Ravenna Cluster

The Ravenna Cluster a small cluster lying within Canopus Sector, close to the border with Hanstone Sector.

• It is an astrographic feature and a minor trade route.
• It lies within Balkanized Space, to rimward of the Solomani Confederation.

Description (Specifications)

The Ravenna Cluster is a small cluster lying within the rimward-trailing quadrant of Canopus Sector.

• It has six member systems.
• It is named for Ravenna, a heavily populated world that hosts a major military base.

A basic overview of the Cluster:

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

• The worlds of the Cluster are highlighted in brown.

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Commercial Data

The following commercial and economic data is available:

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the Cluster include:

• Orion Metallurgy Corporation (OMC), engaged in resource exploration, extraction, and processing throughout the Solomani Sphere.
• Panstellar, a major transport and logistics corporation.
• Solomani Maschinenbau 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 Trace are patrolled by the Solomani Navy performing cross-border duties. It 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.

History & Background (Dossier)

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

Despite the Cluster not being a part of the Confederation, Solomani Security keeps a close eye on things to ensure the security of the State 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, while a few see it as an act of duty to help protect the Solomani state and its interests.

Demographics

Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this area:

• Humaniti (Human races)
  • Solomani (Major Race): occasionally encountered across the region.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Solomani Confederation.

Timeline

Major events that have affected this region and the wider area 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.
• -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the former Ziru Sirka.
• -1862 to -1110: the Terran Mercantile Community is active across the region.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
• -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 region.
• 588: the Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium.
• 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 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 – Solomani Confederation:

• Canopus Sector
  • Salient Subsector
  • Muscida Subsector

World Listing

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

6 of 6 World articles in Ravenna Cluster

410-660  •  Dispater  •  Elena  •  Largess  •  Ravenna  •  Viola  •  

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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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• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11. (dot map locating the worlds of the Cluster)
• Author & Contributor: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips
• 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