Parahee Arm
The Parahee Arm is a rimward branch of the Khavle Main.
- It is an astrographic feature and part of a major trade route.
- It lies within Massilia Sector.
Description / Specifications[edit]
Astrography[edit]
The Parahee Arm is a named region of the Khavle Main, a prosperous trade route crossing between Delphi Sector and Massilia Sector.
- It is a chain of worlds extending to rimward from the central part of the Main.
- It has 6 member systems.
- It is named for Parahee, a high population Geonee world lying at its rimward end.
A basic overview of the Khavle Main:
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(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
- Worlds within the Main are highlighted in green.
Commercial Data[edit]
The following commercial and economic information has been determined:
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations active within the Arm include:
- General Products, an Imperial megacorporation involved in heavy industry and manufacturing.
- Hortalez et Cie, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in banking and finance.
- Ling Standard Products, an Imperial megacorporation engaged in widescale resource extraction and processing.
- Makhidkarun, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in communications and entertainment.
- Naasirka, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in sensors, electronics, and robotics.
- Sharurshid, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in finance and commerce.
- SuSAG, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in commercial chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and genetic engineering.
- Tukera Lines, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics.
- Zirunkariish, a Vilani megacorporation specializing in investment, finance, and insurance.
Goods[edit]
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
Security & Defense[edit]
The worlds of the Arm are patrolled by the Imperial Navy. It defends Imperial territory and interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.
- The Imperial 138th and 146th Fleets are active within the region.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Arm was explored by the Geonee soon after they acquired jump technology.
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the Arm, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.
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Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) can be found along this trade route:
- Humaniti (Human races)
- Geonee (Minor Human Race): a number of significant communities and multiple smaller enclaves.
- Mixed heritage (Major Race): widely spread across the Arm.
- Solomani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
- Vilani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
- Non-Human Races
- Chirpers (Minor Race): where there are (married) Geonee, there are Chirpers.
Linguistic Topography[edit]
The most commonly heard languages are:
- Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
- Irkonee, the primary language of the Geonee.
- Oynprith, a ceremonial and ritualistic language apparently universal among Chirper communities.
- Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this Arm 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.
- circa -9,000: the Geonee encounter the Vilani.
- -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 to 120: The Third Imperium wages the Pacification Campaigns to unify and assimilate the regions under its control.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the Arm.
- 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 Arm.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the Arm becomes widely available.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Third Imperium
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Parahee Arm 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:
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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[edit]
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- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), page 22. (chart showing the worlds of the Spur)
- 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 Spur)
- Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), pages 4, 38-41, 102-109. (sector data including the Main circa The Year 0)
- Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication