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 Library Data 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 twenty-one 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 Bureaucracy (Default color when not otherwise specified)	Blue		The many institutions of the bureaucracy serve a civilian function within the government of the Third Imperium.
Imperial Royal Family	Black w/Yellow Sunburst	TBD	This emblem is used by the Emperor and his or her immediate family including selected servants and retainers.
Imperial Navy	Yellow		This institution serves a military function as an Interstellar Navy within the government of the Third Imperium.
Imperial Star Marines	Maroon		This institution serves a military function as a flexible, all environment strike force for the government of the Third Imperium.
Imperial Army	Black		This institution serves a military function as an Army or planetary forces within the government of the Third Imperium.
Imperial Interstellar Scout Service	Red		This institution serves a paramilitary function within the government of the Third Imperium.

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