Divide Sector
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| No. of Worlds | 100 | ||||||||||||||||
| Population | 5.583 million | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Control | Unexplored (NaXX) - 86% | ||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Control | Non-aligned (NaHu) - 14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Province | Distant Fringe | ||||||||||||||||
| Capital | None | ||||||||||||||||
| Imperial Coordinate | -19 / -13 | ||||||||||||||||
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A sector considered to be a part of the Distant Fringe.
Meta-History & Background
A sector lying to spinward of Halcyon Sector and characterised by the Moat Rifts. It contains 100 systems and has a listed population of approximately 5.583 million sophonts. Two subsectors (subsectors L and P) are accessible to conventional jump-2 vessels travelling from the Distant Fringe.
Description (Specifications)
Divide sector contains the most technologically advanced system in the Fringe region, at Resulos (2729 Divide). It is overseen by the High Energy Research Department of the University of Selasia.
Humans have dwelt within Divide Sector for almost three millennia.
Linguistic Topography
The following languages are among the most commonly spoken within Divide sector:
- Fleet Anglic. The language of the First Confederation and the Last Armada. It is no longer widely spoken outside of academic circles but is the root tongue of a number of other languages:
- Anglish The language of the Bright Conclave. A direct descendant of Fleet Anglic, widely spoken throughout the Distant Fringe. Most people know a few words and phrases of Anglish.
- Esar. The language of the Esaran.
History & Background (Dossier)
No information yet available.
Native Sophonts (NILs):
No native sophont species are known to exist within Divide Sector. There are very probably unknown NILs among its many unnamed and unexplored systems.
Demographics
Significant populations of the following races (sophont species) are found within Divide Sector:
- Humaniti (Human races)
- Solomani (Major Race): 5.508 million (98.65% of the population), largely descended from human settlers originating from the Bright Conclave. They refer to themselves as Terrans.
Historical Eras
- Pre-Humaniti Era: unaffected.
- Founding Era: the Redoubt Program is established.
- Dark Age: Voyagers are active within the Hylan Spur.
- Expansion Era: Bright Expansion claims the region.
- Early Modern Era: the Bright Conclave begins to develop the area.
- Post-War Era: the facilities at Observatory are constructed.
- Present Day: the area continues to develop and advance.
History: General Overview
Although its exact route is unknown, the Dissident Fleet almost certainly travelled across the coreward part of Divide Sector some time after 2255AD as it fled the Destruction of Terra and the pursuing Vilani.
Divide Sector has been settled for over two millennia, though its listed population only numbers in the millions. It remained unsettled until the Third Confederation, when the Hylan Spur was selected as the final bastion of Terran humanity by the Redoubt Program.
The sector lost the majority of its population during the Dark Age (only Nevik (2834 Divide) survived) and was unaffected by the events of Scavenger Season and the Golden Age. The rimward-trailing quadrant of the sector was claimed by Bright Expansion, later coming under the control of the University of Selasia. Despite its remote location it contains the single most advanced world within the Distant Fringe.
Timeline of Major Historical Events
- 2255AD: Divide Sector is officially named. It had previously been charted by long-range scans performed by vessels the Last Armada.
- 3440AD: Third Confederation and Successor States. Restrictions on interstellar travel are no longer in place.
- 3515AD: The Lavish Prosperity, an independent scout, completes a survey of the systems within Divide Sector.
- ca 3550AD: Outposts are begun on Resulos (2729 Divide), Margot (2828 Divide), Hylan (2830 Divide) and Ret Eslan (2932 Divide), part of the Redoubt Program.
- 3680AD: Settlements are founded on Nevik (2834 Divide).
- 3730AD: The Voyagers arrive and the Dark Age begins. The settlements on Nevik (2834 Divide), the only human world in Divide Sector to survive the Dark Age, regress to pre-industrial levels of technology.
- 4570AD: The Voyagers depart. The Renaissance begins.
- 4913AD: Bright Expansion claims administative jurisdiction over those systems within Divide Sector that can be reached by conventional jump-2 vessels. The area remains a backwater while Bright Expansion's attention is focused to trailing.
- 4998AD–5000AD: Bright Expansion loses the Associations War. It switches its focus to the worlds of the Alasim Cluster, the Bright Peninsula and the Hylan Spur.
- 5106AD The Bright Conclave is founded. Administrative responsibility for Divide Sector is handed to the University of Selasia.
- 5198AD The University of Selasia founds the Augustus Bright Deep Space Observation Array at Observatory (2638 Divide)
- 5216AD The University of Selasia establishes the High Energy Research Facility on Resulos (2729 Divide)
- 5400AD: Scybrian Wars.
- 5580AD Resulos (2729 Divide) achieves TL13.
Politics
Divide Sector is largely unexplored: only a part of the rimward-trailing quadrant of the sector is inhabited. Although the area is nominally Non-aligned, it is dominated by the Bright Conclave, which controls all access to it.
Polities of Divide Sector
Divide Sector contains no independent polities. Those areas that have been explored and settled fall generally under the aegis of the Bright Conclave and the University of Selasia.
Astrography
The following astrographic features can be found Divide Sector:
Clusters & Traces
Rifts & Voids
Other Astrographic Features
Stars
- Basilisk's Eye (1723 Tarchon Sector). The extremely luminous white supergiant star, lying around 180 parsecs to coreward-trailing, can be clearly seen from all of the worlds lying within Divide Sector.
- Demon's Eye (1621 Far Home Sector). The intensely luminous blue supergiant star, lying around 45 parsecs to trailing, can be clearly seen from all of the worlds lying within Divide Sector.
Significant Unexplored systems:
The majority of systems within Divide Sector remain officially unexplored as of 5600AD. One in particular is notable:
| Hex Location | Primary Name |
Primary Type |
System |
| 3009 Divide | Sithula | M6 II | 4 Gas Giants |
Sithula is the namesake of the Sithula Sprawl, an open cluster of stars lying within the Moat Rifts.
Worlds & Systems
No information yet available.
Sector Summary
No information yet available.
World Listing
The following systems and worlds can be found within this area:
Subsector Listing
The following subsectors within Divide Sector can be reached by conventional Jump-2 vessels:
References & Contributors / Sources
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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