Epshu Cluster
The Epshu Cluster is the far spinward branch of the Greater Massilia Main.
- It is an astrographic feature and part of a major trade route.
- It lies within Zarushagar Sector.
Description / Specifications[edit]
The Epshu Cluster is the far spinward part of the Greater Massilia Main, a major Main and trade route crossing between Massilia Sector and Zarushagar Sector.
- The Cluster has 21 member systems. It is named for Epshu, an important industrial world and the capital of its subsector.
A basic overview of the Greater Massilia Main and its various regions:
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map).
- Worlds on the Main are highlighted in green.
The Network[edit]
The Cluster is an important component of The Network, the web of mains that terminate within Zarushagar Sector.
Commercial Data[edit]
Security & Defense[edit]
The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Imperial 163rd, 164th, 239th, and 240th Fleets. They defend Imperial territory, suppress piracy, and ensure trade and commerce.
- There is frequently open rivalry between the fleets.
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations active within the Cluster include:
- Akagi Transport, a sector-wide transport and logistics corporation.
- Durdashilu Li, a sector-wide mining and manufacturing concern.
- Ling Standard Products, an Imperial megacorporation engaged in widescale resource extraction and processing.
- Llelish Interstellar, the Domain's leading media provider.
- Makhidkarun, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in communications and entertainment.
- Naasirka, an Imperial megacorporation that specializes in electronics and robotics.
- Sharurshid, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in finance and commerce.
- Tukera Lines, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics.
- Zaimen, Clammath and Hollings, a major producer of weapons systems and munitions.
Goods[edit]
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the Cluster, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) can be found along this trade route:
- Humaniti (Human races)
- 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 of Bari (Minor Race): Restricted to their adopted world.
Linguistic Topography[edit]
The following languages are among the most commonly used within this region:
- Anglic: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
- Oynprith, a ceremonial and ritualistic language, apparently universal among Chirper communities.
- Vilani: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
Timeline[edit]
Major events events that have affected this 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.
- -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: the Ilelish Pacification Campaign.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the region.
- 418-435: the Ilelish Revolt.
- 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 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 – Third Imperium
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Epshu 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), pages 21. (charts showing the worlds of the Main)
- 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 Main)
- Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication
- Author & Contributor: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science