Emblems for First Imperium/Aslan Hierate?

[BadSneakers]

Everyone's familiar with the emblem of the Imperial Sunburst, and the 'cross-in-the-circle' symbol of the Solomani Confederation.

But presumably the Sunburst symbolizes the Third Imperium, not any of its predecessors. Was the same symbol used for the First Imperium(Ziru Sirka), or was something else used?

How about an emblem for the Aslan Hierate? The old Alien Module doesn't shed any light on this.

 

[Sturn]

Link here to one version of the 1st Imperium's symbol. The coloring is up for debate. I recall a topic someplace discussing the coloring but didn't find it in my first search.

 

[rancke]

From the available evidence, the original symbol was a colored circle with anothe colored circle inside. IIRC, the red circle with the black spot is the one used on the ships depicted in GT:Interstellar Wars. This may be the symbol of the entire 1st Imperium or of the bureau to which they belong. Nothing has really been established about it.

In the Imperium boardgame the red-with-black-spot is also used as the symbold for a mainworld whereas the symbol for an outpost is white-with-red-spot. I'm not sure inferences one can draw from that, if any.

By the Classic Era, the symbol had become a circle with a hole cut in it (called the 'Vilani chaplet' in Imperial heraldry. That is, the color of the spot is always the same as the color of the background).


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[cajon5]

Was the same symbol used for the First Imperium(Ziru Sirka), or was something else used?

How about an emblem for the Aslan Hierate? The old Alien Module doesn't shed any light on this.

The MegaTraveller Rebellion Sourcebook has a symbol for each faction. The restored Vilani Imperium adopted the same symbol as the original, First Imperium--an eclipsed star, two discs superimposed slightly off center. The picture in the link Sturn provided is pretty close, though the illustration in the Rebellion Sourcebook has the inner disc closer in size to the outer one.

Although not explicitly described in the section on the Aslan faction, there is an illustration of 4 stars, that looks kind of like Subaru's logo. Like I said, the text does not specify if this is an emblem for the whole Aslan Hierate, the ihatei, the Lakht Aorlakht, or what.