Trindel Confederacy
The Trindel Confederacy is a polity that is located in Gateway Sector.
- It is part of Charted Space.
Allegiance Codes[edit]
| Polity | Survey | Code | Type | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trindel Confederacy | Pre-Imperial | Bs | No standard code | None |
| Trindel Confederacy | 1st Survey (300) | Bs | 2-ltr code | None |
| Trindel Confederacy | 2nd Survey (1065) | BlSo | 4-ltr code | None |
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Trindel Confederacy is one of the successor states to the old Galian Trade League.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Trindel Confederacy comprises three small states across twelve star systems, aligned in a very loose organisation with no central capital. The three member states have their capitals at Taravesh, Ashton, and the eponymous Trindel. The Confederacy is located very close to the Galian Federation, and is strongly influenced by that polity -- though it is officially neutral in that state's ongoing dispute with the Viyard Concourse.
Internal Politics[edit]
Confederacy government is something of a nightmare, with the internal politics of three states spilling over into the politics of the Confederacy as a whole. As a result, an excess of compromise hinders most attempts to get anything done, while occasionally the need to push a measure through results in agreement to all sorts of concessions. The industrial worlds of Trindel and Taravesh provide most of the Confederacy's technology, though Trindel's central position makes it the base of corporate concerns.
Foreign Relations[edit]
The construction of a Class-B orbital starport at Medrealm was undertaken using funds contributed by the Galian Federation, which moved to claim ownership of the system soon after. However, the Trindel Confederacy then began to exploit the annoyance of the world government, promising investment and technological assistance in return for allegiance to their own polity. This inevitably led to conflict.
Military & Intelligence (Force Projection)[edit]
The Trindel Confederacy's navy consists of ships loaned to a central command structure by the three member states, which in turn receive them under loan from individual worlds. Thus a Confederacy vessel might be serving under its world flag, state flag, or the Confederacy flag, and be subject to different priorities at different times.
The class-A Starport at Starbelt (Gateway 1924 A000647-B) builds a class of Starbelt class Fleet Tenders for the Trindel Confederate Navy (or TCN). This facilitates the movement of Trindel class Battle Riders and Taravesh class Gunboats between confederate worlds. There are three BatRons in the TCN (one from each state).
- The 1st TCN Battle Squadron is stationed at Trindel (Gateway 1725 B565989-C)
- The 2nd TCN Battle Squadron is anchored at Taravesh (Gateway 1527 B799955-C)
- The 3rd TCN Battle Squadron is posted to Archipelago (Gateway 1726).
Each admiral has several large monitors to defend their systems which are too large to move with the Fleet Tenders. These TL–12 200,000 ton Archipelago class System Monitors are the size of a Dreadnought, but lack a jump drive. Each member world has a few of these monitors for security.
As an experiment hundreds of years ago, the antecedents of the modern Confederacy launched thirteen flotillas of monitors on a long sublight voyage to other colonized worlds, because there were no transports available large enough to jump them. Minimum low watches were placed aboard these ships and the AI computers would wake select crew to maintain systems or in the event of an emergency. In various forms of subsequent cultural chaos, the top secret location, trajectory and speed of these formations were lost. Eventually, amateur astronomers and university colleagues rediscovered these wayward ships, and fleet vessels were dispatched to intercept and check on their progress. A few groups were fine, running as expected. Some survivors elected to remain with their ships. Some welcomed the opportunity to escape. One group had been damaged and fell victim to a form of horror few can imagine. Records were sealed until recently. Popular media were produced based on the case. A few groups were recovered with the use of a pair of million ton Gorodish class Fleet Tenders from the Third Imperium, seeking to curry favor and secure trade rights. Some groups are visited periodically with crew ferried back and forth. A little time aboard the long cruise is seen as a rite of initiation among TCN brass. Some of the original thirteen formations have actually arrived at their destinations.
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- Archipelago class System Monitor
- Gorodish class Fleet Tender
- Starbelt class Fleet Tender
- Taravesh class Gunboat
- Trindel class Battle Rider
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This polity can be primarily found in the following areas:
Charted Space:
Capitals: 1105[edit]
The capitals of this polity are located in the following locations:
World Listing: 1105[edit]
The following systems and worlds are a part of this polity:
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References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Periodical: MegaTraveller Journal 4 in Article: 'Governments of Gateway'
- Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. Gateway to Destiny (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), .