The Access
The Access is the spine of the Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Main.
- It is an astrographic feature and the main part of a major trade route.
- It lies within both Zarushagar Sector and Massilia Sector.
Description / Specifications[edit]
The Access is the central part of the Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Main, an important trade route lying across parts of Zarushagar Sector and Massilia Sector.
- It has 20 member systems. It is the spine of the Main and gives access to all of its various regions.
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map).
- Worlds on the Main are highlighted in green.
Commercial Data[edit]
Security & Defense[edit]
Different parts of the Access are variously patrolled by the Imperial 62nd, 107th, 165th, 277th, and 279th Fleets. They defend Imperial territory, suppresses piracy, and ensure trade and commerce.
- The Fleets tend to be competitive with one another.
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations active within the Access 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[edit]
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Access is considered the spine of the Main, linking together each of its regions. It sometimes lends its name to the entire main, which may be referred to as the Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Access.
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the Access, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.
Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this trade route:
- 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[edit]
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[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 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[edit]
This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Third Imperium Charted Space – Third Imperium
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of The Access 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 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