Borealis Kantel Subsector

Borealis Kantel Subsector
Trasfalca Persiphus Jauhaux Borealis Kantel style="width: 250px; height: 350px; border: solid 1px black;" map from Travellermap.com Houkhtearl
Sector	Theta Borealis
Capital	None
Number of Systems	34
Majority Control	Non-aligned, Human-dominated (NaHu) - 96%
2nd Control	Non-aligned, Unclaimed (NaXX) - 4%

Borealis Kantel Subsector is Subsector N of Theta Borealis Sector.

• It lies within Charted Space.
• On older surveys it may be referred to as the Borealis Kantel Quadrant.

Description (Specifications)

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

Borealis Kantel Subsector is a settled region on the frontier of Balkanized Space.

• Some worlds have been settled for millennia.
• The resources of the subsector are being exploited.

Astrographic Features & Trade Routes

The following astrographic and commercial data has been determined:

• Most of the subsector is a standard stellar density region.
• It lies on the coreward edge of the Great Rift.
• The brightest star is the unstable red bright giant Mu Borealis.
• No communications routes are known to cross the region.

Stellar Distribution

A basic map showing the distribution and size of stars within Borealis Kantel Subsector.

• 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.

Rift Regions

Rift Regions.
The star Theta Borealis is marked in red.

One rift area lies within the subsector: the coreward edge of the Great Rift.

A simple map showing rift regions within Borealis Kantel Subsector.

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

Locally at least, a rift is an astrographic concept based on Jump Drive performance.

The highest tech level commonly encountered out this Far Along (spinward of the Third Imperium) is TL–12, though a few worlds may be more advanced.

• This level of technology allows the routine use of up to Jump-3 drives.
• Areas that cannot be crossed by Jump-3-capable vessels are denoted as rifts.

Borealis Group

The subsector forms part of the Borealis Group, a gigantic, broadly spherical cluster of stars centered on Theta Borealis Sector.

• It is a distinctive, extremely bright feature that can be easily observed from all across Charted Space.
• It is more than 40 parsecs in diameter.
• It contains an unusually high number of giant stars.
• It is the density of giant stars within the region, rather than their individual brightness, that makes the feature so prominent.

Chains of giant stars trail out from the cluster into many of the surrounding sectors.

• Borealis Kantel Subsector lies to rimward of the clusters core, forming part of a long outlying trail of giant stars.

The night-time skies of all of the worlds across the region are studded with a panoply of colorful, intensely bright stars.

• Some are so bright that they can be clearly seen from planetary surfaces during daylight hours.
• The brightest is Theta Borealis, an unstable, violent, blue-white bright supergiant with a luminosity of around 73,000 sols.
• Other extremely bright stars within the cluster include Sigma Borealis, Tau Borealis, Epsilon Borealis, Mu Borealis, and Kappa Borealis.
• While the cluster contains many extremely luminous giant stars, Theta B is exponentially brighter than any of the others.

World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds lying within Borealis Kantel Subsector 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.
• Scouting missions gathering reliable, verified data can receive substantial payment.

AAB library archives contain expanded data about the following systems:

24 Worlds in the Borealis Kantel Subsector

Andizan  •  Bernode  •  Borlinden  •  Catania (TB 1331)  •  Chao Kwan  •  Chinampo  •  Constantine (TB 1132)  •  Hartman  •  Hydraotes  •  Jasmire  •  Katzebue  •  Kuclaron  •  Manlowe  •  Marinagua  •  Marnio  •  Murtaskin  •  Pismo  •  Port Eoyel  •  Poserdon  •  Snowdon  •  Sunda  •  Victoria (TB 1433)  •  Westmount  •  Winslow  •  

Note that some Second Survey data, though only 40 years old, may already be out of date.

• Verified updated data is constantly sought.

History & Background (Dossier)

A few worlds of the region were settled sometime after -1900 by Humans originating in the Rule of Man. These isolated settlements survived and even prospered during the Long Night, becoming known as the the Verstand-Jugartha Colonies. They served as the focus for waves of settlers originating in what later became the Imperial core, who had gained access to Sylean jump technology and were seeking empty worlds of their own.

Finding their destination worlds already thoroughly governed and relatively heavily populated, later waves of arrivals carried on to spinward, seeking other habitable worlds within the region that they could claim. Although this slow trickle of Humaniti had effectively ceased by the end of the third century, by the beginning of the twelth century some of these outposts had grown into heavily populated worlds with distinctive cultures of their own.

Polity Listing

No polities are known to exist within the subsector.

• The Korsumug Empire is considered likely to try and annex some of its worlds.

Native Sophonts

Alejia

• Alejia of Marinagua.

Demographics

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

• Humaniti (Human races)
  • Mixed Heritage. Long settled within the region.
  • Of Solomani extraction. Small, often isolated groups and communities preserving their traditions and culture.
  • Of Vilani extraction. Small groups and communities, often deliberately isolationist, preserving their traditions and culture.

• Non-Human Races
  • Alejia: On their homeworld.
  • Aslan (Major Race). A few ihatei scouts exploring to spinward, along the edge of the Great Rift.

Subsector Timeline

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

• ca -250,000: The Ancients were likely active within Theta Borealis Sector.
• -5415: The Zhodani discover jump drive technology.
• -2396 / 2123AD: The first known Human explorers are active in the region (a few wandering Terrans).
• ca -1900: Small numbers of Humans (Terrans of the Rule of Man) begin founding settlements across Theta Borealis Sector.
• -1776: The Long Night begins.
• Year 0: Far to trailing, across the Great Rift, the Third Imperium is founded.
• 100s-200s: A few pioneering Imperial explorers pass through the subsector.
• 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the subsector.
• mid-300s: Waves of Humans with origins in the Imperial core begin settling within the region.
• 500s: Jaibok raiders of the resurgent Korsumug Empire become active on the Korsumug Main.
• 995-1065: The Second Survey charts the subsector.
• 1065: The Imperial Second Survey is published.

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Subsector Summary

Borealis Kantel, subsector N of Theta Borealis, contains 24 worlds with an estimated combined population of 44 billion, a per capita income of Cr1,473, and a total economy of BCr64,978. These worlds originate an interstellar trade of BCr70 through 21 starports (4 Class A, 8 Class B, 6 Class C, 3 Class D) employing 8,185 people. Driving this interstellar trade are three Agricultural (Ag) worlds, one Non-Agricultural (Na) world, two Pre-Agricultural (Pa) worlds, no Pre-Industrial (Pi) worlds, one Rich (Ri) world, and no Industrial (In) worlds. The governments in Borealis Kantel maintain one Scout base and one Naval base. The average technology level is 7 (with most between 5 and 10). The highest technology level is 12 at Katzebue (Theta Borealis 1337) and Victoria (Theta Borealis 1433).

Borealis Kantel, subsector N of Theta Borealis, contains 34 stars and 247 identified planets; 17 monostellar systems, five binary systems, one trinary system, and one system with four or more stars. 12 of the 24 systems (50%) have native gas giants. There are one Asteroid (As) belt, no Desert (De) worlds, three Garden (Ga) worlds, no Ice-capped (Ic) worlds, four Poor (Po) worlds, one Vacuum (Va) world, and one Water (Wa) or Ocean (Oc) world.

Borealis Kantel has an estimated population of 44 billion distributed across two High population (Hi) worlds, no Moderate population (Ph) worlds, ten Non-industrial (Ni) worlds, ten Low population (Lo) worlds, and no Barren (Ba) worlds. The highest population world is Snowdon (Theta Borealis 1031). The population consists primarily of 2 sophont groups including one native sophont.

2 identified sophont populations in Borealis Kantel
Humaniti of Terra (Solomani Rim 1827): 44 billion on 24 worlds. Alejia of Marinagua (Theta Borealis 1517): Less than 1 million on their homeworld.

Non-Aligned, Human-dominated

There are 23 Non-Aligned Human-dominated worlds in Borealis Kantel with an estimated combined population of 44 billion.

Non-Aligned, unclaimed

There is one Non-Aligned unclaimed world in Borealis Kantel with an estimated population of less than 1 million. The population consists of Alejia.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Bill Bledsaw. Theta Borealis Sector (Group One, 1981), page 15. (Classic Traveller subsector data)
• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Aslan (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), IBC. (Subsector depicted but no further data)
• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 11, 50. (Dot maps provided definitively locating the worlds)
• Author & Contributor: Jo Grant of CORE (Additional generated data)