All your Base are Belong to Us

Control of the strategically vital border world of Kihaikhir (DARK 2739 A896476-D) is divided between several Tlaukhu and independent clans. The Eakhtiyho and Yerlyaruiwo both maintain large Tlaukhu bases in-system, while the Hwriayro and Yoroa have smaller clan bases to support system defense.

I polled various Traveller groups and message boards as to whether the low number of Aslan bases in Dark Nebula were likely the result of accident or intent. No real consensus emerged, but Jim Kundert suggested I look at differences between unreviewed or reviewed sector data.

This was good advice: the Aslan data on Traveller Map represent a pretty wide range of provenance. About half of the sectors with Aslan Hierate worlds were not reviewed by the T5 Second Survey project and are currently marked “Unofficial.” These generally use CT or MT data formats and appear to have been created using CT Aslan worldgen. For example, Waroatahe sector—created by Jo Grant and Jeff Zeitlin, with modifications by Joshua Bell—is generally consistent with CT Aslan. Approximately 18% of the Waroatahe systems have the N base code, which I would treat as Tlaukhu bases, and about 29% of the Waroatahe systems have the S base code, which I would treat as clan bases.

About a quarter of the Aslan sectors have been updated to the Traveller⁵ data format but have not received T5SS review. For example, Touchstone. Such sectors are labeled “In Review.”

And finally, about a quarter of Aslan sectors are in Traveller⁵ data format and received a T5SS review. For example, Dark Nebula. These sectors are labeled “Official.”

Most of these Official sectors originally appeared in Atlas of the Imperium. And all of these sectors demonstrate similarly low numbers of Aslan bases as Dark Nebula.

But Ustral Quadrant is illustrative because this sector did not appear in AotI but did receive a T5SS review. Out of 148 Hierate systems in Ustral Quadrant, approximately 14% have Tlaukhu bases and 29% have clan bases: this is consistent with CT worldgen. So it appears that the ultimate source of low base levels is not the T5SS review, but AotI.

Because AotI apparently did not generate government data and because government data is necessary for CT Aslan worldgen, I’m increasingly inclined to think that the low level of Aslan bases in Dark Nebula is a mistake.

As a proof of concept, I applied random base determination from CT Aslan worldgen on those Hierate systems in Dark Nebula that do not currently have bases. And as a result, I ended up adding Tlaukhu bases to 27 systems and clan bases to 74 systems, bringing the totals up to 34 and 83 respectively, which is very much in line with the 38 Tlaukhu bases and 81 clan bases we would expect from CT worldgen.

Although this appears to be a huge change, looking at these new bases on a map of Dark Nebula was in no way overwhelming. In fact, the new bases make a lot of sense when placed around the Aslan homeworld and set beside the highly militarized systems of the Solomani Confederation. I therefore recommend the following changes:

• Uiwe (0106) - Add base R.
• Oifalrouw (0109) - Add base R.
• Aiaokheh (0305) - Add bases RT.
• Earle (0307) - Add bases RT.
• Eakhtya'i (0402) - Add base R.
• Oiwohas (0707) - Add base T.
• Aleikhes (0710) - Add base T.
• Tyakhyo (0115) - Add base R.
• Ftaikhao (0116) - Add base R.
• Hteoe (0117) - Add base R.
• Kikeasa (0314) - Add base T.
• Etlaorla (0315) - Add base R.
• Huuira'alr (0317) - Add bases RT.
• Htaheatelr (0411) - Add base R.
• Hkyewao (0519) - Add base R.
• Kahkeheas (0520) - Add base R.
• Leftearl (0615) - Add base R.
• Oiaous (2020) - Add base R.
• Eiyea (0128) - Add base R.
• Syerakhir (0222) - Add base T.
• Yehta (0226) - Add base T.
• Seilrye (0227) - Add base R.
• Iyyoiy (0321) - Add base R.
• Ktaol (0327) - Add base R.
• Ruiloih (0328) - Add base R.
• Ye'aeaoafokh (0330) - Add base R.
• Yokiyheir (0423) - Add base R.
• Ao'iyaulra (0627) - Add base T.
• Khteau (0628) - Add base R.
• Ahaiehea (0726) - Add base R.
• Aiaiso (0727) - Add base R.
• Ftihahe' (1023) - Add base R.
• Ilkhah (1027) - Add base R.
• Hoirhesyea (1223) - Add base R.
• Ftaosye' (1225) - Add base R.
• Weisaow (1327) - Add bases RT.
• Iyokh (1430) - Add base R.
• Aowaelr (1529) - Add bases RT.
• Riyikahail (1628) - Add base R.
• Aftea (1826) - Add base R.
• Eieiau (1830) - Add base R.
• Iyaiah (1925) - Add base T.
• Ewirarl (2021) - Add base R.
• Ekhiy (2023) - Add base T.
• Hakhyas (2027) - Add base R.
• Khtektawoa (2122) - Add base R.
• Eakhoi (2123) - Add base T.
• Aohitao (2126) - Add base R.
• Khtyasitrao (2322) - Add base R.
• Iweakhte (2426) - Add base R.
• Oiirl (2430) - Add base R.
• Arakhal (2729) - Add base R.
• Fa'aher (2830) - Add base T.
• Iykye (0136) - Add base T.
• Khtyu (0239) - Add base T.
• Aotui'asiyr (0334) - Add base R.
• Eaoer (0336) - Add base R.
• Iytaow (0432) - Add base R.
• Eoyaea (0435) - Add bases RT.
• Afteariw (0436) - Add base R.
• Woira (0439) - Add base R.
• Ihkealresiy (0440) - Add base R.
• Hyeirih (0537) - Add base R.
• Khohoa (0733) - Add base R.
• Waohar (0738) - Add base T.
• Fuihafai (0834) - Add base R.
• Feakh (0835) - Add base T.
• Ktaherl (0837) - Add base R.
• Seiyasar (0939) - Add base R.
• Ouifauhai (0940) - Add base R.
• Kheiei (1034) - Add base T.
• Taleiw (1037) - Add base R.
• Eiefei'os (1235) - Add base R.
• Teayokhtae (1238) - Add base T.
• Kofyoha (1440) - Add base R.
• Taiea (1535) - Add base R.
• Hroilr (1536) - Add base R.
• Loihuawaw (1634) - Add base R.
• Eihkeha (1638) - Add base T.
• Asefihea (1740) - Add base R.
• Atoiloilol (1939) - Add base T.
• Eftase (1940) - Add base T.
• Oakheiye (2031) - Add base R.
• Tloueaeiei (2037) - Add base R.
• Htao'ewyalr (2038) - Add base R.
• Ehairiwa (2131) - Add base T.
• Yohkui (2138) - Add base R.
• Hteaokhewi (2139) - Add base R.
• Hkayuea (2140) - Add base R.
• Irihroalea (2432) - Add base R.
• Euhisai (2434) - Add base R.
• Eiar (2539) - Add base R.
• Kihaikhir (2739) - Add bases RT.
• Tua'aiou (2936) - Add base R.

In addition, I suggest a similar exercise be conducted for Hlakhoi, Staihaia’yo, Ealiyasiyw, and Iwahfuah: majority Hierate sectors that were based off AotI data.

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