Huiha Esoyatre - an Aslan Minor State Part 2

Trokh is the main Aslan language and has remained fairly constant across both millenia and parsecs of space. In the RimWorlds, the three known Aslan states are at least 10 parsecs distant from each other and rarely interact. Each Huiha speaks Trokh but with slight local variations. I discovered a partial Aslan dictionary online which has some useful terms, and which seems to either be derived from the word list in MegaTraveller Alien Vol 2: Solomani and Aslan - the Rimward Races, or to have helped form it, as well as a word list in GURPs Traveller: Alien Races 2: Aslan, K'kree, and Other Races Rimward of the Imperium. Further Trokh words will need to be generated as required from Space Corsair's excellent Traveller word generator programme.

Trokh Word List
aikoho	"many ships", fleet
khoiaya	armor
afeahyalhtow	popular Aslan pet; flying carnivore/killer
ayakyuir	carnivore native to Kusyu, noted for speed and ferocity
Akoaft	"Far Throwing" - artillery
Soarl	"elite"
Trekhyair	"land protector" clan military force
Ahr’eah	"armed pride" - platoon or company
Areiale	"they who sprint" – marines
Ekho’ear	"armed family" – squad
Hraye	"wanderer" – scout
Hryo	"half dozen" - a squadron
Huih’eal	"armed clan" – battalion or regiment

This list of words provides some useful starters, but I think I will have to generate more.

The Personnel figures I generated for each Huiha and E'kho of the Huiha Esoyatre in part 1 of this article were drawn from the populations of each of the Aslan worlds within the hasoi of Huiha Esoyatre. Consulting Alien Races 2 and Solomani and Aslan I determined that 10% of the population, or population resource equivalent, were currently available for Military service. This is a little higher than normal, but the Huiha Esoyatre shares border space with two potential enemies - the Imperium and the Kalar-Wi - and annexed a Kalar-Wi system only four years ago, so political tensions are elevated.

I had earlier determined, using the tables in GURPs Traveller Ground Forces, that the Huiha Esoyatre had some 3000 battalion equivalents available for offworld deployment as a Tech Level 12 force. The choice was made by the Huiha government to upgrade part of this force to Tech Level 14, and this produced 3 Elite Corps, 3 Elite Divisions and two Elite Independent Regiments equipped to TL14, and 10 Corps, two Independent Divisions and one Independent Brigade equipped to TL12. The equipment upgrade reduced overall numbers to about 1000 battalion equivalents.

When I looked at the Geithurian Republic Table of Organization, I essentially started with the first formation and then assigned battalions to it, before moving on to the next formation. With the Unified Imperial Army Gamelea Command, I worked out possible ranges of unit numbers across all Imperial Subsectors in the RimWorlds, and then assigned units to each formation within the Gamelea and Miazan Subsectors from the available units for those Subsectors. The Huiha Esoyatre, however, was a little different.

.With essentially a feudal form of government, each E'kho is required to contribute personnel and units towards the trekhyair, or "land protector", force of the Huiha, or clan, and each lesser clan is required to contribute units toward the trekhyair of the dominant clan of the Huiha. All these subordinate forces remain under the control of the contributing E'kho or Huiha, even if they fall under the command of the senior E'kho or Huiha. To begin to untangle this knot, I had to know how many personnel each E'kho was able to contribute; work out the percentage of the total trekhyair this represented; and then work out what percentage of the 1000 battalion equivalents already determined as making up the Huiha trekhyair each E'kho's contribution actually numbered.

Did I really need this information? No. But I did want to capture the flavour of an Aslan force, and creating this background material contributes to the richness of the mileau. Also the numbers, as they came up, posed questions as to how politics within the Huiha Esoyatre actually worked, and answering these questions gave me a clearer picture of the Huiha as a whole.

After a little number crunching, I arrived at the following raw figures:

Huiha or Clan	Battalions by system
Huiha Esoyatre	Yuwe: 18 Battalions; Yuakteisye: 192 Battalions; Faiwawhwe: 75 Battalions
Huiha Uahwil	Yuakteisye: 1230 battalions; Faiwawhwe: 72 battalions
Huiha Aiaihfa	Yuakteisye: 600 battalions; Faiwawhwe 66 battalions
E’kho Hraktiskear	Atlasiykh: 1 battalion
Huiha Hwouwoahiw	Faiwawhwe: 132 battalions
Huiha I’iyheas	Faiwawhwe: 141 battalions
Huiha Eakteaei	Faiwawhwe: 153 battalions
Huiha Awuahra	Faiwawhwe: 150 battalions
Huiha Htualraluikh	Faiwawhwe: 144 battalions
E’kho Hroukhteftai	Yaitlaorail/Kidan: 1 battalion

As these battalion equivalent numbers were based on the original TL12 3000 battalions, I decided that I would arbitrarily reduce the strength of the larger clans by a third to reduce the over-all total of battalions to better match the formations I had originally generated from GURPs Traveller Ground Forces. One thing that did give me a little wriggle room was the fact that the Aslan don't have set sizes for various units - squads, for example, can vary between 4 and 12 soldiers.

Huiha Esoyatre is both the dominate clan of Yuwe, and the clan that dominates the wider hasoi, even though in military numbers Huiha Esoyatre falls behind Huiha Uahwil and Huiha Aiaihfa. However, Esoyatre's strength may lie in the fact that its four families work more in harmony under the leadership of E'kho Hleahayaou then the eight familes of Huiha Uahwil and the seven families of Huiha Aiaihfa work together under their leading E'khos. Add in political and traditional ties between E'khos of the Great Huihas, as well as alliances with the Lesser Huihas of Faiwawhwe, and interfamily and interclan relationships, and the political landscape of the Huiha becomes a scintillating web of connections. A web that can become an armoured sphere around the hasoi in the event of outside aggression.

Next: A look at the Huiha and E'kho tables of organisation.

Huiha Esoyatre - an Aslan Minor State Part 1

While I haven't written much here, of late, I have been working on a couple of Traveller related projects that tie together.

Looking to be able to game out an escalating ground war between the Outrim Alliance and the Imperium, I have been painting up infantry and armoured units for the main protagonists in 6mm scale. Progress photos are on my modeling log and my gaming blog.

I've also been working on Tables of Organisation for the various factions, extrapolated from the figures I generated for Lymethius Subsector, Gamelea Subsector, and Miazan Subsector, as well as the two articles on the Imperial Marines here and here.

When I came to look at the Aslan of the Huiha Esoyatre, I realized that I needed to take a closer look at the internal political structure of the Huiha. The Aslan are clan and family orientated, and each clan and family maintains their own defense force, recruited from their members and retainers.

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Huiha Esoyatre

Huiha Esoyatre is an Aslan polity of five non-Imperial systems in the Lymethius subsector. Consisting of the four systems of the Yuakteisye Cluster (Yuwe, Atlasiykh, Faiwawhwe, and Yuakteisye) as well as the former Kalar-Wi system of Kidan (annexed in 1106 in the aftermath of the Kalar-Wi War and now known as Yaitlaorail), Huiha Esoyatre has a total population of 85.0136 billion sophonts, 99.9% of whom are Aslan. As one of the major polities in the Outrim Alliance, Huiha Esoyatre has been involved in four wars with the Imperium as the Alliance has resisted Imperial expansion into the Lymethius subsector.

E'kho Hleahayaou dominates the polity from their capital of Hyufteirleryeweiwiy (tr. "the place where the people meet by the swirling spire") in the crater Yuwaol ("great basin") in the northern hemisphere of Yuwe (0408). From this, their ancestral seat, E'kho Hleahayaou has been the most senior family within the Esoyatre Clan for most of the last 700 years. The current Hleahayaouko is Tlehiui V (born 1030), a venerable leader who is still fit and active, having guided the Huiha for over fifty years.

Clan Esoyatre leads an alliance of eight clans. The other seven vassal clans that make up the alliance are: Huiha Uahwil, Huiha Aiaihfa, Huiha Hwouwoahiw, Huiha I'iyheas, Huiha Eakteaei, Huiha Awuahra, and Huiha Htualraluikh. Of the five systems that form the hasoi of Huiha Esoyatre only Yuakteisye has anything like a breathable atmosphere and it is on this world that the bulk of the population of the Huiha are concentrated.

The following table shows the relationships of the various E'khos that make up the member Huihas of Huiha Esoyatre. It also shows the number of E'kho members, vassals and retainers that are contributed to the armed forces of the Huihas, and who crew the Huiha fleets and form the Trekhyair – “land protector” clan military force:

Yuwe:	Huiha Esoyatre		Personnel	Fleet		Trekhyair
	E'kho Hleahayaou		(45,000)	(15,000)		(30,000)
		E'kho Eahikh	(15,000)	(5,000)		(10,000)
		E'kho Oukeihtoi	(7000)	(2,300)		(4,700)
		E'kho Steiai	(3000)	(1,000)		(2,000)
			(70,000)	(23,300)		(46,700)
Yuakteisye:	Huiha Esoyatre
	E'kho Hleahayaou		(25,000)	(8,300)		(16,700)
		E'kho Eahikh	(9,900)	(3,300)		(6,600)
		E'kho Oukeihtoi	(4,700)	(1,500)		(3,200)
		E'kho Steiai	(854,000)	(284,500)		(569,500)
			(893,600)	(297,600)		(596,000)
	Huiha Uahwil
	E'kho Oakhwohkal		(1,205,000)	(401,500)		(803,500)
		E'kho Tliyuftea	(992,000)	(330,500)		(661,500)
		E'kho Iysutreah	(907,000)	(302,300)		(604,700)
		E'kho Suhliy	(825,000)	(275,000)		(550,000)
		E'kho Ahwao	(673,000)	(224,300)		(448,700)
		E'kho Seyu	(258,000)	(86,000)		(172,000)
		E'kho Htuayur	(171,000)	(57,000)		(114,000)
		E'kho Eawaeirl	(127,000)	(42,300)		(84,700)
			(5,158,000)	(1,718,900)		(3,439,100)
	Huiha Aiaihfa
	E'kho Eahei		(339,000)	(113,000)		(226,000)
		E'kho Orakhtoi	(609,000)	(203,000)		(406,000)
		E'kho Hiaui	(515,000)	(171,600)		(343,400)
		E'kho Kawyahlyu	(495,000)	(165,000)		(330,000)
		E'kho Auakhah	(223,400)	(74,500)		(148,900)
		E'kho Hfosaa	(159,000)	(53,000)		(106,000)
		E'kho Oiyas	(98,000)	(32,500)		(65,500)
			(2,438,400)	(812,600)		(1,625,800)
Atlasiykh:	E'kho Hraktiskear		(4000)	(1,300)		(2,700)
Faiwawhwe:	Huiha Esoyatre
	E'kho Hleahayaou		(84,000)	(28,000)		(56,000)
		E'kho Eahikh	(79,400)	(26,500)		(52,900)
		E'kho Oukeihtoi	(74,200)	(24,700)		(49,500)
		E'kho Steiai	(72,200)	(24,000)		(48,200)
			(309,800)	(103,200)		(206,600)
	Huiha Uahwil
	E'kho Oakhwohkal		(52,000)	(17,400)		(34,600)
		E'kho Tliyuftea	(45,500)	(15,100)		(30,400)
		E'kho Suhliy	(44,400)	(14,800)		(29,600)
		E'kho Ahwao	(42,000)	(14,000)		(28,000)
		E'kho Seyu	(38,000)	(12,500)		(25,500)
		E'kho Htuayur	(37,200)	(12,400)		(24,800)
		E'kho Eawaeirl	(35,000)	(11,600)		(23,400)
			(294,100)	(97,800)		(196,300)
	Huiha Aiaihfa
	E'kho Eahei		(59,000)	(19,500)		(39,500)
		E'kho Orakhtoi	(57,000)	(19,000)		(38,000)
		E'kho Hiaui	(35,000)	(11,600)		(23,400)
		E'kho Kawyahlyu	(34,500)	(11,500)		(23,000)
		E'kho Auakhah	(33,700)	(11,200)		(22,500)
		E'kho Hfosaa	(30,000)	(10,000)		(20,000)
		E'kho Oiyas	(29,000)	(9,600)		(19,400)
			(278,200)	(92,400)		(185,800)
	Huiha Hwouwoahiw
	E'kho Yukheaiw		(94,500)	(31,500)		(63,000)
		E'kho Aewi	(86,200)	(28,700)		(57,500)
		E'kho Htoioua	(74,700)	(24,900)		(49,800)
		E'kho Fihoilreil	(74,300)	(24,700)		(49,600)
		E'kho Ewoheah	(73,700)	(24,500)		(49,200)
		E'kho Oisehwih	(73,200)	(24,400)		(48,800)
		E'kho Weoiyah	(69,300)	(23,100)		(46,200)
			(545,900)	(181,800)		(364,100)
	Huiha I'iyheas
	E'kho Ahoaolr		(107,000)	(35,700)		(71,300)
		E'kho Yesiwarl	(82,000)	(27,300)		(54,700)
		E'kho Ouhkyu	(76,200)	(25,400)		(50,800)
		E'kho Iysealeah	(74,000)	(24,600)		(49,400)
		E'kho Eaaiy	(64,700)	(21,500)		(43,200)
		E'kho Ktelriykhoi	(63,000)	(21,000)		(42,000)
		E'kho Iywaifaur	(62,100)	(20,700)		(41,400)
		E'kho Eoahfi	(61,500)	(20,500)		(41,000)
			(590,500)	(196,700)		(393,800)
	Huiha Eakteaei
	E'kho Aoia		(121,000)	(40,300)		(80,700)
		E'kho Khtoahar	(96,700)	(32,200)		(64,500)
		E'kho Hwourlii	(94,500)	(31,500)		(63,000)
		E'kho Ketreh	(84,200)	(28,000)		(56,200)
		E'kho Kheoua	(82,000)	(27,300)		(54,700)
		E'kho Sahuirea	(80,100)	(26,700)		(53,400)
		E'kho Yoleaiy	(79,000)	(26,300)		(52,700)
			(637,500)	(212,300)		(425,200)
	Huiha Awuahra
	E'kho Aaih		(97,200)	(32,400)		(64,800)
		E'kho Hlyeseaas	(85,100)	(28,300)		(56,800)
		E'kho Aaolruiw	(83,000)	(27,600)		(55,400)
		E'kho Uiai	(73,700)	(24,500)		(49,200)
		E'kho Eaui'alr	(73,000)	(24,300)		(48,700)
		E'kho Roiftealroi	(72,900)	(24,300)		(48,600)
		E'kho Khtakhafah	(70,100)	(23,300)		(46,800)
		E'kho Fteawalei'	(69,000)	(23,000)		(46,000)
			(624,000)	(207,700)		(416,300)
	Huiha Htualraluikh
	E'kho Earla		(104,000)	(34,600)		(69,400)
		E'kho Ftyuhrolyel	(83,400)	(27,800)		(55,600)
		E'kho Taaooul	(81,100)	(27,000)		(54,100)
		E'kho Iylraoa	(71,200)	(23,700)		(47,500)
		E'kho Oulelye	(70,000)	(23,300)		(46,700)
		E'kho Fteasoih	(69,300)	(23,100)		(46,200)
		E'kho Kyekhealryo	(68,000)	(22,600)		(45,400)
		E'kho Oilreaweh	(53,000)	(17,600)		(35,400)
			(600,000)	(199,700)		(400,300)
Yaitlaorail:	E'kho Hroukhteftai		(4100)	(1,300)		(2,800)
			(12,448,100)	(4,146,600)		(8,301,500)

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Aslan khoiaya (armour)

A half-hryo (squadron)