Library Data:District 268 Subsector
Library Data Milieu 1116 Milieu 1200
| District 268 Subsector | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Sector | Spinward Marches | |||||
| Capital | Mertactor (Spinward Marches 1537) | |||||
| Number of Systems | 32 | |||||
| Stellar and Economic data | data page | |||||
| Majority Control | Non-Aligned - 56% | |||||
| 2nd Control | Client States - 38% | |||||
| 3rd Control | Other - 16% | |||||
With the exception of two worlds (Mertactor and Mille Falcs – although several other worlds are client states), District 268 lies entirely outside the Imperium. It is, however, an area of Imperial interest. Such regions are designated as districts until such time as they are brought into the fold of the Imperium, at which point they are assigned a suitable subsector name along with the usual Imperial administrative apparatus and subsector fleet.[1]
District 268 was opened for Imperial development in 941 by decree of the Empress Margaret II.[2]
Most of the worlds of the subsector are on the Spinward Main, although its meandering path may require a detour into the Sword Worlds to reach some. All worlds are within jump-2 of the main, however. There are two areas of empty space within the subsector, which restrict traffic, lying to spinward-coreward and trailing-rimward of Collace. They are unofficially known as the Greater and Lesser Collace Rifts respectively.[1]
Imperial businesses are active in District 268, although McClellan Factors is engaged in actively squeezing out its rivals, sailing close to the wind with some of its tactics. The Imperial worlds of Mertactor and Mille Falcs are used as a regional base for Imperial firms trading into the subsector and administered from the neighbouring Glisten subsector.[1]
There is no subsector fleet, as such, for District 268 but patrols are maintained from the Five Sisters into the spinward side of the district and from Glisten into trailing. In addition, a small force of patrol vessels is based out of Mille Falcs. This is officially a detachment of the Glisten force but operates independently and comprises a handful of patrol vessels and escorts, backed up by a couple of old destroyers.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 123.
- ↑ Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 73.
Other References
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 4-5.
- Marc Miller. Safari Ship (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), 32-33.
- Marc Miller. The Spinward Marches Campaign (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 18-19.
- Martin Dougherty. Bowman Arm (Avenger Enterprises, 2006), 7-9.
- Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 36-42.
- Martin Dougherty. The Bowman Arm (Mongoose Publishing, 2016), 3-4.
- Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), .
- Timothy Collinson. Three Blind Mice (March Harrier Publishing, 2020), 29.