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== Description / Specifications ==
 
== Description / Specifications ==
 
The April Cluster is an outlying part of the [[Liasdi Main]], an important [[trade route]] lying across parts of [[Ilelish Sector]] and [[Zarushagar Sector]].
 
The April Cluster is an outlying part of the [[Liasdi Main]], an important [[trade route]] lying across parts of [[Ilelish Sector]] and [[Zarushagar Sector]].
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* The Cluster has 7 member systems. It is named for the world of [[April (world)|April]].
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* The Cluster has 8 member systems, all lying within [[Ilelish Sector]]. It is named for the world of [[April (world)|April]].
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* It is sometimes referred to as the ''Clerkson Cluster''.
  
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[[File:Liasdi Main Basic.png|500 px|right]]
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[[File:Chart Liasdi Main Basic.png|300 px|right]]
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[[File:Liasdi Main Labelled Basic.png|400 px]] <br> (Charts sourced from [[Traveller Map]]).
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[[File:Chart Liasdi Main Labelled Basic.png|500 px]] <br> (Charts sourced from [[Traveller Map]]).
 
* Worlds on the [[Main]] are highlighted in green.
 
* Worlds on the [[Main]] are highlighted in green.
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[[File:Logo Trade and Commerce.png|155 px|right]]
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=== Commercial Data ===
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==== Security & Defense ====
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The worlds of the region are patrolled by the {{Imperial}} [[179th Fleet]]. It defends {{Imperial}} territory, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.
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==== Corporations ====
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[[Corporation]]s and [[organization]]s active within the [[Main|Cluster]] include:
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[[File:Logo Akagi Transport Simple.png|125 px]] [[File:Durdashilu Li.jpg|100 px]] [[File:Logo Ling Standard Products Basic.png|60 px]] [[File:Logo Llelish Interstellar Information Interchange Basic.png|85 px]] [[File:Logo Makhidkarun.png|125 px]]
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[[File:Logo Merchant's Alliance of Ueah.png|85 px]] [[File:Quicksilver_Group_Technologies.jpg|85px]] [[File:Logo Sharurshid.png|140 px]] [[File:Tukera.png|200 px]]
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* [[Akagi Transport]], a sector-wide transport and logistics [[corporation]].
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* [[Durdashilu Li]], a sector-wide mining and manufacturing concern.
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* [[Ling Standard Products]], an {{Imperial}} [[megacorporation]] engaged in widescale resource extraction and processing.
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* [[Llelish Interstellar Information Interchange|Llelish Interstellar]], [[Domain of Ilelish|the Domain's]] leading media provider.
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* [[Makhidkarun]], an {{Imperial}} [[megacorporation]] specializing in communications and entertainment.
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* [[Merchant's Alliance of Ueah]], an [[organization]] protecting the interests of individual [[Starship|ships]] and their [[crew]]s.
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* [[Quicksilver Group Technologies]], a leading manufacturer of electronic, computer and software products. It is a subsidiary of [[Naasirka]].
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* [[Sharurshid]], an {{Imperial}} [[megacorporation]] specializing in finance and commerce.
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* [[Tukera Lines]], an {{Imperial}} [[megacorporation]] specializing in transport and logistics.
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==== Goods ====
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Notable local commodities include:
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* (none currently listed)
  
 
== History & Background (Dossier) ==
 
== History & Background (Dossier) ==
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[[File:PortOfCallclassFreeTrader.png|500 px]]
 
[[File:PortOfCallclassFreeTrader.png|500 px]]
  
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==== Goods ====
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=== Demographics ===
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Notable local commodities include:
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Significant populations of the following races ([[sophont]] species) reside within this [[astrographic feature]]:
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* [[Humaniti]] ([[Humaniti|Human races]])
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** [[Darmine (race)|Darmine]] ([[Minor Human Race]]): small numbers within the [[Cluster]].
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** Mixed heritage ([[Major Race]]): widely spread across the [[Cluster]].
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** [[Solomani]] ([[Major Race]]): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
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** [[Vilani]] ([[Major Race]]): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
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* [[Non-Human Race]]s
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** [[Chinmaya]] of [[Glomar (world)|Glomar]] ([[Minor Race]]): found in small numbers across the [[main]].
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** [[Droyne]] of [[Droynia (world)|Eskayloyt]] ([[Major Race]]): found in small numbers across the [[main]].
  
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==== Corporations ====
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The baseline humans that inhabit the region are colloquially known as ''[[Liasdi_Main#Coremen_and_Rimmers|Coremen]]''.
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[[Corporation]]s active within the Cluster include:
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* They speak [[Anglic]] with a distinctive accent.
  
 
== Worlds & Sectors / [[Astrography]] ==
 
== Worlds & Sectors / [[Astrography]] ==
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== References & Contributors / Sources ==
 
== References & Contributors / Sources ==
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{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
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|S1= Author & Contributor: [[User:Ssteve|''MIMIC'']] - Minor Imp of the [[Ministry of Information and Communication]]
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Atlas of the Imperium|page= pages 20, 21}} (charts showing the worlds of the [[Main]])
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|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= Vilani & Vargr |page= pages 11, 48, 49}} (dot maps locating the worlds of the [[Main]])
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|S3= Author & Contributor: [[User:Ssteve|''MIMIC'']] - Minor Imp of the [[Ministry of Information and Communication]]
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|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
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{{LEN|Astrography|Main|Cluster|Guidebook to Ilelish Sector|Guidebook to Zarushagar Sector}}
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{{LEN|Astrography|Main|Guidebook to Ilelish Sector|Guidebook to Zarushagar Sector}}

Latest revision as of 12:59, 28 November 2024

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The April Cluster is the far spinward branch of the Liasdi Main.

Description / Specifications[edit]

The April Cluster is an outlying part of the Liasdi Main, an important trade route lying across parts of Ilelish Sector and Zarushagar Sector.

  • The Cluster has 8 member systems, all lying within Ilelish Sector. It is named for the world of April.
  • It is sometimes referred to as the Clerkson Cluster.
Chart Liasdi Main Basic.png

Chart Liasdi Main Labelled Basic.png
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map).

  • Worlds on the Main are highlighted in green.
Logo Trade and Commerce.png

Commercial Data[edit]

Security & Defense[edit]

The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Imperial 179th Fleet. It defends Imperial territory, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.

Corporations[edit]

Corporations and organizations active within the Cluster include:

Logo Akagi Transport Simple.png Durdashilu Li.jpg Logo Ling Standard Products Basic.png Logo Llelish Interstellar Information Interchange Basic.png Logo Makhidkarun.png

Logo Merchant's Alliance of Ueah.png Quicksilver Group Technologies.jpg Logo Sharurshid.png Tukera.png

Goods[edit]

Notable local commodities include:

  • (none currently listed)

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Comp-Prog-Dav-R-Deitrick-Starter-Trav-Page-16 16-July-2018a.jpg

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

PortOfCallclassFreeTrader.png

Demographics[edit]

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

The baseline humans that inhabit the region are colloquially known as Coremen.

  • They speak Anglic with a distinctive accent.

Worlds & Sectors / Astrography[edit]

This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:

Charted Space – Third Imperium

World Listing[edit]

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

8 of 8 World articles in April Cluster
April  •  Clerkson (Il 3124)  •  Drogan  •  Fredholm  •  Haag  •  Littleton  •  Lorraine  •  Relicta  •  
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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[edit]

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