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Revision as of 22:51, 17 June 2025
The Quare Void is an area of lower stellar density.
- It is a small rift and an astrographic feature.
- It is not widely known of, except by astrographers and local starship captains.
Description (Specifications)
A region of lower stellar density lying within the Spinward Marches.
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)
It is a significant obstacle to interstellar trade and commerce, restricting the movement of lower jump-rated vessels.
Borders
Note that the exact borders of the Void have never been precisely defined and are currently "best guess".
Seasoned astrographers continue to squabble over its precise physical dimensions and properties, quoting figures and values relating to the average density of the interstellar medium, emissions from within the region it covers, and a dozen other considerations. Despite years of heated debate a consensus has not yet been reached and different astrographic surveys repeatedly give it different boundaries.
History & Background (Dossier)
High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the Mains and Clusters of the sector, carrying vast amounts of goods and commodities between their member worlds. Jump-2 and Jump-3 feeder routes work their ways around the voids and rift, linking the various clusters and traces.
The Quare Void contains no stars or stellar scale bodies.
- It is likely to contain a number of dark, frozen, starless rogue worlds and wandering icy planetoids within its depths, but none have ever been officially charted or catalogued.
Jump Bridges
Some have suggested that one or more Jump Bridges may lie within the Void.
Jump Bridges are locations within empty hexes that contain caches of fuel and supplies. They allow lower jump rating vessels to bridge gaps between distant worlds by providing a halfway point. The hexes these caches lie within are truly vast, and without exact coordinates to jump to within it a vessel could end up with empty tanks in empty wilderness, perhaps light-years away from any hope of rescue. Where they do exist, Jump Bridges are heavily guarded and access is not generally granted to those without the correct credentials.
- No commercial jump bridges are known to exist within the rift.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)
This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Balkanized Space:
World Listing
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds associated with the Quare Void 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:
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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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
