Pit Stop (world)

Pit Stop/Arcrant (Reft 2337)
Classic Era (1116)	B593326-A Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 9 Dense (tainted) Hydrographics 3 Wet World 30% Population 3 Low (3 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level A Early Stellar (jump drive)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	G1 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	1

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Pit Stop is a low-population world with a population of less than 10,000 sophonts in size.

• This world has yet to take off economically or otherwise and the population remains low for reasons largely unknown.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Arcrant Subsector of Reft Sector in the Domain of Vland.
• This world contains an Imperial Scout Base, capable of handling IISS starships and personnel.

Description (Planetology)

Pit Stop is not as dry as it first appears. The seas are small and fairly shallow, but not very far apart. A surprisingly large amount of the planetary surface is covered by various forms of wetlands. Pit Stop is also a fairly warm world, making any venture out into the wetlands an unpleasant experience, often referred to as the ‘Pit Stop Steam Bath’.

History & Background (Dossier)

Pit Stop is an otherwise empty world which was annexed by the Imperium for use as a Scout Service base. This base has acted as a terminus and maintenance depot for express boats and courier ships, a holding area for surplus Scout vessels, a training facility, and a support base for missions along the Rift fringe and out into it.

Population

The permanent population of a world like this is quite difficult to assess, since it doesn't include personnel assigned to bases or staffing starports. Thus Survey Branch pegs the planetary population as 6,000 residents. Even this figure varies from time to time.

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.

• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Aslan (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), . (Named but no further data)
• Classic Traveller Trillion Credit Squadron
• MegaTraveller Alien - Solomani & Aslan (dotmap provided)
• MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr (dotmap provided)
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• Mongoose Traveller: Reft Sector