Little Loop

The Little Loop is a region of the Greater Massilia Main.

• It is an astrographic feature and part of a major trade route.
• It lies within Zarushagar Sector.

Description / Specifications

The Little Loop is the central-coreward part of the Greater Massilia Main, a major Main and trade route crossing between Massilia Sector and Zarushagar Sector.

• The Loop has 7 member systems. It is named for its broadly circular layout.

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

The Loop, as a part of the Greater Massilia Main, is an important component of The Network, the web of mains that terminate within Zarushagar Sector.

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Security & Defense

The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Imperial 164th Fleet. It defends Imperial territory, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the Loop 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

Notable local commodities include:

• (none currently listed)

History & Background (Dossier)

High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the Loop, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.

Demographics

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 Loop.
  • Solomani (Major Race): Many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
  • Vilani (Major Race): Many genetically distinct individuals and communities.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly used within this region:

• Anglic: One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.
• Vilani (language): One of the two official languages of the Third Imperium.

Timeline

Major events events that have affected this trade route 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

This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Third Imperium

• Zarushagar Sector
  • Gaussi Subsector

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Little Loop 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:

8 of 8 World articles in Little Loop

Ayachuco  •  Bernous Koro  •  Chanaran  •  Dirkou  •  Kalasin  •  Keevis  •  Malinu  •  Sassuolo  •  

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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

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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.

• 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