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Latest revision as of 16:32, 21 December 2025
The Third Imperium (usually called "The Imperium" for short) is a far-flung interstellar community encompassing more than 11,000 worlds within a region approximately 700 parsecs across. It has ruled its territory for 11 centuries and looks to continue for many more. [1]
Founded in 0 by Cleon Zhunastu from the Sylean Federation of what is now Core Sector. The Imperium grew swiftly during the early Pacification Campaigns, and then more slowly thereafter until stability was reached in the 600’s, by which time the Imperium had absorbed much of the territory of the First and Second Imperiums. [2]
The Imperium can be best thought of as a form of feudal confederation. Member worlds of the Imperium agree to pay taxes and obey a few fundamental laws that the Imperium promulgates, known as the High Laws. In return, the Imperium agrees to patrol the space between the worlds, to protect interstellar trade, to encourage travel and commerce and to arbitrate diplomatic relations between worlds. Beyond this, individual worlds are left to their own devices so long as they acknowledge the power of the Imperium to rule the space between the stars. [2]
- ↑ Loren Wiseman. GURPS Traveller Core Rules (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Colin Dunn. Library Data (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), 53.
Other References
- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Library Data (N-Z) (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), 25.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 42.
- Christopher Griffen. The Third Imperium (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), .