Yanos Subsector

Yanos Subsector
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Sector	Canopus
Capital	Louvain (world)
Number of Systems	28
Majority Control	Solomani Confederation - 64%
2nd Control	Non-Aligned, Human-dominated - 32%
3rd Control	Non-Aligned, unclaimed - 04%

Yanos Subsector is Subsector B of Canopus Sector.

• It lies within the Solomani Confederation.

Description (Specifications)

The following astrographic and commercial data has been determined regarding Yanos Subsector:

Astrographic Features

The subsector is a generally unremarkable area lying within the Solomani Confederation.

• It is an average stellar density region.
• The brightest star is the red giant primary of the Erzsi system.

Stellar Distribution

A basic map showing the distribution and size of stars within Yanos Subsector.

• The color corresponds to the visible color of the star, which links to its spectral classification.
• The size as shown indicates both the physical size of the object and its relative brightness.

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

Note that the stars as depicted are representative. Any star, no matter what its size, is a mere speck within the hex it occupies.

• Ordinary main sequence stars can barely be seen from even a hex away.
• Huge, intensely luminous giant stars can be seen from across the subsector and far beyond.

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Hyades Cluster

Hyades Cluster

The Hyades is the nearest open cluster to Terra, lying around 47 parsecs from Sol. It consists of a roughly spherical group of hundreds of stars sharing the same age, place of origin, chemical characteristics, and motion through space.

• The Cluster is visible to the naked eye on worlds across the region.

The core of the Cluster lies close to the coreward edge of Hyades Subsector, a few parsecs to spinward.

• It contains around 200 stars, including a number of giant, short-lived B-type stars that have evolved off of the main sequence, several other giants, numerous main sequence stars, a small number of brown dwarf substellar objects, and a few tiny white dwarf stellar remnants.
• The Cluster contains large amounts of ionized gas and dust which diffuse, refract, and reflect the light of the stars, giving it an ethereal glow.

Broader Effects

The tidal influence of the stars at the Cluster's core can be measured around ten parsecs away from the core region: it can be seen in the orbits of the worlds that make up Yanos Subsector. The extended halo of stars associated with the cluster (stars sharing very similar physical characteristics and motion) extends rimward deep into Canopus Sector, to spinward into the Ustral Quadrant and Dark Nebula sectors, coreward into Magyar Sector, and trailing into Aldebaran Sector and the Solomani Rim.

• The cluster's huge stars cause interference, strange tones and noises, and heavy static on commo and sensors across the subsector.

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Economic Astrography

The following commercial and economic data regarding the subsector is available:

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the sector include:

• ConTech, a corporation specializing in life sciences, particularly large-scale bio-terraforming projects, medicine, and cloning.
• Guardian Military Systems, a large corporation involved in defense and armaments manufacture, with its core area of operations within the sector.
• Lamarck Minerals, a corporation with a relatively small core area of operations in the Solomani Rim, but with growing interests in resource extraction and processing throughout the Solomani Sphere.
• Layaefui, an Aslan corporation that specializes in exploration, scouting, and surveying.
• Orion Metallurgy Corporation (OMC), engaged in resource exploration, extraction, and processing throughout the spinward and rimward parts of the Confederation.
• Panstellar, a major transport and logistics corporation.
• Probable Technologies, a scientific research organization involved with both academia and heavy industry, as well as the Confederation military.
• Solomani Maschinenbau (SolMan) AG, a corporation with interests in heavy engineering and starship manufacture throughout the spinward half of the Confederation.
• Solomani Shipping, a major transport and logistics corporation.
• Transstar, a Solomani megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics.

Goods

Notable local commodities include:

• (none currently listed)

Security & Defense

The worlds of the sector are patrolled by the Solomani Navy. It defends Confederation territory, protects Confederation interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures interstellar trade and commerce.

• Confederation vessels may demand customs inspections.
• Some systems are defended by local naval forces.

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Clusters & Traces

Clusters and Traces

High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the clusters and traces within the subsector, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between their member worlds. Jump-2 and Jump-3 feeder routes work their ways around the rifts and voids that dot the region, linking the various clusters and traces.

Yanos Cluster

The Yanos Cluster is a cluster lying across parts of Hyades Subsector and Yanos Subsector.

• It has 16 member systems.
• It is named for Yanos, a high population garden world lying at its far trailing end.

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

Zuppe Trace

The Zuppe Trace is a small cluster and minor trade route lying across the border between Canopus Sector and Magyar Sector.

• It has 6 member systems.
• It is named for Zuppe, a small tidally locked fluid world in Magyar Sector that is host to an important Solomani Navy base.

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

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World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that lie within Yanos Subsector 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:

28 Worlds in the Yanos Subsector

Alta Minato  •  Anapa  •  Anemone  •  Boroka  •  Childress  •  Conrad  •  Cor Caroli  •  Erskine  •  Erzsi  •  Flavius  •  Ford Secundus  •  Galleon  •  Grume  •  Gyula  •  Ibrahim  •  Jadis  •  Jeonju  •  Kochab  •  Lelaina  •  Liu Qi  •  Louvain  •  Malebranche  •  Revere  •  Sallow  •  Sextus  •  Vestal  •  Yanos  •  Yuanyan  •  

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.

History & Background (Dossier)

During the Rim War the Confederation attempted to "relocate" a number of non-human races to other worlds, principally to fill gaps in the labor market caused by humans serving in the military. Large numbers of Zarn were shipped to the subsector to work on its agricultural worlds, the majority being semi-intelligent but still useful members of the race. Their services remain in demand, they have integrated relatively well, and generally they are thriving.

Solomani Security keeps a close eye on things to ensure the security of the Confederation and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, others are coerced, but many see it as an act of duty to help protect the Solomani state and its interests.

Polity Listing

Major Powers

• Solomani Confederation (human powers):
  • The subsector lies entirely within the borders of the Solomani Confederation.

Non-Aligned Powers (World-States)

• Non-Aligned, Human-dominated.
• Non-Aligned, Unclaimed.

Nine human-dominated non-aligned worlds lie within the subsector. They are not members of the Solomani Confederation, choosing instead to remain as technically neutral worlds as a result of complicated domestic politics, belief in self-reliance, and isolationist attitudes. Despite their neutral status, they rely on the Confederation for trade and defense and actively cooperate with Solomani interests.

Historical Powers

• Terran Mercantile Community (-1862 to -1110). Active across the subsector for almost seven centuries. While it was non-governmental in principle, it actively claimed and exploited vast regions of space, though most of the territory it controlled was barren wilderness.
• Third Imperium (588 to 871). The Imperium claimed the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community in 588 and directly controlled them until it devolved its authority to the Solomani Autonomous Region in 704. The Mercantile Community had ceased to exist about 1,600 years before and few of the worlds that came under Imperial dominion had any tangible link to it.
  • Solomani Autonomous Region (704 to 940).

Native Sophonts

No sophont species are believed to have originated in this area.

Demographics

Humaniti (Human races)

• Solomani (Major Race): widely spread across the region.
• Mixed or other heritage: occasionally encountered across the region.
• Vilani (Major Race): a few genetically distinct individuals and communities.

Terragens (Non-Human Terran Races)

• Dolphins (minor race): principally found on Yanos.

Non-Human Races

• Aslan (Major Race): largely contained within the prison facilities on Sallow.
• Zarn of Zarn (Minor Race): principally encountered on Anapa and Childress engaged in agricultural labor.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Chinese, a Terran language that is widely spoken across the region.
• Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Solomani Confederation.
• Delphinic Trinary, the principal language of Dolphins.
• Native Zarn languages.
• Trokh, the principal language of the Aslan Hierate.
  • Minor Aslan Languages: note that some Aslan Clans retain obscure or archaic languages for personal use in addition to Trokh.

General Historical Timeline

Major events that have affected this subsector and the wider region that it lies within:

• -9235: far to coreward, the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
• -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
• -2431: Terrans discover jump drive technology.
• -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars. The young Terran Confederation battles against the ancient Vilani Ziru Sirka.
• -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the former Ziru Sirka.
• -1999: the Aslan gain jump drive technology.
• -1862 to -1110: the Terran Mercantile Community is active within the region.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
• -1118 to 380: the Aslan Border Wars.
• -1110 to 588: the Terran Mercantile Community gradually becomes the Old Earth Union, shrinking to control the region around Terra.
• The Year 0: to coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the subsector.
• 380: the Peace of Ftahalr ends the ongoing Aslan Border Wars and establishes understandings regarding human and Aslan influence.
• 588: the Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium, moving its border adjacent to the Aslan Hierate.
• 604-622: the Imperial Civil War.
• 624: the Imperial Express Boat Network is established.
• 704: the Solomani Autonomous Region is formed.
• 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
• 871: the Solomani Confederation is founded.
• 940: the Solomani Autonomous Region is dissolved.
• 990-1002: the Solomani Rim War.
• 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey includes data for the subsector.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the subsector becomes widely available.

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Subsector Summary

Yanos, subsector B of Canopus contains 28 worlds with an estimated population of 21 billion, a per capita income of Cr2,362, and a total economy is BCr50,388. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr2,073 through 21 starports (2 Class A, 4 Class B, 9 Class C, 6 Class D) employing 332,215 people. Driving this interstellar trade are three Agricultural (Ag) worlds, one Non-Agricultural (Na) world, one Pre-Agricultural (Pa) world, one Pre-Industrial (Pi) world, three Rich (Ri) worlds, and one Industrial (In) world. The governments in Yanos maintain three Naval bases, and three Military bases. The average technology level is 6 (with most between 3 and 9). The highest technology level is 12 at Alta Minato (Canopus 1203).

Yanos, subsector B of Canopus contains 42 stars and 307 identified planets; 14 monostellar systems, 14 binary systems, no trinary systems, and no systems with four or more stars. 25 of the 28 systems (89%) have native gas giants. There are one Asteroid (As) belt, one Desert (De) world, one Garden (Ga) world, one Ice-capped (Ic) world, two Poor (Po) worlds, five Vacuum (Va) worlds, and one Water (Wa) or Ocean (Oc) world.

Yanos has an estimated population of 21 billion distributed across three High population (Hi) worlds, two Moderate population (Ph) worlds, eight Non-industrial (Ni) worlds, eight Low population (Lo) worlds, and three Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population worlds are Yanos (Canopus 1408), Vestal (Canopus 1210), and Louvain (Canopus 1609). The population consists of 3 sophont groups.

3 identified sophont populations in Yanos
Humaniti of Terra (Solomani Rim 1827): 20 billion on 25 worlds. Dolphin of Terra (Solomani Rim 1827): 450 million on one world. Aslan of Kusyu (Dark Nebula 1226): less than 1 million on one world.

Solomani Confederation

The Solomani Confederation has jurisdiction over 18 worlds with an estimated population of 12 billion, a per capita income of Cr3,456, and a total economy is BCr41,939. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr2,053 through 13 starports (2 Class A, 3 Class B, 4 Class C, 4 Class D) employing 327,185 people. Driving this interstellar trade are three Agricultural (Ag) worlds, one Non-Agricultural (Na) world, no Pre-Agricultural (Pa) worlds, one Pre-Industrial (Pi) world, two Rich (Ri) worlds, and one Industrial (In) world. The governments in Solomani Confederation maintain three Naval bases, and three Military bases. The average technology level is 6 (with most between 3 and 9). The highest technology level is 12 at Alta Minato (Canopus 1203).

The Solomani Confederation has an estimated population of 12 billion distributed across two High population (Hi) worlds, no Moderate population (Ph) worlds, six Non-industrial (Ni) worlds, four Low population (Lo) worlds, and two Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population worlds are Vestal (Canopus 1210) and Louvain (Canopus 1609). The population consists of 2 sophont groups.

• The Solomani Confederation subsector capital of Yanos is Louvain (Canopus 1609)

Non-Aligned, Human-dominated

There are nine Non-Aligned Human-dominated worlds in Yanos with an estimated population of 9 billion.

Non-Aligned, unclaimed

There are one Non-Aligned unclaimed worlds in Yanos with an estimated population of less than 1 million.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M), (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), various pages. (Library data entries)
• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Classic Traveller Supplement 11 Library Data (N-Z), (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), various pages. (Library data entries)
• John Harshman, Marc Miller. Solomani (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), IFC, pages 3, 28. (sector named, background for the sector)
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), IFC. (Wars of the Imperium: sector named and shown)
• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11, various others. (dot map locating the worlds of the sector, background for the sector)
• Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (background for the sector)
• David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), pages 28, 50, 118, 119, various others. (background for the sector)
• Zho Berka's Maps (Classic Era UWP Data for the subsector)
• External Link: Ocean of Storms site (Rebellion Era UWP Data for the subsector)
• Author & Contributor: Rupert Boleyn (data generated to match dot map)
• Author & Contributor: Garnfellow (development of the sector)