Arlu (world)

Arlu/Argi (Dagudashaag 1339) Milieu 1116 AA8A520-D Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size A Large (16,000 km, 1.14g - 1.48g) Atmosphere 8 Dense Hydrographics A Water World 100% Population 5 Moderate (400 thousand) Government 2 Participating Democracy Law 0 No Law Tech Level D Average Stellar (holo data)
See also	UWP
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System Details
Primary	M3 V
Worlds	10
Gas Giants	4
Planetoid Belts	0
Cultural Details
Government	Participating democracy
Law Level	No law
Cultural Extension	1618
Army Size (BEs)	1
Economic Details
Technology Level	13
Economic Extension	B45-3 Resources B Abundant Labor 4 Moderate (40 thousand) Infrastructure 5 Limited Efficiency -3 Poor
Importance Extension	1
Resource Units	154
GWP (BCr)	1
World Trade Number	4
Trade Volume (MCr/year)	3,472
Starport Details
Classification	Class-A
Port Size	5
Building Capacity (Tons)	0
Port employees	1,025
Port passengers (annual)	100

Arlu is a large water world with very deep oceans and less than 1% of its land above sea level. The atmosphere is comfortably breathable. The system has a population in the hundreds of thousands, 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 Argi Subsector of Dagudashaag Sector and in the Domain of Vland. Arlu, as a member world of the Third Imperium, holds the estates of an Imperial knight and a baronet. Both are members of the Imperial Nobility charged with overseeing the world. This world has a nearby Imperial Naval Base, capable of handling warships. 100% of the world's population is the Minor Race Bwap. During the Long Night this world was named Sakhi.

Astrography and planetology

The naval base hosts elements of the 159th Fleet.

Monostellar System

Arlu Monostellar System

Star Name	Hierarchy	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temp (K)	Luminosity (Sol)
Arlu M3 V	Primary	Main Sequence		0.37	3270 - 3430	0.03081
	Unit	Diameter	Min Distance	Hab Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0017	0.0146	0.18 - 0.35	0.17	1.7
	Orbit #	*	*	0	0	4

History and background

A Bwap colony specializing in crystal production. Most of the cities (pods) are built upon floating islands of a coral-like substance and a symbiotic relationship has developed between the Bwap’s and the island ecology. The Bwaps provide fertilizer for the many plants that grow within the coral and protection from the large ocean predators that like the soft coral underside. In return the ecology supplies food and protection. Each city dweller rubs itself in the islands sap thereby identifying themselves to the various natural island defenses so they remain inert while they pass through.

Although each Bwap community is generally classed as a "Religious Dictatorship", Arlu has been classified differently because each city or pod sends a chosen representative to a common council who then make all planetary decisions. In addition, the planetary law level refers to the openly accessible areas of the planet and not the extremely high law levels of the pods which are off-limits to any but those born there.

References and contributors

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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Jae Campbell, Leighton Piper. "Library Data: Argi." Signal-GK 01 (1989): 46. via HIWG
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), 82.
• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 35-36.