selected allies and family members regardless of their qualifications.

World Timeline

Significant events affecting this world and its surrounding region include the following:

• -684: A politician from Sketola, Rom Debeshuut, unites the worlds of the Great Spiral into the Interstellar Confederacy. The primary goal is to restore interstellar trade and preserve the technology of the four or five systems that have achieved TL-12.
• -623: After expanding to 32 star systems, the Interstellar Confederacy abruptly stops accepting new members, believing that doing so will have a deleterious effect on their ability to retain the Tech Levels they have built to.
• -301: The Interstellar Confederacy first encounters scouts from the Sylean Federation.
• -260: The Interstellar Confederacy and the Sylean Federation go to war.
• -239: The Interstellar Confederacy suffers a civil war, as combined forces from multiple worlds attack the Capitol at Sketola. The Confederacy government withdraws to Keplo (Core 1322).
• -237: Loyalists retake Sketola.
• -201: After intense battles, Velpare and Heraldia fall to the expanding Sylean Federation.
• -1: The exhausted forces of the remaining Confederacy worlds surrender to the Sylean Federation.

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.

• Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
• Classic Traveller The Traveller Book
• MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia
• Periodical: MegaTraveller Travellers' Digest No. 8
• Marc Miller's Traveller Milieu 0 Campaign
• Marc Miller's Traveller T4 First Survey
• GURPS Traveller: Nobles
• Christopher Griffen. The Third Imperium (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), passim.