Upllor (world)

Upllor/Isi Ahto (Gushemege 2614)
Classic Era (1116)	D558836-6 Starport D Poor: No Construction, Minor Repair, Unrefined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 8 Wet World 80% Population 8 Moderate (500 million) Government 3 Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy Law 6 Moderate Law (no firearms except shotguns) Tech Level 6 Pre-Stellar (nuclear)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K1 V
Planetoid Belts	2
Gas Giants	0

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Upllor is a pre-agricultural world with a moderate population of over a hundred million, but not yet a billion sophonts.

• Its economy and population are growing and living conditions are expected to slowly improve barring outside forces.
• It is a member of the Lancian Cultural Region, a sub-polity of the Third Imperium, located in the Isi Ahto Subsector of Gushemege Sector.

• This world has an Imperial Scout base, capable of handling IISS starships and personnel.
• About 50% of the population is composed of Graytch.
• About 50% of the population is composed of baseline humans and other non-human sophonts.
• It is part of the Graytch Cultural Region.
• Upllor is located on the Vilani Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Upllor has a solitary primary star.

• It is an orange main sequence.

Upllor has a solitary primary star.

Upllor
	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		None

System Data

The worlds of the system have been surveyed. They consist of:

• The mainworld.
• x6 secondary rocky worlds.
• x2 planetoid belts.

Mainworld Data

Mainworld Size (S)

Upllor is a Meso World between 7,200km and 8,800km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.4G and 0.57G. The horizon will appear about 4km away.

Mainworld Atmosphere (A)

Upllor has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Upllor has 75-85% of its surface covered by liquid water with a few large continents and extensive islands. Wilderness refueling is possible.

Mainworld Geography and Topography

No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.

(Blank map, predominantly watery world.)

History & Background (Dossier)

This world was an old Vilani colony, which lost its technology during the Long Night, reverting to TL-3. When the Graytch investigated the world, they found extensive forests and jungles that were well suited to their needs, and relatively untouched by the Human colonies.

World Starport (St)

Upllor has a Class D Starport, a poor quality installation which has few of the expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.

• The world is host to a Scout Base.

World Population (P)

Upllor has a population of 500,000,000 sophonts (hundreds of millions).

• Around 50% of the population consists of humans and other sophonts.
• About 50% of the population is made up of Graytch.

Urbanization

The Graytch, who prefer a colder environment, primarily inhabit the subpolar and polar regions.

Graytch structures are of local material and rustic design. A typical Graytch structure has huge uprights taking the place of their homeworld's tree-trunks. Between these are strung pseudo vines and branches, the arrangement of which is a hallmark of Graytch designers.

Great dirigibles ply the trade routes between Human and Graytch cities, and commerce is brisk.

World Languages

The following languages are most commonly heard:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Ga-ray-cha, the primary language of the Graytch.
• Kehuu, the primary Lancian language, as common on the worlds of the Cultural Region as Anglic or Vilani.
• Ushi, a language used throughout Gushemege Sector.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

World Technology Level (T)

Upllor possesses a Technology Level of TL–6.

• Common Communication technologies for this TL include: Telephone, radio, and television.
• Common Power Generation technologies for this TL include: Early fission power generation, advanced water and wind generation of electricity.
• Common Transportation technologies for this TL include:
  • Land: Improved automobiles, early ATV's, and dedicated AFV's.
  • Water: Amphibious vehicles, improved submersibles, and early SCUBA gear.
  • Air: Early jet aircraft and rotorcraft VTOL's.
  • Space: Early unmanned rocket delivery systems and early manned orbital rockets.

World Government (G)

Upllor is governed by Self-Perpetuating Oligarchy. A single family or small group provides the leadership and important positions within the government. These positions are inherited by members of the group or by their relatives. 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.

World Law (L)

Upllor has a moderate level with laws covering many areas of government and interaction. These laws are simple enough that most people can act as their own advocate, though for serious issues a professional is recommended. Law enforcement officials will be present, but not in great numbers. All firearms except shotguns, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

• In Graytch courts, a judicial board is established for each trial session, the board members drawn from the public at large. The board act as judge and jury, and also handle sentencing. The Agency of Justice appoints an advisor to ensure that all goes smoothly.
• Graytch legal codes treat almost all crime as an example of mental illness, and hand out banishment as one of their most substantial punishments.

Imperial Landed Nobility (N)

Upllor, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estate of an Imperial Landed Knight who acts as an Imperial representative to the world, and the estate and fiefdom of two members of the Imperial Landed Nobility, who oversee affairs regarding the world at an Interstellar and Imperial level.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight, the Imperial representative to the world.
• It holds the estate of an Imperial baronet.
• It holds the fiefdom of an Imperial viscount.

Trade Data

• Importance: -2 (very unimportant)

World Economy

• Resources: A (abundant)
• Labor: 7 (tens of millions)
• Infrastructure: 5 (limited)
• Efficiency: -3 (poor)

The Graytch colonies have imported species of thay-tra from Liigash; these are used as beasts of burden, as well as for gene-production and non-destructive harvesting of their skins.

World Culture

• Heterogenity: 7 (discordant)
• Acceptance: 6 (aloof)
• Strangeness: 4 (somewhat distinct)
• Symbols: 5 (concrete)

World Timeline

Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:

• circa -250,000: the Ancients transplant humans onto the world of Kukhun.
• -9235: the Vilani discover jump drive technology, and over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space. The Kukhunen culture acquires jump technology from these wanderers.
• circa -5400: the Vilani Consolidation Wars - the Kukhunen region is eventually conquered.
• -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars.
• -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
• circa -1700: the reemergent Kukhunen region gradually collapses into civil war.
• -1200: the Lancian movement rises to dominance on Kukhun and within Kukhunen space. Few ships are available throughout the period but limited contact is maintained.
• -143: the Lancians gain modern jump technology from Sylean traders and use it to establish the Lancian Confederation.
• The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded. There are frictions with the Lancians.
• 76-84: the Vilani Pacification Campaign results in the absorbtion of the Confederation.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
• 604-622: the Civil War.
• 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
• 639: the Lancian Cultural Region is established.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the system.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.

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.

• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 13. (Chart locating the world but no further data)
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), 11, 48, 49. (Historical overview)
• David Burden. "Contact: Lancians" Alien Realms, (1992), Volume 2 Issue 2, 8-13 (via HIWG). (The Lancians)
• Leighton Piper. "Contact: Lancians." Signal-GK 04 (1992): 4-7. (The Lancians)
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 22. (World details circa the Year 0)
• Timothy B. Brown. Aliens Archive (Imperium Games, 1996), 22. (The Graytch)
• Martin Dougherty. Bearers of the Flame (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), 22. (World details circa the year 1248)
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 212-213. (The Lancians)
• Author & Contributor: David Burden of the HIWG. (Extensive development of the sector)