Quesada Cluster
The Quesada Cluster is a small cluster located in Aldebaran Sector.
- It is an astrographic feature and a trade route.
- It lies within the Grand United States of Quesada, a member-state of the Solomani Confederation.
- It has a vibrant Hispanic culture.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Quesada Cluster is a small cluster lying in the coreward-trailing quadrant of Aldebaran Sector.
- It has eight member systems.
- It is named for Quesada, a high population industrial world that serves as the capital of the Grand United States and the subsector.
A basic overview of the Cluster:
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)
- Member worlds are highlighted in brown.
Grand United States of Quesada[edit]
The Cluster forms the heart of the Grand United States of Quesada.
- The Grand United States is a partially autonomous member-state of the Solomani Confederation.
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
Commercial Data[edit]
The following commercial and economic data is available:
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations active within the Cluster include:
- Confederation Heavy Industries (CHI) LLC, a corporation with interests in heavy engineering and starship manufacture active throughout the trailing half of the Confederation.
- ConTech, a corporation specializing in life sciences, particularly large-scale bio-terraforming projects, medicine, and cloning.
- Defensus, a corporation involved in defense and armaments manufacture.
- Guardian Military Systems, a large corporation involved in defense and armaments manufacture, with its core area of operations within the sector.
- Lamarck Minerals, a corporation with a relatively small core area of operations in the Solomani Rim, but with growing interests in resource extraction and processing throughout the Solomani Sphere.
- Orion Metallurgy Corporation (OMC), engaged in resource exploration, extraction, and processing throughout the Solomani Sphere.
- Panstellar, a major transport and logistics corporation.
- Probable Technologies, a scientific research organization involved with academia and heavy industry. It works extensively with the Confederation military.
- Rising Phoenix News Service (RPNS), the premier news and media organization within the Solomani Sphere. It has a strong pro-Confederation bias.
- Solomani Maschinenbau (SolMan) AG, a corporation with interests in heavy engineering and starship manufacture active throughout the spinward half of the Confederation.
- Solomani Shipping, a major transport and logistics corporation.
- Transstar, a Solomani megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics. It operates across 13 sectors, represented by the 13 stars in its logo.
- ZeeCorp, a corporation with interests in manufacturing active throughout the Solomani Confederation. It is a major producer of robots.
Note that all corporations, at least publicly, respect the traditions and stipulations of the Church of Quesada.
Goods[edit]
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
Security & Defense[edit]
The worlds of the Cluster are patrolled by the Quesadan Navy. It defends Quesadan and Solomani territory, protects Quesadan interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures interstellar trade and commerce.
- Quesadan Navy vessels may demand customs inspections.
- Some systems are defended by local naval forces.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the worlds of the Cluster carrying huge amounts of goods and commodities to its varied markets. Jump-2 and Jump-3 feeder routes work their ways around the rifts and voids that dot the region, linking the Cluster to outlying worlds.
The Quesada Cluster is a lively region – it has a rich Hispanic cultural heritage and prides itself on its music, dance, flavorful food, and strong drink. It is known across the sector for its chaotic, drama-filled political arena.
Solomani Security keeps a close eye on activities and events within the Cluster to ensure the security of the Confederation and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, others are coerced, but many see it as an act of duty to help protect the Solomani state and its interests.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this area:
Humaniti (Human races)[edit]
- Mixed or other heritage: occasionally encountered across the region.
- Solomani (Major Race): widely spread across the region.
Linguistic Topography[edit]
The most commonly heard languages are:
- Latin, an ancient Terran language used by the Church of Quesada.
- Quesadan Spanish, an Iberian Dialect of the Spanish subfamily of languages of Terran origin spoken principally in the Grand United States.
- Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Solomani Confederation.
- It is a second language within the Cluster.
Faith & Belief (Religion)[edit]
Religious faith is held to be a core value of the Grand United States. Churches and chapels are found in every community and religious leaders are important, respected figures.
The state religion is the Church of Quesada, a form of Christianity with its roots on Terra and rites and practices that have endured for millennia. It has a strict hierarchy and a number of gender restrictions based on traditional teachings. Various religious orders exist, as well as secluded monasteries and hermitages.
- Religious festivals, typically marking significant events or the days sacred to saints or important religious figures, are held throughout the year.
- Families each have a bound and illustrated copy of the Quesadan Bible, traditionally passed from father to eldest son. The Church procures and provides additional books as needed, at no cost, though the quality is significantly below that of an heirloom example.
The Inquisition[edit]
Despite its ebullient and relaxed reputation, the Grand United States has a far darker side: widespread and systemic religious intolerance. Those not professing faith can find themselves shunned and passed over for promotions and advancements. Those holding outspoken atheist or agnostic views, or those who follow beliefs that the Church of Quesada opposes, are sought out by a secretive organization called the Quesadan Inquisition and can be imprisoned for their beliefs. These Prisoners of Faith are held in detention centers and correctional facilities on Aguila.
- Nobody expects the Quesadan Inquisition.
Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this cluster and the wider area that it lies within:
- -9235: far to coreward, the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
- -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
- -2431: Terrans discover jump drive technology.
- -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars. The young Terran Confederation battles against the ancient Vilani Ziru Sirka.
- -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the former Ziru Sirka.
- -1999: the Aslan gain jump drive technology.
- -1862 to -1110: the Terran Mercantile Community is active within the region.
- -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
- -1118 to 380: the Aslan Border Wars.
- -1110 to 588: the Terran Mercantile Community gradually becomes the Old Earth Union, shrinking to control the region around Terra.
- The Year 0: to coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the Cluster.
- 380: the Peace of Ftahalr ends the ongoing Aslan Border Wars and establishes understandings regarding human and Aslan influence.
- 588: the Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium, moving its border adjacent to the Aslan Hierate.
- 604-622: the Imperial Civil War.
- 624: the Imperial Express Boat Network is established.
- 704: the Solomani Autonomous Region is formed.
- 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
- 871: the Solomani Confederation is founded.
- 940: the Solomani Autonomous Region is dissolved.
- 990-1002: the Solomani Rim War.
- 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey includes data for the Cluster.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the Cluster becomes widely available.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Solomani Confederation:
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Quesada 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:
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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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- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
- Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11, various others. (dot map locating the worlds of the Cluster)
- Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (background for the region)
- Author & Contributor: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips
- Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication