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The [[Distant Fringe]] is a region of [[space]] about 1800 [[parsec]]s [[rimward]]-[[trailing]] of [[Terra]], officially settled in 2255AD by [[human]]s fleeing the [[destruction of Terra]] at the hands of the [[Vilani Imperium]]. It is part of a vast region of largely unexplored [[wildspace]] called the [[Empty Stars]].
* It is an alternate setting for Traveller, or an [[ATU]].
 
=== Setting Premise ===
What if the [[Vilani]] had won the [[Interstellar Wars]] and there was no [[Rule of Man]]? And the losing [[Terran]]s had fled [[rimward]] in a great caravan of [[starship]]s, a [[Last Armada]]. 
* That is the premise that veteran Traveller writer [[User: Alagoric|Alagoric]] tackled when he created his [[Distant Fringe]] setting.

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
The [[rimward]] border of the Distant Fringe lies along the edge of the [[Great Void]], a huge interstellar rift, and is surrounded on its [[spinward]], [[coreward]] and [[trailing]] sides by areas of low stellar density called the [[Moat Rifts]]. Beyond the Moat Rifts are the [[Empty Stars]], a truly vast wilderness.
* The larger Distant Fringe region includes all or parts of 7 [[sector]]s and contains in excess of 1360 [[star system]]s.
** The [[Distant Fringe proper]] includes the whole of both [[Halcyon Sector]] and [[Far Home Sector]], and parts of [[Divide Sector]], [[Gulf Sector]], [[Shadow Rift Sector]], [[Course Sector]], and [[Bourne Sector]].
** The Distant Fringe is also called the [[Demon Cluster]]. It is a large grouping of [[star]]s within the [[rimward]] part of the [[Empty Stars]], which is itself a huge [[star]] [[cluster]].

=== Image Repository ===
==== The Local Arm ====
A map depicting the Local Arm, or [[Orion Spur]], an ethereal spiral arm of the galaxy some 10,000 [[light year]]s in length. <br>[[File:Local-Arm-Map Ade-Stewart 11-Nov-2019.png|800px]]

==== The Empty Stars ====
The Empty Stars is a vast [[cluster]] of [[star]]s lying at the trailing end of the Local Arm.
* The region within the green circle is the [[Empty Stars]].
* The region within the red circle is the [[Distant Fringe]].

[[File:Distant-Fringe-Setting-Corrected Ade-Stewart 14-Nov-2019.png]]

==== Distant Fringe Sectors ====
The Distant Fringe lies at the [[rimward]] edge of the [[Empty Stars]], forming an isolated [[cluster]] called the [[Demon Cluster]] centered on a bright supergiant [[star]] called the [[Demon's Eye (world)|Demon's Eye]].

[[File:Distant Fringe Sectors.jpg]] <br>The Distant Fringe region and the [[Sector]]s that comprise it.

The [[Demon's Eye (world)|Demon's Eye]] is an intensely luminous blue supergiant [[star]] that lies at the center of [[Far Home Sector]]. It can be clearly seen from every [[world]] across both the Distant Fringe and the [[Empty Stars]]. Why the [[Terran]]s, seeking to hide from their supposed [[Vilani Imperium|Vilani]] pursuers, should choose to settle a region with such a bright beacon at its center is something of a mystery. Some hold that it proves that the [[Last Armada]] was at the very limit of its endurance and was forced to halt while others contend that the location was deliberately chosen in order to give stragglers somewhere to aim towards.

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
The term "Fringian" is often applied to terms, equipment and events specific to the Distant Fringe.

=== Demographics ===
The total population of the Distant Fringe is around 127.1 billion [[sophont]]s: there are approximately 91.2 billion [[human]]s descended from Terran refugees who fled the [[Destruction of Terra]] at the hands of the [[Vilani Imperium]], and approximately 35.9 billion members of native [[sophont]] species.

==== Native Sophonts ====
{{SectorSophonts|Far Home}}
{{SectorSophonts|Halcyon}}

=== Trade and Commerce ===
Interstellar trade and commerce is the life-blood of the Distant Fringe and many large companies and businesses exist within the region. Full details and a comprehensive commercial directory can be found under '''[[Fringian Business Sectors|Business Sectors]]'''.

=== Technology Overview ===
The Distant Fringe has a general maximum [[Technology of The Distant Fringe|technological level]] of '''[[TL-12]]'''. Many [[polities]] have achieved [[TL:10-12]], but a significant number have lower [[TL]]'s.
* It is more advanced in some areas (specifically computers and robotics) but is more backward in others (such as Space Tech).
* '''Jump Technology''': Jump drive technology within the Distant Fringe is limited to [[Jump-2 Barrier|Jump-2]], utilising the [[DeVoss Drive]].
** Representative examples of [[starship]]s and [[spacecraft]] used within the region can be found at ''[[Ships of the Distant Fringe]]''.

== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
This broad [[Astrography|Astrographic]] region contains the following sectors (the "[[Distant Fringe proper]]"): <br>
''[[Distant Fringe]]:''
# [[Abyss Sector]]
# [[Bourne Sector]]
# [[Chasm Sector]]
# [[Course Sector]]
# [[Deep Sector]]
# [[Divide Sector]]
# [[Extent Sector]]
# [[Fallow Sector]]
# [[Far Home Sector]]
# [[Gulf Sector]]
# [[Halcyon Sector]]
# [[Shadow Rift Sector]]

=== World Listing ===
The following [[system]]s and [[world]]s are associated with this area: 
{{ClusterWorlds}}

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Advanced}}
{{Sources
|S1= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect [[Ronald B. Kline, Jr.]] of the [[Imperial Navy]]
|S4= Author & Contributor: [[Tom Chlebus]]
|S5= Contributor: Bruno Vieira Barbosa Carneiro
|S6= Formatting: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
}}
 

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