Roget (world)

Roget/Darrian (Spinward Marches 0427) Milieu 1116 B566777-9 Starport B Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 6 Wet World 60% Population 7 Moderate (40 million) Government 7 Balkanization Law 7 Moderate Law (no firearms) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	F8 V M3 V
Worlds	7
Gas Giants	0
Planetoid Belts	2
Cultural Details
Government	Balkanization
Law Level	Moderate
Cultural Extension	7A59
Army Size (BEs)	150
Economic Details
Technology Level	9
Economic Extension	B6C+3 Resources B Abundant Labor 6 Moderate (4 million) Infrastructure C Very extensive Efficiency +3 Improved
Importance Extension	3
Resource Units	2,376
GWP (BCr)	281
World Trade Number	4.5
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	9,385
Starport Details
Classification	Class-B
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	40,000
Port employees	2,460
Port passengers (annual)	421,600

Roget has an ideal environment for producing agricultural goods and a balanced population between 10 and 100 million. It is a member of Darrian Confederation in the Darrian Subsector of Spinward Marches Sector. 60% of the world's population is the Major Race Aslan. 30% of the world's population is the Minor Human Race Daryen.

• Roget is a member of the Spinward Main.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

Stellar Data

Roget is a binary star system.

• The primary is a white main sequence.
• The secondary is a red main sequence.

Roget has two stars in the star system.

Primary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	F8 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		1.18	6050 - 6180	1.78479
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0114	0.1108	1.24 - 2.17	1.14	11.4
	Orbit #	*	0	4	3	7
	Remarks
Secondary
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	M3 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0034	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.34	3.4
	Orbit #	*	*	0	1	5
	Remarks

System Data

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

• The mainworld.
• x4 secondary rocky worlds.
• x2 planetoid belts.

Mainworld Data

Roget is largely an idyllic paradise, but the weather is more violent than on most Darrian worlds, with hurricanes occurring frequently.

It orbits within its star's habitable zone.

• It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.

Mainworld Size (S)

Roget 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)

Roget has a pressure of 0.71 to 1.49 atmospheres. A Standard Atmosphere does not require survival gear and will likely be easy for most sophonts to breathe.

• It experiences generally moderate temperatures.
• Huge storms occasionally sweep across the surface.

Mainworld Hydrosphere (H)

Roget has 55-65% of its surface covered by liquid water. It has significant large liquid bodies. 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.)

Native Lifeforms

Many native lifeforms reproduce at an extremely high rate. This causes strange swings in carnivore-herbivore ratios among the animals. Predators overbreed, causing mini extinctions of their food source, before turning on each other, clearing the path for another wave of herbivore expansion.

• Ihsebh: Built like a three metre tall ape but covered by thick layers of feathers. Not the brightest creature, it often charges vehicles, which it is capable of overturning with its strength.

• Yehnold: A lethal nocturnal predator; arboreal creatures with camouflaged feathers that help them blend into the foliage. They possess large claws, which help them climb with great speed into the canopy, from where they can make prodigious leaps onto prey, supported in part by their feathering.

Tanglewald plants native to Tarsus grow on Roget; evidence that pre-Maghiz Darrian explorers visited that world.

History & Background (Dossier)

A balkanized world, Roget was settled by large colonies of Aslan who preferred their own company and own culture to assimilation with humans. Amicable meetings settle any questions involving the whole planet. The startport was built as a joint effort.

World Starport (Sp)

Roget 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.

Early History

Roget was first settled by the pre-Maghiz Darrians around -1375. The world was perfectly situated within their comfort zone, and it had abundant potential for agriculture. Within the next three hundred years, Damu, as it was then known, had attained a population of about ten million, and its foodstuffs were in high demand on Daryen and its neighbors. Its proximity to the homeworld made it an early casualty of the Maghiz shockwave, and the world regressed back to a TL of 5. Because of its export dominated market, the locals were suddenly very poor, and forced to rely upon local subsistence for their survival. A schism resulted that divided the world into several mini-states, and a slow population die-back resulted from the growing isolationism that separated these states.

Roget was the second world to be recontacted by Mire (Spinward Marches 0527) in -275. By that time the population was barely half of what it was before the Maghiz, and the various nations were so badly divided that recovery was nearly impossible. While quickly readmitted to the restored Confederation, its reconstruction was not a high priority, and the world languished while its neighbors effected their own reconstruction. The remaining Darrian population saw an increase in their numbers, thanks to improved health care and some offworld immigration, yet they remained bitterly balkanized and utterly incapable of helping themselves, and this attitude caused other Darrian worlds to heap scorn and indifference upon them.

Aslan Presence

When the First Frontier War erupted in 589, the Darrian military was in a poor position to fight it. While the Confederation Navy was quite competent, the ground forces were inadequate to the task of fighting Zhodani and Sword Worlder forces, and a number of battles were lost due to their deficient performance. The answer to the problem came from an unlikely source. A number of Aslan ihatei had come across the Great Rift with the intent of serving the combatants in exchange for land of their own. A Darrian delegation met with several ihatei groupments, and struck a deal that offered Darrian territory in return for their permanent loyalty to the Confederation.

The deal was accepted, and four Aslan clans, the Eeakyo, Ftoaliy'ktai, Oakteiyetlaw and the Yeyuteil, immediately committed their forces against the Outworld Coalition, and then against the Sword Worlders. So successful were these troops that the Confederation expanded their reward, giving them Damu, now renamed Roget ("Gift") as recognition of their sacrifices against their enemies. The decrepit human states were abolished, and the surviving Darrian population were made vassals of their new Aslan overlords. The world has been a home to increasing numbers of Aslan ihatei ever since, and a source for most of the Confederation's most elite infantry and special forces units.

The Aslan population of Roget shows the least signs of integration into the Confederation, and are considered to be "Other Aslan" by their fellows in the Hierate. The Four Clans have been unanimous in upholding, as faithfully as possible, the traditional Aslan cultural and honor codes, and this loyalty has tested their bond to the Confederation at times. Many other non-Rogetian Aslan have spurned this cultural loyalty, and have integrated fully into Darrian society, and controversy with the Roget Aslan has been a frequent occurence. Younger members of the Four Clans have been unmindful and downright contemptous of the polite, nonviolent nature of Darrian society, and were vocally supportive of other Aslan ihatei during the Imperial Civil War period.

Nevertheless, the taint of Darrian culture has increasingly sharpened the distinction between the Four Clans and their brethren, and Te-Zlodh has increasingly supplanted Trokh as the language of business and day-to-day life, especially among lower class Rogetian Aslan.

Government

The Four Clans are actually four different governments, with little in common other than a Tlaukhu-like body to remedy problems and intervene in disputes. The entire world, save for the starport, is divided between them, down to the lowliest human. Passage between these territories is strictly controlled, and permission must be granted by a tao at the least. The power sharing agreement enforces parity among the clans, with no clear dominance by just one. Their relations with Mire and their own Daryen vassals have been more lopsided. Generally, the human population has preferred the Oakteiyetlaw clan, even though this clan has been the most conservative in its outlook. The Confederation government has quietly preferred Eeakyo in its dealings, but has been careful to keep that support covert, fearing the consequences that would occur from disclosure.

World Law (L)

Roget has a moderate law 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, and anything more destructive, are typically regulated or prohibited.

• The Taledh Code is the basis of Darrian law.

Economy

Roget's economy recovered quickly after it was given over to the Aslan, and it currently is the Confederation's largest food producer. Its food surplus has been a major reason for the governments tolerance of the most egregious Aslan behavior in the past. The world's main export is grain for shipment to Ilium and Daryen itself, and enough income is generated for nearly the entire population to be prosperous. Other markets have been slow to develop, and the Four Clans have shown disinterest in new economic development.

The following corporations do business here:

• Tharnitia Denus
• Zloril

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.

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• Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
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• Peter Gray - BARD-OPAL 9532 -