Ruie/Regina

[LeperColony]

Hey everyone,

I'm working on a Traveller screenplay, just for fun. Currently I am setting it the story on Ruie, in 1107, just before the FFW.

The first episode will have the characters shipping luxury goods to an official of one of the pro-imperial governments, where they get caught up in a Zhodani backed coup and the start of the Fifth Frontier War.

I was wondering if anyone could point me to a good source for the situation on Ruie at that time.

Thanks!

 

[mike wightman]

The amber zone adventure rescue on Ruie springs immediately to mind.

 

[agorski]

The amber zone adventure rescue on Ruie springs immediately to mind.

There's a few mentions of Ruie in TNS bulletins around this time:

http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/TNS_1107

 

[LeperColony]

Thanks guys! Is there any source that lists all the world governments present at the time?

 

[maksimsmelchak]

Thanks guys! Is there any source that lists all the world governments present at the time?

Hi LC,

The SM Sector page at the wiki would be a pretty good start. There is a polity listing.

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

 

[LeperColony]

Thanks for the reply, but unfortunately the polities listed seem to be on an interstellar level, whereas I'm looking for information (or just a list, really) on the world governments on Ruie.

I promise I did check the wiki before posting. Not trying to replace Google with you guys, just wondering if perhaps it was mentioned in a JTAS article or something similar.

 

[Hyphen]

Try this link to Rescue on Ruie:
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/p...df?PHPSESSID=fc014911f7dc9788a160d482aae94fee

Ruie is basically designed to be like present-day Earth. There are "about 150 nations", with 4 major states. There's a world map, which helps a lot, and here's a related table:

Countries with a population of at least 100 million.

Nation	Port	Pop	Government	LL	TL	Location
Staralka	X	1200	Republic	5	5	south Garan
Kayarlu	C	950	Monarchy	8	6	northwest Garan
Nebelthorn	C	900	Oligarchy	7	6	east Garan
Comors Union	C	650	Confederation	7	7	Comors
Jingarlu	C	350	Republic	7	7	west Garan
Chanoss	G	350	Bureaucracy	6	6	southwest Garan
Swemet	X	250	Dictatorship	8	5	Comors north island
Liruga	H	250	Charismatic Leader	5	5	north-central Garan
Showaj	X	200	Democracy	4	6	northwest Garan
Rukajan	X	150	Bureaucracy	8	5	northwest Garan
Orissali	G	120	Oligarchy	7	6	Cammet Island
Saeton	X	100	Theocracy	9	5	south-central Garan

Port: Starport or Spaceport quality.
Pop: Population, in millions of people.
LL: Law level.
TL: Technological level.
EAGLESTONE R 2010, "Rescue on Ruie", Mongoose Living Traveller, Mongoose Publishing, Swindon, UK, p 6.

 

[LeperColony]

Thanks Hyphen, that's perfect!

 

[Hyphen]

No worries. ;-)

 

[Hal]

Not much is referenced in The Traveller Book per se, it does mention that Ruie isn't Imperial. Module 3 Spinward Marches indicates that Ruie is settled around the same time as Regina, and in 235, was approached to join the imperium, which it declined. That makes Ruie an independent world that has retained its independence for over 875 years!

 

[Hal]

Part of why the duration of independence surprises me is based on the "character" of the Third Imperium as happened during the Julian Protectirate wars, and the constant expansion - yet one world remains independent despite its proximity to the subsector's capital. Velly intellesting

 

[MThompson016]

It could have been a protectorate for a while, but when Arden was DMZ'd, the Imperium was forced to give it up.

Also, don't forget the internal political angle. For some reason, the Dukes of Regina have decided against having fully integrating it into the Imperium (too expensive, would take the focus off the Evil Psis, would unify the neutral and anti-Imperial factions on world, etc.)

 

[G. Kashkanun Anderson]

Part of why the duration of independence surprises me is based on the "character" of the Third Imperium as happened during the Julian Protectirate wars, and the constant expansion - yet one world remains independent despite its proximity to the subsector's capital. Velly intellesting

The Causus Belli of the Julian Campaign was that the region was formerly a part of the Ziru Sirka, and it was the stated intention of the Third Imperium in its early history to incorporate all former districts of the First and Second Imperiums into the Third. The Spinward Marches, on the other hand, had never been an official part of any of the prior empires.

By the time Ruie was approached for membership, the Julian Campaign had ended in failure, curbing the Imperium's more aggressive expansionist tendencies. The Imperium's settlement strategy of the Marches at that time was more of a 'hub and spoke' pattern as well, with emphasis still on promoting the hubs of Regina, Mora and Lunion before infilling spokes like Ruie, Hefry and Efate. They were also likely cognizant of the fact that each world added to spinward brought them closer into contact with the Zhodani, which might have caused them to place an extra premium worlds who's loyalty was presumed proven by willingly -- or, even better, enthusiastically -- acceding to membership.

 

[Hal]

The original poster's intent to write a story should prove interesting in light of previous history and the general vibe given off in both POCKET EMPIRES and much of the milieu zero series T4 books. I wish him well.