Katanga Subsector

Katanga Subsector
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Sector	The Beyond
Capital	None
Number of Systems	22
Majority Control	Katanga Empire - %
2nd Control	Non-Aligned - %

Subsector C of the Beyond Sector.

Description

Most of this subsector was settled from Bruhkarr between 400 and 615, or -- subsequently -- by corporations to support trade routes.

The only viable commercial jump-2 route between the Third Imperium and the Corellan League crosses this subsector.

World Listing: 1116

17 Worlds in the Katanga Subsector

Balleau  •  Dagocag  •  Degmann  •  Diversion  •  Djend  •  Drygalski  •  Kao  •  Katanga  •  Kipuushlim  •  Morphy  •  Nyma  •  Pingue  •  Tartakover  •  Teme  •  Thanisha  •  Tontrir  •  Yangikent  •  

Astrographic Features & Trade Routes

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

The starports at Drygalski and Diversion were constructed by the General Development Corporation in the mid-900s, in an abortive attempt to increase trade with the Corellan League.

Polity Listing: 1116

• Katanga Empire

Native Sophonts

The following species are believed to have originated in this area:

• Gmina, of Yangikent. They are repressed by the Human Yangi (who are of Sindalian Empire descent).

Demographics

Significant populations of the following sophont races exist within this subsector:

• Aslan (on Tartakover)
• Gmina (confined to their homeworld)
• Humaniti
  • Yangi: Of Sindalian (and so ultimately Solomani) descent
• Vargr (on Tartakover)

Major Historical Events Timeline: 1116

These are some of the more important historical events that have affected this subsector:

• -1408: Humans from the collapsing Sindalian Empire first settle Yangikent.
• 615: Succession Crisis of the Principality of Bruhkarr. Having been ruled for six centuries by Bruhkarr, Katanga and other worlds secede during the following civil war.
• 618: The Katanga Free State annexes the agricultural worlds of Teme and Dagocag.
• 622: The representative democracy of the Katanga Free State collapses, emancipating the two subservient systems. An experiment in direct democracy called the Katanga Peoples Combine results.
• 630: General Javin Oresta seizes control of the unstable Katanga state, creating the Katanga Empire.

References & Contributors (Sources)

Alternate Versions:

• Sunbane (Jeff Zeitlin)
• Paranoia Press (1991)
• T5 Atlas of the Imperium: Second Survey (FFE)

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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.

• Paranoia Press, The Beyond
• Paranoia Press, The Beyond, 1991 online updates by Chuck Kallenbach
• Geir Lanesskog. The Spinward Extents (Mongoose Publishing, 2022), .
• TravellerMap T5SS Data
• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Aslan (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), . (named but no further details)
• Classic Traveller Alien Module 4: Zhodani (named but no further details)
• MegaTraveller Alien - Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)