Projavars

Projavars is a fictional planetary system featured in the science fiction novel "The Mote in God's Eye" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The system is home to a sentient species known as the Moties, who are the central focus of the story's plot. The Projavars system itself is characterized by its unique astronomical features which are crucial to understanding the Moties' biology and societal development.

The Projavars star is a binary system, with two suns. This unusual stellar configuration has led to significant environmental pressures on the planets within the system, including Projavars II, the primary planet inhabited by the Moties. The planet experiences extreme temperature fluctuations and gravitational anomalies due to the binary stars. The Moties have evolved to be a highly adaptable and technologically advanced species, driven by a complex and often paradoxical biological imperative for survival and expansion. Their society is structured in a way that is deeply intertwined with their unique environmental challenges and their species' high reproductive rate, which necessitates constant resource management and control. The Projavars system and its inhabitants represent a significant alien encounter within the narrative of "The Mote in God's Eye."