Lon Beon
Lon Beon is the name given to a legendary astrographic domain that lies far to spinward.
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. Myth has it that Lon Beon is controlled by an immortal leader called The Technocrat and enjoys a fantastically advanced tech level.
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 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.
- Both Lon Beon and the Empire of Thrax rely on the Centrum system, which contains a mysterious device that allows ships to travel tens of parsecs with a single jump. The Centrum Device can also serve as an ansible.
- Lon Beon is ruled by The Technocrat, an immortal, all-powerful leader with his own agenda and aims.
References & Contributors / Sources
- 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