Moat Rifts

The Moat Rifts are regions of low stellar density.

• They are a part of both the Empty Stars and the Distant Fringe.
• They are astrographic features and rifts.

Description / Specifications

The Moat Rifts are a Shadow Rift that surrounds the Demon Cluster – the Distant Fringe – on its immediate spinward, coreward and trailing sides. They divide the Cluster from the greater Empty Stars region. At their rimward extremes the Rifts merge with the Great Void, and at their coreward edge they connect to the Border Rifts, empty regions lying between Halcyon Sector and Far Home Sector.

• The Moat Rifts are considered to lie within Bourne Sector, Course Sector, Divide Sector, Extent Sector, Fallow Sector, Far Home Sector, Halcyon Sector, and Shadow Rift Sector.

Physical Astrography

The following astrographic features can be found within the Moat Rifts:

Clusters & Traces

• Aasa'tha Cluster
• Bright Peninsula
  • Hylan Spur
• Glitterdrift Reach
• Delphic Tract
  • Sarum Trace
• False Bridge Trace
• Ragol Drift
  • Abbot Spur

Other Astrographic Features

• Bourne Cloud
• Shadow Cloud

Jump Bridges

• Nabile Deep Space Fuel Cache

History & Background / Dossier

The Moat Rifts are the closest of the Shadow Rifts that distinguish the astrography of the Empty Stars region. They are perceived as a natural protective barrier against any advance into the region by the Vilani. The Abbot Spur, in Bourne Sector, is considered to be the only viable route across the Moat Rifts and into the Distant Fringe.

The Moat Rifts were crossed by the Last Armada sometime prior to 2255AD, almost certainly through the use of a Calibration Point and tanker vessels.

• The Nabile Deep Space Fuel Cache, lying at the coreward-trailing end of the Abbot Spur, facilitates crossing the trailing edge of the Rift.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This astrographic feature is primarily found in the following areas:

• TBD

Systems:

• TBD

World Listing

The following systems and worlds are associated with this astrographic feature:

No world articles for Moat Rifts

References & Contributors / Sources

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• 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