Khavle Main

The Khavle Main is a prosperous Main running between Delphi Sector and Massilia Sector.

• It is an astrographic feature and an important trade route.

Description / Specifications

Astrography

The Khavle Main is an important trade route lying within the rimward-trailing quadrant of Massilia Sector and the spinward-rimward quadrant of Delphi Sector.

• It has 65 member systems: 55 of these lie within Massilia Sector and 10 lie within Delphi Sector.
• The name derives from the Vilani term for "island".
• It contains an IISS Way Station, at Vonda.

A basic overview of the Khavle Main:

225 px

(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)

• Worlds within the Main are highlighted in green.

Regions

The Main has seven distinct regions:

• The Aklan Cluster. The far trailing part of the Main.
• The Giirsha Cluster. A group of systems forming the coreward-trailing part of the Main.
• The Hermes Spur. A small arm extending generally to spinward-coreward.
• The Ortega Arm. A meandering arm of systems extending to rimward.
• The Parahee Arm. An arm of systems extending to rimward.
• The Pohkrow-Waize Arm. A group of systems lying to far spinward.
• The Umbian Run. A loop of systems forming the central-spinward part of the Main.

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Commercial Data

The following commercial and economic information has been determined:

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the Main 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 Main are patrolled by the Imperial Navy. It defends Imperial territory and interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.

History & Background (Dossier)

Despite its name, the Khavle Main does not include the the world of Khavle and no part of it passes through Khavle Subsector, in Diaspora Sector.

The etymology of the name is Vilani and is related to the term Khaalab-mada, meaning archipelago or group of islands.

• The names of the Main, the world, and the subsector have similar etymological origins.

The Main was explored by the Geonee soon after they acquired jump technology.

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

Demographics

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

• Humaniti (Human races)
  • Geonee (Minor Human Race): a number of significant communities and multiple smaller enclaves.
  • 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
  • Chirpers (Minor Race): where there are (married) Geonee, there are Chirpers.
  • Llyrnians (Minor Race): troglodytic, naturally armored trilateral sophonts usually in the employ of Geonee interests.

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.
• Native Llyrnian languages.
• 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 this Main 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 Main.
• 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 Main.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the Main becomes widely available.

Worlds & Sectors / Astrography

This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Third Imperium

• Massilia Sector
  • Nes'Vra Subsector
  • Oreo Subsector
  • Shimmer Subsector
  • Shiwonee Subsector
  • Tooka Subsector

• Delphi Sector
  • Aklan Subsector

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Khavle Main 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:

65 of 65 World articles in Khavle Main

Aklan  •  Amanita  •  Bern (Ma 2130)  •  Bisks Planet  •  Broo  •  Cheresa  •  Cordell  •  Danmer  •  Danmoire  •  Daven  •  Devan  •  Doane  •  Earthstone  •  Erro  •  Feiths  •  Ferring  •  Ferron  •  Floting  •  Gelornamite  •  Giirsha  •  Gilafil  •  Gilkla  •  Hadamard  •  Haterbur  •  Hermes Station  •  Hexum  •  Honatty  •  Imaean  •  Independent  •  Irys  •  Jenina  •  Jobi  •  Kindstrom  •  Koenig (De 0228)  •  Laura  •  Lensfer  •  Luong  •  Misthaven  •  Mitt  •  Myimpia  •  Napoleonic  •  Nituu  •  Nova  •  Ortega  •  Parahee  •  Pohkrow  •  Poorstar  •  Quoc  •  Rarian  •  Ray  •  Rinkenbine  •  Rolando  •  Seneca  •  Shallow  •  Shigeko  •  Silas  •  Simmersong  •  Umbia  •  Valli  •  Varglen  •  Vonda  •  Waize  •  Walden  •  Whidden  •  Zarkov  •  

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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), pages 22, 23. (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)
• 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