Subsector description and mapping by: James Kundert a.k.a. GypsyComet 

Anika subsector contains 28 worlds, 17 of which are within the Zhodani Consulate. The
remaining eleven are "independant" worlds sandwiched between the Zhodani Consulate
and the Avalar Consulate. 

The highest population in the subsector is 900 million at Ebriapl (1112). The highest tech
level is 14 at Dashiietl (1314). The subsector lacks any High Population worlds, giving it
the feel of a backwater region to those used to the presence of such worlds driving events
around them. While the most populated world is in the Zhodani half of the subsector, the
Zhodani and Independant populations are evenly matched overall at about 1.5 billion
each. 

Five of the subsector's seven A-starports are in Zhodani territory. The sixth, at Ile Danse
(1416) is only at TL11 and poses no threat to either the Zhodani or the Avalar. The
starship yards of Ile Danse are minor compared to the craftyards of Belt Maginum (1218),
and the Consulate carefully cultivates enough distrust between the two worlds to keep
their strengths seperated for the most part. 

Despite protestations to the contrary by all parties, the Zhodani effectively control the
entire region economically if not politically. With no great industrial powerhouses present,
the region's economy is ruled by the three agricultural worlds, all in Zhodani space. 

Hamagast (1319) is home to the H'Mag, a minor race vaguely reminiscent of Terra's
Secretary Bird (a long-legged African raptor) known for their "enthusiastic" Police and
Customs Officers, who take great pleasure in making up rules and enforcing them with
truncheon or bribe (or both, if the bribe isn't large enough). This and other "charming"
racial traits have conspired against any technological rise being made available to the
H'Mag by the Belt Maginites OR the Zhodani. 

James Kundert
April 16, 1998 

Comments:
There is one difference in this version of Anika SS compared to the version at
GypsyComets site.
The planet called Tare (1618) was renamed to Tlebria as indicated in LBB-7 Merchant
Prince. Tlebria is the homeport of Iadria Vlovl, a Zhodani Sector-Wide Merchant Company
that provides transport between major Zhodani worlds and has extended this service to
high population non-Zhodani Worlds in the sector. The company specialises in cargo
(rather than passenger) transport. Iadria Vlovl enjoys a Zhodani military subsidy, and its
ships are armed.
Iadria Vlovl has chosen not to have its homeport in Zhodani Space for the same reasons
that many of Earth's shipping companies are located in Panama or Liberia. At Tlebria it is
also conveniently located on the trade route between the Avalar Consulate and the
Zhodani Consulate. 

The Planet Zdovesil (1212) is from Imperial Lines #1.