Ilelish Trail
The Ilelish Trail is a cluster lying within the rimward part of Ilelish Sector and Zarushagar Sector.
- It is an astrographic feature and a trade route.
- It is also known as the Rotaco Cluster.
Description / Specifications[edit]
The Ilelish Trail is a cluster straddling the border between Ilelish Sector and Zarushagar Sector.
- It has 20 member systems.
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
- Worlds within the Trail are highlighted in tan.
The Network[edit]
The Trail is not considered to be part of The Network, the web of mains that terminate within the sector.
Astrographic Features[edit]
The Great Rift[edit]
The Trail lies along the coreward edge of the Great Rift.
- It is a significant obstacle to interstellar trade and commerce.
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)
Commercial Data[edit]
Security & Defense[edit]
The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Imperial 179th Fleet in Ilelish Sector and the Imperial 139th Fleet in Zarushagar Sector. They defend Imperial territory, suppresses piracy, and ensure trade and commerce.
- Intense rivalry exists between the two Fleets.
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations active within the Trail 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[edit]
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Ilelish trail is a prosperous region dominated by Kaas, a high population industrial world that is also the capital of Mizar Subsector. Despite the presence of the capital, the Trail has always been overshadowed by the larger Liasdi Main to coreward.
The Trail was relatively heavily settled by Vilani during the Ziru Sirka and retained a strong Vilani culture during the Rule of Man and the Long Night. It was never a part of Darmine Space, though the Darmine are known to have been exploring the region prior to the establishment of the Ziru Sirka. Even in the modern age the Trail has a distinctly Vilani feel to it.
Within Ilelish Sector, the Trail is sometimes referred to as the Rotaco Cluster.
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the Trail, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) can be found along this trade route:
- Humaniti (Human races)
- Mixed heritage (Major Race): widely spread across the Trail.
- Solomani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
- Vilani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
Timeline[edit]
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 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.
- -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 Cluster.
- 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 Cluster.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the Cluster becomes widely available.
Worlds & Sectors / Astrography[edit]
This trade route 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 Ilelish Trail 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), pages 20, 21. (charts showing the worlds of the Trail)
- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), page 11. (dot map locating the worlds of the Trail)
- Martin Dougherty. Bearers of the Flame (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), IFC, pages 67-85. (Ilelish Sector around the year 1248, including the worlds of the Trail)
- 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