Querion Subsector
Library Data Milieu 1116 Milieu 1200
| Querion Subsector | |
|---|---|
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| Sector | Spinward Marches |
| Capital | Querion (Spinward Marches 0614) |
| Number of Systems | 21 |
| Stellar and Economic data | data page |
| Majority Control | Independent - 33% |
| 2nd Control | Zhodani Consulate - 29% |
| 3rd Control | Other - 38% |
| Map Key | Map Key |
Subsector E of Spinward Marches Sector.
The Querion Subsector is an area of sparse worlds technically claimed by the Zhodani Consulate, although the strength of that claim depends only on a short express lane connection into the coreward edge of the region.
Physical Astrography[edit]
The following astrographic features, trade routes, mains, clusters, and traces can be found within this area:
Trade Routes[edit]
The Spinward Main[edit]
The Spinward Main is the arterial trade route within the Spinward Marches.
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels laden with goods, commodities, and luxuries move along it, bound for the thriving markets of its member worlds.
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)
- Worlds on the Main are marked in green.
Local Worlds[edit]
A few worlds along both the coreward and rimward edges of the subsector lie on the Main.
- The region to rimward is known as the Entropic Worlds.
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)
Native Sophonts[edit]
The following races (sophont species) are believed to have originated in this area:
Politics and Diplomacy[edit]
This entire subsector is outside the boundaries of the Imperium; all worlds should be treated as an Amber Travel Zone by Imperial citizens.
At the rimward edge of the Querion subsector, territorial claims have been pressed for Winston, Entrope, and Anselhome by both the Sword Worlds Confederation and the Darrian Confederation; Imperial diplomatic backing has been given the Darrian claim, although Zhodani interference has thus far thwarted any resolution of the situation.
The Imperium has long maintained (since 556) a research station in the Retinae system for the purposes of communications research. Accessed from Frenzie/Vilis via Thanber, the station has frequently figured in Zhodani diplomatic protests. Its long-standing presence at Retinae and the steadfastness of the Emperor has served to maintain its continued operation.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races reside within this subsector:
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds lying within Querion Subsector 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:
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.
Subsector Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this subsector and the wider region that it lies within:
- circa -300,000: the Ancients are active within the sector, most notably transplanting humans from Terra onto Darrian.
- −5823: the Zhodani Consulate is established.
- -4045 to -2204: the Vilani Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
- after -4045: a few Vilani dissidents fleeing the Ziru Sirka may have passed through the sector.
- -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars. The young Terran Confederation battles against the ancient Ziru Sirka.
- -2400s: Terran explorers pass through the sector, heading generally to spinward and eventually founding settlements in the Theta Borealis region.
- -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the former Ziru Sirka.
- -1776 to 0: the Rule of Man collapses. Charted Space endures the Long Night.
- -1511: the Itzin Fleet, a group of far-flung Terran traders, contact the Daryens of Darrian. Over the next few centuries Daryen technology advances exponentially.
- Colonists from the Fleet found settlements on a few other worlds within the region.
- -1270: Daryen exploration reaches 20 parsecs from Darrian itself.
- -1137: the Darrian Confederation is founded.
- -1118 to 380: the Aslan Border Wars.
- -924: the Maghiz – the primary star of the Darrian system destabilizes, creating a monumental Electromagnetic Pulse that hits worlds many parsecs away and destroys the now highly advanced Daryen civilization.
- circa -750: Gvegh Vargr from coreward launch sporadic raids into the sector.
- -399: Gram and a number of other worlds in the Sword Worlds Subsector are settled by Terrans fleeing a civil war in the Old Earth Union, in the Solomani Rim. They make their escape from Terra though Aslan Space.
- -200: contact between the Old Earth Union and the Terran settlements in the Sword Worlds Subsector is cut. The long and treacherous route through Aslan Space was made more difficult due to the ongoing Border Wars and the frequent political and territorial changes they caused.
- -187: the Zhodani establish contact with Daryens.
- -186: the Sacnoth Dominate, the first Sword Worlds' government forms.
- The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded, ending the Long Night.
- 60: Imperial development within the Marches begins in earnest with the settlement of Mora. The Imperial frontier gradually expands into the sector.
- 73: Imperial traders exploring to spinward establish formal contact with the Sword Worlds.
- 75: Regina is settled. A bubble of Imperial territory grows around it.
- before 100: increasing numbers of Vargr settle the relatively empty regions to coreward.
- 148: the IISS make formal contact with Daryens.
- 300: Pretoria, in Deneb Sector, is settled by the Imperium and eventually becomes the administrative center for the Aramis Trace in the Spinward Marches.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the subsector.
- 400s: the Zhodani begin settlement within the Marches. They know it as Tloql Sector.
- 589-604: First Frontier War.
- 604-622: the Imperial Civil War.
- 615-620: Second Frontier War.
- 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
- 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
- 979-986: Third Frontier War.
- 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the subsector.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the subsector becomes widely available.
- 1082-1084: Fourth Frontier War, also known as the False War.
- 1107-1110: Fifth Frontier War.
Subsector Summary[edit]
Querion, subsector E of Spinward Marches, contains 21 worlds with an estimated combined population of 19 billion, a per capita income of Cr3,863, and a total economy of BCr73,898. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr5 through 13 starports (0 Class A, 6 Class B, 6 Class C, 1 Class D) employing 1,310 people. Driving this interstellar trade are three Agricultural (Ag) worlds, no Non-Agricultural (Na) worlds, two Pre-Agricultural (Pa) worlds, no Pre-Industrial (Pi) worlds, two Rich (Ri) worlds, and one Industrial (In) world. The governments in Querion maintain three Military bases and two Naval bases. The average technology level is 7 (with most between 5 and 10). The highest technology level is 12 at Lebeau (Spinward Marches 0613) and Thanber (Spinward Marches 0717).
Querion, subsector E of Spinward Marches, contains 33 stars and 205 identified planets; nine monostellar systems, 12 binary systems, no trinary systems, and no systems with four or more stars. 13 of the 21 systems (61%) have native gas giants. There are no Asteroid (As) belts, no Desert (De) worlds, three Garden (Ga) worlds, no Ice-capped (Ic) worlds, one Poor (Po) world, three Vacuum (Va) worlds, and one Water (Wa) or Ocean (Oc) world.
Querion has an estimated population of 19 billion distributed across two High population (Hi) worlds, no Moderate population (Ph) worlds, 12 Non-industrial (Ni) worlds, five Low population (Lo) worlds, and no Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population world is Entrope (Spinward Marches 0720). The population consists primarily of 6 sophont groups including two native sophonts.
| 6 identified sophont populations in Querion | |
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Non-Aligned, Human-dominated[edit]
There are seven Non-Aligned Human-dominated worlds in Querion with an estimated combined population of 7 million.
Zhodani Consulate, Iadr Nsobl Province[edit]
The Zhodani Consulate, Iadr Nsobl Province has jurisdiction over six worlds in the subsector with an estimated combined population of 80 million, a per capita income of Cr4,387, and a total economy of BCr351. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr4 through 5 starports (0 Class A, 3 Class B, 2 Class C, 0 Class D) employing 1,135 people. Driving this interstellar trade are one Agricultural (Ag) world, no Non-Agricultural (Na) worlds, one Pre-Agricultural (Pa) world, no Pre-Industrial (Pi) worlds, no Rich (Ri) worlds, and no Industrial (In) worlds. The governments in the Zhodani Consulate, Iadr Nsobl Province maintain three Military bases and two Naval bases within the subsector. The average technology level is 8 (with most between 6 and 10). The highest technology level is 12 at Lebeau (Spinward Marches 0613).
The Zhodani Consulate, Iadr Nsobl Province has an estimated population of 80 million within the subsector, distributed across no High population (Hi) worlds, no Moderate population (Ph) worlds, two Non-industrial (Ni) worlds, three Low population (Lo) worlds, and no Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population world is Querion (Spinward Marches 0614). The population consists primarily of 3 sophont groups including one native sophont.
- The Zhodani Consulate, Iadr Nsobl Province subsector capital of Querion is Querion (Spinward Marches 0614).
Client state, Third Imperium[edit]
The Client states of the Third Imperium in Querion encompass four worlds with an estimated combined population of 9 billion.
Sword Worlds Confederation[edit]
The Sword Worlds Confederation has jurisdiction (sometimes) over three worlds in the subsector with an estimated combined population of 10 billion, a per capita income of Cr3,660, and a total economy of BCr36,600. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr0 through 1 starports (0 Class A, 0 Class B, 1 Class C, 0 Class D) employing 110 people. Driving this interstellar trade are one Agricultural (Ag) world, no Non-Agricultural (Na) worlds, no Pre-Agricultural (Pa) worlds, no Pre-Industrial (Pi) worlds, no Rich (Ri) worlds, and no Industrial (In) worlds.
The Sword Worlds Confederation has an estimated population of 10 billion within the subsector, distributed across one High population (Hi) world, no Moderate population (Ph) worlds, two Non-industrial (Ni) worlds, no Low population (Lo) worlds, and no Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population world is Entrope (Spinward Marches 0720). The population consists primarily of 1 sophont group.
Note that the actual political status of the Entropic Worlds is subject to dispute.
Client state, Zhodani Consulate[edit]
The Client states of the Zhodani Consulate in Querion encompass one world with an estimated population of 9 million.
References[edit]
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 6-7.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 94-100. (UWP only)
- Rob Caswell. "Domain of Deneb: Sector Data." MegaTraveller Journal 3 (1992): 47-58. (UWP only)
- Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 40. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 42-45.
- Mike West. The Spinward States (Avenger Enterprises, 2008), 99. (UWP only)
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 56-60.