Editing Gashikan Sector

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|name    = Gashikan
|alg     = VaEx
|capital = Various
|domain  = [[Vargr Extents]]
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|c1  = [[Third Imperium of Gashikan]]
|c1p = 75
|c2  = [[Drr'lana Network]]
|c2p = 7
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|number     = 518
|population = 903,038
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 |coreward = [[Oeghz Vaerrghr Sector|Oeghz Vaerrghr]]
 |rimward  = [[Mendan Sector|Mendan]]
 |trailing = [[Trenchans Sector|Trenchans]]
 |spinward = [[Gzaekfueg Sector|Gzaekfueg]]
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|ss1 = [[Gali Subsector|Gali]]|
|ss2 = [[Arirmida Subsector|Arirmida]]|
|ss3 = [[Ishigisi Subsector|Ishigisi]]|
|ss4 = [[Stand Subsector|Stand]]|
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|ss5 = [[Arim Subsector|Arim]]|
|ss6 = [[Khishpe Subsector|Khishpe]]|
|ss7 = [[Bugkhir Subsector|Bugkhir]]|
|ss8 = [[Paanir Subsector|Paanir]]|
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|ss9 = [[Kikurarkaga Subsector|Kikurarkaga]]|
|ss10= [[Gikharbe Subsector|Gikharbe]]|
|ss11= [[Urshu Subsector|Urshu]]|
|ss12= [[Karuin Subsector|Karuin]]|
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|ss13= [[Apdashi Subsector|Apdashi]]|
|ss14= [[Edmagali Subsector|Edmagali]]|
|ss15= [[Gashikan Subsector|Gashikan]]|
|ss16= [[Gashilean Subsector|Gashilean]]
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[[Gashikan Sector]] can be found deep within the [[Vargr Extents]], though the dominant culture here is that of the [[Yilean]]s, who are relentlessly hostile to anything Vargr. The Yileans are a minor race, but like to see themselves as a fourth great race of Humaniti for the size and lengthy history of their domain.

=== Meta-History & Background ===
Gashikan sector was designed by Jeff Zeitlin for ''The Zhodani Base''. 
* Stellar positions were developed by Joe D. Fugate Sr. and appear in The MegaTraveller Alien, Volume 1: Vilani &amp; Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990).
* It has ''NOT'' been [[T5 Second Survey]] reviewed ''NOR'' updated to [[T5]] standards.

== Description (Specifications) ==
No information yet available. 

=== Toponyms: 1116 ===
This sector has been known by different names to different groups over its existence including the following:
{{Sector toponyms
|imperium = Gashikan
|aslan    = Gashikan
|droyne   = Unknown 
|hiver    = Gashikan
|k'kree   = Unknown 
|solomani = Gashikan
|vargr    = Lloeilerz
|vilani   = Gashikan 
|zhodani  = Gashikan
}}
* The sector is also know as the ''[[Lloeilerz Sector]]'' sector to several [[Vargr]] empires in and around the sector.

=== Linguistic Topography: 1116 ===
* [[Anglic]]
* [[Modern Gashikan]]
* [[Suedzuk (language)]]
* [[Vilani (language)]]
* [[Wawa-pakekeke-wawa]]

== History & Background (Dossier) ==
The long-ago [[Sack of Gashikan]] still defines this sector, though the garden world in question has long since recovered. The native Yilean Humans identify the Vargr as irredeemably hostile and chaotic, and relations with the Vargr nations surrounding them, if they exist at all, are poor.

The current Yilean state, centralised and authoritarian as Yileans prefer, is the [[Third Empire of Gashikan]], formed after the civil war of the Second Empire.

=== Native Sophonts ([[NIL]]s): 1116 ===
The following races ([[sophont]] species) are believed to have originated within this area:
* [[Humaniti]] (Human Races)
** [[Yileans]]

* [[Non-Human Race]]s
** None

* Terragens (Non-Human Terran Races)
** None

=== Demographics: 1116 ===
Significant populations of the following races ([[sophont]] species) reside within this sector:
* [[Humaniti]] (Human Races)
** [[Solomani]]
** [[Vilani]]
** [[Yileans]]

* [[Non-Human Race]]s
** [[Bwap]]
** [[Droyne]]
** TBD 

* Terragens (Non-Human Terran Races)
** [[Vargr]] ([[Major Race]])

=== Historical Eras ===
No information yet available.

==== History: General Overview ====
No information yet available.

=== History-Era: Milieu 1100 ===
'''Gashikan Sector Overview''' 
Anti-Vargr attitudes are endemic to Gashikan sector, dating back to before the fall of the [[Ziru Sirka]] by the [[Terran Confederation]] and the formation of the [[Rule of Man]].

Gashikan sector has given its name to three Empires. 

* The [[First Empire of Gashikan]] was formed in about [[-2400]], when Vargr, who had obtained jump drive from the [[Vilani]] in [[Corridor Sector|Corridor]] and [[Windhorn Sector|Windhorn]], began coming around the coreward end of the Windhorn Rift and entering the area beyond the Vilani frontier. 
** This Empire was more of a protective organization, with loose ties between its worlds; more was not needed, as the Vargr were not operating in a broadly organized manner. 
** Trade with the independent [[Human]] and Vargr worlds in the region was extensive, as was trade with the Ziru Sirka to rimward. 
** The native [[Yileans]] of [[Gashikan (world)|Gashikan]] itself were the driving force behind the Empire, which collapsed shortly after the collapse of the Rule of Man removed the primary stabilizing influence in the area.
** The Vargr population of the area saw an upsurge at this time, and with it came a similar increase in raider and corsair activity. This led to strained relations between Human and Vargr communities, and low-level wars were not uncommon. Vargr not involved in raiding were often seen as an exploitable resource, and Vargr serfdom, peonage, and slavery appeared and began to spread.
** Tensions exploded in [[-1658]] when a Vargr raid on Gashikan ended in a global holocaust as the raiders used nuclear weapons to virtually destroy the planetary civilization. The Human view of Vargr immediately changed from "exploitable resource" to "danger to be exterminated", and a centuries-long campaign of attempted genocide began. 

* The [[Sack of Gashikan]] also caused many Human worlds to band together in protective alliances, and in [[-1646]], many of these alliances consolidated into the [[Second Empire of Gashikan]].
** The Empire embarked on a number of projects designed to end the Vargr menace; the most notable of these was [[Project Wolvesbane]], begun in the [[-1400s]], which was an attempt to develop biological weapons that would kill Vargr without harming humans. The release of Wolvesbane in [[-1427]] fell short of its goals due to heroic efforts by individual Vargr, but Gashikan sector was rendered almost totally free of Vargr.
** The conflict continued until about [[-1000]], with a gradual change in attitude. Vengeful humans would still kill Vargr, but it became increasingly common on many worlds to enslave them. A major exception to this trend was the formation of the [[Legion of Breskain]], an order of Knighthood based on Gashikan and dedicated to the extermination of all Vargr. While not the first such organization, the Legion was the best-organized and had access to greater resources, and it rapidly absorbed the other organizations. Today, the Legion of Breskain maintains its purpose, although it is no longer under the control of the Empire or of Gashikan; rather, it acts as a mercantile and mercenary operation, providing resources and assistance to any organization in conflict with the Vargr.
** Vargr slavery rapidly became one of the most important industries in the region, reaching its peak in [[-300]]. After that, it began a long decline, with further Vargr immigration and the occasional emancipation. By the time of the founding of the [[Third Imperium]], it was still quite important in the Empire, but stagnation was beginning to set in, in contrast to the dynamism of the [[Julian Protectorate]], where Human-Vargr cooperation was on the rise.
** By the late [[900s]], the Empire's technological progress, never much more than anemic at best, had stopped, and was showing signs of reversing. Internal tensions over differing policies toward Vargr and other causes grew, and in [[1070]] shattered the Empire in civil war.
** A group of relatively strong planets in [[Trenchans Sector]] embarked on a plan of reconquest, and by [[1078]] had recaptured much of the rimward portions of the former Empire, incorporating it into the [[Third Empire of Gashikan]]. Many planets on or near the Mendan Main elected instead to join the Julian Protectorate; the prosperity that seemed to go along with improved Human-Vargr interaction appeared difficult to resist on worlds which had experienced little of the raiding and corsair activity that had so inflamed the coreward regions. The Empire and the Protectorate are in a technical state of war, but military activity is generally limited to occasional Gashikan raids that are easily repulsed by the [[Star Legion]]. It is believed, but not proven, that the Protectorate Member State of [[Rar Errall]] (Wolves' Warren) has been carrying out raids on Gashikan worlds in Trenchans sector, in spite of protests from other members of the Protectorate.

* Today, in the Third Empire of Gashikan, Vargr slavery is still common, especially in the coreward areas and in most of Trenchans sector. 
** On Gashikan itself, Vargr are subject to immediate and summary execution. 
** Elsewhere in the rimward sections of the sector, Vargr segregation, serfdom, and peonage are more common than outright Vargr slavery, although the latter is far from unknown.

=== Major Historical Events Timeline: 1116 ===
These are some of the more important historical events that have affected this sector:
* ([[-1658]]): [[Sack of Gashikan]]
* (?): [[Vargr Race Wars]]

== Politics & Diplomacy (Interstellar Relations) ==
No information yet available. 

=== Polity Listing: 1116 ===
The following polities can be found within this sector:
* {{Imperial}} Powers
** None

* Independent Powers
** [[Third Imperium of Gashikan]]

* [[Julian Protectorate]]
** [[Commonwealth of Mendan]]

* [[Non-Aligned]] Powers (World-States)
** [[Non-Aligned]] ([[Humaniti|Human]]-dominated)
** [[Non-Aligned]] (Unclaimed) 
** [[Non-Aligned]] ([[Vargr]]-dominated)

* Other Powers
** None

* [[Vargr Extents]] (Vargr Powers)
** [[Drr'lana Network]]
** [[Union of Yoetyqq]]

Defunct polities include the long-gone Knaelk Initiate, Ghaefoll Cooperative and Gaellik Outworlds, all Vargr states destroyed by the [[Second Empire of Gashikan]].

=== Polity Descriptions: 1116 ===
Here are several synopses of the polities found in this sector: 
* No information yet available.

=== Imperial Territory: 1116 ===
This sector is not an Imperial possession.
* 0.00% is controlled by the [[Third Imperium]].
* 100.00% is controlled by non-Imperial powers.

== Trade Routes (Economic [[Astrography]]) ==
The following astrographic features and trade routes can be found within this area:

=== Mains, Branches & Arms ===
* [[Nangar Chain]]
* [[Nudashiir Lagani]]

=== Clusters & Traces  ===
* No information yet available.

=== Rifts, Voids & Jump Bridges ===
* No information yet available.

=== Other Astrographic Features ===
* No information yet available.

== Worlds, Systems & Sectors (Political [[Astrography]]) ==

[[Image:SectorGashikan.jpg|right]]
No information yet available. 

=== Capital/s: 1116 ===
* No information yet available.

=== Sector Summary: 1116 ===
{{Summary}}

=== World Listing: 1116 ===
The following systems and worlds can be found within this sector:  
{{SectorWorlds3|Gashikan|Sector}}

=== Subsector Listing: 1116 ===
The following subsectors can be found within this sector: 
# Subsector A: Gali
# Subsector B: Arim
# Subsector C: Kikurarkaga
# Subsector D: Apdashi
# Subsector E: Arirmida
# Subsector F: Khishpe
# Subsector G: Gikharbe
# Subsector H: Edmagali
# Subsector I: Ishigisi
# Subsector J: Bugkhir
# Subsector K: Urshu
# Subsector L: Gashikan
# Subsector M: Stand
# Subsector N: Paanir
# Subsector O: Karuin
# Subsector P: Gashilean

=== Territorial Overview: 1116 ===
The following table details the subsectors within this area:
* No information yet available.

==== Territorial Chart Key ====
No information yet available.

== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
{{Detail}}
{{Sources
|S1= {{CT}} [[K'kree (Alien Module)|Alien Module 2: K'kree]] (named but no further data)
|S2= {{MT}} [[DGP]] [[Alien - Vilani & Vargr]] (dotmap but no name)
|S3= Periodical: {{MT}} [[Challenge49]] 
|S4= Author & Contributor: [[Jeff Zeitlin]]
|S5= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
|S6= 
}}


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