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)[edit]
Charted Space is unusual for one important reason – it has abundant sentient life.
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)
Humaniti & The Stars[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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
- Imperial Space (Third Imperium)
- 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)[edit]
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[edit]
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 | ||||
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Empire
(Polity) |
Controlled
Systems |
Population
(Billions) |
Highest | 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[edit]
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
Astrography Metadata[edit]
- Astrographic History
- Astrographic Software
- Sector File Format
- Stellar Data
- Traveller Map
Cosmology[edit]
- Cosmology:
- Milky Way Galaxy (Galaxias / Dakhaseri)
- Applied Astrography
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Travelling in Charted Space:
- Astrography
- Exotic Astrography
- Anomaly
- Ellipsoid
- Ringworld
- Rosette
- Sphereworld (Dyson Sphere)
- Physical Astrography
- Social Astrography
- Exotic Astrography
References[edit]
- 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