Dienabach Grüpen
The Dienabach Grüpen is a small but relatively powerful independent polity lying beyond the Rimward border of the Solomani Confederation.
- It lies within Balkanized Space.
- It is also known as the Dienbach Grüpen or the Dienabach Groupen.
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| Polity | Survey | Code | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dienabach Grüpen | Pre-Imperial | None | – | Not extant |
| Dienabach Grüpen | 1st Survey (300) | dg | 2-ltr code | The state came into existence after 420. |
| Dienabach Grüpen | 2nd Survey (1065) | DiGr | 4-ltr code | Extant |
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Dienabach Grüpen is an interstellar, multi-system government lying within the rimward-trailing quadrant of Neworld Sector.
- It is composed of eight systems.
- It is named for the wealthy, influencial Solomani family that founded and financed it.
A basic overview of the Grüpen:
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
Clusters[edit]
The Dienabach Grüpen contains a single cluster of worlds:
Dienbach Cluster[edit]
The Dienbach Cluster is a small cluster that forms the heartland of the Grüpen.
- It has five member systems.
- It is named for the high population world Dienbach.
Rift Regions[edit]
The Dienabach Grüpen lies between three large rift regions: the Oppenheimer Expanse to spinward, the Bautzen Void to coreward, and the Jerico Expanse, in Langere Sector to trailing.
- It is the hub of a number of jump-3 trade routes that trail their ways across the area.
Charts of local rift regions:
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
Government & Politics (Leadership)[edit]
The government of the Dienabach Grüpen is characterized as having an average degree of centralization. It experiences difficulty setting uniform policies that direct the entire multi-system state, but grants a high degree of freedom to local/planetary governments.
- Its government is usually classified as a Union or Group, a form of a Confederation.
The head of state is the Chancellor.
Goals[edit]
The state's primary goal is preserving trade and economic prosperity for its member worlds.
The Grüpen generally avoids attention and downplays its activities to prevent larger interstellar governments from taking undue notice, often using proxy organizations to achieve its aims. While it maintains generally good diplomatic relations with the Solomani Confederation – many of its citizens have close ties to Confederation worlds – the government is shrewd and careful with interactions and agreements, ensuring that it maintains its own independence, regional power, and sphere of influence.
Interstellar Relations[edit]
The polity is relatively insular and is generally considered neutral towards other interstellar states. Despite this, it takes responsibility for patrolling the various trade routes and policing the many settled worlds that lie around it.
Military & Intelligence (Force Projection)[edit]
The military forces are subordinate to the supreme executive of this polity.
The worlds of the Grüpen are patrolled by the Flotte, the politys' powerful navy. It operates far beyond the polity's borders, acting to protect Grüpen interests, suppressing piracy, and ensuring regional interstellar trade and commerce.
The Grüpen's Intelligence Services are active against the machinations of SolSec.
Economic Astrography[edit]
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations known to be active within the Grüpen include:
- Layaefui, an Aslan corporation that specializes in exploration, scouting, and surveying.
- Its operations within the Grüpen effectively mark its furthest trailing interests.
- Orion Metallurgy Corporation (OMC), a Solomani organization engaged in resource exploration, extraction, and processing throughout the region.
- Panstellar, a major Solomani transport and logistics corporation.
- Star Patterns Trading, a Hiver corporation involved in transport and logistics. It maintains good relations with both the Solomani Confederation and the Imperium.
- Transstar, a Solomani megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics. It operates across 13 sectors, represented by the 13 stars in its logo.
Goods[edit]
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Dienabach Grüpen has a strongly Germanic flavor and many of its worlds are governed (somewhat stereotypically) by rather clinical bureaucracies. It has a reputation for hearty food, excellent local alcoholic beverages, grand music created by inspired composers, engineering excellence, punctuality, efficiency, and an overall sense of order. Some regard it as a rather dour, humorless region, though it is just as well known for rambunctious seasonal festivals focused on drinking.
Within the Grüpen powerful individuals hold noble titles, with ranks including Ritter (Knight), Freiherr (Baron), Markgraf (Marquis), Graf (Count), and Herzog (Duke). Noble families hold ancestral fiefdoms and are tied together through long-standing alliances, bonds of tradition, and shared heritage. The principal noble family are the Dienabachs, descended from the founders of the state.
Petty bickering and intriguing among the lower ranks of nobility is constant, though in the current age it is only obvious at events such as weddings or grand gatherings, or through occasional social scandals. In the past duelling with bladed weapons was considered the decent way to settle differences and duelling scars were seen as a badge of skill and honor. Duelling is far less common in the present day but does occasionally still occur: those holding noble rank and engaging in a duel (under the correct laws and circumstances) don't face legal consequences if they kill their opponent. Large universities are centers for duelling societies.
- Most common folk pay the nobility relatively little attention, other than due deference when in person, but do seem to enjoy their antics as depicted by the media. Local journalists lap it up.
- It is quite sensibly believed that the noble families you don't hear about are the ones that wield the real power.
Solomani Security keeps a close eye on things within the Grüpen to ensure the security of the Solomani Confederation 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, others are coerced, but a few see it as an act of duty to help protect the Solomani state and its interests.
- Grüpen agents closely monitor SolSec activity and counter its moves, if necessary.
Symbols[edit]
A shield representing defense and protection (halved, one upper and one lower, for the two subsectors the polity lies within). Above is a spacer's helm, long used as a heraldic symbol representing both interstellar commerce and exploration. The shield is flanked by eight stars, one for each member world.
- It is derived from an ancient Terran family crest belonging to the Dienbach family.
- The symbology can be traced back to around -3100.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this polity:
Humaniti (Human races)[edit]
- Solomani (Major Race): widely spread across the region.
- Mixed or other heritage: occasionally encountered across the region.
Linguistic Topography[edit]
The most commonly heard languages are:
- Germanic, a Terran language spoken throughout Solomani space.
- Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Solomani Confederation.
- It is a second language within the Grüpen.
General Historical Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this polity and the wider region 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.
- -4678: the Hivers discover jump drive technology.
- -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.
- -1862 to -1110: the Terran Mercantile Community is active across the region.
- -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
- -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 region. The Grüpen is not extant at this time.
- 588: the Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium.
- 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 region. The Grüpen is extant.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the region becomes widely available.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This astrographic feature is primarily found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Balkanized Space:
Capital[edit]
The unofficial capital of the Dienabach Grüpen is:
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are associated with the Dienabach Grüpen 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:
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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)[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)
- Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11, various others. (dot map locating the worlds of the Grüpen, background for the sector)
- Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (background for the sector)
- Author & Contributor: Garnfellow (development of the sector)