Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Main

The Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Main is a prosperous Main running between Zarushagar Sector and Massilia Sector.

• It is an astrographic feature and a major trade route.
• It is also known as the Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Access.

Description / Specifications

(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)

The Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Main is a major trade route lying along the trailing half of Zarushagar Sector and spilling into the spinward edge of Massilia Sector.

• It has 62 member systems: 51 of these lie within Zarushagar Sector and 11 lie within Massilia Sector.
• The Main is host to one subsector capital, the world of Rigold in Massilia Sector.
• It includes Zarushagar Sector's Research Station Beta, at Dothama within the Oasis Cluster.

A basic chart of the Main is shown, right:

• Worlds on the Main are highlighted in green.

Regions

The Main has six distinct regions:

• The Access. The spine of the main, linking all of the other named regions.
  • This name has at times been applied to the whole Main, which is occasionally referred to as the Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Access.
• The Adni Run. A group of systems to spinward-coreward.
• The Cheyene Arm. A branch of the Main extending to spinward.
• The Gaidraa Spur. A branch of the Main extending to rimward.
• The Oasis Cluster. A group of systems lying to coreward.
• The Rigold Cluster. A group of systems lying to trailing, within Massilia Sector.

The Network

The Main is a major component of The Network, the web of trade routes that terminate within the sector.

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Security & Defense

The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Imperial Navy. They defend Imperial territory, suppresses piracy, and ensure trade and commerce.

• The Main is patrolled by the Imperial 107th and 259th Fleets in Massilia Sector and the Imperial 62nd, 165th, 277th, and 279th Fleets in Zarushagar Sector.
• A strong sense of rivalry and competitiveness exists between the various Fleets.

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the Main 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.
• Rham Heavy Logistics (RHL), a transport and logistics corporation.
• Sharurshid, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in finance and commerce.
• Tukera Lines, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics.

Goods

Notable local commodities include:

• Skinth: A large herbivore native to Ansset and raised for meat across the central regions of the Imperium.
  • Skinth cargoes include live beasts in pens, live beasts in Low Berths, whole Skinth carcasses (usually frozen), prime cuts of Skinth meat, or pre-prepared packaged meals.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Main is an important trade route running from the Great Rift, across the rimward edge of Zarushagar Sector, and into Massilia Sector.

High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the main, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.

Bwap

Droyne

Demographics

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

• Humaniti (Human races)
  • Darmine (Minor Human Race): Primarily found within the spinward end of the main.
  • Geonee (Minor Human Race): Primarily found within the trailing end of the main.
  • 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
  • Bwaps of Marhaban (Minor Race): Primarily on Adni, but found in varying numbers across the main.
  • Droyne (Major Race): Primarily on Usyupkut, a Droyne world, and found throughout the main in small numbers.
  • Chirpers (Minor Race): Where there are (married) Geonee, there are Chirpers.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Kadli, the principal language of the Darmine.
• Irkonee: The predominate language of the Geonee.
• Oynprith, a ceremonial and ritualistic language apparently universal among Droyne and Chirper communities.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Wawa-pakekeke-wawa, the language of the Bwaps.

Timeline

Major events that have affected this trade route and the wider region that it lies within:

• circa -250,000: The Ancients are active within the sectors it passes through.
• -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.
• -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.
• 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the region.
• 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 trade route is primarily found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Third Imperium

• Zarushagar Sector
  • Mongrebi Subsector
  • Oasis Subsector
  • Rhamsteppe Subsector
  • Wolf Subsector

• Massilia Sector
  • Annari Subsector
  • Ten Suns Subsector

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Main 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:

62 of 62 World articles in Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Main

Abrams  •  Adni  •  Alcau  •  Alekki  •  Aquivda  •  Beeson  •  Cheyene  •  Coad  •  Corants  •  Cubic  •  Dalsam  •  Dax (Ma 0436)  •  Dethis  •  Donsam  •  Dothama  •  Dyko  •  Egama  •  Farock  •  Firman  •  Forever  •  Gaboro  •  Gaidraa  •  Gusson  •  Heep  •  Hiistan  •  Inger  •  Irap  •  Isaji  •  Laner  •  Ledstat  •  Lumbian  •  Mckinley  •  Mesrees  •  Mettari  •  Mynos  •  Nuevo Geneva  •  Oasis (Za 3130)  •  Oaskyu  •  Overton  •  Pinelette  •  Preserve (Za 2329)  •  Pylon  •  Qisoy  •  Quode  •  Reemen  •  Riggs  •  Rigold  •  Ripple  •  Romany  •  Rook  •  Rosa  •  Sellelle  •  Shanell  •  Sidna  •  Sukhoi  •  Tagend  •  Udim  •  Usyupkut  •  Wasa  •  Yeara  •  Yoshiyumi  •  Znin  •  

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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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• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), pages 21, 22. (charts showing the worlds of the Main)
• 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 Main)
• 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