Worlds of the Aramis Trace

Your subsidy route is the Aramis Trace, a group of 8 worlds reachable via Jump-1 in the Aramis, Rhylanor, and Sabine subsectors of the Spinward Marches and Deneb sectors.  The worlds have mostly good to excellent starports, but small populations.

Here are some brief highlights of each world.

Aramis is the capital of the Aramis Subsector.  It's located on the Xboat route from Rhylanor to Vland, so while it is not a very populous world, its starport is quite busy.  Aramis High is the best port in the subsector.  The planet itself is a hellworld, with a corrosive atmosphere that requires special equipment to survive.  The vast majority of the planet's population lives in one underground city, Leedor, adjacent to Aramis Downport.  Leedor has a population of about 600000 people, and is a fief of the Marquis of Aramis.  Leedor was originally a mining settlement, and there are still active mines on the edge of town, while played-out mines are reused for habitation.

L'eoul d'Dieu (LDD) is a water world.  The planet is effectively owned by the megacorporation Sharurshid, which harvests seafood and other aquatic resources.  Sharurshid currently does not allow additional settlement, to protect the marine environment, so the population has been kept to about 500000.  The Imperial Navy base is on a nearby moon.

Natoko is another corporate world, dominated by Tukera Lines, the largest shipping megacorporation in the Imperium.  Tukera uses the world to overhaul its starships, and does not allow non-employees to live there.  The population is about 800 Tukera and starport employees plus some personnel at the Imperial Navy base.  It's unclear why Tukera has chosen to leave a garden world so empty.

Reacher has an exotic atmosphere, and its major industry is extraction of organic resources.  In recent years, trade of these resources has declined, and the population of Reacher has blamed offworlders.  The Travellers Aid Society has posted Reacher an Amber Zone, as it can be dangerous for offworlders to leave the starport.

Vinorian is a mostly-water world with a tainted atmosphere requiring filter masks to survive.  It is dominated by Dirkstrom Industries.  The population is about 4 million, the highest in the Aramis Trace.

Nutema is a hot planet whose atmosphere is tainted by a horrible smell.  The planet is home to about 9000 inhabitants spread across the planet in small family groups, who mostly only interact electronically.  There is a small Imperial Navy base in orbit.

Margesi has an excellent starport, Navy and Scout bases, and a tiny native population of 300.  The tainted atmosphere poisons food, making the world unsuitable for agriculture.  The main industry is entertaining off-duty Navy, Scout, and Starport personnel at a recreation center just outside the downport.

Saarinen is the location of Imperial Research Station Epsilon, centered on underwater planetological studies.  In addition to active research, there is a training center for underwater science and exploration.  There are no population centers outside the starport and Research Station.