Ansha Cluster

The Ansha Cluster is a cluster lying across parts of Ilelish Sector and Zarushagar Sector.

• It is an astrographic feature and a trade route.
• It is also known as the Ibaru Cluster.

Description / Specifications

Overview

The Ansha Cluster is a group of worlds straddling the border between Ilelish Sector and Zarushagar Sector.

• It covers parts of four subsectors: Gadirur and Shudash Subsectors in Ilelish Sector and Iimii and Mizar Subsectors in Zarushagar Sector.
• It has 19 member systems. It is named for Ansha, an advanced, heavily populated garden world.

A basic overview of the Ansha Cluster:

(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)

• Worlds within the Cluster are highlighted in tan.

The Network

The Cluster is not considered to be part of The Network, the web of mains that terminate within Zarushagar Sector.

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Security & Defense

The worlds of the Cluster technically fall under the jurisdiction of four Imperial Fleets – the 139th, the 177th, the 179th, and the 236th. In practice, one fleet from each sector assumes responsibility for patrolling all of the member worlds on their side of the border. The Navy defends Imperial territory, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce within the region.

• Ships from each of the fleets regularly cross into the others areas of operations. The various organizations are extremely competitive and go to great lengths to outdo each other.

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the Cluster include:

• Akagi Transport, a sector-wide transport and logistics corporation.
• Durdashilu Li, a sector-wide mining and manufacturing concern.
• Ling Standard Products, an Imperial megacorporation engaged in widescale resource extraction and processing.
• Llelish Interstellar, the Domain's leading media provider.
• Makhidkarun, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in communications and entertainment.
• Naasirka, an Imperial megacorporation that specializes in electronics and robotics.
• Sharurshid, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in finance and commerce.
• Tukera Lines, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics.

Goods

Notable local commodities include:

• Skinth: a large herbivore native to Ansset and raised for meat across the central regions of the Imperium.
  • Skinth cargoes include live beasts in pens, live beasts in Low Berths, whole Skinth carcasses (usually frozen), prime cuts of Skinth meat, or pre-prepared packaged meals.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Cluster is a trade route. High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along it, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.

Demographics

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

• Humaniti (Human races)
  • Mixed heritage (Major Race): widely spread across the Cluster.
  • Solomani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
  • Vilani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Vilani: one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

Worlds & Sectors / Astrography

This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Third Imperium

• Ilelish Sector
  • Gadirur Subsector
  • Shudash Subsector

• Zarushagar Sector
  • Iimii Subsector
  • Mizar Subsector

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Ansha Cluster is available.

• The primary source material for all data is Traveller Map.
• Other sources may differ: some elements of the data may be contradictory or incorrect.
• Data is occasionally updated as new information becomes available.

AAB library archives contain expanded data about the following systems:

19 of 19 World articles in Ansha Cluster

Ansha (Il 0403)  •  Chaikin  •  Chirtte  •  Corta  •  Delta 2  •  Ghali  •  H 3018  •  Ibaru  •  Icehouse  •  Leonida  •  Lessham  •  Mikal  •  Norton  •  Ralsaed  •  Sigma Station  •  Swede  •  Target  •  Xentak  •  Zephyr (Il 3219)  •  

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Note that some Second Survey data, though only 40 years old, may already be out of date.

• Scouting missions gathering reliable, verified data can receive substantial payment.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), pages 20, 21. (charts showing the worlds of the Cluster)
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 48, 49. (dot maps locating the worlds of the Cluster)
• Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication
• Author & Contributor: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science