Charted Space

Charted Space is the region of space inhabited by humans, six major races, and hundreds of minor ones. Charted Space encompasses at least 128 sectors and more than 80,000 worlds. Both words are capitalized.

Description (Specifications)

Charted Space is unusual for one important reason – it has abundant sentient life.

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

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Sourced from TravellerMap (T5SS)

Humaniti & The Stars

There are groups of humans living on far-distant worlds at the edge of Charted Space. But they did not originate there; they were transported from Terra long ago for reasons unknown by a group or species known now as the Ancients. It is unconfirmed whether human races live beyond the borders of Charted Space.

Intelligent Life & Charted Space

Non-sentient life has been found beyond the little bubble of well-traveled space inhabited by the various major and minor races, but as far as explorers have traveled in any direction they have not found a sentient species that did not originate in Charted Space. The reason for this island of life among a billion barren worlds is unknown. Of course, scientists concede that there may be sentient life out there, beyond the explored regions, who have not yet been contacted. There are certainly many kinds of strange and exotic lifeforms out there, whether they are intelligent or not is the real question

Charted Space, Defined

Most sophonts hold the following view of their universe with the Third Imperium serving as the focal point for Charted Space:

• Charted Space
  • Imperial Space (Third Imperium)
    • Imperial Fringe (Frontier of the Third Imperium)
  • Major Race Space (Supra-polities other than the Third Imperium)
    • Aslan Space (Supra-polity)
    • Droyne Space (Subsumed into several super-polities)
    • Hiver Space (Supra-polity)
    • Humaniti Space (Spread out among several super-polities)
      • Solomani Space (Supra-polity)
      • Vilani Space (Subsumed into Imperial Space)
      • Zhodani Space (Supra-polity)
    • K'kree Space (Supra-polity)
    • Vargr Space (Balkanized Supra-polity) -- as far coreward as Knaeleng Sector.
  • Minor Race Space
    • Independent Space (Pocket Empires)
    • Balkanized Space (World-States)
• Uncharted Space
• Wildspace (Black Zone)

Of course, the real world never breaks down so neatly as the layers of a terran layered cake or traditional layered akumidean vilnafku. In reality, balkanized World-States often exist alongside independent Pocket Empires while intermixed with the polities of the major powers, often as the results of postwar treaties.

History & Background (Dossier)

Charted Space is a region, hundreds of parsecs across, that comprises the parts of the galaxy that are inhabited by sophonts and charted by astrographers.

Largest Polities Data Chart

However, even with the immensity of Charted Space, it is but a mere droplet in the vast ocean of stars that is the galaxy.

(Populations Over 500 billion)

Largest Polities in Charted Space Based On Population
Empire (Polity)	Controlled Systems	Population (Billions)	Highest TL	Remarks
Third Imperium	8,988	18,009	H	An extremely diverse population of 17,989,466 to 19,009,000 (millions) sophonts (around 18 trillion inhabitants).
Hive Federation	4,464	11,817	J	No information yet available.
Zhodani Consulate	5,850	9,491	G	This includes corewared provinces outside the Sector Matrix
Aslan Hierate	4,628	7,081	G	No information yet available.
Solomani Confederation	1,876	2,956	H	No information yet available.
Two Thousand Worlds	1,077	2,392	F	No information yet available.
Julian Protectorate	1,097	1,645	F	A supra-polity largely dominated by a partnership of humans and vargr located within the Vargr Extents. This number includes all member worlds combined.
Third Empire of Gashikan	652	962	C	This polity is believed to be the largest human-dominated state not ruled by a major human race.
Empire of Varroerth	855	936	G	This polity is the largest Vargr-dominated state within the Vargr Extents.
Kidunal Abeyance	155	634	C	(non-canon): No information yet available.

• Chart created by Nathan Brazil.

Sector Matrix: 1105

The below astrographic charts represent the known bounds of Charted Space.

• 128 of the sectors represent the core areas (black map)
• 88 of the sectors are represented by a 2-letter code (not on blackmap)
  • = (216 sectors) = (18 x 12 sectors)

Sector Matrix
Y\X	-9	-8	-7	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8
+5	ST	Bl	Zh	Sa	Da	Ga	TF	Rz	Li	VF	Df	Ir	Fi	Zo	Sp	Na	Ha	Ex
+4	Vi	Bl	Dr	DJ	CB	Gh	Ks	ZKG	Kn	Kh	OV	KG	An	Rf	Ta	Kt	Ko	Xe
+3	Br																	Mb
+2	Pl																	Ee
+1	TD																	GI
0	CZ																	Mi
-1	Ma																	N!
-2	Ha																	Gz
-3	Tl																	Ko
-4	Kh																	Ge
-5	Af	Oh	Fa	Hf	Ir	Te	Ah	Ba	Ha	Ma	Ha	St	Mi	Da	At	Ka	Uy	Sp
-6	Ta	Ay	Us	Oi	Ea	Ft	El	Ah	Ho	Am	RR	Ph	Tr	Wr	Mu	La	Te	Ap

For a map of subsector allegiances, please see Subsector Map.

See also

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Cosmology

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• Cosmology & Astrophysics:
  • Anomaly
  • Galaxy
  • Jumpspace
  • Light Speed
  • Nebula
  • N-space (Einsteinian Spacetime)
  • Pocket Universe
  • Singularity:
    • Cosmological: Big Bang
    • Gravitational: Black Hole
  • Space
    • Stellar Density
    • System Densities
  • Universe

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• Matter
  • Baryonic Matter
  • Dark Matter
  • Exotic Matter

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• Milky Way Galaxy (Galaxias / Dakhaseri)
  • Stellar Density: Rifts & Voids
  • Galactic Halo
    • Globular Clusters (=>> @Globular Clusters)
  • Stellar Streams
  • Galactic Core
  • Galactic Disc
    • Far 3kpc Arm
    • Near 3kpc Arm
    • Norma Arm
      • Norma-Outer Arm
      • Cygnus-Outer Arm Extension
    • Scutum-Crux/Centaurus Arm
    • Sagittarius Arm
      • The Barren Arm
      • Orion Spur (Orion Arm)
    • Perseus Arm

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• Applied Astrography
  • Charted Space
  • Uncharted Space
  • Wildspace
  • Expeditions:
    • Imperial Grand Survey
    • Imperial Project Longbow
    • Solomani Perseus Project
    • Turokan's Expedition to the Galactic Rim
    • Zhodani Core Expedition

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Astrography & Travelling in Charted Space

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• Astrography
  • Physical Astrography
    • Asteroid
    • Astrographic Features
      • Cluster
      • Main
      • Oort Cloud
      • Planet
      • Moons
      • Planetoid
      • Planetoid Belt
      • Planetology
      • Rings
    • Rift
    • Star
    • Trace
    • Void
  • Exotic Astrography
    • Ellipsoid
    • Ringworld
    • Rosette
    • Sphereworld (Dyson Sphere)

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• Interstellar Travelling
  • First Meal
  • Jump Dimming
  • Signal-GK
  • Starpass
  • Travel Passage
    • Low Passage
      • Low Lottery
    • Middle Passage
    • High Passage
    • Working Passage
  • Travel Zones
    • Charted Space
      • Amber Zone
      • Green Zone
      • Interdiction
      • Red Zone
    • Uncharted Space
      • Black Zone
      • Wildspace
  • Traveller Gene
  • Travelling Societies

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Astrography Metadata

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Astrography:

• Astrographic History
  • Legacy Astrographic Data
  • Sunbane
  • T5 Second Survey
• Astrographic Software
  • Astrosynthesis
  • EXPLANATOR
  • Galactic
  • Heaven & Earth
  • World Builder Deluxe
• Sector File Format
  • ESEC File Format
  • Galactic File Format
  • SEC File Format
• Stellar Data
• Traveller Map

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References

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.

• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 76.
• Martin Dougherty. Out Of The Darkness (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), .
• Marc Miller. Agent of the Imperium (Far Future Enterprises, 2015), .
• Author & Contributor: Nathan Brazil