Muscida Subsector

Muscida Subsector
Salient Suhayl Taurea Muscida style="width: 250px; height: 350px; border: solid 1px black;" map from Travellermap.com Dvorak
Sector	Canopus
Capital	Largess
Number of Systems	28
Majority Control	Non-Aligned, Human-dominated - 43%
2nd Control	Solomani Confederation - 29%
3rd Control	Malorn Union - 14%
4th Control	Non-Aligned, unclaimed - 14%

Muscida Subsector is Subsector P of Canopus Sector.

• It is an area of Balkanized Space.
• The rimward border of the Solomani Confederation runs through the region.
• It is also known as Marrakesh Subsector.

Description (Specifications)

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

(Chart sourced from Traveller Map)

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

Astrographic Features

The subsector is a generally unremarkable region of Balkanized Space on the rimward border of the Solomani Confederation.

• It is an average stellar density region.
• The brightest star is the orange giant primary of the Marrakesh system.

Stellar Distribution

A basic map showing the distribution and size of stars within Muscida 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.

Rift Regions

The subsector contains a single rift region:

• The spinward half of the Marraki Rift.

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

• Most commercial vessels typically use Jump Drives capable of Jump-3 or less.
• Areas that cannot be crossed by Jump-3-capable vessels are denoted as rifts.
• Rifts represent a considerable obstacle to interstellar trade and commerce.

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Economic Astrography

The following commercial and economic data regarding the subsector is available:

Corporations

Corporations and organizations active within the subsector include:

• ConTech, a corporation specializing in life sciences, particularly large-scale bio-terraforming projects, medicine, and cloning.
• Guardian Military Systems, a large corporation involved in defense and armaments manufacture, with its core area of operations within the sector.
• Lamarck Minerals, a corporation with a relatively small core area of operations in the Solomani Rim, but with growing interests in resource extraction and processing throughout the Solomani Sphere.
• Layaefui, an Aslan corporation that specializes in exploration, scouting, and surveying.
• Orion Metallurgy Corporation (OMC), engaged in resource exploration, extraction, and processing throughout the spinward and rimward parts of the Confederation.
• Panstellar, a major transport and logistics corporation.
• Probable Technologies, a scientific research organization involved with academia and heavy industry. It works extensively with the Confederation military.
• Rising Phoenix News Service (RPNS), the premier news and media organization within the Solomani Sphere. It has a strong pro-Confederation bias.
• Solomani Maschinenbau (SolMan) AG, a corporation with interests in heavy engineering and starship manufacture throughout the spinward half of the Confederation.
• Solomani Shipping, a major transport and logistics corporation.
• Transstar, a Solomani megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics. It operates across 13 sectors, represented by the 13 stars in its logo.
• ZeeCorp, a corporation with interests in manufacturing active throughout the Solomani Confederation. It is a major producer of robots.

Goods

Notable local commodities include:

• (none currently listed)

Security & Defense

The worlds of the sector are patrolled by the Solomani Navy. It defends Confederation territory, protects Confederation interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures interstellar trade and commerce.

• Confederation vessels may demand customs inspections.
• Some systems are defended by local naval forces.

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World Listing

Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that lie within Muscida 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.

AAB library archives contain expanded data about the following systems:

28 Worlds in the Muscida Subsector

410-660  •  Acuate  •  Aleutia  •  Arras  •  CN329  •  CN649  •  Cornell  •  DB5-922  •  Dispater  •  Downer  •  Fever  •  Hardwater  •  Kali (Ca 2735)  •  Largess  •  Lyov  •  Lyovren  •  Maddox  •  Malphas  •  Marrakesh (Ca 3032)  •  Melinduil  •  Merula  •  Mesa  •  Quagmire  •  Ravenna  •  Silidel  •  Suandrach  •  Sylvia  •  Wieland  •  

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.

History & Background (Dossier)

Solomani Security keeps a close eye on things to ensure the security of the Solomani State and the well-being of its loyal citizens. Aslan are uniformly less likely to be cooperative with Solomani interests, but almost anyone could be a SolSec informant, passing on all sorts of useful information: some gain a reward or benefit for their actions, while others can be manipulated or coerced.

• SolSec actively competes against rival intelligence agencies in areas beyond the Confederation's borders.

Polity Listing: 1105

The following polities can be found within this subsector:

• Independent Powers (Pocket Empires)
  • Malorn Union

• Non-Aligned Powers (World-States)
  • Non-Aligned, Human-dominated
  • Non-Aligned, unclaimed

• Other Powers
  • None

• Solomani Confederation (Solomani powers)
  • Various systems and worlds.

• Third Imperium (Imperial powers)
  • None

Native Sophonts (NILs): 1105

The following races (sophont species) are believed to have originated in this area:

• Humaniti (Human races)
  • None

• Non-Human Races
  • None

• Terragens (Non-human Terran races)
  • None

Demographics: 1105

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

• Humaniti (Human races)
  • Solomani (Major Race)
  • Vilani (Major Race)

• Non-Human Races
  • Malornians

• Terragens (Non-human Terran races)
  • None

General Historical Timeline

Major events that have affected this subsector and the wider region 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.
• -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.
• -1999: The Aslan gain jump drive technology.
• -1862 to -1110: The Terran Mercantile Community is active within the region.
• -1776 to 0: The Long Night.
• -1118 to 380: The Aslan Border Wars.
• -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 subsector.
• 380: The Peace of Ftahalr ends the ongoing Aslan Border Wars and establishes understandings regarding human and Aslan influence.
• 588: The Old Earth Union and the former territories of the Terran Mercantile Community are annexed by the Imperium, moving its border adjacent to the Aslan Hierate.
• 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 subsector.
• 1065: The Second Survey is published. Information about the subsector becomes widely available.

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Subsector Summary

No information yet available.

References & Contributors / Sources

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• Classic Traveller Alien Module 6: Solomani (named but no further data)
• MegaTraveller Solomani & Aslan (dot map provided)
• Mongoose Traveller: Solomani
• T20 Fighting Ships of the Solomani
• Author & Contributor: Rupert Boleyn (Data generated to match dot map)
• External Link: Zho Berka's Maps