Dishaan Hegemony

The Dishaan Hegemony was a historical polity within Zarushagar Sector, dominated by the Dishaan.

• It existed before the founding of the Vilani Ziru Sirka.
• It was destroyed during the Vilani Consolidation Wars.

Description / Specifications

Provalan Cluster.

Before the Ziru Sirka, a number of worlds were part of the Ushkaq Sasutxi, the Dishaan Hegemony, a small trade empire established using Vilani technology.

At its height the Hegemony had 20 member systems; frequently it had substantially fewer. It was centered on the Provalan Cluster, a small group of worlds in central Zarushagar Sector.

• The Cluster has 16 member systems. It is named for Provalan, the homeworld of the Dishaan.

The Hegemony was dominated by the Dishaan, a scheming, self-serving, manipulative race.

The Hegemony was always a fractious, divided entity, and systems settled by the Dishaan joined and departed regularly.

History & Background (Dossier)

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

More than eight millennia ago the Dishaan, an aggressive minor race, gained jump technology from Geonee traders and used it to explore and settle many surrounding systems. particularly the worlds of the Provalan Cluster. They formed the Ushkaq Sasutxi, the Dishaan Hegemony, although worlds joined and seceded regularly as local leaders and attitudes changed.

The Dishaan had long antagonized the nearby Darmine and attempted to play the encroaching Vilani in the same way: they became one of the earliest targets in the region during the Vilani Consolidation Wars. When the fractious state was dismembered and absorbed by the expanding Ziru Sirka, those Dishaan present in colony systems were removed and returned to Provalan, their homeworld.

• Artifacts dating from the pre-Vilani Dishaan era are highly sought after and command premium prices.
• Looting of historical sites carries heavy penalties.

The depopulated systems were subsequently settled by Vilani colonists, whose descendants remained on them throughout the Ziru Sirka, the Rule of Man, and the Long Night. They were resistant to Darmine influence throughout this period and stayed relatively insular and independent until the founding of the Third Imperium. They became (reluctant) Imperial citizens following the Ilelish Pacification Campaign.

Worlds & Sectors / Astrography

This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Third Imperium

• Zarushagar Sector
  • Wolf Subsector
  • Oasis Subsector

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Dishaan Hegemony 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:

20 of 20 World articles in Dishaan Hegemony

Altacen  •  Bacelbron  •  Chronus  •  Clavert  •  Cossor  •  Dust (Za 2224)  •  Hentier  •  Hepa  •  Kamov  •  Kdept  •  Kezfi  •  Lonely  •  Olesno  •  Provalan  •  Radema  •  Reina  •  Reunder  •  Skaob-Heti  •  Ter-Ritt  •  Yeara  •  

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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

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.

• Gary L. Thomas. The Travellers' Digest 21 (Digest Group Publications, 1990), page 17. (the Dishaan)
• Paul Drye, Loren Wiseman, Jon F. Zeigler. GURPS Interstellar Wars. (Steve Jackson Games, 2006), pages 83, 84, 86, 144. (the Dishaan)
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS