Library Data:Five Sisters Subsector
Library Data Milieu 1116 Milieu 1200
| Five Sisters Subsector | ||||||
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| Sector | Spinward Marches | |||||
| Capital | Iderati (Spinward Marches 0732) | |||||
| Number of Systems | 27 | |||||
| Stellar and Economic data | data page | |||||
| Majority Control | Imperium - 51% | |||||
| 2nd Control | Non-Aligned - 33% | |||||
| 3rd Control | Other - 16% | |||||
Five Sisters, subsector M of Spinward Marches, contains 27 worlds with an estimated combined population of 953 million. The governments in Five Sisters maintain seven Naval bases, three Scout bases, and one Way station. The average technology level is 7 (with most between 5 and 10). The highest technology level is 12 at Karin (Spinward Marches 0534) and Iderati (Spinward Marches 0732). Five Sisters contains 39 stars and 242 identified planets; 15 monostellar systems and 12 binary systems. 15 of the 27 systems (55%) have native gas giants.[1]
The Five Sisters were first explored by the merchant captain Ignaz Ruffleran, who named the worlds of Mirriam, Jone, Penelope, Karin and Ucella after his daughters. When an official subsector designation was assigned, these worlds gave what had previously been District 267 its name.[2]
Lying beyond the Imperium proper and connected to it only by a tenuous link through the Sword Worlds, the subsector was not heavily colonised at first. A coordinated effort was implemented in 740 under the auspices of Emperor Paulo I but was curtailed half a century later after little success. That efforts to colonise a region close to two worlds inhabited by the psionics using Droyne coincided with the {{Library Data:Psionics Suppressions|]] has not escaped notice.[2]
Since that time, the subsector has remained an isolated territory under the administration of the Imperial Navy. It is the responsibility of the 208th Fleet, which is unusual in having capital ships permanently assigned to it, more likely to do with the interdiction of Andor and Candory than protection of the few Imperial assets in the region, although why battleships are needed to enforce a Red Zone remains a mystery. Droyne ships are not normally stopped – the Red Zone seems to be there to keep people out of Andor and Candory, not keep the Droyne in.[2]
The 208th Fleet has its headquarters at Iderati, the subsector capital, plus six other bases in a ring around Andor and Candory. These are home to patrol ships and vessels that enforce the interdiction within the Red Zone systems and also heavier non-jump capable defence squadrons. These are deployed widely and may be in place to catch vessels trying to slip through to Droyne worlds. The fact that the base systems are Amber Zoned helps to deter visitors, however it seems to have more to do with the danger of intruding into a heavily defended system than anything else.[2]
Andor and Candory, as already noted, are both Red Zones and Droyne worlds. As well as the base systems surrounding the interdicted area, there are three other Amber Zones in place at Jinx, Lakou and 875-496. Of these, only Lakou is an Imperial member. It seems likely that the Imperial Research Station at Froin (designated Research Station Zeta) is involved with research connected to the Droyne but, as usual, the authorities refuse to comment.[2]
There are 10 non-Imperial worlds in the subsector, not counting those of the Droyne. Most are located to rimward of the Imperial zone, in the direction of what some Imperials call the Outrim Void, despite it being only rimward of the Marches and hardly a void. The term was first coined in an entertainment show and seems to have stuck. In any case, travel ‘outrim’ into Menorial via Five Sisters is discouraged by the authorities. Despite this, exploratory trade missions occasionally crawl along the Spinward Main all the way to Five Sisters and then head out into the relative unknown in search of new markets and a hoped-for big score.[2]
Other races within the subsector include Aslan on Wonderay, Chirpers on Ucella and Mewey on the world of that name. [3]
- ↑ Information provided to the library by generated data from Traveller Map
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 111.
- ↑ Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 50.
Other References
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 4-5.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 36-42.
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .