Burlta Strand
The Burlta Strand is an astrographic feature primarily located in Old Expanses Sector.
- It is a small cluster and a minor trade route.
- It is commonly known as The Strand.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Astrography[edit]
The Burlta Strand is a small cluster and minor trade route principally lying across the border between Diaspora Sector and Old Expanses Sector.
- It has 7 member systems.
- It is named for Burlta, a technologically advanced industrial world.
A basic overview of the Burlta Strand:
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
- Worlds that are members of the cluster are highlighted in brown.
Economic Overview[edit]
The following economic and commercial data has been determined:
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations active within the region include:
- General Products, an Imperial megacorporation involved in heavy industry and manufacturing.
- GSbAG, an Imperial megacorporation involved in ship construction.
- Hortalez et Cie, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in banking and finance.
- Ling Standard Products, an Imperial megacorporation engaged in widescale resource extraction and processing.
- Makhidkarun, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in communications and entertainment.
- Naasirka, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in sensors, electronics, and robotics.
- Sharurshid, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in finance and commerce.
- Star Patterns Trading, a Hiver corporation involved in transport and logistics. It maintains good relations with both the Solomani Confederation and the Imperium.
- SuSAG, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in commercial chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and genetic engineering.
- Transstar, a Solomani megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics. It operates across 13 sectors, represented by the 13 stars in its logo.
- Tukera Lines, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics.
- Zirunkariish, a Vilani megacorporation specializing in investment, finance, and insurance.
Goods[edit]
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
Security & Defense[edit]
The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Imperial Navy. It defends Imperial territory and interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.
- Imperial vessels may demand customs inspections.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the Strand, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) are found along this trade route:
- Humaniti (Human races)
- Mixed heritage (Major Race): widely spread across the region.
- Solomani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
- Vilani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
Linguistic Topography[edit]
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.
General Historical Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this trade route and the wider region that it lies within:
- circa -250,000: the Ancients are active within the sector.
- -9235: the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
- -5400 to -4015: the Vilani Consolidation Wars.
- -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
- -2431: Terrans discover jump drive technology.
- -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars. The young Terran Confederation battles against the ancient Vilani Ziru Sirka.
- -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
- -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
- The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
- 76 to 120: The Third Imperium wages the Pacification Campaigns to unify and assimilate the regions under its control.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the region.
- 604-622: the Civil War.
- 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
- 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
- 871: the Solomani Confederation is founded.
- 940: the Solomani Autonomous Region is dissolved.
- 990-1002: the Solomani Rim War.
- 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the region.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the region becomes widely available.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Third Imperium:
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Burlta Strand 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:
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[edit]
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- 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)
- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), pages 30, 31. (charts showing the worlds of the region)
- 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 region)
- David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), various pages. (background for the region)
- Author & Contributor: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips
- Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science