Siigikhakma Subsector
| Siigikhakma Subsector | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Sector | Gzaekfueg | |||||
| Capital | Oureslot (world) | |||||
| No. of Stars | 32 | |||||
| Majority Control | Third Empire (3EoG) - 75% | |||||
| 2nd Control | Non-Aligned, Vargr (NaVa) - 19% | |||||
| 3rd Control | Ruler of Five (VRo5) - 6% | |||||
Siigikhakma Subsector is Subsector L of Gzaekfueg Sector.
- It lies within Charted Space.
- It is part of the Vargr Extents.
Description / Specifications[edit]
Siigikhakma Subsector is a populated and prosperous region considered to be a part of the Vargr Extents, even though most of its territory is controlled by the Vargr-hating Third Empire of Gashikan.
- The resources of the subsector are being exploited.
Astrographic Features & Trade Routes[edit]
The following astrographic and commercial data has been determined regarding Siigikhakma Subsector:
- The subsector is a standard stellar density region.
- The brightest star is the white subgiant primary of the Laniht system.
- Important trade routes within the region include the Lishun-Gashikan Main and the so-called Last Bridge.
Stellar Distribution[edit]
A basic map showing the distribution and size of stars within Siigikhakma Subsector.
- The color corresponds to the visible color of the star, which links to its spectral classification.
- The size as shown indicates both the physical size of the object and its relative brightness.
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map).
Note that the stars as depicted are representative. Any star, no matter what its size, is a mere speck within the hex it occupies.
- Ordinary main sequence stars can barely be seen from even a hex away.
- Huge, intensely luminous giant stars can be seen from across the subsector and far beyond.
Trade Routes[edit]
The Nudashiir Lagani[edit]
Two worlds within the coreward part of the subsector lie on the Nudashiir Lagani, the great Lishun-Gashikan Main.
- An eclectic mix of vessels, both human and Vargr, work their ways along the Main, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)
- Worlds on the Main are highlighted in green.
The Last Bridge[edit]
The Last Bridge, a war-ravaged chain of systems with a dark reputation for espionage and intrigue, dominates the subsector. It is known as the Lluutan to the Vargr.
- It is a small Main with 28 member systems.
- It runs between the Ruler of Five and the Third Empire of Gashikan, following a route through Balkanized Space.
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)
- Worlds lying on the Main are highlighted in tan.
World Listing[edit]
AAB library archives contain expanded data about the following systems:
- The primary source material for all data is Traveller Map.
- Other sources may contain contradictory or incorrect information.
Note that some Second Survey data, though only 40 years old, is likely to be out of date.
- Data is occasionally updated as new information becomes available.
- Scouting missions gathering reliable, verified data can receive substantial payment.
- Verified updated data is constantly sought.
Subsector Summary[edit]
Siigikhakma, subsector L of Gzaekfueg contains 32 worlds with an estimated population of 1 billion, a per capita income of Cr2,604, and a total economy is BCr5,120. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr23 through 26 starports (3 Class A, 10 Class B, 8 Class C, 5 Class D) employing 2,590 people. Driving this interstellar trade are seven Agricultural (Ag) worlds, four Non-Agricultural (Na) worlds, no Pre-Agricultural (Pa) worlds, no Pre-Industrial (Pi) worlds, one Rich (Ri) world, and no Industrial (In) worlds. The governments in Siigikhakma maintain eight Scout bases, five Naval bases, three Military bases, two Way stations, and one Corsair base. The average technology level is 7 (with most between 4 and 10). The highest technology level is 12 at Vadou (Gzaekfueg 3023).
Siigikhakma, subsector L of Gzaekfueg contains 42 stars and no identified planets; 22 monostellar systems, ten binary systems, no trinary systems, and no systems with four or more stars. 26 of the 32 systems (81%) have native gas giants. There are one Asteroid (As) belt, one Desert (De) world, no Garden (Ga) worlds, two Ice-capped (Ic) worlds, five Poor (Po) worlds, three Vacuum (Va) worlds, and three Water (Wa) or Ocean (Oc) worlds.
Siigikhakma has an estimated population of 1 billion distributed across no High population (Hi) worlds, no Moderate population (Ph) worlds, 26 Non-industrial (Ni) worlds, seven Low population (Lo) worlds, and no Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population worlds are Atha (Gzaekfueg 3225), Yeregh (Gzaekfueg 2826), Ngogae (Gzaekfueg 2521), and Eu (Gzaekfueg 2727). The population consists of 2 sophont groups.
| 2 identified sophont populations in Siigikhakma | |
|---|---|
Third Empire of Gashikan[edit]
The Third Empire of Gashikan has jurisdiction over 24 worlds with an estimated population of 1 billion, a per capita income of Cr2,848, and a total economy is BCr4,794. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr22 through 19 starports (3 Class A, 7 Class B, 5 Class C, 4 Class D) employing 2,520 people. Driving this interstellar trade are four Agricultural (Ag) worlds, three Non-Agricultural (Na) worlds, no Pre-Agricultural (Pa) worlds, no Pre-Industrial (Pi) worlds, one Rich (Ri) world, and no Industrial (In) worlds. The governments in Third Empire of Gashikan maintain eight Scout bases, three Naval bases, three Military bases, and two Way stations. The average technology level is 7 (with most between 4 and 10). The highest technology level is 12 at Vadou (Gzaekfueg 3023).
The Third Empire of Gashikan has an estimated population of 1 billion distributed across no High population (Hi) worlds, no Moderate population (Ph) worlds, 20 Non-industrial (Ni) worlds, six Low population (Lo) worlds, and no Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population worlds are Atha (Gzaekfueg 3225), Yeregh (Gzaekfueg 2826), and Eu (Gzaekfueg 2727). The population consists of 1 sophont groups.
Non-Aligned, Vargr-dominated[edit]
There are six Non-Aligned, Vargr-dominated worlds in Siigikhakma with an estimated population of 83 million.
Ruler of Five[edit]
The Ruler of Five has jurisdiction over two worlds with an estimated population of 200 million, a per capita income of Cr1,140, and a total economy is BCr228. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr0 through 1 starports (0 Class A, 0 Class B, 1 Class C, 0 Class D) employing 5 people. Driving this interstellar trade are one Agricultural (Ag) world, one Non-Agricultural (Na) world, no Pre-Agricultural (Pa) worlds, no Pre-Industrial (Pi) worlds, no Rich (Ri) worlds, and no Industrial (In) worlds.
The Ruler of Five has an estimated population of 200 million distributed across no High population (Hi) worlds, no Moderate population (Ph) worlds, one Non-industrial (Ni) world, no Low population (Lo) worlds, and no Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population world is Ngogae (Gzaekfueg 2521). The population consists of 1 sophont groups.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Vilani had contact with the Gvegh, Aekhu and Logaksu before -2400 in regions such as Provence Sector, though the Vargr were initially seen more as a curiosity than a threat. The Vargr in turn learned of the vast, immensely wealthy, and militarily weak human empire, a temptation that was impossible for them to ignore. Within a few decades the Vargr were actively raiding Vilani settlements in Windhorn and Corridor Sectors. The Vilani in turn moved the majority of their defenses towards these areas.
Other Vargr racial groups (the proto-Irilitok, Ovaghoun, Suedzuk and Urzaeng) took longer to find a path around the coreward end of the Windhorn Rift, but when routes were eventually found they made a beeline for the poorly defended coreward edge of the Ziru Sirka and its riches. These regions, already stripped of their meager defenses to prop up sectors further to spinward, were easy prey for the new waves of Vargr. The vast distances the Vargr had to travel limited the numbers of raiders who actually reached the Ziru Sirka: substantially more Vargr found promising worlds en route and decided to settle them instead.
The so-called Last Bridge, a short, Jump-1 bridge of worlds between the Ruler of Five and the Third Empire of Gashikan is the thickest hornets' nest of trade, smuggling, espionage, piracy and outright war in Gzaekfueg Sector. So indecisive is the environment of the Lluutan (tr: ford) that no vessels on this tiny main can trust the IFF transponders of ships encountered outside 100 Diameters of any given world. Often visuals on sensors must be attained before comms are opened for parley or shots are fired in wartime conflict. This gives rise to some "point-blank exchanges" between navies, the likes which are normally only seen on holovid productions.
More successful, Jump-2 starships seek secondary crossings further rimward across the gap between borders. Crews of such smugglers conceal their registries with fake, dual citizenships and rotating their racial crew makeups to deceive patrols and system traffic control signals. A tramp trader might have an Urzaeng Vargr crew on worlds to spinward and then temporarily yield command to the Humans aboard the same ship while trailing in the Third Empire of Gashikan. The tactic has so far yielded results even if it tries the Charisma and emulated-Charisma of the sophonts on such two-faced traders.
Polity Listing[edit]
The following polities lie within this subsector:
- Non-Aligned Powers (World-States):
- Non-Aligned (Vargr-dominated).
Native Sophonts (NILs)[edit]
No races (sophont species) are believed to have originated in this area.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this area:
- Terragens (Non-human Terran races)
- Vargr (Major Race): mostly Urzaeng Vargr.
- Humaniti (Human Races)
- Non-Human Races
- Aezorgh of Soghzalghag: small populations on many Vargr-dominated worlds.
- Hlanssai of Vrirhlanz: typically wanderers and traders.
Major Historical Events Timeline[edit]
Major events that have affected this subsector and the wider region that it lies within:
- -3810: the Vargr discover jump technology and begin an era of expansion.
- -3700s onwards: waves of Vargr settle worlds across the region.
- -2404 to -2215: the human Interstellar Wars rage to rimward.
- -1998: the First Empire of Gashikan is formed.
- -1776 to 0: the Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
- -1700 onward: Vargr expansion and settlement gradually ceases.
- -1658: the Sack of Gashikan, an atrocity known throughout the coreward parts of Charted Space.
- -1483 to -321: the Gashikan Race Wars rage between human and Vargr extremists across the Extents.
- -1427: the Wolvesbane plague is released in Gashikan Sector, decimating Vargr populations.
- The Year 0: to rimward, the Third Imperium is founded.
- circa 26: to spinward, the Empire of Varroerth is founded.
- circa 30: the earliest precursor states that later become the Ruler of Five Confederation emerge.
- circa 170: the various Ruler of Five precursor states begin a centuries-long war of dominance.
- 175 to 191: the Julian War.
- 300 to 420: the Imperial First Survey charts the subsector.
- circa 500: the Ruler of Five Confederation draws up its charter, establishing the state in its current form.
- 995 to 1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the subsector.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the subsector becomes widely available.
- 1070: the Second Empire of Gashikan is shattered by civil war.
- 1078: the Third Empire of Gashikan forms.
Later Eras[edit]
- after 1116: the Empress Wave enters the region from coreward.
- after 1135: Virus enters the region from rimward.
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)
- J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Classic Traveller Vargr (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), IBC. (Subsector depicted but no further data provided)
- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 48, 49. (Dot maps providing the locations of worlds within the subsector and their political allegiances)
- David Burden, Stuart Dollar, Andy Lilly, Joseph Walsh. T4 Aliens Volume 1 (Imperium Games, 1998), pages 91-182. (The Vargr)
- David L. Pulver. GURPS Traveller Alien Races 1 (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), pages 64-99. (The Vargr)
- Simon Beal. Mongoose Traveller: Vargr, (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), various pages. (Background for the Windhorn Rift region)
- External Link: Undeveloped Sectors by John G. Wood
- Author & Contributor: John G. Wood (Generated data)
- Author & Contributor: Pakkrat