Umbian Run

The Umbian Run is an astrographic feature primarily located in Massilia Sector.

Description / Specifications

Astrography

The Umbian Run is a named region of the Khavle Main, a prosperous trade route crossing between Delphi Sector and Massilia Sector.

The Run is a meandering chain of worlds extending generally to rimward from the central part of the Main.

• It has 10 member systems.
• It is named for Ortega, a high population Forbidden World with extreme local laws.

A basic overview of the Khavle Main:

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(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)

• Worlds within the Main are highlighted in green.

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Commercial Data

The following commercial and economic information has been determined:

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the Run include:

• Hortalez et Cie, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in banking and finance.
• 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.
• 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 Run are patrolled by the Imperial Navy. It defends Imperial territory and interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.

History & Background (Dossier)

High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the Run, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between its member worlds.

Demographics

Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) can be found along this trade route:

• Humaniti (Human races)
  • Geonee (Minor Human Race): a few small enclaves, plus relatively high numbers of individuals in transit between larger population centers.
  • Mixed heritage (Major Race): widely spread across the Run.
  • Solomani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
  • Vilani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.

• Non-Human Races
  • Chirpers (Minor Race): where there are (married) Geonee, there are Chirpers.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
• Irkonee, the primary language of the Geonee.
  • Genosha, a specialized form of Irkonee with many loan words from Oynprith.
• Oynprith, a ceremonial and ritualistic language apparently universal among Chirper communities.
• Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.

Timeline

Major events that have affected the Run 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 Run.
• 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 Run.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the Run becomes widely available.

Worlds & Sectors / Astrography

This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Third Imperium

• Massilia Sector
  • Oreo Subsector
  • Tooka Subsector

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Umbian Run 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:

11 of 11 World articles in Umbian Run

Bern (Ma 2130)  •  Cheresa  •  Devan  •  Ferring  •  Hexum  •  Honatty  •  Imaean  •  Nituu  •  Rarian  •  Simmersong  •  Umbia  •  

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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 Spur)
• 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 Spur)
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), pages 4, 38-41, 102-109. (sector data including the Main circa The Year 0)
• Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication