Lode Cluster

The Lode Cluster is a cluster lying across the coreward border between Massilia Sector and Zarushagar Sector.

• It is an astrographic feature and a trade route.

Description / Specifications

(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)

Astrography

The Lode Cluster is a group of worlds with a long and complicated history. It is named for Lode, an asteroid belt lying at its spinward-coreward end.

• The Cluster has 16 member systems.

A basic overview of the Cluster, right:

• Worlds within the Cluster are highlighted in tan.

The Network

The Network is an informal name given to the web of mains that terminate within Zarushagar Sector and the various major Clusters that lie between them.

• The Lode Cluster is not considered to be part of The Network.

Being associated with The Network lends a region and the worlds it contains a certain gravitas.

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Commercial Data

The following economic and commercial data has been determined regarding the Cluster:

Corporations

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.

Goods

Notable local commodities include:

• (none currently listed)

Security & Defense

The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Imperial 282nd Fleet in Massilia Sector and the Imperial 163rd Fleet in Zarushagar Sector. They defend Imperial territory, suppresses piracy, and ensure trade and commerce.

• There is friendly rivalry between the two Fleets.

History & Background (Dossier)

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

Worlds and Systems

Massilia – Three Systems

Kerr (Mass A) – 3

1. Mond (Mass 0110)
2. Tahspek (Mass 0109)
3. Tanoo (Mass 0210)

Zarushagar – Thirteen Systems

Gaussi (Zaru H) – 3

1. De Zara (Zaru 3011)
2. Senj (Zaru 3111)
3. Zlotoja (Zaru 2911)

Lode (Zaru D) – 10

1. Binary (Zaru 2809)
2. Fulcrum (Zaru 3210)
3. Kupio (Zaru 3208)
4. Lode (Zaru 2908)
5. Novy Okorovo (Zaru 3008)
6. Munin (Zaru 3110)
7. Piepsk (Zaru 3010)
8. Sixty‐One (Zaru 2910)
9. Sofia (Zaru 3109)
10. St. George (Zaru 2810)

World Listing

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

16 of 16 World articles in Lode Cluster

Binary  •  De Zara  •  Fulcrum  •  Kupio  •  Lode  •  Mond  •  Munin  •  Novy Okorovo  •  Piepsk  •  Senj  •  Sixty-One  •  Sofia  •  St. George (Za 2810)  •  Tahspek  •  Tanoo  •  Zlotoja  •  

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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, 22. (charts showing the worlds of the Cluster)
• 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 Cluster)
• 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