Shimmer Trace

The Shimmer Trace is a small cluster lying within central-rimward Massilia Sector.

• It is an astrographic feature and a minor trade route.
• It is also known as the Norfriboah Cluster.

Description / Specifications

It is named for the subsector, rather than the world of the same name.

• It is adjacent to (but separate from) the Shimmer Cluster.

A basic overview of the Shimmer Trace:

225 px

(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)

• Worlds within the Cluster are highlighted in tan.

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Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the Trace 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

Notable local commodities include:

• (none currently listed)

Security & Defense

The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Imperial Navy. It defends Imperial territory and interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.

History & Background / Dossier

No information yet available.

Demographics

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

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

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

This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Third Imperium

• Massilia Sector
  • Shimmer Subsector

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Shimmer Trace 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:

9 of 9 World articles in Shimmer Trace

Enbrie  •  Halfway  •  Landing (Ma 2135)  •  Lybo  •  Nononlin  •  Norfriboah  •  Nyroah  •  Shanmos  •  Todkar  •  

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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

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), page 22. (chart showing the worlds of the Trace)
• 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 Trace)
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), pages 4, 38-41, 102-109. (sector data including the Trace 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