Franklin Cluster

The Franklin Cluster is a cluster principally located within Hadji Sector.

• It is an astrographic feature and a trade route.
• It lies within Balkanized Space.

Description (Specifications)

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

The Franklin Cluster is a small cluster lying across parts of Hadji Sector, Neworld Sector, and Storr Sector. Though there are known to be populations, little data regarding most of its member worlds is currently available.

• It has 14 member systems.
• It is named for Franklin Subsector, in Hadji Sector.

A basic overview of the Cluster, right:

• Member worlds are highlighted in tan.

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Commercial Data

The following commercial and economic data is available:

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the Cluster include:

• Layaefui, an Aslan corporation that specializes in exploration, scouting, and surveying.
  • Its operations within the Cluster effectively mark its furthest trailing interests.
• Orion Metallurgy Corporation (OMC), a Solomani organization engaged in resource exploration, extraction, and processing throughout the region.
• Panstellar, a major Solomani transport and logistics corporation.
• Star Patterns Trading, a Hiver corporation involved in transport and logistics. It maintains good relations with both the Solomani Confederation and the Imperium.
• Transstar, a Solomani megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics. It operates across 13 sectors, represented by the 13 stars in its logo.

Goods

Notable local commodities include:

• (none currently listed)

Security & Defense

The worlds of the Cluster are generally not patrolled, though both the Solomani Navy and the Dienabach Flotte conduct occasional sweeps through the region. They protect their state's interests, suppress piracy, and ensure interstellar trade and commerce.

• Naval vessels may demand customs inspections.

History & Background (Dossier)

High cargo capacity, low jump rating vessels move along the worlds of the Cluster carrying huge amounts of goods and commodities to its varied markets. Jump-2 and Jump-3 feeder routes work their ways around the rifts and voids that dot the region, linking the Trace to outlying worlds.

Solomani Security keeps a close eye on activities and events within the Cluster to ensure the security of the Confederation and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, others are coerced, but a few see it as an act of duty to help protect the Solomani state and its interests.

• Dienabach Grüpen agents closely monitor SolSec activity within the region and counter its moves, if necessary.

Demographics

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

Humaniti (Human races)

• Mixed or other heritage: Occasionally encountered across the region.
• Solomani (Major Race): Widely spread across the region.

Linguistic Topography

The most commonly heard languages are:

• Germanic, a Terran language spoken throughout Solomani space.
• Rim Anglic, a dialect of Anglic and the principal language of the Solomani Confederation.

Timeline

Neworld Sector Clusters

Major events that have affected this cluster and the wider area that it lies within:

• -9235: Far to coreward, the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
• -4678: The Hivers discover jump drive technology.
• -4045 to -2204: The Ziru Sirka controls vast territories.
• -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 former Ziru Sirka.
• -1862 to -1110: The Terran Mercantile Community is active across the region.
• -1776 to 0: The Long Night.
• -1110 to 588: The Terran Mercantile Community gradually becomes the Old Earth Union, shrinking to control the region around Terra.
• The Year 0: To coreward, the Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the region.
• 588: The Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium.
• 604-622: The Imperial Civil War.
• 624: The Imperial Express Boat Network is established.
• 704: The Solomani Autonomous Region is formed.
• 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 includes data for 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 – Balkanized Space:

• Neworld Sector
  • Dienbach Subsector

• Hadji Sector
  • Franklin Subsector

• Storr Sector
  • Zaru Subsector

World Listing

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

No world articles for Franklin Cluster

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)
• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 8-11, various others. (dot map locating the worlds of the Trace)
• Michael Taylor. Fighting Ships of the Solomani (QuikLink Interactive, 2009), page 5. (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
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science