Osstaet Subsector

Osstaet Subsector
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Sector	Ricenden
Capital	Osstaet
Number of Systems	21
Majority Control	Hive Federation - 100%

Subsector D of Ricenden Sector, within the Hive Federation.

World Listing: 1105

The following systems and worlds can be found within this area:

1 Worlds in the Osstaet Subsector

Osstaet  •  

History & Background (Dossier)

Polity Listing: 1116

The following polities can be found within this subsector:

• Hive Federation
  • Various member worlds

Native Sophonts: 1116

The following races (sophont species) are believed to have originated in this area:

• Phloftkiqan

Demographics: 1116

Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this subsector:

• Hiver

Linguistic Topography: 1105

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

• Gurvin: The common language of the Hive Federation and a secondary language in many of its client states.
• Hiver Sign Language: The silent, visual language used naturally by Hivers.
• Ithkluri: The common language of the Ithklur, and used in conjunction with Gurvin throughout the Hive Federation and adjacent space.

Major Historical Events Timeline: 1116

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

• -4678: Hivers invent the jump drive, thus becoming a Major Race.
• -4100: Hiver explorers discover Loza'tch and the Za'tachk civilization.
• -4050: An exploratory Hiver vessel arrives in the Ofilaq system and discovers the Gurvin.
• -3986: The Hivers are shocked to encounter the Ithklur, a race far more violent than any encountered previously.
• -3548: Eager to present a united front to acquire jump-2 drive from the Hivers, the Gurvin form the Gurvin Interstellar Democratic Republic and make an official request to join the nascent Hive Federation and be provided with jump-2. The Hivers declare the Gurvin an "adult" species and agree.
• Circa -2900: After a millennium of Manipulation, the Ithklur take their place as an important member of the Hiver interstellar community.
• -2029 to -2013: The Hiver-K'kree War threatens the Hiver community.
  • -2023 to -2018: As a consequence of organizing defence during the war, the modern Hive Federation is codified.
  • Technological aid to nations like the Krotan Primacy and the Sha Elden Lith Kindriu results in a "hardening" of the K'kree-Hiver border.
  • The K'kree surrender and withdrawal is claimed to be the result of Hiver psychohistorical manipulation. Ithklur history, in the form of the Dikrah Kiradgi, records a different version of events.
• The Year 0: Far to spinward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• 410: To aid in administration of the Young Worlds, the Hive Federation capital is moved to Glea.
• 995 to 1065: The Imperial Second Survey.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• Classic Traveller Alien Module 2: K'kree (sector named but no further data)
• Classic Traveller Alien Module 7: Hiver (sector named but no further data)
• Author & Contributor: Mark Humphreys (as posted on CotI)