Chosen Cluster

The Chosen Cluster is a trade route crossing between Provence Sector and Corridor Sector.

• It is known as the Ackaeck Cluster by the Vargr.

Description (Specifications)

Eleven systems in Corridor’s Beta Quadrant outside of the Third Imperium. This is a cluster on the boundary between the Corridor Sector and the Provence Sector. It is sandwiched between the Ushamla Main (to Spinward and Rimward) and the Windhorn's Edge Trace (to Coreward and Trailing).

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

• Worlds lying within the Cluster are highlighted in tan.

History & Background (Dossier)

The region has seen millennia of settlement by humans of Vilani, Terran, and Sylean extraction, as well as waves of Vargr. Many worlds harbor ruins and remains, some that are as much as 7000 years old.

A simple chart showing early Vilani settlement along the coreward edge of Corridor Sector between around -6000 and roughly -2204.

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

By around -6000, a swath of worlds lying tens of parsecs to spinward of Vland had been settled or claimed by Vilani explorers and pioneers. When the official Imperial border was established these remained as an unincorporated region beyond the Imperial frontier. Its worlds lay within the Ushamla Main, the Chosen Cluster, and the Kaasu Cluster.

The Ushamla Core Worlds, centered on Khukish, and the worlds of the Kaasu Cluster rose to particular significance, eventually becoming petty polities ruled by warlords. The population of the region remained uniformly low throughout the period, rising slowly but never exceeding more than a few hundred million in total. The region and its worlds maintained their nominal independence through tributes of resources, trade treaties, and diplomacy with the local Imperial Provincial Governors, and gained much of their technology from Imperial sources.

The worlds of the region were overrun by Vargr raiders and rapidly depopulated during the Rule of Man, with many of the survivors fleeing into the unknown regions to spinward or the human-dominated areas around Vland: this era became known as the Vargr Pillaging. Despite the turmoil a few worlds survived through the Long Night, eventually joining the new Third Imperium as it expanded into Corridor Sector.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This trade route is located in the following areas:

• Corridor Sector
  • Khukish Subsector
• Provence Sector
  • Voudzeur Subsector

World Listings

Comprehensive Second Survey UWP data for all worlds lying within this astrographic feature is available.

• The primary source material for all data is Traveller Map.
• Other sources may contain contradictory or incorrect information.

11 of 11 World articles in Chosen Cluster

Ackaeck  •  Arr Laen  •  Chosen  •  Dhouthits  •  Double Sun  •  Dzaedenforr  •  Foengos  •  Kidagir  •  Ngaethaena  •  Vikenngis  •  Voegrr  •  

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Note that some Second Survey data, though only 40 years old, is likely to be out of date.

• Data is occasionally updated as new information becomes available.
• Scouting missions gathering reliable, verified data can receive substantial payment.
• Verified updated data is constantly sought.

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