Regency Stronghold

The Regency Stronghold is the rapidly developing subsectors of Mora, Gulf, Zeng, Vestus, Macon, the rimward portions of Star Lane and Vincennes subsectors, and coreward Trin's Shroud.

Description (Specifications)

The region originally received its name for its close proximity to the Great Rift. But it is aptly named for another reason: distance from potential or existing crises. While some Aslan Ihatei reached Vestus and Gulf, for the most part the region has been free of the major crises that have disrupted other regions like the Rampart and the Thinrim. Here is the only place in the Regency one actually feels safe, with none of the militant paranoia of the frontiers or the festering resentments and unfinished business of the Thinrim or Midway.

History & Background (Dossier)

Despite the Rape of Trin, the Rift was never a primary vector for vampire fleets. Even the most organized of Puppeteer and Empire Builder viruses showed great reluctance to cross the rift, and only a few extraordinary groupings actually attempted the feat. This gave the Rift the fewest, and yet the largest and most deadly, battles of any Regency frontier. The relative safety of this region, combined with the immediate effects of the Industrial Development Program, had enormous benefits for local worlds. Largely a stagnant backwater of decrepit industrial worlds, and their equally desperate smaller neighbors, during the antebellum period, the flow of investment and technical assistance created an economic boom that hasn't shown letup since it started.

While most were late-starters in terms of technological ability, the massive populations of several worlds, and their attainment of at least TL 12-14 allows for massive quantitative production. But the full benefits of the IDP have not yet been realised. By 1215, it is estimated that Beaxon, Askigaak, Deneb, Fornice and Pikha will all attain TL15, making the region the premier industrial center of the Regency. Moreover, strong local reinvestment in neighboring worlds is beginning to bear fruit as a general increase across the the region. And two of its worlds are "banging on the door" relative to TL16 (Dekha and Lintl).

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• Peter Gray - Gray Matter - BARD GAIL 2006