Arias (world)
| Arias/Quesada (Aldebaran 2411) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | C730575–9
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | F7 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arias is a poor, nonindustrial desert world with no free-standing water.
- It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. Having to import most manufactured and high tech goods drives the price up for these items at this world.
- This is a hot world, with a climate of high temperatures.
- It is a member of the Grand United States of Quesada, which is a member state of the Solomani Confederation, in the Quesada Subsector of Aldebaran Sector.
Description / Astrography & Planetology
This world is part of the Orizaba Cluster.
Arias has a solitary primary star. Arias 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity F7 V Main Sequence (Dwarf) 1.21 6180 - 6280 1.94872 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.0123 0.1158 1.29 - 2.24 1.23 12.3 Orbit # * 0 4 3 7 Remarks
System Data
3 Gas Giants — 2 Planetoid Belts — 5 Other Worlds
Mainworld Data
Arias is a standard-sized desert world with a very thin atmosphere.
Mainworld Geography & Topography
There are several mountain ranges, and at least 3 active volcanoes. The surface is littered with craters of various sizes.
Mainworld Map
No information yet available.
Native Lifeforms
None.
History & Background (Dossier)
The Quesadan Inquisition is known to be active on the world. It is a religiously sponsored investigative agency with powers of detainment that is charged with rooting out heretical thinking.
Solomani Security keeps a close eye on things to ensure the security of the Confederation and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, others are coerced, but many see it as an act of duty to help protect the Solomani state and its interests.
World Starport
Arias has a Class C Starport, an average quality installation which features amenities including unrefined fuel for starships, some brokerage services for passengers and cargo, and a variety of ship provisions. There is a shipyard capable of doing maintenance and other kinds of repair. Ports of this classification generally have only a downport, unless this is a trade port or system with an hostile environment mainworld.
World Technology Level
Arias 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
Arias has a Balkanized Government. There is no central world government. The world has several governments competing for control of the world. These may be allies, cooperating, competitors, or at war with each other.
Each of the 6 mining settlements are self-governing.
The Arias downport is considered neutral-ground and a business site.
World Law Level
Arias is governed by a Feudal Technocracy. Society divides itself based on the technical requirements of the society. Each of these functions are granted as a fief to an individual or group. Leadership of these fiefs determines the head of the government.
World Military
No information yet available.
World Economy
Mining, some specialty chemicals manufacturing.
Trade Data
Iron ingots, Nickel ingots, Chromium ingots, Uranium yellow cake (packed), phosphorus compounds, various specialty materials.
World Demographics
Humaniti 100%
World Culture
Arias' culture still pays homage to the Church, and each settlement has a Dedicated Dome that is the spiritual center. That said, the ideals of proper dress and occupation are largely considered "academic" and are taught-but-not-done. Practicality overrules such dictates. Some rules regarding social interaction do remain, particularly those between men and women. Arian families each maintain a physical, bound carbon-fiber copy of the Quesadan Bible, passed from father to eldest son. The Church procures additional books as needed, at no cost.
World Language/s
Spanish, Anglic
Urbanization
All roads lead to the Arias Downport, are parallel to a heavy-rail line, and end in a low-tech mining settlement.
Each of the settlements is largely built of interconnected Orient domes.
The eldest settlement is called Ersterein, and is currently mostly abandoned. Its plastic domes have noticeable damage and only a few retain structural integrity.
The largest settlement is the second oldest one: Kabume. It was constructed originally using a nuclear mining charge. An extra-large Orient dome, mark IV, has been carefully situated above the chamber created, and structurally bolstered. The chamber beneath is largely airtight, and holds a multilevel set of internal domes, cubes, and spheres in clusters of multi-family arrangements. The bottom is concrete-filled with beryllium and lead shielding to insulate from the embers of the original radioactive glass at the bottom of the chamber. The actual reactor set is located in a connected chamber, bored in a conventional manner. Other side chambers have been constructed similarly for Administration, law enforcement, and a set of hydroponics farms.
Kabume's population is made mostly of the former population of Ersterein and their descendants.
Historical Data
No information yet available.
World Timeline
No information yet available.
UWP Listing
C 7 3 0 5 7 5 – 9
Trade Data
- Importance: -1 (unimportant)
World Economy
- Resources: F (extremely abundant)
- Labor: 4 (tens of thousands)
- Infrastructure: 5 (limited)
- Efficiency: -1 (average)
World Culture
- Heterogenity: 1 (monolithic)
- Acceptance: 4 (extremely aloof)
- Strangeness: 5 (distinct)
- Symbols: 6 (somewhat concrete)
World Timeline
Major events that have affected this world and the wider region that it lies within:
- -9235: far to coreward, the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
- -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
- -2431: Terrans discover jump drive technology.
- -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars. The young Terran Confederation battles against the ancient Vilani Ziru Sirka.
- -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the former Ziru Sirka.
- -1999: the Aslan gain jump drive technology.
- -1862 to -1110: the Terran Mercantile Community is active within the region.
- -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
- -1118 to 380: the Aslan Border Wars.
- -1110 to 588: the Terran Mercantile Community gradually becomes the Old Earth Union, shrinking to control the region around Terra.
- The Year 0: to coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the system.
- 380: the Peace of Ftahalr ends the ongoing Aslan Border Wars and establishes understandings regarding human and Aslan influence.
- 588: the Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium, moving its border adjacent to the Aslan Hierate.
- 604-622: the Imperial Civil War.
- 624: the Imperial Express Boat Network is established.
- 704: the Solomani Autonomous Region is formed.
- 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
- 871: the Solomani Confederation is founded.
- 940: the Solomani Autonomous Region is dissolved.
- 990-1002: the Solomani Rim War.
- 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey includes data for the system.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the system becomes widely available.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller. Solomani (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), IFC, pages 3, 28. (sector named, background for the sector)
- Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11, various others. (dot map locating the worlds of the sector, background for the sector)
- Steven Eric Schwartz. MegaTraveller Periodical Imperiallines 2, 1991, page 5. (Bootean Federation, background for the sector)
- Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (background for the sector)
- David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), pages 50, 118, 119, various others. (background for the sector)
- Martin J. Dougherty. The Order of Prometheus (Mongoose Publishing, 2023), various pages. (scenarios and background for the sector)
- Zho Berka's Maps (Classic Era UWP Data for the world)
- External Link: Ocean of Storms site (Rebellion Era UWP Data for the sector)
- Author & Contributor: Leroy W.L. Guatney of the Federation Development Agency (FDA) (development of the sector)
- Author & Contributor: Dochsavage
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com