Gilway Trace

The Gilway Trace is an astrographic feature primarily located in Old Expanses Sector.

• It is a small cluster and a minor trade route.

Description (Specifications)

170 px

A basic overview of the Gilway Trace:

(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)

• Worlds that are members of the cluster are highlighted in brown.

History & Background (Dossier)

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 region.
  • 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.

General Historical Timeline

Terran Confederation circa -2204

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.
• -5400 to -4015: the Vilani Consolidation Wars.
• -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
• -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 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.
• 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 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:

• Old Expanses Sector
  • Ahrhi Subsector
  • Twenty-One Worlds Subsector
  • Ile Subsector
  • Rusco Subsector

World Listing

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

No world articles for Gilway Trace

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)
• 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