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The following systems and worlds can be found within this area:  
 
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
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Only the worlds of the [[Abbot Spur]], lying on the rimward border of the Sector, are settled. Much of Bourne Sector is partially explored wilderness. What is known of the distant coreward parts of the Sector derives from the studies of the [[Jannasta Expedition]] of the mid-55th century.
 
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=== Historical Eras ===
 
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* [[Pre-Humaniti Era]]: largely unknown. Possible [[Slaver]] and [[Voyagers]] activity.
 
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* [[Founding Era]]: Bourne Sector is named. [[Human]] settlement of the [[Intersect Cluster]].
 
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* [[Dark Age]]: the rise of petty [[polity|polities]] and later the [[Dominion of Ruins]]. The [[Voyagers]] may have been active in the worlds of the [[Abbot Spur]].
 
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* [[Expansion Era]]: the end of the [[Dominion of Ruins]].
 
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* [[Early Modern Era]]: Settlement of the [[Abbot Spur]].
 
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* [[Post-War Era]]: the [[Jannasta Expedition]] explores the [[Intersect Cluster]].
 
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* [[Present Day]]: data for Bourne Sector is published in the [[DSP Listing]]. The interior of the Sector is opened to [[Conventional Pattern Starships|conventional]] vessels.
 
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=== Major Historical Events ===
 
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Some of the important historical events that have affected Bourne Sector include:
 
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* 2254AD The [[Last Armada]] enters the [[Abbot (world)|Abbot]] system, lying within the [[Demon Cluster]], the [[Distant Fringe proper]].
 
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* 2255AD Bourne Sector officially named. It had previously been charted by long-range scans performed by vessels the [[Last Armada]].
 
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* circa 2300AD Settlement of a few prime worlds within the [[Intersect Cluster]] by [[human]]s of the [[Last Armada]].
 
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* circa 3000AD Population growth and industrial capability prompts interstellar expansion within the [[Intersect Cluster]].
 
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* circa 3500AD Formation of petty [[polity|polities]]. Internicene warfare.
 
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* circa 4650AD Confederation of petty [[polity|polities]] into [[Dominion of Ruins]]. Ongoing warfare by the [[Dominion of Ruins|Dominion]] against the [[Bone Worlds]], culminating in the latters use of an unknown bioweapon. 
 
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* circa 4700AD Warfare within the [[Intersect Cluster]] scales down, worlds slowly depopulate.
 
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* circa 4750AD All of the worlds of the [[Intersect Cluster]] become [[Barren world|Barren]].
 
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* circa 5285AD The [[Dillard-Purcell Expedition]] crosses Bourne Sector.
 
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* circa 5298AD Survivors of the [[Dillard-Purcell Expedition]] struggle back across Bourne Sector.
 
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* 5460AD to 5471AD [[Jannasta Expedition]] surveys the worlds of the [[Intersect Cluster]].
 
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* 5575AD The [[University of Tal Varisa]] begins a project to construct a deep space [[Calibration Point]] in [[Nabile Subsector]].
 
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* 5583AD The [[Nabile Deep Space Fuel Cache]] completed and operational.
 
  
 
== References & Contributors / Sources ==
 
== References & Contributors / Sources ==

Revision as of 19:24, 8 July 2019

Bourne Sector
Shadow Rift Hollow Kataran
Bourne style="width: 250px; height: 350px; border: solid 1px black;"
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Course
Subsectors
Unnamed Unnamed
Unnamed Unnamed Unnamed
Unnamed
Sector Data
No. of Worlds 157
Population 0.81 million
Majority Control Unexplored (NaXX) - 92%
Secondary Control Non-aligned (NaHu) - 4%
Tertiary Control Dominion of Ruins (DoRu) - 4%
Province Distant Fringe
Capital Yazon/Nabile (Bourne 0940)
Imperial Coordinate -16 / -12
This sector has sector data

Bourne style="width: 250px; height: 350px; border: solid 1px black; float: right; clear: left"

The Bourne Sector is considered to be a part of the Distant Fringe. It forms a part of the Empty Stars.

Meta-History & Background: 2019-0708

This sector was designed by Ade Stewart between 2016 to 2017 CE.

  1. It does not yet appear in published products.

Description (Specifications)

A sector located to coreward-trailing of the Distant Fringe proper and characterised by the Moat Rifts. The positions and types of its stars have been cataloged as part of the University of Tal Varisa Deep Sky Program.

Toponyms: 1105

This sector has been known by different names to different groups over its existence including the following:

Bourne Sector Names
Culture Toponym Polity
Third Imperium TBD Third Imperium
Aslan TBD Aslan Hierate
Droyne TBD Droyne Oytrip Yatroy
Hiver TBD Hive Federation
K'kree TBD Two Thousand Worlds
Solomani TBD Solomani Confederation
Vargr TBD Vargr Extents
Vilani TBD Third Imperium
Zhodani TBD Zhodani Consulate

Linguistic Topography: 1105

The following languages are among the most commonly used within this astrographic region:

Native Sophonts (NILs): 1105

The following races (sophont species) are believed to have originated within this area:

Demographics: 1105

Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) reside within this area:

Sector Sophont Demographics Table

0 Sophont articles for the Bourne Sector


Trade Routes (Physical & Socioeconomic Astrography)

The following astrographic features and trade routes can be found within this area:

Clusters & Traces

Rifts, Voids & Jump Bridges

Other Astrographic Features

Clouds

Stars

  • Basilisk's Eye (1723 Tarchon Sector). The extremely luminous white supergiant star, lying around 80 parsecs to coreward-trailing, can be clearly seen from almost all of the worlds lying within Bourne Sector. A few systems lying in the central-rimward part of the sector have their view of the Basilisk's Eye blocked by the Bourne Cloud.
  • Demon's Eye (1621 Far Home Sector). The intensely luminous blue supergiant star, lying around 25 parsecs to spinward-rimward, can be clearly seen from all of the worlds lying within Bourne Sector.

Politics & Diplomacy (Interstellar Relations)

No polities exist within Bourne Sector. If they had to pick a side, the denizens of the sector would probably come out in favour of the Firstworlds.

Demographics

Bourne Sector has a known population of approximately 810,000 sophonts. Significant populations of the following sophont species are found within its borders:

  • Humaniti (Human races)
    • Solomani (Major Race): approximately 800,000 (98.7% of the population), descended from human refugees fleeing the Destruction of Terra. They refer to themselves as Terrans. They are entirely concentrated in the rimward part of the sector.

Native Sophonts (NILs)

No native sophont species are known to exist within Bourne Sector. There may be unknown native sophonts among its many unnamed and unexplored systems.

Linguistic Topography

The following languages are among the most commonly spoken within Bourne sector:

Capital

Yazon, an agricultural garden world on the very rimward edge of the sector.

Interstellar Relations

No polities currently exist within (or make a claim on any part of) Bourne Sector.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This Sector is located in the following regions:
Uncharted Space:

  • TBD

Sector Summary

No information yet available.

Subsector Listing

The following subsectors can be found within this sector:

  1. Barren Subsector Subsector A of Bourne Sector.
  2. Desolation Subsector Subsector B of Bourne Sector.
  3. Gatehold Subsector Subsector C of Bourne Sector.
  4. Long Subsector Subsector D of Bourne Sector.
  5. Absen Subsector Subsector E of Bourne Sector.
  6. Chance Subsector Subsector H of Bourne Sector.
  7. Mendoka Subsector Subsector L of Bourne Sector.
  8. Nabile Subsector Subsector N of Bourne Sector.
  9. Erven Subsector Subsector O of Bourne Sector.
  10. Goss Subsector Subsector P of Bourne Sector.

World Listing

The following systems and worlds can be found within this area:

69 Worlds in the Bourne Sector
081-5462  •  108-5462  •  129-5462  •  158-5462  •  291-5460  •  321-5460  •  349-5460  •  Abbot (Bo 1337)  •  Alid  •  Ansora  •  Arim  •  Assan  •  Blasi  •  Brycon  •  Chaskim  •  Chim  •  Cholu  •  Curine  •  Desh  •  Deso Pol  •  Elsinor  •  Erven  •  Farsask  •  Gabino  •  Goss  •  Hammond  •    •  Hostine  •  Huawe  •  Inso Pel  •  Irmand  •  Jhum  •  Karina (Bo 2634)  •  Kasik  •  Kavanagh  •  Ligos  •  Lydern  •  Mal Buran  •  Mendoka  •  Modoki  •  Mos Errin  •  Muller's Star  •  Nabile  •  Nevix  •    •  Ordares  •  Orik  •  Oswell  •  Palamas  •  Parfitt  •  Phoebua  •  Plim  •  Purdesh  •  Qua Shan  •  Queej  •  Randolo  •  Redeum  •  Rhalak  •  Sal Vorin  •  Salank  •  Sarada  •  Sel  •  Shink  •  Tiganth  •  Trindal  •  Tywen  •  Uschela  •  Veltorin  •  Vissola  •  Vosen  •  Yazon  •  

References & Contributors / Sources

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