Library Data:Jewell Subsector
Library Data Milieu 1116 Milieu 1200
| Jewell Subsector | ||||||
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| Sector | Spinward Marches | |||||
| Capital | Jewell (Spinward Marches 1105) | |||||
| Number of Systems | 23 | |||||
| Stellar and Economic data | data page | |||||
| Majority Control | Imperium - 30% | |||||
| 2nd Control | Zhodani Consulate - 26% | |||||
| 3rd Control | Other - 44% | |||||
Jewell Subsector, subsector B of Spinward Marches, contains 23 worlds with an estimated combined population of 36 billion. The governments in Jewell maintain five Naval bases, five Military bases, and five Scout bases. The average technology level is 8 (with most between 5 and 10). The highest technology level is 12 at Jewell (Spinward Marches 1106). Jewell contains 31 stars and 233 identified planets; 15 monostellar systems and eight binary systems. 18 of the 23 systems (78%) have native gas giants.[1]
The Jewell Subsector is where the Imperium and Zhodani Consulate meet. Politically, there are three distinct parts to the subsector. The spinward-coreward systems are mostly Consulate and form a thin strip of Zhodani territory projecting into the subsector. Farreach, Clan and Chwistyoch are heavily fortified as naval bases and, along with Cipango in Cronor subsector, form what many Imperial observers call the Riverland Wall.[2]
Imperial holdings in the subsector are limited to eight worlds in the middle (in rimward-coreward terms). Like their Zhodani equivalents, these are heavily protected for the most part, with forward naval bases at Jewell and Mongo, and Scout Service bases at Ruby, Emerald, Jewell, Mongo and Lysen.[2]
The scout bases include maintenance facilities for the x-boat service as well as intelligence ships monitoring the frontier. Persistent rumours speak of covert operations launched from these bases, aimed at adjusting the attitudes of neutral worlds or countering Zhodani activities with similar objectives.[2]
There is no Imperial subsector duke for the Jewell subsector. It is instead administered from Regina as an additional area of responsibility for Duke Norris. However, there is a subsector fleet. This is the 212th Fleet and is somewhat over-strength for the area it covers. This force is backed up by Sector Fleet assets based at Jewell, which include battle squadrons and a contingent of cruisers obviously intended for raiding operations into Consulate space if war breaks out again.[3]
The exposed nature of the deployment has earned the 212th the nickname of Santanocheev’s Tripwire and the suggestion that its role is simply to find out if the Zhodani are serious this time. The latter is a reference to the last two Frontier Wars, in which the Zhodani battle fleets were generally held at the frontier.[3]
The remainder of the subsector is ostensibly neutral, although Imperial access to worlds behind the Riverland Wall is very limited, allowing the Consulate much greater influence over Condyole and Puparkin, as well as nonaligned worlds in Cronor. [3]
Some of the worlds in the rimward end of the subsector are coming under the influence of Arden or, more accurately, the alliance of political and economic interest groups collectively calling itself the Federation of Arden. It is possible that some of these worlds may eventually become part of an alliance with Arden, although how the Imperium and Consulate will react to this development (if it occurs at all) remains to be seen.[3]
- ↑ Information provided to the library by generated data from Traveller Map
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 32.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 34.
Other References
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 12-13.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 56-60.
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .