Hefrin Colonies

An interstellar polity in the Spinward Drift Subsector of The Beyond Sector.

This polity is officially named the United Spinward Worlds but even its own government officials tend to call it the Hefrin Colony. It was founded by Joachim and Jennifer Hefrin in 745 after a failed attempt at political reform in the Corellan League. The Hefrin Colony was supposed to be a showcase of a functioning interstellar federation, but Joachim's early death and chronic underfunding undermined the effort.

With a population of only 3.5 million, the Hefrin Colony still exists after more than three centuries, but is a pale reflection of its ideal.

Politics

After the Zydarian Codominium Star Legion began to extort 'tithes' from shipping in the late 900s, commerce to the Hefrin Colony worlds dropped to almost nothing. The Zydar-Nakris War of 1032–1034 worsened the situation, since the Star Legion found it easier to prey on commercial ships than confront the Nakris Confederation Star Force. After a Zydarian 'tithe collection' at Kuuna in 1036, the USW Congress voted to sign a defence treaty with the Jarnac Pashalic.

In recent years the Hefrin Colony has fallen further into the Pashalic's sphere of influence, becoming in effect a client state of Jarnac.

Astrography

This polity controls seven systems in Beyond Sector.

World Listing: 1105

The following systems and worlds are a part of this polity:

7 of 7 World articles in Hefrin Colonies

Bartinil  •  Efflung  •  Eromnek  •  Khiiszarbi  •  Kuuna  •  Teldarra  •  Trend  •  

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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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Paranoia PressBeyond 1991 online updates by Chuck Kallenbach
• Mongoose 2nd: The Spinward Extents
• EXTERNAL LINK: BARD-OPAL pages @ Downport.com by Author & Contributor: Peter Gray