Gueghedudun Subsector

Gueghedudun Subsector
Noeuekf Dortokh Teksuelats Gueghedudun style="width: 250px; height: 350px; border: solid 1px black;" map from Travellermap.com Athin
Sector	Gzaekfueg
Capital	Anetssoz (world)
No. of Stars	1
Majority Control	Ruler of Five - 100%

Gueghedudun Subsector is Subsector E of Gzaekfueg Sector.

• It lies within Charted Space.
• It is part of the Vargr Extents.

Description / Specifications

Gueghedudun Subsector is a near empty region lying within the Windhorn Rift.

• The few resources of the subsector are being exploited.

Astrographic Features & Trade Routes

The following astrographic and commercial data has been determined regarding Gueghedudun Subsector:

• The subsector is a rift density region.
• The brightest star is the white main sequence primary of the Anetssoz system.

Description (Specifications)

Stellar Distribution

A basic map showing the distribution and size of stars within Gueghedudun Subsector.

• The color corresponds to the visible color of the star, which links to its spectral classification.
• The size as shown indicates both the physical size of the object and its relative brightness.

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map).

Note that the stars as depicted are representative. Any star, no matter what its size, is a mere speck within the hex it occupies.

• Ordinary main sequence stars can barely be seen from even a hex away.
• Huge, intensely luminous giant stars can be seen from across the subsector and far beyond.

Rift Regions

The Windhorn Rift dominates the subsector.

• The rift hinders travel and commerce across the region.

A simple map showing rift regions within Gueghedudun Subsector.

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

Locally at least, a rift is an astrographic concept based on Jump Drive performance.

The boundaries of rifts were established centuries ago, when the highest commonly encountered tech level was TL–12.

• This level of technology allowed the routine use of up to Jump-3 drives.
• Areas that couldn't be crossed by Jump-3-capable vessels were denoted as rifts.

This traditional definition of rift regions remains in use today: while modern high performance starships can easily cross them, most commercial vessels continue to utilize Jump-3 or less drives. Because of this most traffic is concentrated within higher stellar density regions, and as such the classic definition and boundaries of rift regions remains relevant.

World Listing

AAB library archives contain expanded data about the following systems:

• The primary source material for all data is Traveller Map.
• Other sources may contain contradictory or incorrect information.

1 Worlds in the Gueghedudun Subsector

Anetssoz  •  

Note that some Second Survey data, though only 40 years old, is likely to be out of date.

• Data is occasionally updated as new information becomes available.
• Scouting missions gathering reliable, verified data can receive substantial payment.
• Verified updated data is constantly sought.

Subsector Summary

Gueghedudun, subsector E of Gzaekfueg contains one world with an estimated population of 80 million, a per capita income of Cr4,387, and a total economy is BCr351. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr60 through 1 starports (0 Class A, 1 Class B, 0 Class C, 0 Class D) employing 6,855 people. Driving this interstellar trade are one Agricultural (Ag) world, no Non-Agricultural (Na) worlds, no Pre-Agricultural (Pa) worlds, no Pre-Industrial (Pi) worlds, no Rich (Ri) worlds, and no Industrial (In) worlds. The governments in Gueghedudun maintain one Corsair base.

Gueghedudun, subsector E of Gzaekfueg contains one star and no identified planets; one monostellar system, no binary systems, no trinary systems, and no systems with four or more stars. 1 of the one system (100%) have native gas giants. There are no Asteroid (As) belts, no Desert (De) worlds, no Garden (Ga) worlds, no Ice-capped (Ic) worlds, no Poor (Po) worlds, no Vacuum (Va) worlds, and no Water (Wa) or Ocean (Oc) worlds.

Gueghedudun has an estimated population of 80 million distributed across no High population (Hi) worlds, no Moderate population (Ph) worlds, no Non-industrial (Ni) worlds, no Low population (Lo) worlds, and no Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population world is Anetssoz (Gzaekfueg 0711). The population consists of 1 sophont groups.

1 identified sophont populations in Gueghedudun
Vargr of Lair (Provence 2402): 80 million on one world.

Ruler of Five

The Ruler of Five has jurisdiction over all of the worlds with an estimated population of 80 million, a per capita income of Cr4,387, and a total economy is BCr351. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr60 through 1 starports (0 Class A, 1 Class B, 0 Class C, 0 Class D) employing 6,855 people. Driving this interstellar trade are one Agricultural (Ag) world, no Non-Agricultural (Na) worlds, no Pre-Agricultural (Pa) worlds, no Pre-Industrial (Pi) worlds, no Rich (Ri) worlds, and no Industrial (In) worlds. The governments in Ruler of Five maintain one Corsair base.

The Ruler of Five has an estimated population of 80 million distributed across no High population (Hi) worlds, no Moderate population (Ph) worlds, no Non-industrial (Ni) worlds, no Low population (Lo) worlds, and no Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population world is Anetssoz (Gzaekfueg 0711). The population consists of 1 sophont groups.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Vilani had contact with the Gvegh, Aekhu and Logaksu before -2400 in regions such as Provence Sector, though the Vargr were initially seen more as a curiosity than a threat. The Vargr in turn learned of the vast, immensely wealthy, and militarily weak human empire, a temptation that was impossible for them to ignore. Within a few decades the Vargr were actively raiding Vilani settlements in Windhorn and Corridor Sectors. The Vilani in turn moved the majority of their defenses towards these areas.

Other Vargr racial groups (the proto-Irilitok, Ovaghoun, Suedzuk and Urzaeng) took longer to find a path around the coreward end of the Windhorn Rift, but when routes were eventually found they made a beeline for the poorly defended coreward edge of the Ziru Sirka and its riches. These regions, already stripped of their meager defenses to prop up sectors further to spinward, were easy prey for the new waves of Vargr. The vast distances the Vargr had to travel limited the numbers of raiders who actually reached the Ziru Sirka: substantially more Vargr found promising worlds en route and decided to settle them instead.

There is little to say on Gueghedudun as it contains only one world of Anetssoz (Gzaekfueg 0711) and is home to the best-equipped Corsairs of both Gueghedudun and Dortokh Subsectors. This band of Urzaeng pirates has long plagued those vessels rounding the Windhorn Rift. The sheer importance of Anetssoz and its link as a Cyan trade route supplies piracy of this stellar cluster with plenty of mercantile prey.

The pirate cove on Nongdhangae (Gzaekfueg 0708) in Dortokh acts as a fencing market of sorts to sell off captured crews, cargos, and a hole to hide captured starships and spaceships.

Polity Listing

The following polities lie within this subsector:

Vargr Extents

• Independent Powers
  • Ruler of Five.

Native Sophonts (NILs)

No races (sophont species) are believed to have originated in this area.

Demographics

Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this area:

• Terragens (Non-human Terran races)
  • Vargr (Major Race): mostly Urzaeng Vargr.

Major Historical Events Timeline

Major events that have affected this subsector and the wider region that it lies within:

• -3810: the Vargr discover jump technology and begin an era of expansion.
• -3700s onwards: waves of Vargr settle worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: the human Interstellar Wars rage to rimward.
• -1998: the First Empire of Gashikan is formed.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
• -1700 onward: Vargr expansion and settlement gradually ceases.
• -1658: the Sack of Gashikan, an atrocity known throughout the coreward parts of Charted Space.
• -1483 to -321: the Gashikan Race Wars rage between human and Vargr extremists across the Extents.
• -1427: the Wolvesbane plague is released in Gashikan Sector, decimating Vargr populations.
• The Year 0: to rimward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• circa 26: to spinward, the Empire of Varroerth is founded.
• circa 30: the earliest precursor states that later become the Ruler of Five Confederation emerge.
• circa 170: the various Ruler of Five precursor states begin a centuries-long war of dominance.
• 175 to 191: the Julian War.
• 300 to 420: the Imperial First Survey charts the subsector.
• circa 500: the Ruler of Five Confederation draws up its charter, establishing the state in its current form.
• 995 to 1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the subsector.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the subsector becomes widely available.
• 1070: the Second Empire of Gashikan is shattered by civil war.
• 1078: the Third Empire of Gashikan forms.

Later Eras

• after 1116: the Empress Wave enters the region from coreward.
• after 1135: Virus enters the region from rimward.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Classic Traveller Vargr (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), IBC. (Subsector depicted but no further data provided)
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 48, 49. (Dot maps providing the locations of worlds within the subsector and their political allegiances)
• David Burden, Stuart Dollar, Andy Lilly, Joseph Walsh. T4 Aliens Volume 1 (Imperium Games, 1998), pages 91-182. (The Vargr)
• David L. Pulver. GURPS Traveller Alien Races 1 (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), pages 64-99. (The Vargr)
• Simon Beal. Mongoose Traveller: Vargr, (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), various pages. (Background for the Windhorn Rift region)
• External Link: Undeveloped Sectors by John G. Wood
• Author & Contributor: John G. Wood (Generated data)
• Author & Contributor: Pakkrat