The Andromeda Sector

[Werner]

this setting is concurrent with the OTU, but it takes place in the Andromeda Galaxy in a place called originally enough called the Andromeda Sector, the adjacent sectors are as of yet unnamed.

The races in this sector are different from the standard Traveller fare.
There are native humans that were brought here by the Ancients over 100,000 years ago, they are stone age tribes until contacted by settlers from the Imperium.

To summarize the intelligent major alien races found in the Andromeda Sector:
Aleerin
Type: Humanoid (aleerin)
Size: Medium (between 1 and 2 meters tall)
Characteristic Modifiers: Endurance +1, Intelligence -1, Education +1, Social Standing -1

Dralasite
Type: Aberration (amorphous blob that extrudes limbs as needed)
Size: Medium (takes up the same volume as a human, but can flatten itself and elongate as needed.
Characteristic Modifiers: Dexterity -1, Endurance +1 (Dralasites are resilient but awkward)

Fraal
Type: Humanoid (fraal)
Size: Small (stands about 1 meter tall)
Characteristic Modifiers: Strength -2, Endurance -2, Intelligence +2, Education +2, Social Standing +2 (Fraal are frail and weak, but their mental abilities far surpass most other species.)
Fraal have psionic abilities that include telepathy.

Sesheyan
Type: Monstrous Humanoid
Size: Medium (between 1 and 2 meters tall)
Characteristic Modifiers: Dexterity +1, Social Standing -1
Sesheyans are agile but lack social grace. Sesheyans possess wings on their back and are capable of flying in an atmosphere 5 or greater at twice their ground movement rate.

T'sa
Type: Humanoid (reptilian, T'sa)
Size: Small (stands about 1 meter tall)
Characteristic Modifiers: Strength -1, Dexterity +1, Intelligence -1, Social Standing +1.

Vrusk
Type: Humanoid (insecticide, Vrusk)
Size: Large (stands between 2 to 3 meters tall)
Characteristic Modifiers: Strength -1, Intelligence +1, Education +1. Vrusk evolved on a low gravity world, about Size 4 and have low gravity adaption.

Weren
Type: Giant Humanoid
Size: Large (stands about 3 meters tall)
Characteristic Modifiers: Strength +2, Dexterity -1. Weren't are incredibly strong but lack agility.

Neanderthal
Type: Humanoid (human, neanderthal)
Size: Medium between 1 and 1.5 meters tall, stocky build and stronger than average human.
Characteristic Modifiers: Strength +1, Intelligence +1, Social Standing -2. Neanderthals are strong, slightly shorter than average humans, and are awkward socially.

The time the campaign begins is at the time of the New Era setting. None of the Virus managed to cross over to the Andromeda Galaxy the last few ships arriving from Charted Space brought details of wholesale destruction and trillions of lives lost and then no more starships came.

 

[Werner]

here is a list of the main worlds of Subsector 11 of the Andromeda Sector. The native humans on the planet Gaia are of two types: Cromagnons and Neanderthals, the Cromagnons are statistically identical to modern humans, they were originally contacted by Colonists when they were at tech level 0, but have advanced through education and training. Also the native races if this sector did not possess jump drive technology until colonists from Charted Space brought it with them. There is work ongoing on construction of a return jumpgate, but it is a massive project in the Gaia-Helios system and it is not completed yet.
The complete Andromeda subsector 11:
Hex Number Layer Designation UWP Bases Gas Giant Planetoid belt Component Star Orbit
0102 03 Es B442379-C N Solo F0 V
0208 02 Tee E647644-2 G B Primary G0 V
0208 02 You C88A676-9 G Binary G0 V 16
0401 05 Delta C310456-9 G Solo F0 V
0503 02 Iota C577443-7 G Solo M0 V
0504 06 Gamma D34047A-4 G B Solo F0 V
0504 08 Alpha A011674-C N Solo M9 V
0604 03 Zeta D620532-5 G Primary M0 V
0604 03 Eta C330775-7 S G B Binary M5 V 10
0609 02 Vee B696586-8 N S G Solo G0 V
0506 07 Gaia A867634-B N S G B Solo G0 V
0606 03 Theta C556863-5 G B Solo F0 V
0108 04 Epsilon C758230-9 Solo M5 V
0207 04 Oh A85558C-C G Solo M5 V
0207 07 Bee B696564- S G Solo M5 V
0209 06 Beta A547548-9 G B Solo M0 V
0302 06 Aech B433775-9 G Primary K5 V
0302 06 Eye E443336-E N B Binary M0 V
0306 05 El D574885--1 S G B Solo F0 V
0307 04 Pee B250798-8 G B Solo M5 V
0403 06 Jay D98A466-6 S G B Solo M5 V
0406 07 Cee C9BA423-6 G Binary F5 II, G5 V 02
0409 07 Dee C68557B-5 G B Solo K5 V
0502 05 Em A9EA756-C G Solo A5 V
0604 07 Ee B6258BB-8 N G Primary K0 V
0604 07 Ef E554200-7 G Binary M5 V 10
0702 01 Double-you C867535-8 S G B Binary K0 V, M5 V Close
0702 04 Que B345644-9 N S G B K0 V
0703 01 Mu B8AA457-E N G Solo M0 V
0706 04 Ar C330477--A G B Solo K5 V
0707 08 Aee B79A532-C N S G Solo K0 V
0708 05 En E544744--6 G B Solo K0 V
0708 07 Gee A8BA7AB-B N G B Solo K0 V
0709 06 Kay A526220-A G B Solo M5 III
0801 01 Nu C855521-7 S G Primary F5 V
0801 01 Xi B553155-A N G Binary M5 V 10
0802 01 Omicron B6BA66B-A G Solo M5 V
0809 02 Kappa B668542-B N G B Primary F5 V
0809 02 Lambda B1109AC-B N G Binary M5 V 08

 

[Werner]

I decided to set the start date of the campaign on June 29, 1130 - the year the Virus hit. The Jumpgate colonization of the Andromeda Sector began in 1104 so it has been ongoing for 26 years, and then the Virus on the other end either shut down or destroyed the Jumpgate, all people in the Andromeda sector know is that new colonists stopped arriving, previous ships had a schedule for new arriving ships but they just didn't show up, what was known is that there was a Civil War going on in the Third Imperium, the last few ships were refugees from that war, and then nothing. Nobody knows what happened. There is a partially constructed return jumpgate, but nobody really knows what happened to the Jumpgate in the Terra system.

 

[Werner]

The second civil war has advanced the tech level to 16, artificial intelligence programs have become available as have the positronic brains to run them. AI has reached parity with human intelligence. Some of the starships that have crossed over the Andromeda before the final collapse of the Third Imperium were TL16 starships, some run by AI computers. AI robots of a certain type become a player character race. The ability to manufacture them locally is somewhat limited. Most of the recent immigrants are just glad to have escaped the Hard Times and live in relative peace.

At the time of the destruction of the Jumpgate the Terran System was back under the control of the Solomani Confederation.

 

[Werner]

Finally I have a chart of the subsector 11 showing mainworlds with their stars in 3 dimensions, they have temporary names until I can find permanent names for them.
Found at https://www.deviantart.com/tomkalbfus/art/Subsector-Gaia-871279682 for greater detail.

 

[AtlanticFriend]

Wow, VERY nice.

 

[Werner]

Wow, VERY nice.

Thank you, and here is the data in text form.
Hex Number Layer Designation UWP Bases Gas Giant Planetoid belt Component Star Orbit
0102 03 Es B442379-C N Solo F0 V
0108 04 Epsilon C758230-9 Solo M5 V
0207 04 Oh A85558C-C G Solo M5 V
0207 07 Bee B696564- S G Solo M5 V
0208 02 Tee E647644-2 G B Primary G0 V
0208 02 You C88A676-9 G Binary G0 V 16
0209 06 Beta A547548-9 G B Solo M0 V
0302 06 Aech B433775-9 G Primary K5 V
0302 06 Eye E443336-E N B Binary M0 V 10
0306 05 El D574885--1 S G B Solo F0 V
0307 04 Pee B250798-8 G B Solo M5 V
0401 05 Delta C310456-9 G Solo F0 V
0403 06 Jay D98A466-6 S G B Solo M5 V
0406 07 Cee C9BA423-6 G Binary F5 II, G5 V 02
0409 07 Dee C68557B-5 G B Solo K5 V
0502 05 Em A9EA756-C G Solo A5 V
0503 02 Iota C577443-7 G Solo M0 V
0504 06 Gamma D34047A-4 G B Solo F0 V
0504 08 Alpha A011674-C N Solo M9 V
0604 03 Zeta D620532-5 G Primary M0 V
0604 03 Eta C330775-7 S G B Binary M5 V 10
0609 02 Vee B696586-8 N S G Solo G0 V
0506 07 Gaia A867634-B N S G B Solo G0 V
0606 03 Theta C556863-5 G B Solo F0 V
0604 07 Ee B6258BB-8 N G Primary K0 V
0604 07 Ef E554200-7 G Binary M5 V 10
0702 01 Double-you C867535-8 S G B Binary K0 V, M5 V Close
0702 04 Que B345644-9 N S G B Solo K0 V
0703 01 Mu B8AA457-E N G Solo M0 V
0706 04 Ar C330477--A G B Solo K5 V
0707 08 Aee B79A532-C N S G Solo K0 V
0708 05 En E544744--6 G B Solo K0 V
0708 07 Gee A8BA7AB-B N G B Solo K0 V
0709 06 Kay A526220-A G B Solo M5 III
0801 01 Nu C855521-7 S G Primary F5 V
0801 01 Xi B553155-A N G Binary M5 V 10
0802 01 Omicron B6BA66B-A G Solo M5 V
0809 02 Kappa B668542-B N G B Primary F5 V
0809 02 Lambda B1109AC-B N G Binary M5 V 08

 

[AtlanticFriend]

I'm looking for a rather specfic world to set a scenario, as I want to re-introduce some old gaming friends to Traveller (either a MT variant or the Mongoose edition), maybe Andromeda has the type of planet I'm looking for.

 

[Werner]

I'm looking for a rather specfic world to set a scenario, as I want to re-introduce some old gaming friends to Traveller (either a MT variant or the Mongoose edition), maybe Andromeda has the type of planet I'm looking for.

Well take a look, the stats are listed above, I rolled them all up randomly.

Pick a subsector and roll your own, the subsector I detailed is Subsector 11, the others are arranged this way.
01-02-03-04
05-06-07-08
09-10-11-12
13-14-15-16

 

[Davik]

Outstanding! Did you draw that manually, or is there software that does this mapping for you?