General Notes

Notes on Fornast Sector
-----------------------
Fornast Sector was never fully developed by GDW or DGP (and any development
that may have been done by Paranoia Press or Judges' Guild has since been
declared non-canonical), although GDW did map out this sector in the
_Atlas_of_the_Imperium_ (1984).  In the Imperium Games release of 
_Marc_Miller's_Traveller_, it was declared that this sector, as well as
Delphi and Zarushagar sectors, would not be developed, and left as referee's
preserves.  The information here was taken from the published information
from the _Atlas_, and developed independently.  Its canonicity should therefore
be considered low at best; the _Atlas_ provided only the names of high
population worlds, the locations and starport ratings of all worlds, an 
indicator of which worlds were desert worlds, polity membership for worlds not 
in the Imperium (there were none in this sector), and identification of the
locations and types of bases in the sector.  All the rest is simply plausible
(I hope) development rooted in my fertile (or is that toxically contaminated?)
imagination.

Astrographic Overview

Fornast (called Rishurin by the Vilani) was on the trailing fringe of the Ziru
Sirka.  With limited Vilani jump capability, it proved difficult to probe into
Makhuniim (Ley), accessible only with the advanced (for the Vilani) Jump-2
capability developed late (just before the Consolidation Wars and the founding
of the Ziru Sirka).

Fornast is a sector of short Jump-1 mains connected by single 2-parsec jumps.
Most of the mains are oriented along a core-rim axis, although the two most
notable mains in the sector, the Derri and Tharrynra mains, provide spinward-
trailing access to the central and rimward areas of the sector respectively.
Inter-sector connectivity is best into Core sector and to the coreward areas
of Imperial space; the same astrographic deficiencies that limited Vilani
expansion in this region of space also operated to delay ultimate Terran and
Imperial expansion in the area as well.

Fornast sector boasts the following notable mains:

Madu (C) subsector is connected to Antares sector by the rimward end of the
Antares Main; most of Antares sector, and the rimward areas of the Julian
Protectorate, are accessible from here with Jump-1 capability.

The Spas Main connects the spinward half of Spas (B) subsector with the
trailing half of Cirqa (A) subsector, and extends from there into Aarna (E)
subsector.  A Jump-2 ship can use the Spas Main as a connector between the
Antares Main and the Ganad Main into Core Sector; the Spas Main also acts to
connect both mains to the Jump-1 main that leads from the spinward half of
Cirqa subsector through a corner of Core Sector and into Lishun; from the
Lishun end of this main, the Vilani Main is accessible to Jump-2.  In
addition, there is Jump-2 access to a mini-main that in turn gives Jump-2
access to the Derri Main in the center of the sector.  This confluence of
mains makes the core-spinward area of Fornast sector comparatively prosperous.

The Ganad Main from Core Sector has both of its ends in Fornast; much of Imaka
(I) subsector and the rimward portion of Aarna subsector make up the coreward
end of the main, with the trailing end of the main found in the spinward area
of Setten (M) subsector.  The body of the main covers most of the worlds in
Core subsector P, but there is no direct access from there to the Sylean Main.

The Derri Main covers most of the worlds in Akashganar (F) and Derri (G)
subsectors, and provides Jump-2 access to the Ganad Main at the spinward end.
Two small mains, both unnamed, provide connections via Jump-2 to the Antares
Main; the more spinward of the two also provides a similar connection to the
Spas Main, while the more trailing of the two also provides Jump-1 access to
Snogsta (D) subsector.

The Tharrynra Main stretches from Setten subsector, where it provides a Jump-2
connection to the Ganad Main, through Tharrynra (N) and Shumduur (O) subsectors,
into Zukhin (P) subsector.  Most of the worlds in Tharrynra and the rimward
two-thirds of Shumduur are on this main; the coreward third of Shumduur is a
mini-main on its own, which is accessible by Jump-2 from the Tharrynra Main.

The Dikhari Main services Dikhari (K) subsector and provides Jump-2 access to
connect the Derri and Tharrynra Mains, as well as the Shumduur mini-main.

Cirqa Subsector

Cirqa Subsector
---------------

Cirqa subsector is divided into three parts: the Spas Main, covering the
trailing half of the subsector, the worlds in the rim-spinward quarter, on
the Fornast/Core/Lishun main, and the comparatively isolated Gaaku cluster,
in the core-spinward quarter of the subsector.  There are several companies
that operate Jump-2 ships in this area, routinely calling at both Rikhiguu
and Loerdmevir.  Both worlds have low-to-nonexistent tariffs on offworld
goods, making them both prosperous, and good sources for high-tech goods.
Both worlds are expected to upgrade their starports to a full class-A rating
by 1125.

Spas Subsector

Spas Subsector
--------------

The worlds in the spinward half of the subsector are all on the Spas Main,
which provides a good trading route from coreward to rimward within the
subsector, and a bridge at Giikhadi to the other half of the main in Cirqa
subsector to spinward.  Jump-2 ships can shortcut the coreward leg of the
main by jumping through Iunsalpylal, and can also connect to the Antares
Main at Dobanhiwd by routing from the Spas main line to the Adashu branch,
then jumping Adashi-IIdakukuku-Dobanhiwd.  The occasional Jump-3 ship through
the area can connect the Antares Main to the Spas Main by jumping directly 
from Dobanhiwd to Emshashugar, and from there can jump directly to the Spas
main line at Spas itself.  A smaller mini-main, accessible via Jump-2 from
Doorfwyn or Jump-3 from Adashi, connects the Spas Main with the Derri Main in
the center of the sector.

Madu Subsector

Madu Subsector
--------------
Madu subsector is the rimward terminus of the Antares Main.  Most of the Jump-2
traffic in this subsector is through the coreward worlds, en route to the
Spas Main, and through it to the Fornast/Core/Lishun main or the Ganad Main;
some traffic runs the full length of the Antares Main to Epkigadu, and from
there into the spinward fringe of the Snogsta Main (and from there into the
Derri Main).

Snogsta Subsector

Snogsta Subsector
-----------------
Snogsta subsector sees less traffic than most areas of the sector, and most
of that is Jump-1 traffic along the rimward main, connecting those worlds to
the Jump-2 corridor connecting the Antares Main to the Derri Main.

AArna Subsector

AArna Subsector
---------------
AArna subsector boasts a high level of traffic, being the site of the junction
of three mains: the Spas Main, coming from Cirqa and Spas subsectors, with
traffic ultimately from the Antares Main, the unnamed Fornast/Core/Lishun main,
with traffic from those areas and ultimately the Vilani Main, and the Ganad
Main, with traffic from the extreme rimward areas of Fornast and the rim-
trailing areas of Core.  Additionally, the extreme trailing worlds in this
subsector along the Ganad Main provide Jump-2 access to the Derri Main to
trailing.

Akashganar Subsector

Akashganar Subsector
--------------------
The spinward end of the Derri Main includes the entire rimward half of this
subsector.  Jump-2 access to the Ganad Main to spinward is the primary route
of long-distance traffic; a lesser amount follows a route through a three-
system cluster in the coreward end of the subsector and into the Spas Main.

Derri Subsector

Derri Subsector
---------------
The Derri Main includes most of the worlds in this subsector, and extends to
spinward.  Traffic from the Antares Main (via the spinward fringe of the
Snogsta mini-main) enters the Derri Main at Isirga; an unnamed mini-main which
includes the core-spinward worlds of this subsector provides a connection to
the Spas Main from Ashismu via Siidashurke and Lythasswa or Depot, before
entering Spas subsector.

Sanny Subsector

Sanny Subsector
---------------
The spinward worlds of this subsector are on the trailing fringe of the Derri
Main, and a short chain of worlds parallels the edge of the Derri Main and 
leads to the spinward fringe of the Snogsta mini-main.  Nevertheless, the
character of the subsector has more in common with sleepy backwater areas than
with busy commercial corridors.  Most of the subsector is inaccessible to
Jump-1 shipping, and the principal main in Ley Sector to trailing is more
easily accessible from coreward than from spinward.

Imaka Subsector

Imaka Subsector
---------------
The core-spinward half of this subsector is on the Ganad Main, providing a
corridor into the rim-trailing quadrant of Core sector from the Derri, Spas,
and Fornast/Core/Lishun mains.  The rim-trailing portion of the subsector is
dominated by the Imaka Ring, bridging the gap between the Ganad Main at Ikida
and Irakhu, through the Ring via Imaka or Umuum and Limu, and the Tharrynra
Main at Kalurananu.  The Bapar Cluster, on the border between the Imaka and
Irinkuka subsectors, also sees a fair amount of traffic from the Imaka Ring,
and provides a secondary bridge to the Tharrynra Main in Tharrynra subsector.

Irinkuka Subsector

Irinkuka Subsector
------------------
A short chain of worlds in this subsector, called "the key", connects the
spinward section of the Derri Main, to coreward, with the spinward end of the
Tharrynra Main, to rimward.  This route, however, is less heavily used than
the Dikhari Main and Shumduur connector route to trailing, primarily because
the majority of the Derri Main worlds are in Derri subsector, to core-trailing
of this subsector, but an important secondary reason is because most traffic
leaving the Derri Main goes toward either Core (along the Ganad Main) or
the Antares Main, while most traffic leaving the Tharrynra Main crosses to
the Ganad Main and continues on to Core.

Dikhari Subsector

Dikhari Subsector
-----------------
Most of the worlds in this subsector are on the Dikhari Main, connecting the
Derri Main with the Shumduur connector (which in turn feeds into the Tharrynra
Main).  Outside the Spas Main, this subsector sees more coreward-rimward
traffic than any other subsector.

Nareshakir Subsector

Nareshakir Subsector
--------------------
This backwater subsector is almost totally inaccessible to ships with less than
Jump-2 capability.  Traffic is further reduced due to the lack of major traffic
patterns to feed the area from the adjacent portion of Ley sector.  The few
worlds here that are on the Dikhari and Derri mains see little traffic in
comparison to the other worlds on those mains due to their fringe locations,
the lack of other nearby destinations, and their general undesirability as
destinations in their own right (the Derri Main terminates in a Red Zone and
an Amber Zone, with no starport better than C; the Dikhari Main has only one
world with a starport of A, and two worlds with B starports).  Most of the
limited Jump-2 traffic here runs between the Dikhari Main at Kertres and the
Happin Belt, a rich source of radioactives and, surprisingly, gem-quality
precious and semi-precious stones.

Setten Subsector

Setten Subsector
----------------
The subsector is dominated by the rimward end of the Ganad Main, carrying
traffic into Core sector.  A small chain of worlds roughly paralleling the
perimeter of the Ganad Main in this subsector provides a bridge for Jump-2
capability ships to cross between the Ganad and Tharrynra mains; there is
also a direct Jump-2 connection through Maminukhi and Dapcodpo.

Tharrynra Subsector

Tharrynra Subsector
-------------------
Virtually all of the worlds in this subsector are part of the Tharrynra Main,
which extends to trailing to encompass a significant portion of Shumduur
subsector.  A fair amount of commerce enters or traverses this subsector; the
Main has extensions to Imaka, Irinkuka, Setten, Shumduur, and Zukhin
subsectors, and Jump-2 ships have easy access from the Main to the Ganad Main,
and to connectors leading to the Derri Main.

Shumduur Subsector

Shumduur Subsector
------------------
The Tharrynra Main continues through the rimward three-quarters of this
subsector; the remaining quarter is a small connector corridor that provides
a Jump-2 bridge to the Dikhari Main (which in turn provides access to the 
Derri Main).  There is a great deal of local commerce in the subsector,
anchored by the high-populations worlds at the opposite ends of the main
within the subsector, Ashigaar and Shumduur, and much trade continued beyond
Shumduur into Zukhin subsector, to Zukhin itself.  Overall, due to the
proximity of the Dikhali Main, this portion of the Tharrynra main sees slightly
more commerce than the spinward portion in Tharrynra subsector, although more
commerce with Core will be found in Tharrynra.

Zukhin Subsector

Zukhin Subsector
----------------
Zukhin subsector, on the edge of the Glimmerdrift, is a quiet subsector; little
commerce enters the subsector except from Shumduur, and most of that trade is
destined for Zukhin itself.

Credits

  This information was laboriously (HAH!) keyed in by Jeff Zeitlin.  The
  following sources provided valuable assistance in the complete development
  of this sector:

           _Atlas_of_the_Imperium_, Game Designers' Workshop (1984)
                provided star locations and partial UWP information,
                and names of high-population worlds.

           _Vilani_and_Vargr_, Digest Group Publications (1990), and the
           _Referee's_Gaming_Kit_, Digest Group Publications (1989)
                provided background information on the Vilani and
                on the history of the settlement and development of
                Vilani and Imperial space, the arrangement of polities,
                and the general character of Imperial space.

           Several computer utilities were written in Euphoria to
                generate the world names not supplied by the other
                sources.  These utilites were run on a Toshiba
                Satellite T1950CT laptop computer.  These utilities
                are available (with complete source) on request to
                jeff.zeitlin@mail.execnet.com.