Greater Delphi Cluster
The Greater Delphi Cluster is a large cluster lying along the rimward edge of Delphi Sector.
- It is an astrographic feature and a trade route.
- It is also known as the Medsa Cluster or the Delphi Cluster..
Description / Specifications
Astrography
The Greater Delphi Cluster is a large cluster chiefly lying in the spinward-rimward quadrant of Delphi Sector. It is major regional trade route.
- It has 39 member worlds.
A basic overview of the Greater Delphi Cluster:
(Charts sourced from Traveller Map)
- Worlds within the Cluster are highlighted in tan.
Regions
The Cluster has four distinct regions:
- The Brazza Arm
- The Gushamad Arm
- Passing
- The Rimward Hub
Commercial Data
The following economic and commercial data has been determined regarding the Cluster:
Corporations
Corporations and organizations active within the Cluster include:
- General Products, an Imperial megacorporation involved in heavy industry and manufacturing.
- GSbAG, an Imperial megacorporation involved in ship construction.
- Hortalez et Cie, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in banking and finance.
- Ling Standard Products, an Imperial megacorporation engaged in widescale resource extraction and processing.
- Makhidkarun, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in communications and entertainment.
- Naasirka, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in sensors, electronics, and robotics.
- Sharurshid, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in finance and commerce.
- SuSAG, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in commercial chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and genetic engineering.
- Tukera Lines, an Imperial megacorporation specializing in transport and logistics.
- Zirunkariish, a Vilani megacorporation specializing in investment, finance, and insurance.
Goods
Notable local commodities include:
- (none currently listed)
Security & Defense
The worlds of the region are patrolled by the Imperial Navy. It defends Imperial territory and interests, suppresses piracy, and ensures trade and commerce.
History & Background (Dossier)
Demographics
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) are found along this trade route:
- Humaniti (Human races)
- Mixed heritage (Major Race): widely spread across the main.
- Solomani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
- Vilani (Major Race): many genetically distinct individuals and communities.
Linguistic Topography
The most commonly heard languages are:
- Anglic, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
- Vilani, one of the two official languages of the Imperium.
Timeline
Major events that have affected this trade route and the wider region that it lies within:
- circa -250,000: the Ancients are active within the sector.
- -9235: the Vilani discover jump drive technology. Over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space.
- -5400 to -4015: the Vilani Consolidation Wars.
- -4045 to -2204: the Ziru Sirka claims and settles worlds across the region.
- -2404 to -2215: the Interstellar Wars.
- -2204 to -1776: the Rule of Man administers the worlds of the region.
- -1776 to 0: the Long Night.
- The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded.
- 76 to 120: The Third Imperium wages the Pacification Campaigns to unify and assimilate the regions under its control.
- 300-420: the Imperial First Survey charts the Cluster.
- 604-622: the Civil War.
- 624: the Express Boat Network is established.
- 800-820: the Psionics Suppressions.
- 995-1065: the Imperial Second Survey charts the Cluster.
- 1065: the Second Survey is published. Information about the Cluster becomes widely available.
Worlds & Sectors / Astrography
This astrographic feature is found in the following areas:
Charted Space – Third Imperium
World Listing
Comprehensive Second Survey data for all worlds that are members of the Greater Delphi 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:
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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
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- Jim Cunningham, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, Gordon Sheridan. Atlas of the Imperium (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), page 23. (chart showing the worlds of the Cluster)
- James Holden, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Terrance McInnes. Vilani & Vargr (Digest Group Publications, 1990), pages 11, 48, 49. (dot maps locating the worlds of the Cluster)
- Author & Contributor: MIMIC - Minor Imp of the Ministry of Information and Communication

