Distant Fringe
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A region of space around 600 parsecs spinward-rimward of Terra, officially settled in 2255AD by humans fleeing the destruction of Terra at the hands of the Vilani Imperium.
Description / Specifications
It lies on the edge of the Great Void, a huge interstellar rift, and is surrounded on all sides by areas of low stellar density called the Moat Rifts.
- The Distant Fringe proper includes the whole of both Halcyon Sector and Far Home Sector, and parts of Divide sector, Shadow Rift sector, Course sector, and Bourne sector.
History & Background / Dossier
Jump drive technology within the Distant Fringe is limited to Jump-2, utilising the DeVoss Drive.
- The total population is 114.9 billion sophonts: there are 79 billion humans and 35.9 billion members of native sophont species.
References & Contributors / Sources
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science