Tharver (world)

Tharver/Arconna (Gateway 0528)
Classic Era (1116)	B775985-9 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 7 Medium (11,200 km, 0.70g - 0.94g) Atmosphere 7 Standard (tainted) Hydrographics 5 Wet World 50% Population 9 High (9 billion) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 5 Moderate Law (no concealable weapons) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	F3V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	1

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Tharver is a High-population world.

• It is a member of the Galian Federation in the Arconna Subsector of Gateway Sector.
• Capital of the old Galian Trade League, Tharver is one of the oldest of the sector's human-settled worlds.
• This world has a nearby Naval Base associated with it.

Description

Tharver has a solitary primary star.

Tharver
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F3 V	Main Sequence		1.44	6670 - 6750	3.58318
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0147	0.157	1.7 - 2.94	1.47	14.7
	Orbit #	*	0	5	4	7
	Remarks

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Tharver has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. While a Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear this atmosphere also contains an unusual taint such as such as disease, a hazardous gas mix, pollutants, or sulfur compounds which requires the use of a Filter Mask. Some taints may require more protective equipment. TL–3 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Tharver has 45-55% of its surface covered by liquid water. Wilderness refueling is possible.

History & Background (Dossier)

Tharver was once the center of much of the corporate activity throughout the sector and is still the administrative center for many of the Galian Federation's banks and major corporations.

The storied Galastrian Metals corporation collapsed during a workers' revolt on Tharver in 302, but within three years the League Concord had been signed, establishing the Galian Trade League, a trade corporation which essentially took over most of Galastrian's former holdings under looser reigns of authority and control. By the mid-500s, the League incorporated all of what is today the Galian Federation, the Plavian League, the Trindel Confederacy, and the coreward worlds of the Viyard Concourse.

By 900, various factors -- including the loss of several breakaway states and the rise of piracy -- had brought about a serious weakening of the Galian Trade League. Full-fledged civil war broke out in 911, leading to the break-up of the League and the founding of the modern Galian Federation in 925.

This world is serviced by Salurian Lines, a transport, freight, and passenger starliner company, headquartered on Salur.

World Starport

Tharver 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 Naval Base.

World Population (P)

Tharver has a population of 1,000,000,000 sophonts (billions).

• High Population Worlds like this tend to have huge consumer markets.

World Demographics

• Human, mostly of Solomani-Vilani descent.
  • There are minorities of other races, notably Sydite.

World Languages

• Galian.

World Technology Level (T)

Tharver possesses a Technology Level of TL–9.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Fiber optics and satellite communication and data networks.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fusion power.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Ultra high-speed trains and early grav vehicles.
  • Water: High efficiency sailcraft, multihulled seacraft, improved artificial gills.
  • Air: Tiltrotorcraft, exotic VTOL's, PARWIG, and rocket-assisted suborbitals.
  • Space: SSTO spacecraft, early military spacecraft (System Craft), and interstellar STL starships
  • FTL: Prototype Jump Drive-1.

World Government (G)

Tharver is governed by a Civil Service Bureaucracy. The leadership of the government is another form (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy), but the bureaucracy leadership influences policy. The government leadership may select the bureaucracy leadership, but not its membership. Usually the governmental leadership is divided, or incapable of setting policy and the bureaucracy provides a stabilizing influence. The bureaucracy may be the full government bureaucracy or a section with limited jurisdiction but considerable influence like the military.

Timeline

These are some of the more important historical events that have affected this world:

• -1700: Human explorers enter Gateway Region.
  • Colonies on Tharver, Bremen, and Salur founded.
• -500: Interstellar corporations arise in Galastrian Trade Federation.
• -312: Galastrian Metals founded on Tharver.
• -198: Gateway Sector named.
• -150: Corporate Sector Wars ongoing in Gateway Sector.
• The Year 0: To spinward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• 75: An Imperial embassy is established on Tharver.
• 251-320: Series of workers' revolts in Gateway.
  • Galastrian Metals collapses in 302.
• 300 to 420: The Imperial First Survey.
• 612: Galian Trade League and Hochiken Republic fight the 'Heptad War' over the Heptad Worlds of Windfleet
• 758: First Galian-Viyard war ends with the Treaty of Umbrin. Viyard Concourse established.
• 911-918: Galian Civil War. Plavian League, Trindel Confederacy, and Galian Federation emerge from collapse of Galian Trade League.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• MegaTraveller Journal 4 Article: 'Gateway Systems'
• External Link: Imperial Library