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Throughout the period humans remained extremely reluctant to provide any jump-2 drives, even for massively inflated prices, and the few jump-2 ships that the Sath possessed were captured or sequestered vessels. Such ships tended to be used as couriers, able to carry messages almost twice as fast as normal trade. | Throughout the period humans remained extremely reluctant to provide any jump-2 drives, even for massively inflated prices, and the few jump-2 ships that the Sath possessed were captured or sequestered vessels. Such ships tended to be used as couriers, able to carry messages almost twice as fast as normal trade. | ||
Revision as of 18:12, 3 July 2017
An interstellar state located in the rimward/trailing quadrant of Far Home Sector and dominated by the Sath, a Sophont species native to Ch'kaahi (2836 Far Home).
Description / Specifications
The largest state in the Distant Fringe. The Sath Alliance is made up of territory controlled by the Ka’sa Faction, the Shikh’aa Faction and the Khas'ahi Faction.
- It is a loose confederation riven by Factional politicking and petty rivalries.
- The current head of state is A’cha, Issh’t’ka of the Sath and Issha of the Infinite Heavens.
History & Background / Dossier
Early History
The earliest known human-Sath contact occurred around 2350AD.
The universe was suddenly open to them, a limitless frontier ripe for the plucking. The Sath rapidly advanced their technological base, first becoming spacefaring and then developing their own jump capable starships utilising technology derived from human developments. Their first interstellar jump was around 2425AD, to Kach'k (2835 Far Home), a system with a similar primary star to their own homeworld.
They continued to build and expand during the self-imposed isolation of the Second Confederation, when human activity in the rimward half of the Distant Fringe was at a low ebb. During this time they settled the worlds of the K’shek cluster and then the worlds of the Sha’a cluster. The Sath were desperately short of starships and progress was painfully slow. The furthest expansion of Sath explorers of the period was to the Pador-Aredian Cluster, where they made contact with The Haven. It was also their first encounter with another non-human intelligent sophont species, the Temelik of Iasanu (2224 Far Home).
The first starfaring Sath polities collapsed with the arrival of the Voyagers in 3730AD and the beginning of the Dark Age.
After the Dark Age
During the Renaissance the Sath rebuilt their technological base, and had restarted a space program (and ultimately interstellar travel) by the late 49th century. The systems of the K'shek cluster, under the dominance of the newly dominant Shikh’aa Faction, were at the forefront of the reemergence. By around 5550AD the Sath technological and industrial base had advanced to the point where they were able to construct their own jump-2 drives.
Throughout the period humans remained extremely reluctant to provide any jump-2 drives, even for massively inflated prices, and the few jump-2 ships that the Sath possessed were captured or sequestered vessels. Such ships tended to be used as couriers, able to carry messages almost twice as fast as normal trade.
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