Watia Cluster
The Watia Cluster is a small cluster lying across the trailing border between Core Sector and Massilia Sector.
- It is an astrographic feature and a minor trade route.
- It is also known as the Unlakhar Cluster.
Description / Specifications[edit]
Astrography[edit]
The Watia Cluster is a small cluster lying along the rimward edge of Saregon Subsector in Core Sector and the coreward edge of Zalucha Subsector in Massilia Sector.
- It has 10 member worlds. The cluster includes Aderveen, the capital of Zalucha Subsector.
A basic overview of the Watia Cluster:
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
- Worlds within the Cluster are highlighted in tan.
Commercial Data[edit]
The following economic and commercial data has been determined regarding the Cluster:
Corporations[edit]
Corporations and organizations active within the Cluster include:
- Ling Standard Products, an Imperial megacorporation engaged in widescale resource extraction and processing.
- Makhidkarun, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in communications and entertainment.
- Naasirka, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in sensors, electronics, and robotics.
- Sharurshid, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in finance and commerce.
- Sternmetal Horizons, an Imperial megacorporation primarily engaged in mining operations and manufacturing.
- Tukera Lines, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics.
- Zirunkariish, a Vilani megacorporation specializing in investment, finance, and insurance.
Goods[edit]
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
Security & Defense[edit]
The worlds of the Cluster are patrolled by the Imperial Navy. It defends Imperial territory and interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
In Core Sector, this grouping of systems is named the Unlakhar Cluster. "Unlakhar" is by far the older name, being referenced in documents dating to before the founding of the Ziru Sirka, but because the majority of its worlds lie within Massilia Sector it is most commonly known by its Massilian name. Usage of either name is generally acceptable, but may occasionally cause confusion or even disagreements.
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the Cluster, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.
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Demographics[edit]
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) are found along this trade route:
- Humaniti (Human races)
- 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.
Linguistic Topography[edit]
The most commonly heard languages are:
- Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
- Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
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.
- circa -9,000: The Geonee encounter the Vilani.
- -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.
- 76 to 120: The Third Imperium wages the Pacification Campaigns to unify and assimilate the regions under its control.
- 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
World Listing[edit]
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds lying within the Watia Cluster 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 15, 22. (charts showing the worlds of the Cluster)
- 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 Cluster)
- Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), pages 4, 30-33, 38-41, 87-94, 102-109. (sector data including the Cluster circa The Year 0)
- Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science