Outworld Coalition

The Outworld Coalition is the traditional name for the belligerent groups allied against the Third Imperium during the Frontier Wars. It is commonly applied to any alliance of powers threatening Imperial territories behind the Claw.

Goals

No information yet available.

History

The original Outworld Coalition was formed in the early 500s at the instigation of the Zhodani Consulate. Vargr allegiances vacillated, but memories of the Imperial campaigns against certain Vargr states in the Corridor swayed some into membership. Zhodane, as the major partner, contributed military aid and assistance such as technicians and advisors. While some Vargr governments contributed personnel and naval units, other Vargr remained neutral or sided with the Imperium.

The initial history of the coalition was one of continuing struggle for organization, as the Zhodani were continually occupied in establishing Vargr governments, and then maintaining them in power. The intent was for the Vargr to harry the coreward edge of the Spinward Marches, especially Regina and Aramis subsectors, while the major thrust from Zhodane took Cronor and Jewell subsectors. The Vargr portions of the offensive failed dismally. Furthermore, the failure resulted in a collapse of the coalition.

The internal Imperial upheavals which followed the First Frontier War exposed a continuing weakness in the Imperium, and the Outworld Coalition reformed after a hiatus of five years. At the appropriate moment, the reformed Coalition again attacked the Marches, this time taking portions of Jewell subsector. Although the Vargr again failed to take any territory permanently, their performance as a whole was considerably improved.

Traditionally, frontier wars in the Spinward Marches have involved coalitions of Zhodani and certain Vargr states. The Sword Worlds have also joined the coalition at times.

Member Governments

Membership of the Coalition has varied with the times. Prominent members have often been:

• The Sword Worlds
• Various Vargr corsairs, including the Kforuzeng
• Various Vargr member states, and their standing armies, of the Vargr Extents
• The Zhodani Consulate

References

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.

• John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Library Data (N-Z) (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), 12.
• Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 33.
• Martin Dougherty. The Fifth Frontier War (Mongoose Publishing, 2024), 4.