Tarterus (world)

Tarterus/Shallows (Dagudashaag 0514) Milieu 1116 B000431-E Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 0 Asteroid/Planetoid Belt Atmosphere 0 Vacuum Hydrographics 0 Desert World 0% Population 4 Moderate (10 thousand) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 1 Low Law (no explosives, poison gas) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	A2 V K3 V
Worlds	15
Gas Giants	1
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Self-perpetuating oligarchy
Law Level	Low
Cultural Extension	151A
Army Size (BEs)	0
Economic Details
Technology Level	14
Economic Extension	734-3 Resources 7 Few Labor 3 Low (1 thousand) Infrastructure 4 Very limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	59
GWP (BCr)	0
World Trade Number	3.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	670
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	6
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	10,245
Port passengers (annual)	1,000

Tarterus has the population located in one or more dwarf planets or planetesimals in a co-orbital position, an asteroid belt. The system has a population between 10,000 and 10 million, 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 Shallows Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Tarterus, 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 Sharsha Ar.

Astrography and Planetology

Tarterus is a member of the Dagudashaag Main.

Stellar Data

Tarterus has two stars in the star system.

Tarterus
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	A2 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.98	8600 - 8800	10.92265
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0197	0.2741	2.94 - 5.08	1.97	19.7
	Orbit #	*	0	6	4	8
	Remarks
Tarterus
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.78	4600 - 4830	0.41911
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.007	0.0537	0.65 - 1.18	0.7	7
	Orbit #	*	*	3	2	6
	Remarks

History and Background

The Tarterus Belt was once an exporter of valuable ores, but now most of the deposits have been worked out. The starport is the only reason that the system is still inhabited. Virtually the entire permanent population of twelve-hundred are involved in the running of the facility. The starport is based on (and within) the asteroid Styx, and can hold a population of over twenty times the present level. Most of the excess areas have been closed off, the majority over two hundred years ago. Rumoured to exist within the depths of the starport base is a Timer club, once operated by a defunct company, Future Promise Enterprises. The facility is known to have been operating in 903, prior to the closure of large sections of the base. Records indicate that the 'inhabitants' were meant to be transferred to the neighboring system of Niirkhi but there is no indication that this was ever carried out.

The overall collapse in the economy of the system which had come with the loss of its industrial base saw the system's population fall off dramatically over the last two centuries. This led to a fall in the law level but has consequentially encouraged the arrival of large numbers of black marketeers (local law enforcement is virtually absent). Most items restricted by local and Imperial law are found on sale somewhere in the system -- if you know the right contacts. Thus the economy has made a recent, if only slight, improvement much welcomed by the remaining business and administration in the remaining asteroid colonies. The activities have come at the expense of business in neighboring systems, who resent the loss of trade end increase in criminal dealings in the region. Repeated representation to the subsector and sector authorities has failed to address the problem. The subsector government cite the reduction in the naval presence in the system which does not have the resources to deal with the influx of black marketeers.

World Starport (Sp)

Tarterus 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 50th Fleet.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used here:

• Anglic: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
  • Galaach: An Ushran trade language derived from Anglic, widely spoken throughout the Shallows, Zeda and Ushra subsectors.
• Kiriani: The trade language spoken by the majority of Hamaran.
• Klatha'sh: The common language of the Ziadd.
• Sall: The predominate language of Bolivar (Dagudashaag 0240), also spoken as a common second language in surrounding subsectors, including Shallows.
• Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

World Government (G)

Tarterus is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions in the government. These positions are inherited by member of the group or their family members. The organization may be a monarchy, with titles passed to family members, or a plutocracy where inheritance of the family fortune includes government position. Alternatively, the organization may be a more typical government apparatus, only with positions of power inherited.

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.

• Jae Campbell. "Library Data: Shallows." Signal-GK 09 (1994): 59. via. HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 79.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 340.