OTU Only: Vargr Populations in the Spinward Marches

[Baron]

OK, this is trivial I know, but I'm creating a Vargr character for a game set in Lanth. I was wondering if there were any nearby Imperial worlds with significant Vargr populations in canon. I think there were supposed to be a few Vargr-majority planets in the Imperium, and for the rest, you're probably talking about a Vargr Quarter in some cities. Sure, I can just pick a planet, but I'd like to know what's out there. Thanks.

 

[Timerover51]

Some populations are mentioned in the Traveller Adventure, but I will have to get that out later today or tomorrow.

 

[rancke]

OK, this is trivial I know, but I'm creating a Vargr character for a game set in Lanth. I was wondering if there were any nearby Imperial worlds with significant Vargr populations in canon. I think there were supposed to be a few Vargr-majority planets in the Imperium, and for the rest, you're probably talking about a Vargr Quarter in some cities. Sure, I can just pick a planet, but I'd like to know what's out there. Thanks.

Canon is not very specific. There's a map that shows that Vargr language speakers fall below 5% of the population somewhere around Mora. Corewards of that line the percentage must be 5%+. But few specific worlds are named, except for the ones in TTA that timeover refers to.

There are some references in several articles in JTAS Online. That's not canon, but it is, to the best of my knowledge, canon-compatible, so if you'll accept it as semi-canon, I can mention Extolay as a world with lots of integrated Vargr citizens. 3% of the population of Regina are integrated Vargr (there is also a segregated Vargr Quarter in Regina Startown).


Hans

 

[77topaz]

The Traveller 5 Second Survey data (T5 canon data, vetted by Don McKinney etc.) that's available on TravellerMap notes worlds within the Imperium which have Vargr populations (or any other notable non-Human races).

 

[rancke]

The Traveller 5 Second Survey data (T5 canon data, vetted by Don McKinney etc.) that's available on TravellerMap notes worlds within the Imperium which have Vargr populations (or any other notable non-Human races).

Except that it doesn't list Vargr populations for 98% of the worlds despite the fact that the percentages of Vargr for worlds in the corewards half of the Marches averages above 5%. How can that be? Any world with with more than 1% Vargr ought to have a Varg0 note. And Regina, which is supposed to have a population of 3% Aslans, ought to have an Asla0 note. Unless the AlienX notes refer to segregated population only, with integrated populations ignored.


Hans