Graytch Harmony
The Graytch Harmony was a polity that was located in Gushemege Sector.
- It came into existence towards the end of the Long Night.
- It was absorbed by the expanding Imperium during the first century.
Allegiance Codes
| Polity | Survey | Code | Type | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graytch Harmony | Pre-Imperial | GraHar | No standard code | Extant at the end of the Long Night |
| Graytch Harmony | 1st Survey (300) | Gh | 2-ltr code | Historical references only |
| None | 2nd Survey (1065) | None | 4-ltr code | The polity had not existed for a millennium |
Description (Specifications)
The Graytch Harmony was a small polity of the late Long Night era.
It was dominated by the technologically sophisticated Graytch, a minor sophont species from Gushemege Sector.
A basic chart showing Isi Ahto Subsector, in Gushemege Sector, and the Harmony's location within it.
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map
- The Harmony's borders are marked in blue.
- Ga-ray-cha-la-ha, the Graytch homeworld, is highlighted in green.
- Shakhamash, the homeworld of the Hanen, is highlighted in red.
It lay on the Arshukaa Sagalaa, the great Vilani Main. Even during the darkest days of the Long Night a few ships continued to trade among its worlds.
(Chart sourced from Traveller Map
History & Background (Dossier)
The Graytch had been held back during the Ziru Sirka and the Rule of Man, though they briefly flourished at the beginning of the Long Night. As interstellar trade faltered they regressed to a more sustainable pre-stellar level of technology, weathering the Night as a relatively advanced world. They gained modern jump technology from Sylean merchants and traders in the second century PI and quickly established a small interstellar community, founding outposts in several systems around their homeworld - these tiny but expanding settlements became the Harmony. There was regular contact with the vibrant Lancians, and the Harmony became closely associated with the Lancian Confederation. The Harmony was absorbed by the expanding Third Imperium during the Vilani Pacification Campaign.
The Harmony maintained good relations with the Hanen, a human minor race native to Shakhamash, with some Graytch establishing communities in the world's colder subpolar and polar regions.
The former worlds of the Harmony form the core of the Graytch Cultural Region.
Polity Timeline
Major events that affected this polity and the wider region that it lay within:
- circa -250,000: the Ancients transplant humans onto the world of Kukhun. Within the same general timeframe, the Graytch become intelligent.
- -9235: the Vilani discover jump drive technology, and over the centuries pioneers and settlers gradually spread across Charted Space. The Kukhunen culture acquires jump technology from these wanderers.
- circa -5400: the Vilani Consolidation Wars - the Graytch homeworld is absorbed.
- -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. There is widespread regression within the area and some worlds become barren.
- circa -1700: the reemergent Kukhunen region gradually collapses into civil war.
- -1200: the Lancian movement rises to dominance on Kukhun and within Kukhunen space. Few ships are available throughout the period but limited contact is maintained between worlds.
- -143: the Lancians gain modern jump technology from Sylean traders and use it to establish the Lancian Confederation.
- circa -140: the Graytch gain modern jump technology from Sylean traders and use it to establish the Graytch Hegemony.
- The Year 0: the Third Imperium is founded. There are frictions with the Lancians and the Graytch.
- 76-84: the Vilani Pacification Campaign results in the absorbtion of the Harmony into the Third Imperium.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)
This polity can be primarily found in the following areas:
Charted Space:
Capital/s: 1105
The capital of this polity was located at:
- Ga-ray-cha-la-ha, a rich world now known as Liigash.
World Listings
Comprehensive Second Survey UWP data for all worlds that were members of the polity is available.
- The primary source material for all data is Traveller Map.
- Other sources may contain contradictory or incorrect information.
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Note that some Second Survey data, though only 40 years old, is likely to be out of date.
- Data is occasionally updated as new information becomes available.
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- Verified updated data is constantly sought.
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