Border Worlds Confederation

The Border Worlds Confederation is a polity and an Imperial client state in the Sword Worlds subsector.

Goals

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)

By the end of the Fifth Frontier War, the Imperial 213th and 214th fleets occupied a number of worlds belonging to the Sword Worlds Confederation: Beater, Biter Bronze, Durendal, Dyrnwyn, Hofud, Iron, Mithril, Steel, and Sting. For various reasons, not the least the anger felt over the fact that the Sword Worlds had attacked Lanth with no prior declaration of war, the Imperium chose not to return the occupied worlds to the Confederation. Long and complicated negotiations eventually led to the establishment in late 1111 of the Border Worlds Confederation. The new polity consisted of the ten occupied worlds plus Sacnoth, which chose to turn its back on the Sword Worlds Confederation and become the biggest fish in a new pond, and Tyrfing, which was sufficiently under Sacnoth's influence to follow in its wake. Sting was chosen as the seat of the new government, the Border Worlds Authority.

• In 1115, a group of Imperials from Lunion illegally settled Steel. The Border Worlds sent a strongly worded protest to the Imperium.
• As of early 1117, the matter has still not been resolved.
• In 1116, the Authority grew so exasperated with obstructions from Sting's civil service that it moved to another world. After some wrangling, Beater was chosen as the new capital. Shortly thereafter Sting seceded from the Border Worlds and applied to the Imperium for full membership. The petition has been forwarded to Capital. In the meantime, the Border Worlds Commision is considering granting Sting status as a client state in its own right.
• In 1118, Sting left the Border worlds, and Excalibur joined the Border Worlds.

Government & Politics (Leadership)

The creation of the Border Worlds was overseen by the Border Worlds Commission, which also acted as the Government from 1111 to 1116. The Government of the Border Worlds from 1116 was the Border Worlds Authority based in its new capital Sting. n.b. The Government of Dyrnwyn was operated by a corporation registered in the Sword Worlds Confederation (by agreement with the Border Worlds Commission reached in 1111). Sovereignty remained with the Border Worlds Confederation.

Interstellar Relations

No information yet available.

Technology & Trade (Economy)

No information yet available.

Military & Intelligence (Force Projection)

No information yet available.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

It initially consisted of Beater, Biter, Bronze, Durendal, Dyrnwyn, Hofud, Iron, Mithril, Sacnoth, Steel, and Tyrfing, with the Capital on Beater.

Year	Beater	Biter	Bronze	Durendal	Dyrnwyn	Excalibur	Hofud	Iron	Mithril	Sacnoth	Steel	Sting	Tyrfing
1111	Border Worlds	Border Worlds	Border Worlds	Border Worlds	Border Worlds (Fortarn Conglomerate)	Sword Worlds	Border Worlds	Border Worlds	Border Worlds	Border Worlds	Border Worlds	Border Worlds (Capital)	Border Worlds
1112
1113
1114										Sword Worlds
1115											Colonised		Sword Worlds
1116	Capital			Sword Worlds								Member
1117
1118						Border Worlds						Sword Worlds
1119		Imperial
1120									Sword Worlds??		Sword Worlds??
1121
1122
1123
1124
1125
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130
1131
1132

World Listing: 1116

11 of 11 World articles in Border Worlds Confederation

Beater  •  Biter  •  Bronze  •  Durendal (SM 1523)  •  Dyrnwyn  •  Hofud  •  Iron  •  Mithril  •  Sacnoth  •  Steel  •  Tyrfing  •  

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References & Contributors (Sources)

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.

• Rob Caswell. "A Guide to the Domain of Deneb." MegaTraveller Journal 1 (1991): .
• Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 10-11.
• Bryan Steele. Sword Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), 21, 51-52.Martin Dougherty. Sword Worlds (Mongoose Publishing, 2020), 21, 51-52.Paul Drye, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Robert Prior. Sword Worlds (Steve Jackson Games, 2004), 21, 51-52.
• Collator: BackworldTraveller