Thafo Subsector

Thafo Subsector
Zarrkoe Ruevoga Uengou Thafo style="width: 250px; height: 350px; border: solid 1px black;" map from Travellermap.com Nouksaezor
Sector	Ngathksirz
Capital	None
Number of Systems	20
Majority Control	Empire of Varroerth (VVar) - 100%

Thafo Subsector is Subsector J of Ngathksirz Sector.

• It lies within Charted Space.
• It is part of the Vargr Extents.

Description / Specifications

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

Thafo Subsector is a region that has seen millennia of settlement by Vargr.

• The resources of the subsector are being exploited.

Astrographic Features & Trade Routes

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

• The subsector is an average stellar density region.
• The brightest star is the orange giant primary of the Eghoutadh system.
• No rift regions lie within the subsector.
• No trade routes cross the region.

Stellar Distribution

A basic map showing the distribution and size of stars within Thafo Subsector, right:

• 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.

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.

World Listing

AAB library archives contain expanded data about the following systems:

• The primary source material for all data is Traveller Map.
• Other sources may contain contradictory or incorrect information.

5 Worlds in the Thafo Subsector

Arruer  •  Eghoutadh  •  Ghaengar  •  Gnue  •  Kuengughaers  •  

Note that some Second Survey data, though only 40 years old, is likely to be out of date.

• Data is occasionally updated as new information becomes available.
• Scouting missions gathering reliable, verified data can receive substantial payment.
• Verified updated data is constantly sought.

Subsector Summary

Thafo Subsector/summary

History & Background (Dossier)

Thafo Subsector has been settled and controlled by the Vargr for millennia.

Polity Listing

The following polities lie within the subsector:

• Empire of Varroerth.

Capitals

• No world currently serves as the capital.

Native Sophonts (NILs)

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

Demographics

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

• Terragens (Non-human Terran races)
  • Vargr (Major Race)

Subsector Timeline

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

• -3810: the Vargr discover jump technology and begin an era of expansion.
• -3700s onwards: waves of Vargr settle worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: the human Interstellar Wars rage to rimward.
• -1776 to 0: the Long Night. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
• -1700 onward: Vargr expansion and settlement gradually ceases.
• -1658: the Sack of Gashikan, an atrocity known throughout the coreward parts of Charted Space.
• -1483 to -321: the Gashikan Race Wars rage between human and Vargr extremists across the Extents.
• -1427: the Wolvesbane plague is released in Gashikan Sector, decimating Vargr populations.
• The Year 0: to rimward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• circa 26: the Empire of Varroerth is founded.
• 175 to 191: the Julian War.
• 300 to 420: the Imperial First Survey charts the subsector.
• 995 to 1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the subsector.
• 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the subsector becomes widely available.

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.

• 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)
• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Classic Traveller Vargr (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), IBC. (Subsector located but not named. No world data provided)
• James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 48, 49. (Dot maps indicating the location of worlds and political allegiances within the subsector)
• David Burden, Stuart Dollar, Andy Lilly, Joseph Walsh. T4 Aliens Volume 1 (Imperium Games, 1998), pages 91-182. (The Vargr)
• David L. Pulver. GURPS Traveller Alien Races 1 (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), pages 64-99. (The Vargr)
• Simon Beal. Mongoose Traveller: Vargr, (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), various pages. (The Vargr)
• Author & Contributor: John G. Wood (Generated data)