Coilin Trace

The Coilin Trace is a small cluster principally located in Aldebaran Sector.

• It is an astrographic feature and a minor trade route.
• It forms the territory of the Solomani Confederation Restricted Zone.
• Travel to this region is prohibited.

Description (Specifications)

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

The Coilin Trace lies across the border between Aldebaran Sector and Neworld Sector. It is a Restricted Zone controlled by the Confederation military.

• Each of its six member worlds has an identifying code or a hex location as its name.

A basic chart of the Trace is shown, right:

• Member worlds are highlighted in brown.

Only one world, designated 3224 / SCSS-D4, is known with certainty to have an Anglic name -- Coilin. It is from this that the Trace draws its name.

Corporate Interest

A number of Solomani corporations are known to be active within the Trace.

• They work closely with the military authorities.
• The nature of their activities has not been made public.

• ConTech, a corporation specializing in life sciences, particularly large-scale bio-terraforming projects, medicine, and cloning.
• Defensus, a corporation involved in defense and armaments manufacture.
• Guardian Military Systems, a large corporation involved in defense and armaments manufacture, with its core area of operations within Aldebaran Sector.
• Probable Technologies, a scientific research organization involved with academia and heavy industry. It works extensively with the Confederation military.
• Transstar, a Solomani megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics. It operates across 13 sectors, represented by the 13 stars in its logo.
• ZeeCorp, a corporation with interests in manufacturing active throughout the Solomani Confederation. It is a major producer of robots.

Security & Defense

The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Solomani Navy. It defends Confederation territory and protects Confederation interests.

• Confederation military vessels will detain any intruders.

History & Background (Dossier)

The entire Trace is designated as a Red Zone. Travel to this region is prohibited.

Ostensibly, the Trace is used for training and equipment storage, as well as serving as the home base for a number of specialist military units. Stories persist about other clandestine activities within the region, including its use as a holding area for detainees and political undesirables, or that strange, highly advanced technological devices created by some long dead alien civilization are being tested and reproduced.

• SolSec does not look favorably upon this kind of loose talk.

Solomani Security keeps a very close eye on things within the Trace to ensure the security of the Solomani State and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, but many see it as an act of duty to help protect the the State and its interests.

Demographics

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

Humaniti (Human races)

• Mixed or other heritage: Occasionally encountered across the region.
• Solomani (Major Race): Widely spread across the region.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Solomani Confederation.

Faith and Belief

The Trace is a major center for the Fount of Creation movement.

Timeline

Aldebaran Sector Clusters

Major events that have affected this cluster and the wider area that it lies within:

• -9235: Far to coreward, the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
• -4045 to -2204: The Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
• -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 former Ziru Sirka.
• -1999: The Aslan gain jump drive technology.
• -1862 to -1110: The Terran Mercantile Community is active within the region.
• -1776 to 0: The Long Night.
• -1118 to 380: The Aslan Border Wars.
• -1110 to 588: The Terran Mercantile Community gradually becomes the Old Earth Union, shrinking to control the region around Terra.
• The Year 0: To coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the Cluster.
• 380: The Peace of Ftahalr ends the ongoing Aslan Border Wars and establishes understandings regarding Human and Aslan influence.
• 588: The Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium, moving its border adjacent to the Aslan Hierate.
• 604-622: The Imperial Civil War.
• 624: The Imperial Express Boat Network is established.
• 704: The Solomani Autonomous Region is formed.
• 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 includes data for the Cluster.
• 1065: The Second Survey is published. Information about the Cluster becomes widely available.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Solomani Confederation:

• Aldebaran Sector
  • Norumbega Subsector

• Neworld Sector
  • Asphodel Subsector

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Coilin Trace 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:

6 of 6 World articles in Coilin Trace

SCSS-D1  •  SCSS-D2  •  SCSS-D3  •  SCSS-D4  •  SCSS-G1  •  SCSS-G2  •  

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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.

• 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)
• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11, various others. (dot map locating the worlds of the Cluster)
• Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (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