Nist Cluster

The Nist Cluster is a group of stars that forms part of the Demon Cluster.

Description / Specifications

The Nist Cluster contains eight systems and straddles the border between Tsorva and Loran Subsectors in Halcyon Sector. It is named for the Nist system and is accessible by conventional jump-1 vessels.

Member Systems

• Yesann, a low population vacuum world rich in minerals.
• Denadir, a large water world.
• Tubax, a poor, backward world with few natural resources.
• Haden, a high population industrialised planet with a marginal environment but rich in resources.
• Medis Jal, a rich, densely populated water world with an important military base.
• Nist, a rich agricultural world with expanding shipyards. It is a major military center.
• Ducad, a poor and underdeveloped world.
• Indur, a pleasant, rich, agricultural garden world.

History & Background

The worlds of the Nist Cluster were first settled during the 24th and 25th centuries and formed the spinward border of the Second Confederation. They declared themselves to be an independent Polity, the Collective of Nist, during the civil wars: the Collective generally sided with the Expansionist faction. It later became part of the Grand Ascendency. Those populations of the Cluster that survived the Voyagers and the Dark Age became regressed and insular.

The development and loyalties of the Cluster were a constant source of conflict between Outworld Development and Scybrian Settlement, though in general Scybria came out on top. The Nist Cluster joined with the Afkhar Cluster as the Scybrian Polyarchy in 5200AD. There were uprisings on its worlds almost immediately and it saw a great deal of fighting during the Scybrian Wars. The Nist War, in particular, consolidated its position within the Polyarchy. It suffered greatly during the later stages of the Wars and in the post-war period it elected to become independent.

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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