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** Within the various stories, Lon Beon is opposed by the evil Empire of Thrax, a domain controlled by cyborg-worm [[Sophont]]s and their symbiote allies, who have a comparable degree of technology and an urge to wipe out the plucky humans.
 
** Within the various stories, Lon Beon is opposed by the evil Empire of Thrax, a domain controlled by cyborg-worm [[Sophont]]s and their symbiote allies, who have a comparable degree of technology and an urge to wipe out the plucky humans.
 
** Lon Beon and the Empire of Thrax are reckoned to lie somewhere between TL18 to TL23, depending on the writer of the story and the nature of the ''deus ex machina'' required to conclude the tale.
 
** Lon Beon and the Empire of Thrax are reckoned to lie somewhere between TL18 to TL23, depending on the writer of the story and the nature of the ''deus ex machina'' required to conclude the tale.
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** Both Lon Beon and the Empire of Thrax rely on the Centrum system, a trinary star system centered on a pair of white dwarf stars which contains a mysterious device that allows ships to travel tens of parsecs with a single jump. The Centrum Device has also occasionally served as an [[ansible]].  
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** Both Lon Beon and the Empire of Thrax rely on the Centrum system, a trinary star system centered on a pair of white dwarf stars which contains a mysterious device that allows ships to travel tens of parsecs with a single jump. The Centrum Device has also occasionally served as an [[ansible]]. The Device also serves as a jump inhibitor, precipitating vessels out of jumpspace within a parsec of the system.
  
 
* Lon Beon is ruled by [[The Technocrat]], an immortal, all-powerful leader with his own agenda and aims.
 
* Lon Beon is ruled by [[The Technocrat]], an immortal, all-powerful leader with his own agenda and aims.

Revision as of 18:51, 18 October 2017

Lon Beon is the name given to a legendary human domain that lies far to spinward of the Distant Fringe.

Description / Specifications

A mythical or fictional state that supposedly lies far to spinward, around the Maw of The Rift, far beyond even the fabled realm of the Slavers. It is said to lie at the point where the river without suns meets the ocean with no stars, upon infinitys shore, at that place where the stars end.

History & Background / Dossier

The core of the Lon Beon tale is that it was founded by the Dissident Fleet, those elements of the Last Armada who decided to continue onwards rather than settle the Demon Cluster, today's Distant Fringe. The crews of those vessels are supposed to have met the Slavers on their journey and recovered extremely advanced artifacts, which they were able to reverse-engineer and utilise, granting them incredibly high levels of technology.

  • Lon Beon is a popular sci-fi trope within the Distant Fringe:
    • Within the various stories, Lon Beon is opposed by the evil Empire of Thrax, a domain controlled by cyborg-worm Sophonts and their symbiote allies, who have a comparable degree of technology and an urge to wipe out the plucky humans.
    • Lon Beon and the Empire of Thrax are reckoned to lie somewhere between TL18 to TL23, depending on the writer of the story and the nature of the deus ex machina required to conclude the tale.
    • Both Lon Beon and the Empire of Thrax rely on the Centrum system, a trinary star system centered on a pair of white dwarf stars which contains a mysterious device that allows ships to travel tens of parsecs with a single jump. The Centrum Device has also occasionally served as an ansible. The Device also serves as a jump inhibitor, precipitating vessels out of jumpspace within a parsec of the system.
  • Lon Beon is ruled by The Technocrat, an immortal, all-powerful leader with his own agenda and aims.

References & Contributors / Sources

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