Forquee Cluster
The Forquee Cluster is a cluster lying within the coreward-trailing part of Massilia Sector.
- It is an astrographic feature and a trade route.
- It is also known as the Dubleen Cluster.
Description / Specifications[edit]
Astrography[edit]
The Forquee Cluster is a large cluster lying in the coreward-trailing part of Massilia Sector. It is an important local trade route.
- It has 30 member worlds, including two subsector capitals, Dubleen and Forquee.
A basic overview of the Forquee Cluster:
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
- Worlds within the Cluster are highlighted in tan.
Commercial Data[edit]
The following economic and commercial data has been determined:
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations active within the Cluster include:
- Ling Standard Products, an Imperial megacorporation engaged in widescale resource extraction and processing.
- Makhidkarun, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in communications and entertainment.
- Naasirka, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in sensors, electronics, and robotics.
- Sharurshid, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in finance and commerce.
- Sternmetal Horizons, an Imperial megacorporation primarily engaged in mining operations and manufacturing.
- Tukera Lines, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics.
- Zirunkariish, a Vilani megacorporation specializing in investment, finance, and insurance.
Goods[edit]
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
Security & Defense[edit]
The worlds of the Cluster are patrolled by the Imperial Navy. It defends Imperial territory and interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Cluster has a population in excess of 127 billion, almost 30% (more than 36 billion) of which consists of Geonee, with the largest community on Forquee. Alongside the Geonee are large numbers of Chirpers: although their population levels remain unknown there almost certainly hundreds of millions.
The region is also known as the Dubleen Cluster, a name with Imperial origins that is not widely used.
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the Cluster, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.
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Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) are found along within the Cluster:
- Humaniti (Human races)
- Geonee (Minor Human Race): a number of significant communities and multiple smaller enclaves.
- Mixed heritage (Major Race): widely spread across the Cluster.
- Solomani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
- Vilani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
- Non-Human Races
- Chirpers (Minor Race): where there are (married) Geonee, there are Chirpers.
- Jgd-il-Jagd (Minor Race): jovianoid sophonts operating independently within the cluster. They are recognized by the Imperium as a "friendly associate race with autonomous government".
- Llyrnians (Minor Race): troglodytic, naturally armored trilateral sophonts usually in the employ of Geonee interests.
Linguistic Topography[edit]
The most commonly heard languages are:
- Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
- Irkonee, the primary language of the Geonee.
- Native Llyrnian languages.
- Oynprith, a ceremonial and ritualistic language apparently universal among Chirper communities.
- Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected the Cluster and the wider region that it lies within:
- circa -250,000: the Ancients are active within the sector.
- -9235: the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
- circa -9,000: the Geonee encounter the Vilani.
- -5400 to -4015: the Vilani Consolidation Wars.
- -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
- -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars.
- -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
- -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
- The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
- 76 to 120: The Third Imperium wages the Pacification Campaigns to unify and assimilate the regions under its control.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the Cluster.
- 604-622: the Civil War.
- 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
- 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
- 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the Cluster.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the Cluster becomes widely available.
Worlds & Sectors / Astrography[edit]
This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Third Imperium
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Forquee 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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- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), page 22. (chart showing the worlds of the Cluster)
- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 48, 49. (dot maps locating the worlds of the Cluster)
- Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), pages 4, 38-41, 102-109. (sector data including the Cluster circa The Year 0)
- Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication