Provalan Cluster

The Provalan Cluster is a cluster lying within the rimward half of Zarushagar Sector.

• It is an astrographic feature and a trade route.
• It is part of The Network, the name given to important local Mains and trade routes.

Description / Specifications

The Provalan Cluster is a group of worlds with a long and complicated history.

• The Cluster has 16 member systems. It is named for Provalan, the homeworld of the Dishaan.

A basic overview of the Cluster:

Zarushagar Sector

(Charts sourced from Traveller Map).

• 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 Provalan Cluster is considered to be part of The Network, acting as a "stepping stone" between other larger Mains.

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

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Commercial Data

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 62nd and 277th Fleets. They defend Imperial territory, suppress piracy, and ensure trade and commerce.

• The two fleets regularly conduct joint training and exercises.

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.

Demographics

Dishaan

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

• Humaniti (Human races)
  • Mixed heritage (Major Race): Widely spread across the main.
  • Solomani (Major Race): Many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
  • Vilani (Major Race): Many genetically distinct individuals and communities.

• Non-Human Races
  • Dishaan of Provalan (Minor Race): Primarily found on their homeworld, but also met in small numbers across the cluster.

Historical Data

The Dishaan Hegemony at its height. (Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

Around -5000 the cluster formed the heart of the Dishaan Hegemony.

Timeline

Major events events that have affected this cluster 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.
• circa -5000: the Dishaan Hegemony is extant.
• -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
  • Oasis Subsector
  • Wolf Subsector

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Provalan 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 Provalan Cluster

Altacen  •  Bacelbron  •  Chronus  •  Clavert  •  Cossor  •  Dust (Za 2224)  •  Hepa  •  Kamov  •  Kezfi  •  Lonely  •  Olesno  •  Provalan  •  Radema  •  Reina  •  Reunder  •  Skaob-Heti  •  

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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), page 21. (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