Imperial Sunburst

The Imperial Sunburst is the symbol of the Third Imperium established by Cleon I, the first Emperor, when the empire was proclaimed.

• Images show him standing before the original banner with a golden yellow twenty-one rayed sunburst against a black background, representing Capital’s type G star against dark space.

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Please see the following AAB articles for more information:

• Third Imperium
  • Government
    • Feudal Confederation
    • Imperial Autonomous Region
    • Imperial Bureaucracy
    • Imperial Calendar
    • Imperial Cultural Region
    • Imperial Currency
    • Imperial Law
      • High Laws
      • Imperial Navigation Act
      • Imperial Sanction
      • Imperial Warrant
      • Rite of Assassination
      • Rite of Fleet Control
      • Warrant of Restoration
    • Imperial Leadership
      • Emperors of the Third Imperium
      • Imperial Moot
      • Imperial Nobility
        • Gentlemen
        • High Nobility
        • Imperial Clan
        • Landed Nobility
        • Noble House
        • World-State Nobility
    • Imperial Research Station
    • Imperial Symbols
      • Imperial Sunburst
      • Iridium Throne

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Description (Specifications)

The Imperial Sunburst emblem is defined precisely by its shape, including the depiction of the 21 rays emanating from the sunburst. It is not defined by its color. The original banner in the Imperial throne room is and has always been black with a yellow sunburst. The Imperial Interstellar Scout Service uses a red sunburst; the Imperial Navy, yellow; the Imperial Army, black; the Imperial Marines, maroon.

Selected Imperial Sunburst Colors

Imperial Sunburst Symbol Usage

User	Color	Emblem	Remarks
Imperial Government (Default color when not otherwise specified)
Imperial Navy
Imperial Star Marines
Imperial Army
Imperial Interstellar Scout Service

History & Background (Dossier)

In 247, the Eliyoh (a nonhuman minor race) joined the Imperium. To that race the symbology was unimpressive. The Eliyoh vision centered in the far infrared, which resulted in distinction between the official colors of black and yellow being impossible. So the Empress Porfiria declared that henceforth the symbol would have no official color.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science