Serpent Cluster

The Serpent Cluster is a cluster lying close to the central-coreward border of Massilia Sector.

• It is an astrographic feature and a trade route.
• It is also known as the Dodda Vis Cluster.

Description / Specifications

(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)

Astrography

The Serpent Cluster is a small cluster of systems lying along the trailing edge of Arar Subsector and the spinward edge of Khisham Subsector in Massilia Sector. It has 14 member worlds.

• The cluster includes Gasha, the site of an Imperial Research Station.

A basic overview of the Serpent Cluster, right:

• Worlds within the Cluster are highlighted in tan.

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Commercial Data

The following economic and commercial data has been determined regarding the Cluster:

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the Cluster include:

• Ling Standard Products, an Imperial megacorporation engaged in widescale resource extraction and processing.
• Makhidkarun, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in communications and entertainment.
• Naasirka, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in sensors, electronics, and robotics.
• Sharurshid, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in finance and commerce.
• Sternmetal Horizons, an Imperial megacorporation primarily engaged in mining operations and manufacturing.
• Tukera Lines, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics.
• Zirunkariish, a Vilani megacorporation specializing in investment, finance, and insurance.

Goods

Notable local commodities include:

• (none currently listed)

Security & Defense

The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Imperial Navy. It defends Imperial territory and interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.

History & Background (Dossier)

This grouping of systems is also known as the Dodda Vis Cluster. Usage of either name is generally acceptable, but may occasionally cause confusion.

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

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 main.
  • 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.

Timeline

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.
• circa -9,000: the Geonee encounter the Vilani.
• -5400 to -4015: the Vilani Consolidation Wars.
• -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
• -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars.
• -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.
• 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

Massilia Sector

This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Third Imperium

• Massilia Sector
  • Arar Subsector
  • Khisham Subsector

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds lying within the Serpent 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:

5 of 5 World articles in Serpent Cluster

Dodda Vis  •  Germer  •  Landwasser  •  Peneplain  •  Varina (Ma 1705)  •  

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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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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. (chart showing the worlds of the Cluster)
• 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 Cluster)
• Marc Miller. First Survey (Imperium Games, 1996), pages 4, 38-41, 102-109. (sector data including the Cluster circa The Year 0)
• 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