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| − | The | + | [[File: Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif|right]] [[The Wave]] is a [[psionic]] effect that started [[coreward]] of the [[Zhodani Consulate]] several centuries before the end of the [[Third Imperium]] and is currently expanding rimward. |
| + | * Calculations show the wavefront is moving at slightly less than 1 parsec per year, or 23.5 au per hour, or 40 parsecs every 41.47 years. | ||
| + | ** Earliest Imperial observations suggested this was travelling at the speed of light{{Page cite|name=The Regency Sourcebook|page=82-83}}{{Page cite|name= Survival Margin |page=7}} | ||
| + | * Some have called it ''The Wave of Madness''. | ||
| + | * This is one of the disasters that rocked the [[Third Imperium]]: [[The Break]], [[Virus]], and [[The Wave]]. | ||
| − | First rumors of | + | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == |
| + | '''The Wave''' causes multiple wild swings in psionic potential in sophonts, which results in madness, violence and suicide. The effect itself is said to contain intense emotional effects, which are difficult to understand or control. There is no consensus on what, if anything, can block or diffuse the effect. | ||
| + | * First rumors of '''The Wave''' reached the Imperium during the [[Fourth Frontier War]] pointing to severe problems in the coreward sectors of the Zhodani Consulate. The problems were confirmed by [[Project Longbow]], but not the cause{{Page cite|name=The Regency Sourcebook|page=82-83}}. | ||
| + | * Some theorize that it carries a coded psionic message. | ||
| + | * Some theorize that, similar to the above point, it is some kind of high-powered warning system. | ||
| + | * Some theorize that it has gaps, or moire effects. | ||
| − | + | === Wave Study Projects === | |
| − | + | The effect of Wave was further researched by project [[Longbow]] by [[Strephon]]'s [[Covert Survey Bureau|CSB]] of the [[IISS|scout service]]. | |
| − | |||
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| + | Several projects been launched, when [[Strephon]] realized the devastating effect of [[The Wave]]. | ||
| + | * The goal of the [[Avery Project]] was to genetically engineer a human with high psionic powers to research [[The Wave]]. | ||
| + | * The goal of the [[CABAl]] project was to use [[SuSAG]]s ''[[Better than Life]]'' technology to control a human crew during transits within The Wave. | ||
| + | * The distribution of [[JumpStart]] caches started for the case, that new knowledge gained by Avery could not solve The Wave problem. | ||
| + | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
| + | Very little is conclusively known about The Wave. | ||
| + | * Several [[sophont]] scientists on the scientific community's fringe have been studying it. | ||
| + | * The news certainly hasn't yet reached the greater public through the [[News Services of Charted Space]]. | ||
| + | === Wave Advancement Table === | ||
{| border="1" | {| border="1" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! Year Wave enters Sector | + | ! Year<br>Wave<br>enters<br>Sector |
! Y | ! Y | ||
| − | ! | + | ! -9 |
| − | ! | + | ! -8 |
| − | ! | + | ! -7 |
| − | ! | + | ! -6 |
| − | ! | + | ! -5 |
| − | ! | + | ! -4 |
| − | ! | + | ! -3 |
| − | ! | + | ! -2 |
| − | ! | + | ! -1 |
| − | ! | + | ! 0 |
| + | ! 1 | ||
| + | ! 2 | ||
| + | ! 3 | ||
| + | ! 4 | ||
| + | ! 5 | ||
| + | ! 6 | ||
| + | ! 7 | ||
| + | ! 8 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1033]] |
| -5 | | -5 | ||
| [[Stinj Tianz Sector|Stinj Tianz]] | | [[Stinj Tianz Sector|Stinj Tianz]] | ||
| Line 32: | Line 56: | ||
| [[Savria Sector|Savria]] | | [[Savria Sector|Savria]] | ||
| [[Datsatl Sector|Datsatl]] | | [[Datsatl Sector|Datsatl]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Gakghang Sector|Gakghang]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Thaku Fung Sector|Thaku Fung]] |
| [[Rzakki Sector|Rzakki]] | | [[Rzakki Sector|Rzakki]] | ||
| [[Listanaya Sector|Listanaya]] | | [[Listanaya Sector|Listanaya]] | ||
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| [[Dfotseth Sector|Dfotseth]] | | [[Dfotseth Sector|Dfotseth]] | ||
| [[Irugangog Sector|Irugangog]] | | [[Irugangog Sector|Irugangog]] | ||
| − | |||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| Line 47: | Line 70: | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1075]] |
| -4 | | -4 | ||
| [[Viajlefliez Sector|Viajlefliez]] | | [[Viajlefliez Sector|Viajlefliez]] | ||
| Line 62: | Line 85: | ||
| [[Kfazz Ghik Sector|Kfazz Ghik]] | | [[Kfazz Ghik Sector|Kfazz Ghik]] | ||
| [[Angfutsag Sector|Angfutsag]] | | [[Angfutsag Sector|Angfutsag]] | ||
| − | |||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| Line 69: | Line 91: | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1117]] |
| -3 | | -3 | ||
| [[Brieplanz Sector|Brieplanz]] | | [[Brieplanz Sector|Brieplanz]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Sidiadl Sector|Sidiadl]] |
| [[Zdiedeiant Sector|Zdiedeiant]] | | [[Zdiedeiant Sector|Zdiedeiant]] | ||
| [[Stiatlchepr Sector|Stiatlchepr]] | | [[Stiatlchepr Sector|Stiatlchepr]] | ||
| [[Itvikiastaf Sector|Itvikiastaf]] | | [[Itvikiastaf Sector|Itvikiastaf]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Knoellighz Sector|Knoellighz]] |
| [[Dhuerorrg Sector|Dhuerorrg]] | | [[Dhuerorrg Sector|Dhuerorrg]] | ||
| [[Ngathksirz Sector|Ngathksirz]] | | [[Ngathksirz Sector|Ngathksirz]] | ||
| [[Fa Dzaets Sector|Fa Dzaets]] | | [[Fa Dzaets Sector|Fa Dzaets]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Meshan Sector|Gzaekfueg]] |
| [[Gashikan Sector|Gashikan]] | | [[Gashikan Sector|Gashikan]] | ||
| [[Trenchans Sector|Trenchans]] | | [[Trenchans Sector|Trenchans]] | ||
| Line 86: | Line 108: | ||
| [[Mugheen't Sector|Mugheen't]] | | [[Mugheen't Sector|Mugheen't]] | ||
| [[Grikr!ng Sector|Grikr!ng]] | | [[Grikr!ng Sector|Grikr!ng]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Ukoarriit!!b Sector|Ukaarriit!!b]] |
| [[Kring Noor Sector|Kring Noor]] | | [[Kring Noor Sector|Kring Noor]] | ||
| [[Mbil!!gh Sector|Mbil!!gh]] | | [[Mbil!!gh Sector|Mbil!!gh]] | ||
| − | + | |- | |
| − | |- | + | | [[1159]] |
| − | | [[ | ||
| -2 | | -2 | ||
| [[Pliabriebl Sector|Pliabriebl]] | | [[Pliabriebl Sector|Pliabriebl]] | ||
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| [[Tuglikki Sector|Tuglikki]] | | [[Tuglikki Sector|Tuglikki]] | ||
| [[Provence Sector|Provence]] | | [[Provence Sector|Provence]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Windhorn Sector|Windhorn]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Meshan Sector|Meshan]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Mendan Sector|Mendan]] |
| [[Amdukan Sector|Amdukan]] | | [[Amdukan Sector|Amdukan]] | ||
| [[Ingukrax Sector|Ingukrax]] | | [[Ingukrax Sector|Ingukrax]] | ||
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| [[Xaagr Sector|Xaagr]] | | [[Xaagr Sector|Xaagr]] | ||
| [[Eekrookrigz Sector|Eekrookrigz]] | | [[Eekrookrigz Sector|Eekrookrigz]] | ||
| − | |||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1201]] |
| -1 | | -1 | ||
| [[Tsadra Davr Sector|Tsadra Davr]] | | [[Tsadra Davr Sector|Tsadra Davr]] | ||
| [[Tsadra Sector|Tsadra]] | | [[Tsadra Sector|Tsadra]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Yiklerzdanzh Sector|Yiklerzdanzh]] |
| [[Far Frontiers Sector|Far Frontiers]] | | [[Far Frontiers Sector|Far Frontiers]] | ||
| [[Foreven Sector|Foreven]] | | [[Foreven Sector|Foreven]] | ||
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| [[Corridor Sector|Corridor]] | | [[Corridor Sector|Corridor]] | ||
| [[Vland Sector|Vland]] | | [[Vland Sector|Vland]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Lishun Sector|Lishun]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Antares Sector|Antares]] |
| [[Empty Quarter Sector|Empty Quarter]] | | [[Empty Quarter Sector|Empty Quarter]] | ||
| [[Star's End Sector|Star's End]] | | [[Star's End Sector|Star's End]] | ||
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| [[Uuk Sector|Uuk]] | | [[Uuk Sector|Uuk]] | ||
| [[Gnaa Iimb'kr Sector|Gnaa Iimb'kr]] | | [[Gnaa Iimb'kr Sector|Gnaa Iimb'kr]] | ||
| − | |||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1242]] |
| 0 | | 0 | ||
| [[Chiep Zhez Sector|Chiep Zhez]] | | [[Chiep Zhez Sector|Chiep Zhez]] | ||
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| [[Gushemege Sector|Gushemege]] | | [[Gushemege Sector|Gushemege]] | ||
| [[Dagudashaag Sector|Dagudashaag]] | | [[Dagudashaag Sector|Dagudashaag]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Core Sector|Core]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Fornast Sector|Fornast]] |
| [[Ley Sector|Ley]] | | [[Ley Sector|Ley]] | ||
| [[Gateway Sector|Gateway]] | | [[Gateway Sector|Gateway]] | ||
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| [[Bar'kakr Sector|Bar'kakr]] | | [[Bar'kakr Sector|Bar'kakr]] | ||
| [[Mighabohk Sector|Mighabohk]] | | [[Mighabohk Sector|Mighabohk]] | ||
| − | |||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1283]] |
| 1 | | 1 | ||
| | | | ||
| Line 164: | Line 182: | ||
| [[Iphigenaia Sector|Iphigenaia]] | | [[Iphigenaia Sector|Iphigenaia]] | ||
| [[Touchstone Sector|Touchstone]] | | [[Touchstone Sector|Touchstone]] | ||
| − | | [[Riftspan | + | | [[Riftspan Reaches Sector|Riftspan Reaches]] |
| [[Verge Sector|Verge]] | | [[Verge Sector|Verge]] | ||
| [[Ilelish Sector|Ilelish]] | | [[Ilelish Sector|Ilelish]] | ||
| [[Zarushagar Sector|Zarushagar]] | | [[Zarushagar Sector|Zarushagar]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Massilia Sector|Massilia]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Delphi Sector|Delphi]] |
| [[Glimmerdrift Reaches Sector|Glimmerdrift Reaches]] | | [[Glimmerdrift Reaches Sector|Glimmerdrift Reaches]] | ||
| [[Crucis Margin Sector|Crucis Margin]] | | [[Crucis Margin Sector|Crucis Margin]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Numbis Sector|Numbis]] |
| [[Gzirr!k'l Sector|Gzirr!k'l]] | | [[Gzirr!k'l Sector|Gzirr!k'l]] | ||
| [[K'trekreer Sector|K'trekreer]] | | [[K'trekreer Sector|K'trekreer]] | ||
| [[Nuughe Sector|Nuughe]] | | [[Nuughe Sector|Nuughe]] | ||
| [[N!!krumbiix Sector|N!!krumbiix]] | | [[N!!krumbiix Sector|N!!krumbiix]] | ||
| − | |||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1325]] |
| 2 | | 2 | ||
| | | | ||
| Line 186: | Line 203: | ||
| [[Ftaoiyekyu Sector|Ftaoiyekyu]] | | [[Ftaoiyekyu Sector|Ftaoiyekyu]] | ||
| [[Afawahisa Sector|Afawahisa]] | | [[Afawahisa Sector|Afawahisa]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Hlakhoi Sector|Hlakhoi]] |
| [[Ealiyasiyw Sector|Ealiyasiyw]] | | [[Ealiyasiyw Sector|Ealiyasiyw]] | ||
| [[Reaver's Deep Sector|Reaver's Deep]] | | [[Reaver's Deep Sector|Reaver's Deep]] | ||
| [[Daibei Sector|Daibei]] | | [[Daibei Sector|Daibei]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Diaspora Sector|Diaspora]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Old Expanses Sector|Old Expanses]] |
| [[Hinterworlds Sector|Hinterworlds]] | | [[Hinterworlds Sector|Hinterworlds]] | ||
| [[Leonidae Sector|Leonidae]] | | [[Leonidae Sector|Leonidae]] | ||
| Line 199: | Line 216: | ||
| [[Nooq Sector|Nooq]] | | [[Nooq Sector|Nooq]] | ||
| [[Gzektixk Sector|Gzektixk]] | | [[Gzektixk Sector|Gzektixk]] | ||
| − | |||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1366]] |
| 3 | | 3 | ||
| | | | ||
| Line 212: | Line 228: | ||
| [[Dark Nebula Sector|Dark Nebula]] | | [[Dark Nebula Sector|Dark Nebula]] | ||
| [[Magyar Sector|Magyar]] | | [[Magyar Sector|Magyar]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Solomani Rim Sector|Solomani Rim]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Alpha Crucis Sector|Alpha Crucis]] |
| [[Spica Sector|Spica]] | | [[Spica Sector|Spica]] | ||
| [[Phlask Sector|Phlask]] | | [[Phlask Sector|Phlask]] | ||
| Line 220: | Line 236: | ||
| [[Folgore Sector|Folgore]] | | [[Folgore Sector|Folgore]] | ||
| [[Avereguar Sector|Avereguar]] | | [[Avereguar Sector|Avereguar]] | ||
| − | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1408]] |
| 4 | | 4 | ||
| | | | ||
| Line 234: | Line 249: | ||
| [[Ustral Quadrant Sector|Ustral Quadrant]] | | [[Ustral Quadrant Sector|Ustral Quadrant]] | ||
| [[Canopus Sector|Canopus]] | | [[Canopus Sector|Canopus]] | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Aldebaran Sector|Aldebaran]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Neworld Sector|Neworld]] |
| [[Langere Sector|Langere]] | | [[Langere Sector|Langere]] | ||
| [[Drakken Sector|Drakken]] | | [[Drakken Sector|Drakken]] | ||
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| [[Kidunal Sector|Kidunal]] | | [[Kidunal Sector|Kidunal]] | ||
| [[Treece Sector|Treece]] | | [[Treece Sector|Treece]] | ||
| − | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1449]] |
| 5 | | 5 | ||
| | | | ||
| Line 256: | Line 270: | ||
| [[Banners Sector|Banners]] | | [[Banners Sector|Banners]] | ||
| [[Hanstone Sector|Hanstone]] | | [[Hanstone Sector|Hanstone]] | ||
| − | | [[ Sector| | + | | [[Malorn Sector|Malorn]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Hadji Sector|Hadji]] |
| [[Storr Sector|Storr]] | | [[Storr Sector|Storr]] | ||
| [[Mikhail Sector|Mikhail]] | | [[Mikhail Sector|Mikhail]] | ||
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| [[Katoonah Sector|Katoonah]] | | [[Katoonah Sector|Katoonah]] | ||
| [[Uytal Sector|Uytal]] | | [[Uytal Sector|Uytal]] | ||
| − | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[1491]] |
| 6 | | 6 | ||
| | | | ||
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| | | | ||
| − | | | + | | [[Rim Reach Sector|Rim Reach]] |
| [[Phlange Sector|Phlange]] | | [[Phlange Sector|Phlange]] | ||
| [[Tracerie Sector|Tracerie]] | | [[Tracerie Sector|Tracerie]] | ||
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| − | {{ | + | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == |
| − | {{ | + | {{Secret}} |
| + | {{metadata}} | ||
| + | {{Advanced}} | ||
| + | {{Sources | ||
| + | | {{Ludography cite|name= Survival Margin |page=7}} | ||
| + | | {{Ludography cite|name= Out Of The Darkness |page= 12,72,107,121-125}} | ||
| + | | {{Ludography cite|name= Zhodani |version= Mongoose Traveller |page= 70}} | ||
| + | | {{Ludography cite|name= Agent of the Imperium |page= TBD}} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{LE|Anomaly|Science|Galaxiad}} | ||
Latest revision as of 00:47, 29 June 2023
The Wave is a psionic effect that started coreward of the Zhodani Consulate several centuries before the end of the Third Imperium and is currently expanding rimward.
- Calculations show the wavefront is moving at slightly less than 1 parsec per year, or 23.5 au per hour, or 40 parsecs every 41.47 years.
- Some have called it The Wave of Madness.
- This is one of the disasters that rocked the Third Imperium: The Break, Virus, and The Wave.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Wave causes multiple wild swings in psionic potential in sophonts, which results in madness, violence and suicide. The effect itself is said to contain intense emotional effects, which are difficult to understand or control. There is no consensus on what, if anything, can block or diffuse the effect.
- First rumors of The Wave reached the Imperium during the Fourth Frontier War pointing to severe problems in the coreward sectors of the Zhodani Consulate. The problems were confirmed by Project Longbow, but not the cause[3].
- Some theorize that it carries a coded psionic message.
- Some theorize that, similar to the above point, it is some kind of high-powered warning system.
- Some theorize that it has gaps, or moire effects.
Wave Study Projects[edit]
The effect of Wave was further researched by project Longbow by Strephon's CSB of the scout service.
Several projects been launched, when Strephon realized the devastating effect of The Wave.
- The goal of the Avery Project was to genetically engineer a human with high psionic powers to research The Wave.
- The goal of the CABAl project was to use SuSAGs Better than Life technology to control a human crew during transits within The Wave.
- The distribution of JumpStart caches started for the case, that new knowledge gained by Avery could not solve The Wave problem.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Very little is conclusively known about The Wave.
- Several sophont scientists on the scientific community's fringe have been studying it.
- The news certainly hasn't yet reached the greater public through the News Services of Charted Space.
Wave Advancement Table[edit]
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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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.
- Dave Nilsen. Survival Margin (Game Designers Workshop, 1993), 7.
- Martin Dougherty. Out Of The Darkness (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), 12,72,107,121-125.
- Don McKinney. Zhodani (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), 70.
- Marc Miller. Agent of the Imperium (Far Future Enterprises, 2015), TBD.
- ↑ Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 82-83.
- ↑ Dave Nilsen. Survival Margin (Game Designers Workshop, 1993), 7.
- ↑ Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 82-83.
