Dienbach Cluster
The Dienbach Cluster is a small cluster located in Neworld Sector.
- It is an astrographic feature and a minor trade route.
- It forms part of the territory of the Dienabach Grüpen, an independent polity.
- It has a distinct Germanic culture.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Dienbach Cluster is a small cluster lying in the rimward-trailing quadrant of Neworld Sector.
- It has five member systems.
- It is named for Dienbach, a technologically advanced high population world.
A basic overview of the Cluster:
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
- Member worlds are highlighted in brown.
Dienabach Grüpen[edit]
The Cluster forms part of the territory of the Dienabach Grüpen.
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
Rift Regions[edit]
The Cluster lies between three huge rift regions: the Oppenheimer Expanse to spinward, the Bautzen Void to coreward, and the Jerico Expanse, in Langere Sector to trailing.
- Its astrographic position makes it 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)
Nature of Rifts[edit]
Locally at least, a rift is an astrographic concept based purely on Jump Drive performance.
Rift regions generally relate to regular commercial traffic and the way it travels between destinations. Merchant vessels with jump-4 drives or better are fairly rare because of the higher costs involved in operating the vessel, the lower revenue generated by the reduced cargo space due to the need for large fuel tanks, and the relative paucity of technologically advanced maintenance facilities within the region. As a result, the vast majority of merchant vessels are capable of jump-3 or less.
- Large areas that cannot be crossed by Jump-3-capable vessels are denoted as rifts.
- The nature and borders of a rift may be determined by other criteria in different regions.
In order to qualify as a rift, the region must have ten or more contiguous hexes. Many areas have minor void regions that are too small to qualify as a true rift, but are still significant enough to seriously hamper and channel interstellar travel.
Commercial Data[edit]
The following commercial and economic data is available:
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations known to be active within the Cluster include:
- Layaefui, an Aslan corporation that specializes in exploration, scouting, and surveying.
- 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)
Security & Defense[edit]
The worlds of the Cluster are patrolled by the Flotte, the polity's powerful navy. It defends Grüpen territory, protects Grüpen interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures interstellar trade and commerce.
- Flotte vessels may demand customs inspections.
- Some systems are defended by local naval forces.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the worlds of the Cluster carrying huge amounts of goods and commodities to its varied markets. Jump-2 and Jump-3 feeder routes work their ways around the rifts and voids that dot the region, linking the Cluster to outlying worlds.
The cluster lies at a junction of jump-3 trade routes that work their way around the edges of the huge rifts that dot the regions.
The Dienbach Cluster is a culturally Germanic region. It has a reputation for hearty food, excellent local alcoholic beverages, grand music created by inspired composers, punctuality, efficiency, and an overall sense of order. Some regard it as a rather dour, humorless region.
Solomani Security keeps a close eye on activities and events within the Cluster to ensure the security of the 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 many see it as an act of duty to help protect the Solomani state and its interests.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this area:
Humaniti (Human races)[edit]
- Mixed or other heritage: occasionally encountered across the region.
- Solomani (Major Race): widely spread across the region.
Linguistic Topography[edit]
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 Cluster.
General Historical Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this cluster 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.
- 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.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the region becomes widely available.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Solomani Confederation:
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Dienbach Cluster 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: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips
- Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication
- Author & Contributor: Garnfellow (development of the sector)
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science