Library Data:Spinward Marches Sector
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| No. of Worlds | 439 | ||||||||||||||||
| Population | 374,922 million | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Control | Third Imperium - 62% | ||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Control | Other - 25% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tertiary Control | Sword Worlds - 6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Domain | Balkanized Space | ||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Mora | ||||||||||||||||
| Gross Sector Product | BCr2,153,610 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trade Volume | BCr34,819 | ||||||||||||||||
| Imperial Coordinate | -4 / 1 | ||||||||||||||||
The Spinward Marches Sector is the Imperium's farthest frontier sector, containing 437 star systems divided along a coreward/rimward line by the Imperial border. The region is dominated by two major powers: the Imperial Spinward Marches sector and the frontier provinces of the Zhodani Consulate. In the independent territory between the two powers lie four small territories: the Federation of Arden, the Sword Worlds Confederation, and the Darrian Confederation. Each follows its own diplomatic line designed to maintain independence from both the Zhodani and the Imperium. [1]
The Spinward Marches has been settled since the 400s and is still a frontier sector. High-tech worlds are scattered among empty, fallow worlds; there is potential for exploration, exploitation, and development for centuries to come.[1]
History
The Spinward Marches remained relatively unexplored and unsettled until the Imperium expanded into it between 75 and 400. But some settlements were established before then. The Darrians were contacted in -1511 by Terran traders and began to expand to the stars. [2]
In -399, Gram (1223) was the first of the Sword Worlds to be colonized; other Sword Worlds were colonized in the centuries that followed. [2]
True development of the Spinward Marches began with the arrival of the Imperials. In 60, Mora was settled; Regina was settled in 75. Between 200 and 400, the major Imperial exploration and settlement of the Marches took place. By 500, there were Imperial explorations beyond the Marches and into Zhodani territory in the adjacent Foreven sector. [2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Loren Wiseman. GURPS Traveller Core Rules (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 64.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18.
Other References
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 39.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 2.
- Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. The Traveller Adventure (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 12-15.
- Marc Miller. The Traveller Book (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), 149-156.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 17-20.
- Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 36-51.
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), .
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 10-15.