So Skire Main

The So Skire Main is an astrographic feature primarily located in Old Expanses Sector.

• It is a Main and an important trade route.

Description (Specifications)

(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)

Astrography

The So Skire Main is a main and important trade route crossing the borders between Alpha Crucis Sector, Old Expanses Sector, and Spica Sector.

• It has 66 member systems.
• It is named for So Skire, a technologically backward garden world marking its furthest coreward point.

A basic overview of the So Skire Main, right:

• Worlds that are members of the main are highlighted in green.

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Economic Overview

The following economic and commercial data has been determined:

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the region include:

• General Products, an Imperial megacorporation involved in heavy industry and manufacturing.
• GSbAG, an Imperial megacorporation involved in ship construction.
• Hortalez et Cie, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in banking and finance.
• 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.
• Star Patterns Trading, a Hiver corporation involved in transport and logistics. It maintains good relations with both the Solomani Confederation and the Imperium.
• SuSAG, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in commercial chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and genetic engineering.
• Transstar, a Solomani megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics. It operates across 13 sectors, represented by the 13 stars in its logo.
• 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.

• Imperial vessels may demand customs inspections.

History & Background (Dossier)

Old Expanses Sector

Alpha Crucis Sector

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

Sixty‐six systems located primarily in Old Expanses' Delta Quadrant with a large knot of systems in the namesake subsector, including the subsector capital of Peart (Olde 1834), that meanders to trailing along the spinward portion of Alpha Crucis trailing into Spica.

The So Skire Main straddles the Third Imperium and the Solomani Confederation.

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 – Solomani Confederation:

• Alpha Crucis Sector
  • Alba Subsector
  • Dagir Subsector

• Old Expanses Sector
  • Bascoj Subsector
  • Sarid Subsector
  • So Skire Subsector

• Spica Sector
  • Naav Subsector

World Listing

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

66 of 66 World articles in So Skire Main

An Cizow  •  Antairtic  •  Arwen  •  Azure (AC 2405)  •  Barlow  •  Bonham  •  Bordelon  •  Burbelson  •  Calimite  •  Canzar  •  Churchill  •  Cirion  •  Clavis Nine  •  Cleland  •  Cloudia  •  Cobham  •  Conterolla  •  Crown Heights  •  Dagir  •  Degas  •  Deserte  •  Di Meola  •  Digriz  •  Dobbet  •  Dunbar  •  Efretti  •  Ehart  •  Gardon  •  Gemstar  •  Glassend  •  Grenbard  •  Hell (OE 2237)  •  Janazzo  •  Jeamasm  •  Ke-ady  •  Keghe  •  Khan (OE 2439)  •  Knobel  •  Lamneth  •  Lasen  •  Lusky  •  Markham  •  Meridian (Sp 0102)  •  Mitmos  •  Moonshan  •  Naav  •  Nimz  •  Occam  •  Patuxant  •  Peart  •  Phront  •  Poyzen  •  Schotz  •  Snarf  •  So Skire  •  Stad  •  Stech  •  Targa  •  Tuer  •  Villbert  •  Weiwai  •  White  •  Wrangell  •  Yekon  •  Zephir  •  Zilon (AC 3004)  •  

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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.

• 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)
• Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), page 30, 37, 38. (charts showing the worlds of the region)
• 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 region)
• David L. Pulver. Solomani (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), various pages. (background for the region)
• Author & Contributor: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips
• Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication