A Detailed History of Reavers' Deep
A Detailed History of Reavers' Deep
A Detailed History of Reavers' Deep
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Detailed History of Reavers' Deep
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e By Brett Kruger
e The first section of this article is taken from the book, 'A Pilot's Guide to the Drexilthar
d Subsector',and is most likely copyright by Gamelords and J. Andrew Keith. Sections of the
second part of the article have been extracted from the Integrated Traveller Timeline by Donald
McKinney. Where there are conflicts between canon and non-canon sources I have gone with
canon sources in the first instance and Classic Traveller canon in the second instance. I have
also added in events that are mentioned in other sources, and where no dates were mentioned
I have extrapolated the approximate date. I have of course also added my own events to the
timeline.
"Little is known of the early history of the
Deep. It is fairly certain that the Ancients
visited several planets in the region as
artefacts found at various sites in the Deep
have indicated this to be the case.
Near the end of the Pax Vilanica, as the
First Imperium began suffering from internal
dissension and civil wars among ambitious
provincial governors, the Saie culture was
first discovered in the Deep. One provincial
governor, seeking possible allies in support of
his planned revolt in the Daibei Sector, sent
explorers out to the uncivilised regions
beyond the frontiers. The Saie were the most
sophisticated race discovered, with a thriving
Tech 7 culture. The governor sent technical
aid to the Saie homeworld to help them
develop interstellar travel. Unfortunately his
plot was uncovered and he was deposed and
executed. The technical mission remained
on the Saie homeworld, cut off from support
and forgotten.
The agressive, militant Saie used their
newly acquired technology to carve out a
small empire in the Caledon, Riftrim, and
Nightrim subsectors. They became rather
thinly spread in the process and when a
major civil war erupted their empire
collapsed, and the culture vanished almost
without a trace. Even the identity of their
home-world and all records of their
appearance were lost, buried amid confused
legends among the peoples they had
conquered.
It was during the period of the Interstellar
Wars between the Vilani and the young,
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an end to the Reavers. Though the name
N put
lingered in romance and fiction it is still
e frequently applied to contemporary
w freebooters operating out of the independent
s worlds of the Deep.
Today the Deep is a divided region,
F established
a neutral zone between the
e Imperium andasthe
Hierate many centuries
e ago. Aslan - and Aslan
states - are
d present on the spinwardclient
and rimward edges
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-1320: Use of Coventry for three
N Circa
as a prison planet and a site of
e centuries
numerous cruel and lethal biological
w experiments on unwilling subjects, ends.
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The First Aslan Border War begins
F -1118:
e between the Aslan and the Second Imperium.
e Circa -1100: The alliance of Reavers in
d Reavers' Deep sector collapses.
-1100: An Aslan colony ship mis-jumps into
the Zemlya system and crashes.
-1087: Drellesarr colonized by Reaver warlord
Blackjack Duquesne as a refuge for his
raiders.
-1000: The High Iltharians, using reverseengineered Reaver technology, have finally
united Drexilthar and begun to launch jumpcapable starships.
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later, after several natural
N generations
including volcanic eruptions,
e disasters
plague,
and
famine, destroy the colony ships
w and technological
base.
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The colony ship Bold Endeavor, bound
F -480:
Andrios in the Urlaggash subsector, is
e for
attacked
Reavers and misjumps to
e Roakhoi, bywhere
it crash-lands. Although
d initially hostile towards
each other, both the
humans and Aslan of Roakhoi have created
an integrated society with primarily Aslan
cultural values.
-250: The Gralyn System achieves a
sustainable jump industry.
Circa -200: Caledon acquires jump
technology from Sylean traders. Colonies
are established on a number of other worlds,
including Duncinae, Ranald, and Fulton.
Circa -200: Roakhoi is first surveyed by
Aslan explorers.
-200: Concorde settled by Aslan looking for
land holdings.
-180: Stuart settled by colonists from
Caledon.
-102: Jamieson Dundas of Caledon
establishes the Principality of Caledon,
comprising large portions of the Caledon and
Scotian Deep subsectors in Reavers' Deep
sector.
-100: War breaks out on Zemlya between the
Human nations and the Aslan populations.
-100: The Loakhtari Clan begins moving into
Eakoi and Ea subsectors in earnest, greatly
assisted by The Eakoi Corporation.
-86: A Drexiltharan base is established on
Ildrathir (later renamed Victory).
-75: Luiwaiwuah and Turin are settled by the
Tlyetrai of Hoa.
-63 to -7: The Asian Cultural Reform. The
reform modified and codified Aslan culture
and sets the future direction of the race.
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N 202: Concorde joins the Third Imperium.
e 212: The "Peace of Dark Nebula" is
w established between the Aslan and some
s polities in Magyar sector.
F 257: The Principality of Caledon engineers
e revolts on Duncinae, Ranald, and Fulton. This
e results in open war between Drexilthar and
d Caledon.
266: The Imperium enters the CaledonDrexilthar war on Caledon's side.
267: Drinsaar is conquered by the Imperium.
268: Drexilthar is bombed back to pre-stellar
industry levels by elements of the Imperial
White Fleet.
268: The Imperial White Fleet bombards
Drexilthar to suppress its violent natives. The
planet takes centuries to recover.
285: Aslan tribes on Zemlya forced to sign the
Gusinayan Peace Accord.
289: Civil war breaks out on Khtearle.
Circa 295: Los is settled by a break-away
group from Caledon.
Circa 300: Tensions rise again as the Old
Earth Union grows more active in Reavers'
Deep sector. The Aslan clans argue that the
Treaty of Dark Nebula is binding on all human
states.
301: Aktirao clan ship arrives at Khtearle.
309 to 328: The First Civil War within the
Principality of Caledon breaks out. The
governments of Duncinae, Ranald, and
Fulton secede from Caledon and organize
themselves into the Confederacy of Duncinae.
Circa 330: The Virushi, a peaceful minor race
native to Virshash, is contacted by the
Imperium and joins.
335-015: Medel's Mega Mart registered by its
founder Shamus Medel.
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Tharrill and its sister world, Anatar, are
N 542:
by the Carrillian Assembly shortly
e colonized
after
that
state's
formation.
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s 563: Caledonian explorers contact the TL 3
(Saie), a non-human race living there
F Yn-tsai
not native to the planet, of Tsanesi and
e but
place
them under royal protection.
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d 578: A Caledonian merchant causes a riot on
Germaine. In response Caledon forces a
trade agreement on Germaine.
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N between the two worlds.
e 904: Ildrissar is settled by the Carrillian
w Assembly.
s
LSP purchase mining rights to the Ikuna
F 910:
e Belt.
e Circa 910: Datinar is colonised after a major
d platinum-iridium strike.
912: Grampia settled by MacGregor Minerals
from Rob Roy.
916: Vilhelm Industries registered on Gerim.
922: The "Red Plague" strikes Anatar in the
Tharrill system in "one of the most horrible
catastrophes in human history." Within two
years, 90% of the population is wiped out.
925: Daken is settled.
Circa 960: The inhabitants of Traneer begin to
re-industrialize, with little concern for their
planetary ecology.
964: Clasp Publications on Marlheim
publishes "Siyreakhaotoior: Classic Aslan
Legends in Translation."
985: A colony is established at the south pole
of Daken to harvest the coral-like "goldsand".
988: Quantum Mining Ventures purchase a
lease for Claverse from the Principality of
Caledon.
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minor race from Drexilthar is not yet
N human
e found.
w 1030: Prince Edward of Caledon grants
s administration rights on Rejhappur to the
Deep Trading Company, in
F Scotian
of their support during the
e recognition
Dynastic
Crisis
of 1024.
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d 1058: Aslan traders employed by
Tlasayerlaahel re-contact Roakhoi, with its
mixed Aslan and human population.
sector.
1098: The Scotian Deep Trading Company
begins work on Nahawaijohm, the first
settlement in the steppes on Rejhappur, but
steppe nomads work to stop the construction.
1098: The Council of Eight on Roye purchases
a Far Trader and begins trade with the
Imperium.
1101: A terrorist attack on a cruise liner
orbiting Griffin marks the start of several years
of conflict on the world.
1102: Jericorp Mining comes to Tashrakaar,
one of a dozen small independent companies
working the valuable mineral flats there.
1103: The Nahawaijohm settlement is finally
completed on Rejhappur, but only after the
Scotian Deep Trading Company brings in a
sizable contingent of mercenaries.
1103: Hal Southerland joins Jericorp Mining as
a mining engineer, working on Tashrakaar.
1104: Scientists establish a research centre in
the Shadowland mountains of Kraan to study
an intact Iltharan base from the edge of their
Drexilthar empire.
1104-253: Quantum Mining Ventures
purchased by Deepstar Capital Ventures.
1105: Stiff economic competition between the
Aslan Tlasaverlaahel merchant corporation
and the Human Caledon Ventures erupts in the
Roakhoi system.
1105: Sir Percival Jameison arrives on
Rejhappur as the new Director-General for the
Scotian Deep Trading Company, determined to
conquer all the unpacified nomadic tribes.
1107: An expedition to scale Anekthor on
Glenshiel meets with disaster, with only two
survivors.
1107: The safety interlocks for the undersea
colony domes on Sarrad inexplicably fail,
killing all but a few thousand of the planet's
three million inhabitants.
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Ankara is declared a Red Zone by
N 1107:
officials in the Nightrim subsector as
e Imperial
violence
outsiders increase. The
w scout baseagainst
s tensions rise.in the system is put on alert as
F 1108-003: Quantum Mining Ventures
e purchases a 100 year lease of Mull from the
e Imperium and begins to move its
d headquarters from Iron Angel to there. It
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N ensues.
e 1110-148: Several battalions of the Knight's
w Legion arrived on Outpost today and set up a
s mobile command in the warehouse district
to the Imperial Navy base. Imperial
F next
officials have confirmed that the mercenary
e company has been engaged to support
e Imperial interests in the region but were silent
d on the level of support or who in the Imperial
Navy had issued the mercenary ticket.
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