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 Data Sectlon ....................................................................... 35
Keep the Flame ..................................................................4 Subsector Data Key ................................. ................ ...... 35
The Regency In 1202 ...................................= ......................
5 Sptnward Marches Sector ......................... ................ 36
Keepen of the Flame ................... . . ..........................
5 Cronor subsector (A) .................................................. 36
Tenders of the Refinefs Fire .....................
What Is the Flame?
...............
,,...5
.....................................................
5
Jewell subsertor (B)
Regina su bsector (C)
.................................................... 37
.................................................. 38
Symbol of the Regency................................................. 6 Aramir subsector (0) .................................................. 39
Structure of the Regency ................................................
6 Querion subsector (€1 ......................... . . . ............... 40
Levels of Government ...................................................
6 Vilis subsector (0 ....................................................... 41
Parallel Governments, ............................ ....
...........*.....6 Lanth subsector (C) ................... . .............................. 42
"Popularly Determined" ................................................... 6 Rhylanor subsector I'M) .................... . .............. 4 3
Adrn~nistration .................... . .
..................................... 7 Qa~yensubsector (I) ................................................... 44
Taxation ...................................................................
7 Sword Worlds Cj) ........................................................ 45
Armed Forces ...............................................................
7 Lunion subsector (K) ........................ . . . ....... 46
History of the Regency ...................................................
8 Mora subsector (C) ..................................................... 47
Regency Timeline......................... . . ............................ 8 Five Sisters subsector (M) ............................................ 4 8
Virus and Quaranthe .................... ............................
8 Plankwell subsector EN) ............................................ 49
Reqency Proclaim& ............................. ..... ..............
8 Glisten subsector (0) ...........,........ 50
Norris Adlo Aledon ..........................................................
9 f rids Shroud subsector (P) ......................................... 51
"Starship" ............................................................
1 0 Dmeb Seaor ......................... . . . .............................-52
Spinward Border ................................. .... ............10 Pretoria subsector (A) ................................................. 52
War of the Quarantine. l 'I31-1201 ..........................
11 Lamas subsector (B) ........................ .
,. ..................53
Psionic Renaissance ............................................
1 2 h t r a subsector (C) ................................................. 54
Reprerentational Reforms .......................................... .12 Million subsector (0) ........
................... ............... 55
Succession ................... . .........................................
12 Sabine su brector [E) ................................................... 56
Trepidation ................................................................
13 lnar subsectar (F) ...........................
....... ............... 57
Z h d a n i Exodus ......................................................... 13 Namidshur s u b s ~ t o(6)
r ......................................... - 5 8
................................................... 59
...................................
..
. ...........
lBiting the Bullet 13 Atsah subsector (H)
dvey A!edon/Alk halikoi ....................
................. 1 3 .
. Star Lane subrector (1) ............................................. . 60
Pdonlcs In the Regency ......................................................
14 mncennes subsector u] ...............................................61
Psion's Ooth ........................................................... 14 Usani su bsector (K) ................................................... ..62
'Psionic Registration and Regulation ............................. 14 teniishir subrector (C) ................................................ 63
Appearance .....................................
. . . . 14 Kamlar subsector (0) .................................................. 6 3
Prionic Training in the Regency .................................
1S Vast Havens subsector (F) .......................................... 63
NoMllty In the Regency ......................................................
76 Gulf subsector (MI ..................................................... 64
Noblesse Oblige .......................... .
............................ 16 Zeng su bsector (N) ...................
.....,........ ........ 65
Anogoth 6 and the Ghouls ................................ 1 ........
6 Trojan Reach Sector .......................... .....m....mam..........p.. 66
Noblesse N'Oblige Plus ..................................... 1 7 . t ~ ...............................................
Pax Rulin 5 ~ b r e c (C]
Sindal subsector (GI ...................................................
66
Local Status of Nobility ...............................................
17 66
Safety Net ...................................,.. .................1 8 Cazulin subsmor (0) ................................................. 47
lrnpwtant Regency Developments .................................... 19 Tobia substt~tor (H) ....................................................68
RQS ............................................... ................................ 19 Reft Sector ......................... . ....................................... 69
Serving in the AQS ..................... .,..... ............. 19 Vertus wbwtor (A) ........................ . . . . .................69
Meeting t h e RQS ................................... .,. ..........19 Usher subsector (E) ..................................................... 69
Openlng t h e FrontFw ................................................... 20 Macon su bsector (El .................................................. 70
Oklahoma Land Rush .............................................. 20 Sagittarian subsector (0 ....................... . . .............. 70
No Back-Flaw .................................. . . .............20 Two Little subsector (C) .............................................. 71
The XWeb ................................................................... 21 Barker subsector (D) ................................................... 71
D r q n e and Chirper ActlvIties ....................................... 21 Lost Way subsector (G) ............................................... 71
the Spinward States .......................................................... 22 New Islands subsector 0) ............................................ 72
I p i n w r d Stetes Timeline ................... . ........................ 22 O!d Islands sublector (K) ........................................... 72
.Zhodbnl
.................... 22 World Name Index ..............................
,
.. ....................... 73
Ihodani fitmeline ...................................................... 2 3 Library Data ..................................................................
76
Aslan ......................................................................... 25 Referee's Notcs . .
....................................... . .............. 82
Aslm Timeline.......................... . ................................ -25 Starshlps ............................................................................ 86
An Abridqed Aslan Abecedarium ..................................... 26 TL- 15 Empess M o m ~ C l a s sFar Trader ............................ 86
Vargr ............................................................................. 28 TL-15 Subsidized Merchant ............................................. 87
Church of the Chosen Oner ........................... .,.......... 29 R Q S Modular Fnspection Launch ..................................... 88
Darrian~........................................................................ 30 jurnpCapa ble b a t , "'jboat8' ......................... .............. 88
...,
Dom'un Timeline ........................................................... 30 Faith-Class R Q S Quarantine Cutter .................................89
Sword W w l d s ...............................................................
32 Cuspid-Type Gunboat ..................................................... 90
Swwd worlds Timetine ..................................................
33 Fang-Type Syltem Defense Boat ..................................... 90
The Islands ....................................................................
33 Trekhyoirklan Quarantine Cutter .................................. 91
Federatlon of Arden ......................................................
34 Barekdaldin-ClassTL-16 Darrian Patrol Cruiser .................. 92
 The Regmy Sourcehk b h e fint step of Traveller:The New Era's RSB can mly IlghtJy twch upon. Using stadad C W style ZDW-
returntof raveller\birthplace, thewneraMeSpinwardMarches. Likethe pubhhd produrn will be notd Fn M d face, and ~Fuiaimaterial
rest of the campaign background, the Marcher urdwwent an updating published by non-GDW swrces will be mted in itolia, COW has no
and expansion of x o p with each new edition of Traveller. OriginaO respibility for the availabilityof non-CDW material, and thereexkt no
Traveller's Spinward Marches grew to k o m e MegaTrwldefs Do- a the DigestCroup MegaYravellwpductr outside the handsof
s t t ~ L of
main of k e b , and in TNE the Domain is rm Imger m e small part of a collectm and outafgrint specialty shops. Howwer, a n u m k of dd
larger Rrnperium, but is the sde rqmitbry of that society's hopes and original Trweller and MegaTravellw produck remain in the CDW
drtams. k i d now that the Regency is poised to remake lntmtellar space warehow and can b purchased direct from GDW. A tist of these and
s a microcosm, Eike DNA tightly coil& in
in its own imqe, i t f u ~ i o n as their prices can be obtain4 by miting or callirq CDW.When I make
a xygote, of the new Irnperiumthat it will conceive. reference to CWV pductr, I will parenthetically rote whether thej an?
W h e n p i considerthattheSpinward Marcheswre the primatyfocus outof printandgmeforewr(0P)ors~ll availableviaGDW(W)ottktim
of JrawlEw support for 10 years, it becomes apparent that the amount ofthisp.inti'ng(mmeofthese grm!uckremain in vqsmallquantities,say
complexityand subtletyofitsdetail isstaggering, much more thancould two or three). Note: PAS 11 -24) indicates COW's Jwrnal of tht
fit into a 96page book. (I cou!dhaw made ~ta 400-page h k m it could Trawllerr' Ald Swlety, Ch (25-77+) indicatesCWsChallenge rnaga-
cowr wrything, but then you'd haw to wait another couple of yean to line, TD(1-2l)indkatesDC;Fs TrwdEers'Dtgat, a d MTj'(1-4)indica~
read it.) RSB, therefore, only ~ratchesthe surface of this kh, f u l l - M i d DG Fs MqaTrwdIer jwmat.
concactbn, which i all the more enhable because it has h n aged a d
bTended for as long as 18 pars (sudden d ~ i r e sto quaff a xotch are Llbmry Data
focgkveh.en}.And when you realize the purpo~ fw which the Spinward ASBinctud~aqbdIbrarydatasectim.~isirthefi~instaIIment
Marches sector(which itself iswrjlone of the fourxtors makirq up the of what will hopefully someday be a compreheniwecdlectionof jargon,
Regency) was created, its detail becoma wen more irnprwive. concepis, ktermdogyandidemcommonto the entinTNEwnkrse, and
Forwhatare the Marches,afterail, ifnota m~ni.lmprium?In 1 979one rot excTusiw Ib the Regency campaign. Many of these comeptr will k
dngte sector was designed to hare the same multi-facetedenvimmnt visilpd in more detail in future productr.
t h a l the lrnperium as a whole was latwdweloped ta display. The Third
lrnperium was a macrocosm of the Spinwad Marches, with its K'krw, Conclusion and Statement of Culpablllty
Hwenandklomani p l a y i q t f r e ~ m e d e o n a l a q e r x a l e a s ~ h e Z W a n i , T h i s was a diff~ultW to m b l e . I had originally hDpedfw mre
Danians, Sword Wwlders, eV, played on the smaller rtnge d: the space todmte tosheer prose, i.e, thedexriptive text that fill~up pages
Marches. The great historical wen& of the lrnperium were only the Fwe 5 to 34 ofthis b m k . But the more IspokewithTravellerplayers, the more
Frontier Wars writ large, and the xxiocultural details of the Third b f w d that they wanted the enlire Regency now, rnt just ow w two
lmperium w r e simply the more d e f i d rendwing of the same multi- sectors with more to follw. mause this meant half the h k w u b be
cullural influences that we had alreadycometo know"behind theclaw." g'mwertodry W d a t a , Istnrggledbefmdecid~ngon fiat path.Ialso
So it was inevihble that TNE would return to the Marches. the considered more eff~ient(i.e., compact) pwsmtationrd the UW& like
birthplace and laboratoryin wh~chall theconceptsof the later, larger using a single setor map accompanied by a single Fist of 'a d d s ,
f raveiler incarnations first saw light. unvlrted by 5 ~ ~Howwer,
0 ~ alkiency
. is not t he same as effectivenes~
Due to the natute of this task and the s b r t n a d 96 pages, a large and I beliwe the old one-subsector-per-pageformat i s the mmt w f u l
amount (whatFranklikestecall'"greatsteaming heapsW)ofmaterial is left format for refewe and p l a ~ r alike.
s To although I compensat d for the
that could not hfit into this k k , so w i h t further ado, E present dryness of 40 contjnuous pages of wsubsectw UWPs by pruning the
repetitivef m a t and packing the p q e s wjth wrkl informalion, the big
Future Developments hurdle was tr, simpYy "bite my hp and c k my eyes" and get on with i t
The release of this M k constitutes GDWr commitment Po Rememberingthat Supplement 3, The Splnward Marcher (OP)
support the Regency as a fully developed campaign background for predated the cornfusion of Llbrary Data (N-Z) In Supplement 11
use with Traveller: The New Era. This does notsignify the abandon- (OP) by three years, I reasoned that the full panorama of the 45
mpnt of the ReformationCoalition campaign. Both the Regency and su bsectorsof the Regency and its frontiers existas little numerological
Reformation Coal~tionwill continue to be supported a n d dweloped ends in themselves, and that I could add deep layers of descriptborr,
asofficialTNE campaign backgrounds, because as you have probably updating and whiny temporizing to t h ~ i rfoundation in future
guessed, they are going to meet each other some day. products. Besides, ~d I didn't put them all in Iwould ke apolqiring for
Regency support will be provided via further sourcebooks, Epic it to Traveller fans for a t leas! three years.
adventure campaigns and articles on the following topics: Because I had to navigate as thmug h Scyflaand Charybdis among
Further mciallpoliticalfhistorical background on the Regency the vast amount of established historical, astrographic and political-
and other Spinward States. cultural "facts" of the Sninward MarcheslDomain of Deneb. Icould
In-depth examinations of the other Spinward States and alien not simply work rapidly'and with aclean slate a n d write aboh a new
races, to include character generation, their own histories, attitudes. era of world3 and their inhabitants. This fact made this book more
approaches to the use of technology, etc. time-consumfng and more frustrating, but also more potentially
Cdlections of Rqegency-centeredequipment, weapons, vehicles rewarding. These rewardswill not all be immediately evident, but wit!
and starships, primaritya t theTLI 5 and -1 6 level, aswell as lower-tech emerge as continud Regency source material bubMes forth.
variants used by other Spinward States. Any violence I may have done to pre-TNE "facts" b my fault alone.
* Challenge magazine, which wiTI featue the g d old 'Traveller (But I'll bet I know more a b u t inconsist~ncieswithin original
News Servic~"in each issue, plus Regency coverage in the form of Traveller and MegaTraveller than anyone left alive, and only 1 know
adventures and art~clescovering the areas listed a b v e . where the bodies are buried.) Please note the thanks in Lhe credits to
those who made the Spinward Marches, Domainof Deneb and now
Cross-References the Regency what they have become. It goes without mying that
Unlike any previous T N E products, RSR will make the occasional without them, well, you know, it goes without saying.
r e f e r e n c e b p w - J N E T r ~ l l e r p d ~ . T h i s k a g a i n k a u s ethesheer
of
depth a n d bredth a! the exis@ Spinward Marcher backgmundwhich Keep the Flame.
KEEP THE FLAME If you do not have the Flame you are dead already, and none can
My brothers and sisters of the Regency, xlnr anddaughters of the save you.
Imperium,
These are the last words I will speak to you. The Flame do= not belong to you,
Please do not mourn me, but be filld with joy in knwing that my It is not yours to change or modify.
greatest joy has been to be your servant You need not miss me, for You are the vessel, the condu~t,the custodian of the Flame.

You are alone, a

darkness.
But yours is not the lo
extinction. vcr, in the ?-teamof all whe have seen you.
It istheelevationof the undying Ftamrcw

You carry a heay t f i

Aame go out
Who e h e d 1 d e r the b
Who"i!sk will-make C w e x r i
call humanity?
So my words ta you are,
"Keep the Flame."

Keep the Fhtnme.

For the s ~ m o l cknowled
we will ever kr~ow,ae7d b

and left for rlr what (hey Icamed.

The Flame is hontr.

The Flame is duty.
The Flame is selfless service to othes ill newr k the only one,
The Flame is mothers and father^ bus to those others who a h
teachers and students.
The Flame is relationships.
The Flame h LOW

The Flameiscoumge, faitfiandcmrnitrnent,even thoughwe wall die.

The Flame a the pyre on which all fear dies and is consumed for all purpose.
etern~ty.
The Flame ir within ul as we are within the Flame. And aithough I am leaving you,
I swear to you that wherever I go,
The Flame is not a burden to be lifted lightly. To hdp llght our way, my only cause, my only jay, will be to
The Flame can burn and hurt and frighten, Keep the Flame, now and forever.
Because it is nothing but the pure immanent force that drives this
universe, The Last Address of
Beautiful and terrible to behold. N o d s Aclla Aledon (1063-1 757l
But although the Flame can kill you, The Flrst Regent
THE RECElVCY process, and onfy those worthy of survival will remain.
ong~hg
The Regency i s a society influx, challengedby its d i f f ~ u lsurround-
t
ings and kser by the contradictionsbetween its past and itr chosen What Is the Flame?
future. Regency citizens h w e aclearbeliefof theirrole in the universe: Al thovg h Narrisand other Regency leaders spoke, and st1tlll speak,
They are the guardians of the lmperial values and are also the best of "the Flame" that is kept burning by the Regency, the exact
hope of the universe to again have a viable rnultispecies interstellar composition of this flame has been left open. This i s certainly part
culture. Less clear is their understanding of specifically how they will of the reason for the appeal of the image, as each p r x r n can
bring these gifu back lo the Y nivene, The unspoken assumption customize the concept 20 best meet his, her Qr its belief dructure.
seems to be that the univene will welcome them back as liberators However, the following characteristic5 are commonly accepted as
from the darkness. The possibilbty that the Regency might have to central values of the Flame.
fight wars for the hearwand minds and real stateof those theywould Courage: The ability to stand alone in the face of adversity and
lihrate has not been rigorously examined. to hold fast to transcendent values even when surrounded by tho=
who would tear them down.
Keepers of the Flame Stewardship: An appreciation of the physlcal assets (worlds,
On the one hand the average Regency citizens (who still call starships, high-tech industry), intellectual assets (literacy, educa-
fhemselwr "Imperials") betiwethat the Regency is the stewardof the Zion, technological and scientific training), social assets (adaptive
Imperial values that will someday be spread again among the Wilds political institutions, culture, art, literature, common history) and
of the ruined Third Imperium, They continue to obsewe Imperial spiritual assets (traditions of servlce, loyalty, duty, justice and the
holidays and commemorate Imperialhistory. As the only survivors of well-being of one's fellow citizens) that have been saved and
this once-great polity, it is natural for them to feel thisway; they share nurtured by the Regency, and a sober awareness of their fragility.
an understandable "survimrs' guilt" which driver them to try to Stewardship is manifestedby thewillingness to protect these assets,
justify and redeem the deaths of their lmperial brethren. But since it the understanding that these assets belong not to the Regency, but
was the lrnperium on its own which cansumid and destroyed itself, to the universe at large, and the commitment to someday assist in
how rational is this wneration of all things Imperial? Is it just a the dissemination of these assets back into the universe which has
harmlessconceit, w is it a deep cleavage planewhichunder stress wHI need for them.
wentually split, scattering all the accomplishments of the past 70 Selfless Servlce: Another aspect of courage and stewardship 1s
years? the belief that individuals achieve their greatest value when they
Survival has been paramountfor the Regency during the "Dream combine their efforts with others to create something larger than
Trne," so certaincontradictionsare inescapable. In fact, the Regency they are, which will live long after they as individuals have disap-
has not been marked by the kind of cynical "'necessities" that are peared. No person, nation, orworld i s an island; all of the Spinward
typical of hard-pressedsocieties#such as martial law, committees of States would have died had they not all cooperated with and
"public safety" and the like. This in itself is remarkable. trusted each other.
Incluslventss: Despite the rhetoric of other major interstellar
Tenders af the Reflneds flre powers, Imperials can justly ray that theirs was a rernarkabby
On the other hand, the Regency i s committed to sweeping integrakd mule-racial society. Although no s t ~ i e t yis free of
changes, broad in scope, deep in political and social effect, and prejudice and expresians of groupism, the lmperium contained
quite un-Imperial in nature. Regency citizens proudly proclaim their very few racial barriers to the achievement of its nonhuman
status as true Imperials, and continue on to profess their commit- members (altbog h certain behwioral barriers, such as anti-pionic
ment to the phasing out ofthe nobility with dem~craticand land prejudice, ended up functioning as pseudo-racial barriers). Ex-
reforms. The fact that this dichotomy is not often publicly articu- amples of lmperial inclusiveness ~ncludedthe appointment of Ihe
lated comes in part from an unwillingness to face up to real Vargr B n k as archduke of the Antares Domain and the actual
difficuitiesof overhauting a structure of feudal privilege, pawer and changing of the lmperial Sunburst insignia in 247 to make it visible
insularity. to a newEy joined minor race. The preponderanceof humanculture
Another murce of thls ~hlzaphreniais the style of leadership and leadership was a by-prduct of the tremendous numerical
usd by the Regency's most influential leader, Narris Aledon, the advantage of SmperFal humans. Even the rnuch-cerebrated cornpe-
first regent. While exhoning his citizens to modify their culture in tition between humans of Vilani and Solomani descent was ab-
areas of demmratic reform, group consciousness rather than local sewed more in the breach than in practice. For it3 jast $00years, the
consciousners, acceptance of psionics, and the accommodation of bloodlines of Imperial leadenhip were K> cornp!etely mixed be-
unassimilable political groupings within the Regency boundaries, tween Klani, Solornani and Sylean lineage that racial distinctions
he always used the inducement that these were the best ways to were nonsensical.
presewe and propagate the Imperialvaluer that his listeners hpld in The Regency is heir to this tradition. In addition to i€swell-knwn
common. The fact that these new principles were perhaps not M a n and Vargr inhabibnts, the Regency contains small communi-
Imperial values aRer all w a ~infrequently noticed, and discussed ties of Droyne, Chirpers, Hiven and even K'kree (see page 50), plus
even less. If one uses non-Imperial values to perpetuate the lmpe- numerous minor and geneered human races.AT1 these arefully able
rium, at what point dwz it cease to remain the same Imprium? to participate in government and to sewe in governmental agen-
When powerful nobles, formerly the backbone of Imperial leader- cies. H w w e r , it is clear that the lmperium war, and the Regency
ship, areejected from office and rernovedfrsrn theirancestral lands remains, a predominantly human institution. On a simply descriptive
in local referenda, how exactly does one perpetuate the lmperial level that simply means t h a t the greatest percentage of Imperial
traditions? svbiects were human, and that they naturally and not unreasonably
Those who do think about the Regency's contradictionsspeak in created institutions based on human traditions and assumptions.
terms of "the refiner's fire," in which the challenges and tragedies On an idealistic level. the concept of the lrnperiurn and Regency
surrounding the Regencyl lw i relentlessly burn away the dross of being human means that t h e y i n c o ~ r a t ehuman or humanevaluer,
unworthy institutions and leave only the pure, tempered metal of the most important of which are respect for the individual and his,
timeless values. Contradictory paths will be adjudicated by this her, w its right to a meaninful and fulfilling existence.
 Sym boll of the Regency these areas can exert their function at the I x a l level, they are not
The Regency insrgnia was controlled by the k a l lwel of government Rather, they are con-
originally proclaimed by Norris troll& by local authority via their own in&rnal chain of command
as the symbol of the Domain of which extends down from the Regency Iwel.
Deneb on 280-1 128 by super- One level of former Imperial government that is rnlssing 1s the
imposing Morris' unicorn device sector Iwel. Because the Regency only comprises major portions of
on the Imperial Sunburst. sym- hrvro sectors and small bits of two mom, this lwel would have been
bol of the Third Imperiurn. The duplicative, and the Regency lewl has Uken over the task formetly
unicorn, representing the association with sector-levelgovernment. However, sector remnants
"Bridled Steed" constellation of the noble hierarchy persist in their unernpowered advisory role.
which spans the Cronar and
jewell subsectors (A and BISpin- Parallel Governments
ward Marches), has long been One of the explicit resulb of the Repr~entationalRefom i s the
the heraldic device of Narris' establishment of ~ w ahieramhies of government at the local, plan-
family and thereby became the symbol of the Spinward March~sand etary and subsector level, a n d a t the interfacewith the Regency level.
Domain of Deneb. There i s of course only one administrative and bureaucratic hierarchy
Since t h e proclamation of the Regency in 1132, the sunburst at the Regency level, and all there hierarchies terminate in the single
postion of the insignia has been taken by tradition to symbolize "the person of the regent.
Flame," rather the Third Impetium. The placement of the Domain's II i s the condu~tsthat nsn up and down between the citizens and
unicorn symbl within this flame captures the concept of "the the Regency that are duplicated, Each subsector, each w r k l and
refinef5 fire." each of a world's local pclitical divisions are represented by nobles,
in the feudal tradition of the Imperium, and also by populaily
STRUCTURE OF THE REGENCY determined representatives.
For most purposes* the edabtbhment of the Regency was simply Popular Hierarchy. The popular hierarchy is the "tnre" form of
h e renaming of the Domain of Deneb, a step which war accom- Regency government in Chat it i s invested with the actual ruling
plished in 3 132 by Archduke Norns. IU structure is basd on that of powers that used to belong to the nobitity. This also means that the
the Imperiurn and naturally retainsmany of the same institutionsa n d administrative bureaucracies that used to answer to planetary and
processes. subector nobles have been transferred to thecontrol of the popular
The major departure from the Imperial structure began in 1152 hierarchy and are now answerable to planetay and subsector
when Norris announced the Representational Reforms. These re- governors.
fomswere instituted to eventually replace government bared on the The Representatlorial Reforms require that each world and each
nobility with government based on popular elections Because of the subsector have a single executive officer, in bath cases titled the
tremendous implicationsof these reforms, they were intended to be "governor." The governor is the key conduit of power both
undertakenin a gradual manner, and many of theattendantchanges upward and downward: The governor passes legitimacy up from
are still ody k i n g instituted 50 years later. In fact, the current form his or her constituents to the Regency government, and gasses
of Regency government with its parallel networks of noble and the Regency's laws, programs and fiscal requirements downward
popular government is viewed as still only a transitional form rather from the Regency government to the citizens. Sector and plan-
than the de3ird endstate.

Levels of Government "Papularly Determtned"

There are four basic lwetr of government in the Regency: tocal, The concept of "popularly determined" representatives,
planetary, subsector a n d Regency. mandated by the Represenzational Reforms, actually cwers a
Local government actually covers many potential sublewls of wide variety of procedures, not all d which are literally"popu.
gwemment by which people rule themselves dose to home. These lar." While many wotldsdo practice regularpopularelectionsto
can include government a t the level of town, city, distria shire, determine their leaders and representatives, other worlds do
county, parish, borough and a profusion of other local terms, all of not. Some do choose leaden by popular election, but these
which are nested one within the other 'below the planetary Iwel. leaders are dictators who serve for life, effectively e l e c t 4
The planetary lwel is largely self-explanatory, except t h a t it might nobfes.Other worlds periodically elect a single leader, who then
more accurately be described as "star system" level rather than appoints all the othermembe~ of the local govemmenf as well
planetary Iwel. Many star systems contain more than one inhabited
k r l d , bbt lmperialtradition has long stipulated that each starsystem
1 as its representatives to higher levels of gwernment Other
worlds chmse their leaders by lot, w some other random
has one primary world, to which the others are all subordinated in means, or only elect individuats from a small, self-selecting
some fashion, as colonies, raw materials remurces, bawl, etc. Thus, group. Some worlds haw planetary representatives wha are
the planetary level integrates these other worlds in much the same elected by high oHicials who were not thernseiv~spopulady
fashion as multiple nations on a balkanizd m r l d are handled. chosen, orwho are members of a secret "starchamber." These
The subsector lwel is the same as the old Imperial system, except systems all grow out of local curtom, traditions and awurnp-
that the Regency has folded certain sparsely populated subsectors, tions.
such asthose along the frontier or Great Rift, into a singlegroupwhich Although not all these systems live up to the classic image of
is treated as a subsector although its astrcqraphic area is larger. home rule, democratic election and elective representation,
The Regency \we1 i s the highest lwel of government, and corre- they do meet the primary impticit requirement of t h e reforms,
sponds to the former Domainof Deneb government in area of extent I
whkh is that they are I ~ a l l rather
y than externally Imposed,
as well as to the former lmperial government in terms of absdute and do represent something of a e true character of the
accountability.k great many governmental functionsare reserved to individual citizen, the most basic level of Regency society.
the Regency level, such as foreign policy and the a r m d torces. While
etary governors arc also able to use I ~ aRegency
l military forces are headed by high regents, which are appointed positions. These
under certain circumstances. appointments are made by the office of the regent a d must be
A second requirement of the reforms Is that each world send a confirmed by the Regency Senate and Moot. Ministries have
number of representatives to the Regency Senate, the Regency's mandated subject area responsibilities that are defined by the
primary legislative M y . Each world sends a number of senaton regent and Regency Senate.
equal to its WP population code, which means that a world's For example, the XWeb (see page 213 1s jointly oversen by the
senators may range fmm 0 to 10. This lagarithmic scale was the Communications Ministry and the k o u t Ministry. The Cornrnuni-
answer to the conflicting needs of greater reprerenQtion far high cations Ministry sets and monitors standards of informatian dis-
populatjon worlds and the requirement of a reasonable voice for all semination throughout the Regency, whiFe the Scout Service is
worlds, no matter how small their popufativns. Fw example, when responsible for operating the XboaU and their support structure.
comparing a world with a population of 100,000( c d e 5) ton world Thus funding for the XWeb comes from the %but Ministry's
with a population of 900,000,000(code 8). the smallerworld would budget, but it must meet the standards setby the Communications
only be out-represented 8 senators to 5, while the larger world Ministry.
actually has 9000 times the population of the smaller.
The knatc makes the Regency's f i ~ adecisions,
l and is a150 its Taxation
deliberative a n d legislative M y . All planetsare responsible for their own hternal twatlon, within
The term of oMce in the Senate isthree pan, although FA practice certain broad guidelines established by the Regency.
a sininq senator's term doer not end until his or her replacement The Regency does not directly tax any of iB citizens. tmstcad, it
arrives.-~iventhe wide variety of travel times from homeworlds to taxes worlds(which are then responsible for raising these taxesfrorn
the Regencycapital a t Mota, senaton are replacedon a more or less their citizens) and activities.
continuous basis. Taxation of worlds is usually basedon an equitable assessment of
Noble HEerarchp Also called "the old government" the noble a world" ability to produce revenue (basedon population, techno!.
hierarchy extends down to the lowest of the peerage, the barons, ogy, manufacturing capacity, etc.), but this can be revised up or
a t the local level, all the way up through the planetary and down for a variety of reasons. For example, a world which has
~ubrectarlevel to the Regency Moot at the highest level. Because suffereda natural disaster can have its lax burden reduced, while a
the popular hierarchy holds the real governmental p w e r , nobles world which has been the major benefjciary of a new Regency
exercise Fnflvence rather than actual power, but because of their facility or activity could have its tax burden increased. Subsector
history, personal stature, and abilities, this influence is no small governon are also given xrme authority to realign tax burdens
matter. They exercise their influence prirnarlly in the mmts-the within a subsector, so long as that subsector's total tax obligation
unoff~cialplanetary moots, and the official subsector moots and i s met.
the Regency Moot. Here they ran discuss current needs and Among those activities which are taxed are interstellar bade and
initfativer, and can bring their power to bear in support of travel. Every starship requires licensing, regiskition and annual
Regency legislation which is officially sent down through the certjfication which i s a fotm of tax, and the sale of all starrhipcargos
popular hierarchy. and passenger tickets p d u c e a tax paid to the Regency (these Zaxes
The noble hierarchy was established to serve three main pur- are wbsumed within the normal price of these items, so this effect i s
poses. The first is the continoation of the Imperial peerage, impor- not seen in game terms). When an interstellar business is formed,
tantfor historicaland culturalreasons:The laudable and emulatable regirtration and licensing fees are also paid to the Regency. Thc
accomplirhments of past nobles are more tangible and serve as berthingfees paid a t starparts are the means bywhich the starports
better modern role models if their fines are perpetuated in their recoup the taxes levfed on them by the Regency government The
ancient ceremony and grandeur, statement behind d l these artidb taxes is that the Regency is the
The second i s their function in a, statesmanlike advisory tole to guarantor of interstelfar society.
back up the popular hierarchy-an "impartial" check on the
progress of popularry elected government Because nobles do not A m e d Forces
worry about the need to be continually r e i k t e d , they are thought The Regency's armed forces include the Regency Navy, kout
to be able to take the long view on important or unpopular issues Service, Quarantine Senrice, Marines and Army. All these are
that elected officialsmay be PernpW to ignore. They aYrofunction administered by various ministry areas, but are under the supreme
as a backthannel means of appeal or communication. For ex- command of the regent. Each OF these organizations has n parallel
ample, a minority group which believes it is being abused and civif and militarycommandstructure. The civil strucrure consists of
ignored by majority-elected leaders may take its grievances to the the hgh regent incharged the Navy Ministr)~, Scout Ministry, etc.,
noble, who will represent these concernsat higher levels, usually by and the ministry office.
presenting them at the subsector or Regency Moot, bsuez pre- The ministry interacts with the Senate and other ministries, and
senred at the subsector level will become known to the ~ubsector handrer all budgetary and fiscal requiremenu, including procure-
governor who can act upon them, and issues presented a t the menf pay and benefits, etc.
Regency Moot can be acted upon by the Regency Mmt or Senate, The military command structure consists of the military's awn
as appropriate. hierarchy and controls operational, training and personnel issues,
The third purpose is both cynical and crucial: i t gives the nobles and makes procurement and budgetary recommendations to the
something to do. The sudden and radical disenfranchisement of a ministry,
powerful ruling class i s a recipe for disaster, By giving the nobility Both the milita~yand clvil hierarchies terminate with the regent,
a role to qrow into, Norris hoped to gain their cooperation in the who is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces,
Reforms. The Regencycontinuesthe Imperialpolicyof maintainingparallel
structures of active and resewe llepts in its subsector. Although
Admlnlstratlon subsector governors have no authority overactive navalforces, they
A in the Imperium, the Regency gcvemmentexercisesauthority are permitted to make use of reirewe forces under certain cireum-
over varioussubject areas via governmental ministries.All ministries stances.
H~STU82y O F THE REGENCY F m s a n d perhap the Representatjonal Reforms. However, the
AllhwghtheRegemydatesto 1132,itsstoryprope~begimFn1123 releaseofhe AlVlrusin 11 30smn presentedthe Domainwith a more
with the drspatch of the A m ' d V e w m c e mission. In 1113 the Owrrain burning issue rhan any social rertruduring.
ofDeneb had beencutoff from the lmpenumfor~xyears,andAKMuke
Nmis had to decide whether the hmain's future was rid to ~/entual Vlms and Quarantine
reunificationwith the lmperiumorifitwuld havetochartibrrwncourse. Advance warning of Vim5 from couriers that crossed ?heGreat Rift
To ~b end, he dispatched, ingreatestsecrecy, a mmmissiwred cruiser enabled local naval commanders to take steps to prevent Virus
to c r w the Sleat Rift and contact the Fdctjonr ofthe wanins Imperium. infecnjon, and quick fatifiration from Mora permitted these steps to
This story is told in greaterdetail elsewhere (ArrlvoI venFke: The Find be replicated all along the I)omain8s fron8er. Under centralized
Odyssey, W).Th.~heanswerof t h e r n i s ~ i o itrcompbetion
n~~ in 11 26wits leadenhip, these steps soon became codified as the Quarantine,
quiie simple: The fragments of the lmpwium were in no shape to be which extended all along b e Domain's trailing frontier and along the
reunified, and the brnainaf Oenebwould hmtostand~fallun rtfcmn. trailing portion of its coreward frontier.
In 1327, speaking from the Domain capital a t Mora. Nonis Quarantine cansisted of the isolation of all communkationr and
announced this rearrty to the Domain, that 'We in the spinward data transmission systems so that Vlrus could not 'be transmitted
extents must chart our own future." (See Survlval Margln page 53, along itr fundamental path, and theclosing of the Domain's borders
or Arrlvol Vengeance, SA.) to all FntersteFlar traffic. Incoming traffic, ~f cooperative, would be
Many of Norris' initiativeswhich later saw light as Regencyplicies inrpzled for Virus, usually involving a lengthy layover ar all starship
were undoubtdly 'begun at this time, particularly the Psionk Re- sysrems, personnel, cargo and equipment were i n s ~ t e dQuaran-.
tine Transient Camps were hastily assembled all along the frontier to
house these pecans, who were detained as long as ~evemlyears in
some cases, because the flood of incoming traffic wetwhelmed the
shipping available to carry them deeper into the Domain.
Allles: It qrric kly k a m e evident that the Domaincould not create
aVirur-proof barrieralongall of its frontiersandthatit must cooperate
1109 Nwn'ssackrAdmiral Santanocb.Tdedwar begins b with its neighborsinordertokeepwrus from overwhelming them all.
turn in Irnpwium's favw. Negotiatbnr with the AsIan were the most pressing, as the Aslan's
1110 FlRh Frontier War ends in return t6 ahmost a t pre-war frontier with VTrus was contiguous with the Domain's. However,
Domain-Hierate relations had been quite sour since the onslaught of
the ihotei fleets in 11 19, and these overtures were initially met with
suspicion and hostility. With time running short and in the absence
of concrete Aslan cooperation, the Domain extended the Quarantine
111 7 lmperium break into k h s fm a Cdf War. Vargr cvt rimwardinto some frontier Aslanworlds, jusf in rime to meet infected
Corridorintwo.h a i n o f Denebcutofffromlmperium. ships crossing the Great Rift via the mid-rift calibration points,
1119 IntruGm&~slanihot#fleelsin~~nainkomestrongw Desperate diplomacy, and last-minuteassurances that the M a i n
a d more numerous. would respect the integrity of Aslan populations within i t s borders,
7723 Nwrisorders ArTiwI Verqetmcemiaiwr t o c m l x t r p finally cemented the shotgun Domain-Hierate wedding, and joint
mains of shattewd Impefium. &Ian-Domain farces were formed to defend the spinward termini of
1126 M ~ e n g e w c e r e t u m fmrnitsrnissim,
s canyhgfuture the great trans-rifi trade routes in the Riftspan Reaches.
Hgh Regent Awry Alkhalikoi. ks it did with the Adan, the Domain shared its knowledge and
1 127 Ncxrfs announrm that Domain must seek ib own path antiviral techniques with its other neighbrs, most notably the
wthwt the Imperium, Zhodani and Darrians. Although thls information was aFso shared
1130 Release of Al Mrus in Core Sector. Colapse begir\s. Rrst with thevargr, nhe Domain never really trusted the fragmented and
wamingsofVirusarrivea l q trailing bntiersof Bmain. divisive Vargr to help maintain the Quarantine, and was f o r d to
11 37 Quarantine completed. extend; the Quarantine along its entire coreward hrders.
JointAslan-DaminReetIdesZroy~mplnfleeLsattmpt- By the end of 1 131, the Quarantine had essentially assumed Its
ing to cross Great Aik currentform, although a great number of procedures and protocols,
11 32 iRegenc)l prrrclairnd. Spinward SfamAccord s i g d . especially between the neighboring powers of the Quarantine, had
Swbrd~ d attempt
s lardqrab. yet to be established. These protocols, and the sights and responri-
11 33 Rq~Frontiercreated.Abandmment~rw. Bwder , bilities of all those participating, were formalized in 11 32 with the
Wort& and Gram are abwxbed into Regency. Nmis I signing of the Spinwad States Accords.
decfamlhePsinicR~fmr uderHighRegentDilgaadin.
Psionic Renaissance begins. Regeng Proclaimed
1139 Rape of Trin. While the Spinward States Accords were k i n g finalized, the
1140 R e g e q annexes ldands subsectors, assumes peace- Domain of Deneb became the Regerrcy.Although in many ways this
h e ping presence. went was. merely a cosmetic change, the very real significance of
1152 Nmis annoutxs t k beginningof the Representatha1 cosmetic changes in human affain cannot be ignored.
The proclamationof the Regency servd psychologicaland ems
tional notice to DDmaFn residentsthat they had entered a n e w e m h
of history, that things were na longer the same. This allowed them to
make the kin$ of mentaf and scxia! adjustmentsrequired for this new
epoch. and by defining b e Domain's identity in a positive,
independent way, connected to a cause, its citizens learned to no
longer regard themselves as a small backwater province, cutoff from
and abandoned by the larger society that gave it meaning. Rather,
 Norris Aella Aledon
The First Re ent
P
Archduke o the Domatn d IDeneb,s
Duke of Re ina, ceremonlo vl'Sa
B
Count Ale on, cerernonlo per m d r m
Marquis of Regina, ceremonh
Baron Yorl, ceremonlo perpet media. f h l s
OEG, OC, ODM
Formprpose5the*rydmeRegwkthesrorydNorris
~Ib~Meral~andal~&ally.Norris-bguklinglighfitr bymak'ngh'm
corwlme and voice fw ib fim 25 years, a n d his vlsion has been
malntalndby h t r r u c c m Furthermore, his unassumingo@insand vrewhcr unseff-
his abllity y, shoukfw u n i q l n a b l e responslbTntreswhen catapulted bh'y gave up
Inba @tion wtof keepingwithanyplannedpr~pamtim panlfelsthe his Own per-
waythe M a i n o f Denpbwasthrust in tlmedderperatewar ntothe Sonal happi*
rde of sde keeper of the Imperial tegxy. ners far the
Born as the second son ofthe Duke of Rqlna, NNwris was nww Ofswvlng
h i & hr pdilical leadenhip, and Mrtead janed the l r n p l l Nay
I h'5h~~'~-
where he began a pmZslng career in Srnperiat Naval Intelligence.
Howwe~#edeathdhirddwbmth~Williaminl(K,7,foI~edayear
bterby thedeath ofhis father, theduke,thrust Mmk Inba position he
neither expected m desired, but whkh would prwe again the tmth trusted
d the ancient 4- 'There is rm mxefialng prepanton for a klng
than to have been trained in the nay."
He proved himsetf a competent admlnlstrdtw, but it was not
until the Fifth Frontier War (1 107-1'110) that hb genlus as both a
straregic and operationa! leader became evident Successfully
anticipalhg the outbreak of war, Nwris requisition& naval rein-
forcements frwn Emperm Strephon wfilch arrived In time to turn
the tide. But bfm these forcer cauld arrive, and In the face of much mol
, ,. ...
dlsastrousearly rewrsslrfwlmperlat forces, Norrl~ relieved Admlral
Santanocheev, the Incompetent Imperial cmmander, and took wroteandetoOllaaadtnI"Odeto0ldChrwneDome")thatwasred
a t the of which ewapsulates thew
personal control o f the Irnperlal campafgn, seSting up the final
lmperlal vktory a t the decisive Battle of Rhyfanor (see f h e Spln- sentimt
ward Marcher Campaign, UP). Noms' ability to comcily antici-
pate and take confident powerful measures, x, amply demon- ,r_m u_K Lr.uq,, un
strated here. was to be tested again. wmtkwWem;pknewmymqtkqht.
Id r o / k vand oises r n thon one men COM
nitmar
In 1 116, receiving advance word d Sbvphm's paptrlarlyaccepted
murder, NoniztodtndvantagedSmperialproWocdsand,h Strephon's wemy&kdy;myum&nmJndandhorwl.
name, elwated himself to archduke af the h a i n d W e b , thus w plspbce nods empfy, tolh wirtmi me o d wrlhlr,
emuring clear, unifiecl and forerightful leadership to meet the chal- 'enrleahir~hqIdontbhwtobPgin.
lenges ahead. Thlr appdntment was later c a n f i r m d by Empmr rldkdaqu~~n, d m like p,3 K K e s m y p u p s e a r d m y t ~ h t
Strephon in I 126 (w S u ~ aMargln
t page 52). Thii p i t i o n allowed mw can I k r m w a m h r wben I kmw that s h e could not!
him to aCt W d y upon advance word of the W h a relea, and he was
able to organize tt.R W n to e m t m r e f o meet and exclude lthk the death >rrls Awd wt his final years
threat &mansbating Kird~plOmatictalerrtr, h e w a b o a b k to rewit t k with Seldrian the upbrlngfng of his "true
grandm,m carar
neighbanngZhodlni gmpmmnB upport the Quarant'ne N M r died In I I J,, rnllr ~ u u r ,.#u,delivering his flnal addrers
whdt p r e w d the region n w known as the Spinward Slatpr.
In 11 3 1 fdlwing the successiul cornpklh d the Quarantine,
Nwrlr-anired*e-inofDenebmtheRegency,aMywhkh
w l d continue on in the namedthe lrnpwium until such time as the
tmperlurn cwld be reestablkhed. His a t t e n t h was nowfocwsdon
wganEng the Rqencytowithaandtheimessantattacbdunrrhthe figure after his death. The name Nwris and its variants (Nora,
nwfomr sophlrticlttedvnmpin aswcl, ns Norlne) are extremely common among R e g e v citizens, espe-
siallythoselessthan45yearsdage,All R e g e n c y M s w e r v i s i t d
d the lmperium which caused its ultimate fall.
'Orris Champimed
by Norris commemorate these visits by historical markem, Norris
Of hmorf dedicaUonand umerr- hateis, Nwrir rtreeh murpumr and *Norrlr rlepvate herew plat-
nes5~ and decreed Ihat the R q e n c y would from a feudal
poliry to a more democratically hsed polity. He atso repea'& the
~sionkwpprasions, opening the way fw Regency Psionifl to
provide additional help In maintaining the balance of power with ~ albvilng it to rer
S U C Con,
the Regency's Zhodani neigh&. figure bcrho created the clflic
Nwns never married, and his rrnurccesrfu! attempb
they IWW were the heart and soul of that larger s ~ i e t y and
, had a Rnd Adjustments: Another accomplishment of the renaming of
mission that ennobled their existerne and errertians. the Domainwas the opportunity10redefine the status of disputed or
Finally, the redefinilion of a domain of a larger lmperiurn as a Border Worlds and client states starting from "a clean sla~c."Rather
separate rqency would make k easier to institure the cultural and b a n canying over generalions-ald Imperial territorial disputes into
political changes necessary to adapt in this new erwlronment The the new regime, Domain worlds and all worlds on its borders were
change ot name empowered Regency cituens to take hold of their g h n the "option" to join the neworganization. Although key k d e r
destiny and make their own decisions withwt haviw to ask thern- areas were given ns much freedom as possible in t h i s area, in some
selves ~f these decision were "proper within the externally imposed cases the Domain resorted tosubtleor overt arm-hhristing. In extreme
Imperial framework, cases the RornainlRegency simply incoporatd unwilling worlds as
"Unintqrated Territories," meaning that the worlds were nominafly
Independentbutthat the Regencyexercised the principle of eminent
domain to take the world within its defensive perimeter, In other
. which
)ern -
. - achieved2I greatdea words, given theclear and presentdanger tocivilization prwnted by
Virus, someone had te take the responsibility of integrating Border
Worlds into an e f f ~ t l v eprotective regime, for the grxd of all
intelligent life. In cases where recalcitrant worlds were unable to we
aboard Ihe battlecruiser Samtaguand was inspired towrite the to these requiremen- on their own, it fell upon the Regency to do
poem by lhe sight of the destroyed Regency vessels that were what needed to be done, for, as Regency leaders were fond of
left behind at the end of this deep interstellar space battle. repeating, "the Quarantine i s only as strong as its weakest link."
d k e n reading
Todevoleesof p t r y i t was clear that A s ~ had One of the most p~werful inducements that the DDmainlRegency
rather too much willlam Wake when hewrotethis pwm, buttu couM offer was ib anti-viralexpertjse, and itr oRer to include a world
most Regency citizens, who had never heard of Blake's 3900. underthis umbrellawa~ anopportunitythatcould not be passed over
year-old work, the piece captured the sadness, pignamy and lightly. This was especintly true when envoys pointed out that the
fear felt by those living in the lastsurvivingp k e r o f civilization, alternat~ewas to b left autsEde the Quarantine to fend for oneself.
surrounded by, and daifythreatenedby, the yawning chaos that Another factor that ironically strengthened the Regency's bargaining
slrrraundcd them. position was its simpte desperation for success. This desperat~onled
the Regency to grant favorable terms to prospective members that
Starshlp, stunhip, burning dfmon the flnge of the &rn made rnemberrhip much more attractjve to worlds which had
Qidyout~ewhave5omeIasstw d A f i ~ u I p l w w c n w e r k d ? repeatediy declined Imperial allegiance. The clearest example of th~s
Y w r fhiwl.M&& hull k t r q no sign of R fe hwn Icmwr d a p was the incorporation of wadds that contained significant groups d
* base, ltwving you 011 me in spat
Vargr invaders or AsIan "squaners,"still fighting for control of the
~rsome, fa,T some o crwmatwiun world with i& rightful ImperiaZ inhabitants. Since approaching Virus
allowed neither the time for lengthy settlement of these disputes nor
the luxury of leavlng embattled worlds as the weak link on the
Did purcoptoin try toshw t beforeyol Quaranline frontier, the Regency waso bllged to "agree todisagree"
m'seyer: and accept theYargr and AsIan territorial gains as a faitaccomp!i.This
acceptance legitimized these gains and obligated the Regency to
extend the f o m ~invaders
r the same rights and support a5 any other
Regewy citizen. This wauld wentually put the Regency in the
m e they le distasteful position of defending the newly legal Vargr and Aslan
gainr against the very Imperialswho had been dispFacd from them.

Stanhip, sturshfp, ddfi mwy lnto a $QCC h t k r x m no doy Splnward Border

Wewonderanthe men you b o r e d Iwghtbeside us Inrhis war Duringthissame perlod the Sword Worklsobservd the Rqenc)rs
I[ would be simpk to forget your a m e n whwn we n#er met forthcoming policy toward already entrenched rivals and attempted
Butw'llrmember, ~5wes)rpulrlw r c w n m d e s i n . t h i 5 h i t f i ~ to take advantage of this opportunity by launching invasions on a
I the stan, .~ O Ttheir so number of worlds on the Imperial frontier, including the Border
Worlds, IEntropic Worlds and several Imperialworlds. These invasions
. . ... were small a d were intended get the Sword Worlds' "foot in the
Storship, ~tmhfp,save a M h for us, lbst chi!&m of the Earth door" on these worlds xr that the Domain would be obliged to
You drih Imm sight h t mt fmm mind, iwsumw recognize and accept these claims in perpetuity.
The Domainwas hoping to incorporate the Borderworlds into the
to s ~ m k mmnce to the horn wfrm now our mtssing new Regency, but at the time of the land-gmb these details had not
commdes morn been finalized. Keeping the Border Worlds under DomainlRegency
We'll bum with p !R-n~ and tf tin control would greatly simplify the defense of the frontier and allow
Please guard ?he dcrw, and let us in. better connection with Oanian holdings, but incorporating former
Sword Worlds territory i n b the Regency was dangerous, as it would
l l -ppularsucceuof
~ "Starship" alW M t o r e t i r e h tht attract internal conflict, Thir perception was both confirmed and
my and pursue a career as a popular pwt publishing swch kt. rendered irrelevant by the landgrab.
selliq c o l l ~ a ah The WaBm Weddirys, W e l i i n e Batcd1 md Recqnizing the Sword Worfds' a d as one of crass opportunism
Din'w'wwlDitties, Id& in the CrPek and 1md 5 a d m s Iwhich based on their interpretation of Domain weakness, the brnain
again r a i d the hxkks of critia, who bgan refwring to him ar, determined that a clear show ofmolve was necessary and decided
'The R d McKuen of t h 57th century.' This Is W u s e the crnc that it was lime to slap the Sword Worlds down hard. Improved
thing that critja like better than running people d m a making Domain-Zhodan! relations since 1 I23 made this act possible, as
obscure wkwnces that mone but they can understand.
Imperial forces in the past had k e n deterred from actingagainrtthe ured fw n d e d warship construction.
Swrd Worlds bythe Sword Worlds'tjesto theConsulateas members Another ministry policy was to carefully limit the pace and extent
of the Ztrodani-led QutworMs Coalition. of mdernization of the Regency's shipbuilding industry. While
A c h q wrth the mistance of Daman forces, a n d after dispatching decades of advancing Rqency technology would hwe permitted
guamntw !D the Zhadani that no aclz would be taken against them, g many5115 shipyards to produceTL16vessels, these
the u ~ r a d i n of
Domain naval and Marine fmescnahed the Swrd Worlds forays and upgrades would have caused a serious disruption in output, and the
orcupied an additional wen of the S d Worlds, including the entire new high-tech vessels would have been technologically imompat-
Cram a m (seepage4S).Reasoning that since t h e S d Woddenwauld iblewith the Regency's nearlyhmqeneousTL3 5 forces, and would
causetrwble romatterwhatanditwuld t h e r e f m b e h t t o k e e p a c k haw required the creation of a new TL16 maintenance and suppon
eye on them, the Domain e k t d to incoprate all the mupied Swwd infrastructure in addition to the existing TL15 facilities. Furthermore,
Worlds and Border Wod& into the R e g e q . the production of the innumemblc one-clff I l l 6 prototypesrequired
to learn how to properly manufacture and use this new technology
War of the Quaranthe, 1131-1201 would have been wasteful and duplicative. Mdernkation efforts
The War of the Quarantine was the constant background that were insteadfocusedon bringingworldsup toTL15 lwcls ratherthan
accompanied all ather events of the Regency's history and under- further advancing exirting TL1S facilities.
scored the precarious nature of the R e g e w s existence. just asVirus Smdl-scale TL16 programs were undertaken, b t h to ensure
caused the founding of the Regency, its continued infllrence an it in technological supremacy and to discover useful T I 1 6 systems that
the form of the Quarantine Warwas the major shaping influence on could k adapted to other platforms, 'but these wre camfully
the Regencyinibfirsrt 70yeao.The liver of almostall Regencycitizens managd. These were typical9 joint Darrian-Regency programs,
were touched by it in xlme way, either by family service along the using known-successfulOarrian TL16 artifacts as goals, rather than
Quarantine line oracareerspentbuildingthebmls of the~uarantine: requiring Regencyengineea to conduct time-consumingTLl6 basic
starship, spacecraft a n d their systems. And although the Quarantine research. The highly ~uccesrful500-ton Darrian patrol cruiser (page
War gradually became business as usual, something the average 92) isa prime example. The DPC is baredon long-established Darrian
citizen could takeforgranted, the total number of Regency dead after designs and is also prwlwcd under license in the Regency for the
70 years of unremitting diligence was staggering-more than all five Regency Navy and Quarantine Sewice.
Frontier Wars combined. Fi natty, theRege x y has made extensive use of reserveforces, primarily
Starshlp Shortage: One of the most shorking revelations of the via the RQS. The AQS offea subsidies for the p a t e cmtruction of
early Quarantine was the tremendous shortfall in spacecraft required military-capable starships (uwally armed or u ~ r a d e merchantd types),
to maintain it. Warships and system defense boats were requited to and thweby can call up the* wsselr and their crew4 tw temporary RQS
guard each of the refueling points in each of the systems along the duty (see page 19). The RISS aka maintains ib brq-standingpolicy of
frontier, in sufficient force to a t least slow down incoming vampire maintaini9an oprational reservefmeof detachedduryxoutlcouriers.
ships. Starships were required to make pre-emptive sweeps through Frnalty, all petx~lnd whO have s e d in the RegencyNavyor koubcan
t h e Mkls. S h i p w r e also needed to man t h e less dangerous but still expect to k recalled lor Quarantine duv.
necesszlry b r d e n with the Regency's Spinward State neighhrs. The effects of the stanhip shortagecontinueto thisday and can be
Couriers and Xboats were requ~redt o maintain commwnications seen in the rarity of TL16 stanhips and shipyards in the Regency, as
among the Quarantine force and maintain timely communications well ar the great age of the Regency starship feet. Most starships not
within the Regency so that worCdswould not besurprisedby vampire destroyed in the past 70 yean are still in service, and a large portion
breakthroughs. Furthermoe, wartime losses to a31of the above forces of these are still committed to supporting Ihe Quarantine.
needed to be constantly made up in a timely fashin. Finally, in spite Regency Frmtler: A Virus-bght Quarantine canmt be maintained
of these drains on available shipping, large nurnberz af merchant alonga4qkthin Irne.The abilityofrtarshipstojmpwerdefendinglines
vessels were needed to maintain the Regency's commerce. requim a d e f w in depth. This defense in depth was xhieved by the
These needs were met in m n l ways. Fir% mmt privately owned creation of the R e g m y Fmntiet, which was largelyin place by the end of
military vessels, wch as the famed rout^ mtectors"of the Al Morai 1133.
shipline me Spinward Marches Campaign, OP), wwe nationalized. The Fmntiw has an averagedepthof three tofourparsecs, with the
These were either taken m r by Navy and kout crews w retained their outer edge king the beginning of the Wilds proper and the inner
fwmercrwvs, w d i r & m m i s s k e d into tfrebmainarrndservices. edge being the actual R q e n c y boundary, what i s referred to as the
Second, h e Regency*& hipb building industry was carefully orga- Regency Safe Area, or "Regency Safe" for short.
n l z d a n d husbanded by the new Minlr~ryd 5hippiq. The ministry Tbre w k r edge ir the limit of pwmanently stationed RQS picke'tr,not
identified existing construction capabilities that could be rapidly the limit of R Q S patrols. RQS "deep sweeps" routinely mnge sweraf
converted to usefulprojectswithoutthedelay and waste necessitated parrec~iflt~themkls,fl ushirqmt known and likelyavenuesaf approach
by wholesale redirection of industry from the ground up. a d metimes planting ambushes at key refueling pointr.
Two examples of this approach are the Cuspi&type g u n b a t and Abandonment: T h e principle side effect of the establishmentof
the jump-capable boat (pages 90and 88). The Cuspidtypegunboats the Frontier was the Abandonment. Because the worlds beyond the
were adaptations of the standard 10-ton launch, already in produc- sate tmundary could not have their safety guaranteed, a massive
tion invast numben by many Regencyyards. Ratherthantaking years evacuation of their populations began in 1 133 and had neached its
to convert these yards ta the prduction of expensive, timexonsum- peak by 1 136. The Abandonment was supported by the Regency
ing, and lab-intensive purpose-built fighters such as the RampaR Navy, which organized convoys of troop trw5port.L EO bring the
(see Brilltwt Lances Xcchnlcal Manual, p q e 48), these yards were emigr6s to safety within the Regency.
able to begin manufacturing Cuspid cornponenu almost immedi- Here they were initially deposited on a number d Regency.
ately, and existing stocksof launch sparer could t x used for the new designated "Refugee Wodds" in the trailing subseaors of the Re-
gunboat type. The jumpcapable b a t was similarly derived from a gency. Many milli~nsofthernwere relocated bythe Regency toother
standardsmall c r a k the 36-ton ship's boat,The use af the jump b o a t worlds, notably the former Border Worlds of the Sword Worlds
to supplement a n d replace the admittedly more capable Xboau su bsector (page 451, and the ihotei-settledworlds along the thinrim.
a l h d shipyard capacity previously used for the larger Xboat5 to be Here they provided a loyal counterbalance ta the volatile Sword
Trepidation Zhodani wereththeRegency'ssecond mostcordial neighbors, ranking
Responding to signs that the Regency had done just about at! it only after the long-friendly Darrians,
muld do as a closed economy a n d was beginningto stagnate behind H m r , all thischanged in 1201, abngwith thecowlate'sstatusa
it5 walls of Quarantine, Caranda began preparing hFs subjects to face the mtstabte(almmtfossilize$in -&dl-adjurtdnes)of the Spinward
their inwitable return to the Wilds. Theculminationof this effort was 5tates. Regenq leaden now openly refer to the once-feared and ahvays
the 1196 referendum on opening the outrim frontier ta allow respected Consulate as the "sick man" of h e Marches.
exploration and expansion inta Corridor. The issue wasvoted down In 1201, quite without warning, the h d u 5 began. Since then an
by a solid majority, but the referendum had the intended effect of estimated 30 billion Zhodani refugees have poured inta Regency
opening publicdebate, which was not stilld by the end of thevoring. space, still withowtan ~xplanationfrom the Consulate's leaders. This
influx is placing a great strain on resources in the core-spinward
Z hodanl Exodus corner of the Imprium, particularly in the jewell, Regina and Ulis
Athough the Zhodani were the traditional bogeymen of the subsecton. Small worlds are being overwhelmed by the continuing
spinward Imperium, events since ?heCivil War and Collapse brought flood of hungry mouths to feed, These refugees jump right over the
a dramazic reversal in this relationship. Zhodani-Regency frontier, violating the Quarantine protocols long
5uccessful talks k t w e e n Oomainand Consulate leadersin the pre- respected by b t h sider
Collapse peripd reassured the Imperials thatthey did not have to fear The Regenq'ssurrent N i i r humanitarianand mmrnitted tocaring
a Zhdani deathstroke that would finish them off in their weakness fw the obviously genuinely suffering pwple. But h e questbm remain:
and isolation. Infact, the Consulatewascmfartablewith its Domain- Hrrrr many displaced Zhdani can the Regency absarb?What &causing
sized neighbor and had only fought five wars ax a n effort to farestall this?A d when will it end? Regency leaden have thus far been unable to
the Imperium'~seemingly unquenchable thirst for expansion. determine if kxal Zhodani authwities are concealing h e details of this
W~ththe establishment of t h e Spinwad States protocols, the upheaval w if they lhem&s are alsa in the dark.

Bltfng the Bullet

Six years of debate since the first referendum and the Impetus of
For the first few years after hb ar
Am'val Vengeance, (see Arrlvd Vmgwnrc I ne rlnal udyssq,
the I M a n i Exoduscaused the SenateandMmt to approve, on I91 -
1202, a limited opening of h e Regency Frontier in the Antra,
S q and Survival Margin) Avery's identity was a mystery, He Namidshur, and Uuni subsectors of Deneb (pages 54,58, and 62).
was duly adopted by Norris, and assumed the name Adon. Thisopening irane-wayonly:Tra%ccan move ouG but isstillcarefully
On his Zlst birthday, however, his identity as the son of controlled coming bark in by full Quarantine procedures.
Strephona n d loianthe(the latter posthumously, via f a e n o v a The joint Senate-Mwt actrequired the RQS to respond wlth a plan
lrtdred aboard Strephon's entourzq e fleet) was announced, within 60 days and to begin implementing the final approved plan
a n d he took on his rightful family rtame, AICF within 120 days, by 31 1-1202.
Imperial emperors from 629.
~ VFI ~g
At that time Avery had already b c l XI for M y e a r s as
High Regent far'r~hnologicalAwssmenS as he had a facitlty
and consuming pasJon for such topics as primks and artificial
intelligence. In 1'144 he additionally k a m e the Heir Consort
upon his marriage to Seldrian Aledon. The marriage was not a
success on a p e r m a ! level, and Avery spent most of his time
away from Mora, inmfwd in his duties as High Regent until
1 149. In that year, while participating in a demonstration of
computer-enhanced anificial psionics, Avery was killed by a
hardware failure.
folbwing; his death, the following dmurnent was leaked to
the press. It was said to k a note from Strephon given to
Seldrian fw safekeeping during the Veqeance visit to
Usdiki in 1 126,

How can I rrton~lor thesin E hwe committed?You, myonbson,

thegift h m beyond thegrwc of your beaurifuul mother, how could

/ cm only answer, "How w l d I not?c OnJy my son muld

underslund in the same way what I hove seen, and curry this
understanding LO where it will be needed.
Perhops someday yw can undm tand that I hme only usd yw
or I h w e usedmysel!.tobe theinstnrmentof thesdwtjon ofthese
pwpk. I am nothing, Avery, if l am not thesmont ol thesepeople,
thechildrmofmyIrnp~urn.Elwencenfu6fi olhistoryanduntold
trillions of fiver spent in ilJ oeabon haw made me transparen[.
And you, unlwtvna te heir fa my burdens, hove became trmspw-
ent us wA'1,d a t my hand. Please forgiwmet'orlovingyou asonly
an emperor could /ovathe son to which he entrusted the luture.
top)mob, sddocks Or pmytals. b w of thepe wiationr m? th? vlique
qm% d pslonk pwsuh, c m i n talents will be easier ta obtain in some
xhds and harder in ohm.Thus the aspiring pion will wish rn choose
psiOmc Ms,whkatherlarpsrnpEe &*lqmsh.The
*unifmHof c ~ t n i n
e~eplionrtothe&of~ldnessirrdrdeaimindp~s,nwrhurrvanp~aKh a x t d with a curriculum in line wfth his or kdesires,
as D r v , and mllrtaryand c w s p e c j a l operatiaKpsicrdwhomrequrrpd to Each p s i o n i c x b l hasa toral1'06 odjustmentrwhichcan bemade
b unidmtrfiabk. E!dw(y paons w t pYonic ~ 5vength
~ attriik has talk to to the m m a l d l $for psionic talents found on the table onTNE page
~rd~bwmms MA oftm g w t k r hair bbck (althqh h s ir rut a l w y r 248. Each adjustment allows the target number for a given psionic
p o r ~ M...) c to demcnwate the loss d their gik talent roll to b decreased by one. Multiple adjustments can allow
Tfie~timdbaldnerss~verfwrpxposer.'lhefrrdisbmke@s reductions in several target numben or allow a single target number
Immediatelyrecognk~ble t o w ~ l e t y a t l a r g e . T h i r ~ ~"lightning
isa to be reduced sweral points. Howpvar, each p i n t of downward
d " f w ~ x f w r , a ~ p e o p k ~ a r e s frantabwtwhoandwhatthqr
oup adjustment on n target number must be balanced by the one point
are ten hrdly be up to anything dwiarr i n m s e of another target number, Thus the total of all six target
W,thebakl t r a d i h Ira d e ( ~ h a t e m t Bran1 o Mgdlh,t h e m numben must always equal 42.
of Rqmcy p i m w cdture, who was mtuab bald. No target number can be i m d a h 12, mr reduced ktcm 1.
lhird,hbaldhead n a x l v c e d p h . B y c a l l ~ l g a ~ t 6 h b r s m ~ r , Presentedon the table below are the norrrtal target numberr from
t h e s ~ s a y s h @ h a b @ ~ n t a m t a l l ~ W m O S t ~ c a l n o t TNE page 248 and those of three ~ r n p r psionk e schools: the School
access. It IS Wfeved hat !he Iwbru rn"oy Zhodari m ! haccamplim dw of Listening (3 adjustments), the School of Self Awareness (5 adjust-
same purpase by e w w a b q the rjre d the head. ments), and the Regina Circle of Mysteries (6 adju5tmenb),
Finally, the bald kd 1% rrecersary 10 dlcm the t a m t~ bevishk to society The cost for this specialized training is adjusted accordingly, by
at large. increasing the cost by 10% for each polnt of adjustment offered by
ThetatZmaegmandartisticforrradh)icenlesMd,thepsionhaJ the schml. Thus training a t the k h l of Ljstening in our example
obtard, p l l l r v w n e ~ # n b d l i s l m m t T h k ~ t h e m p ~ 8 5 t hwould ? be Cr130,000, the khool of Sew Awareness would be
baldnesr iMf, but in a mxe &tarled way, by aim s t r a w to am fm Cr150,000, a n d the Regina Circle of Mysterin would be Crl60,QOO.
Zlwmsdm the ggnhme of kqin the swm r m asa pion. Fw e m *
a p w x n e m b a n d t e h a v e h i s m i d r e a d ~ b e r e a w d t o ~ t h a t t h e fdents Nmd 5113) 55k (5) RCM (6)
pym n dw &tor with h h mly M d T-th and Sdf licenses. By th Telepathy 5* 3+ 7+ 7+
same h ,U x prance of an advamed Tdepathy k m procbimr €hat ~ele'perc*n 6+ 5+ 7+ 8+
p9m is not attwnpting t r ~m a l his ~'rbbllitywd has tdtm oaths lo mt qym Telephysics &+ 7+ 8+ 8+
hr nqhbws, and h s pmda m e r e a m n c e . Fnally, the d the Self T+ 74- 6+ 5+
~ p e c i a It ~ m wfw a @ice dPpartment TdepalhK rncmkl be smfoh;ng Teleportation 9+ 10+ 7+ 9+
to I w a b l d ~ n g c r t i m ~ w h o h t k ym Mt h q La hdeand dmappreciate Arcana 9+ lo+ 7+ 5+
k d n g t h e p h d l k a k todetecttkinterltiomdanyvimi~kmthearea TOTAL 42 42 42 42
M m thq.h m a chance to commit a uime.
h e a s ~ a t ' i md certain combinatimsof l i c m w i t h cataln SCWS dtRl N o d k r e q u I r e d t o f i d a ~ flmthte"
k~ inTNEkknrk)
d ! ~ t ) l e 1 n f o r m e d o b m t o d e l e m r 1 n e t h e ~ t 6 w h j c h a ~ b d o nIn s Regencyar theyare nob q w secret. Bionic schdsexiston almost
g ttre
by OP patternof fattm.h e m p k , derrgt.eerd the khoolof L i m q wald all high poprrlafjmwwlds and those with stam&A or B.
maat dbm have T-hy md Tdepwceptrm Ilcenw kittog wd M l y wet
hawTekpwtatmor Arrwutlkmw. Manysddralromedis2inckvariabms
or distlncuw p l a c m l of the license tattoor to m a theis identhbility and
pspn'f. m e special bc#lser a ' accrmpanied
~ by t a r n , d-ile xxne are tl~t
Sp~walI ~ m m of expkcnly t e r n p r y validrty are u d y mt tatrrroed, whale
Uwxeexpected t o h d b h d u a t i o n d a c n r e e r u u r a l ~ ~ ~ .
On the orher hand, xme tRnpary w
sh licenser are d d~ sorial
sigmficance h a t t a t m arp required. k indude the rpedd l ifa
tdepath~or telepercep~iwmllwre, a d the m P d d and lethal military w
d TPlephyK* ( P m r s i b l e e x e p u w to thE~indude c#tain Ipecid Regerrl,
military and ~ntdligmceperunrrd. /VI agent bean no tattrm and
growshsorherh3rmnyh~wm~Inaddilian,in&exme
m&hryIperialIkmmerarerot ~attmedahytheycan makehrormersubject to
execubm, r n a V w m t a ertensiw intmqabdn ifcaptudl.)
Specla1 licmw tattms a~ ml ndrwrrwed whenmlidafed, brR are h d
modlfied by n cancdbh tattm. In Lhir uay exmlrtary p h are earily
recqnrred by thea ca~dledmilitary p h k W l t r e r .
hwththebaldrnykta~rerveaaxialpwporehk~to
~re~afearadwpicmdthesemydenmtalents~~Mingthm.

Pslonlc tratnlng In the Regency

Because each nonhuman race handles p s i o n i c p w n diflmtb, the
gurddinn below refer spedfically to human shmcten. Referees
mmbrne these &th TNE d e n psimk mles to eNow the t h i n g d dien
psionr En !he Regency.
To simulate h e number af new xhods d p h i i c discipline in h e
Regercy. p G i i c mining is handled in a slightly more detaifed h h b .
RatSrw than using the genwal'hl psionic in~tihste mini4 hirming on
TNE page 247, Regency PCs may choorea speciarued ~ h moflpsimks
at which take their maining. m u s e each x b l spxiahzes in cemh
I l X U N € W T H E ~ , ~ E C I F = They ~ have been raised in the tradition of service, and it is for this
An ironic aspKl of the Representational Reforms is that these reason only that they have had life-long advantages of ducation,
reforms, which began the end of noble rule in the Regency, were wealth, etc. Ewn in a post-noble environment they know that they
declared by Norris using thevestigesof his nobleoffice. These reforms are a b e theaverage penon in intelligence, ducation and ski1ts, and
were not created by Regency-wide referenda, but by Norris" fiat, will have no difficulty competing in an open meritocracy. What's
behaving in a manner consistent with his former status as archduke. mare, the fact that now they will receive remuneration as compen-
sation for public service instead of being obligated to a life of public
Noblesse ObFlge service in response to being born into a life of automatic remunera-
For the best of the nobles, the ~ b r m haw
s created m problem. tion is a distinction without a difference to there finest nobles.

the disenf
. - - - --
S L.

r h thw

lar travel they becamededicatedwanderers. They wuld prepare

fw the momentof truth a t jump entry by attempting to engineer
m e "peak experience" which would reach its climax a t the
scheduled moment of jumpspaceentry.Thur atworstthey would
die in a moment of intense pleasure, and if not would be
thumbing their mes a t the universe and laughing at death.
As befitswalthyindividualswhodanot age, Ghoulsare usually
attractive (except for those who deliberately make themselves
unsghtlyfor r e a m s k n w n Ze themselves), and dress in ornate,
exotic outfits,giving them an effete, foppish air.
Ghouls are narcissists, and this i s not limited to their preoccu-
pation with youth, pleasure and ostentatious appearance. They
are endlessly faxinated by their reactions to events, and are
especially absorbed in exploring their own so-called "dark sides"
or "shadow natures." They like to think of themselves as jaded
connaiaeunof depravity and debasement things that are feared
by the timid mub of most peaple. Theseexp!orations eventually
become intemroven with their peak experiences, making thest?
experiences more and more bizarre, and often daqerorrr in and
o f themselws, never mind the chance of dying at jump.
Sadly, Ghoulsareadanger tomore than just themse2ver.When
they tire of the typical drunken orgy while anticipating death at
]-translation(predictably, Ghouls prefer the term "penetration"),
they try mare daring experiences, often involving violence. For
example, a group of Ghouls might decide that their peak expe-
rience would be to hijack the starship just as i t entered jump.
 However, nol all nobles are able to find this path. Many have tively as "noble appurtenances") remwed. This includes the loss of
found that the notion of a meritocracy of public service is a fraud, income fmm ail fiefs, the loss of all voice in government, and any
aselective politicsohen amounts to a pOpularityconteztwhich pays special exemptions from local laws and social practices. Note that
littleattention to hlent and rather moreattentjon toempty or even most nobles maintain a distinction between their personal wealth
deceitful promises. Even well-disposed nobles can become disillu- and possessionzand those that accrue to the nobleposition, In most
sioned when their attempts to take the best possible care of their cases their personal possessions are safe, and only those assets
constituents run up on the rocks of unrealistic public demands belongig to the "seat" are withdrawn. However, in cases where
created by the seductive and voluptuous fantasy worlds promised this division might be unclear, further conflict and hard feelings are
by pmfeaional politicians in their slutti~hrelationship with imma- inwitable.
ture voters. Mast worlds allow a transition period forthe gradual withdrawal
of the appurtenances to which their nobles have become accus-
Nobfezsc N'Oblr' e Plus, tomed. Roll 2 0 6 and consult
9
or A p r h Nous, e Dilvge, Sucker
While some nobles of goodwill are defeated bythe realityof the
the table.
DlsenfrarchlsementInthis 2Db Tmnr.P&id
"mobocracy," othen were never engaged in the process ta begin case nobles retain their prop- 2-3 lmmcdiate
with. There had always been a constituencyof "underclass" nobles: erties, incomes and social and 4-5 Six months
selfish, corrupt and drunk with the privileges they regardd as legal privileges, but Dose their 6-7 One year
birthriqhts. The Representational Reforms sewed notice that the power and responsibilities. 8-9 106 years
free ride was about to end and it was time tosqueeze wery last thrill Many worlds further stipulate 10-12 206 years
out of Ir before it was over, For terminal nobles (see below) they had that such nobles may not en-
the restof their lives to spend as much of their allocation as possible, ter politics or government
and no desire to do anything eke. without relinquishing their noble income and privileges. On some
These nobles are collectively known as the disenfranchised wortds this is a one-tlme irrevocable selection, while on othen the
nobitity, although it i s important to realize that disenfranchisement income a d privileges are merely suspended during the term of
is their own response ta the situation. Many of the disenfranc hised off ice.
noble dass have actually not been disenfranchised by their home- Oisenfranrhlsement is typically an honor granted to nobles who
worlds; they h a v e simply quit acting out a life to which they are no have served long and well. Their titles then primarify confer sbcial
longer connected or with which they were never engaged. and ceremonial status. The length of retention of the prop?*,
There are two main pathsfor disenfranchi5ed nobles: imrnenion income and privileges will vary. The term is usually for the remain-
and resistance. Immersion means the surrender of any pretense of der of the noble's life, at which point the noble seat ceases to be.
service accompanied by immersing oneself in self-gratification. Sometimes the noble i s allowed to bequeath this title to his or her
Underclas~nobles provide the bulk of those choosing immersion. heirs, subject to confirmation by ppular vote.
An extremely pathobgical example of immersion are the Ghouls Nobles who have been thus disenfranchised haw the qualifier
(see sidebar), ceremonio placed after their titles to reflectthat their tiflez conkr na
Resistance is more damaging to xrciety and Is tragically the path power. Those whose titler will lapse u p n their death use the
more likely to be chosen by embittered nobles originally of good qualifier reremonia vitq and those who can pass their titter on to
will. ErnbiLtered nobles resent their exclusion and seek revenge. theirdexendantswith popularratificationuse the qualifierceremonio
Sometimes this i s revenge against the new officials who have perpetva.
assumed power, sometimes against the public that abandoned Note that the procedural meaning of disenfranchisement in this
them, sometimes against the Regency government i h ~ l f While . section is different from the anitudinal disenfranchisement dis-
many of these nobles claim to be selflessly working for a return to cussed in the "Nobl~sreN'Oblige Pius" section.
the better form of government that was wrongly repudiated, they Tcrmlnation: This ir the same as revocation above, except that
have given up on truly constructive efforts, and their path b simply i t goes into effect af the end of the lite of the current office-holder.
dertruct~ve. Termination is often used to shunt aside difficult nobles. Artowing
them and theirfamilies to retain their benefitsfor the remainder of
Local Statur of Noblllty their lives i 5 a way of "buying out their contracts."
Although Regency pdlicy is to move the noblity aside to make Nobles who have had their patents terminated as above retain
room for local democratic rule, In accordance with Imperial tmdi- their titles, but the qualifier teminol is placed afterwards.
tion, each world has a great deal of latitude in the details of this Converdon: The noble retains all or some rights and privileges,
transition process and theirtiming of implementation. The number but the scope of his or her governmental powers are reduced lo
and combination of these possibitities, plus the pemnalities in- some specific area of responsibilityand power. This area of respon-
volved, means that each world's mlution is unique. In general sibility is typical'ly some sort of appointed administrative, bureau-
terns, however, referees can find the general policies of individual cratic or judiciaf position, presumably one which accords with lthe
worlds by adding the world's g w e r n r n e n t code (reconvert letters noble's talents or expertise. Such a position may be a life-time
back to numerals, i-e., A=10, B=1 I , etc.) to the rmult of a 010 roll appoinbnent, ox may be of limited duration or subject to renewal
a d consulting the table. based on performance reviews, depending upon local cirrum-
Note that there i s consider- stances.
1 Resujt Tmns;tion able overlap between there This position could also be one which will henceforth be subject
I types of transition, described to popularelection after some period of time. This allows an orderly
F -5 Revocation
6-1 0 Disenfranchisement bekow. transfer of power, knowledge and experience from the incumbent
t 1-15 Termination Rw~rtion: Nobleshwe all nobles to the future elected leaden. In most cases these nobles are
16-20 Comters~on aftheir noble righa, titles, privi- permitted to stand for re-electionor election to other posts, within
21-25 Continuaoce I q e s , possessions, powersand local term limit restrictions. Because of the possibility of conflict of
responsibilities (known collec- interest, most worlds have restrictions on the ability of former
-
nobles to retain their noble incomes while holding certain offices.
In mme cases the income is fodeitd for the duration of the t e r m of Adventure Hook
ofice; in others it i s ptacd in a trust fund: and sometimes the nuble An embitter4 mMefmm a world ownun by ZhQdani refugees
is simply monitored ss that he or she can be impeached if found to b seekiw to discdit the cunent elected gwemment for their
be engaging in self-benefitfng actr while holding elected ofice. mishandlmg of he refugeecrisis, and hiwthe PC5 todocumentthe
Continuance: The noble retains all rights, privilegesand respon- "criminal c o n d i t W under which the refugees liw.
sibilities. However, when the title i s pasred to a descendant, this 7he refugeesaw underfedandarecrlrmmed into theunhealthful
inheritance of the title must be confirmed by popular vote. Upon a conditions d a tent city~urn-shan- up q a i n s t h e starprtls
succesdul vote, the new holder of the title holds thc patent for life. peilmpter fence. W i c a t d Z W a n i nobles a n d intendam are
Other: The above categories are only a bmad description of valiantly tryrng V, maintain the Zhodani mcial structure to main@in
typical solutions. Variations or combinations or the above are the welCbeing oftheir p p l e , but the lack of coopemhn Irwn the
possible, as are bizarre and unusual alternatives, such as banish- kxal Rcgency kaders is making this diffmlt
ment expulsion, osLmcism, out-lawing (i-e., placing nobles outside What is mI the Zhodani are being preyed upon by Vargr
of the protection of the law), execution, branding, tarring and organired crime, whkh charges exmRianate priiesfwhf d and
featherinq, etc. Such results are the rnedrcine they have rtdm from the refugee relief facilities.
In realify the mble has engineer& rhe rn'ktrea~rnentof the
W a n i in wderto make t h e e l d ~ w e r n m e nI& t bad, hoping
this will cause its overthrow and the restoration of his w n perxlnal
authwiy.He balsoprofitingfrmIheVargrcnminal activities,which
he set up by gkng tfwm KC- to corrupt local off~ials.If the PC5
d i ~ mthis r truth, they will wind up on thewrong side of t h mble
and of the Vargr criminak.
nothing left to lose would be a
grave threat to the Regency. There-
fore the Representational Refarms
declared that no noble would be
deprived of the means lo continue
l~vinga t a lwel cequivalent to" the
level to which he or she was accus-
tomed, although naturalby the real-
ity of this guarantee varies.
Displaced nobles who are left
without property or income wifl be
granted a stipendfrom the Regency
government for the remainder of
their lives. The size of this stipend
varies with need, the noble's other
means and the noble's original sta-
tion. The money for these stipends
comes in part from government
appropriations and also from the
sale of relinquished noble holdings
in the Regency. Naturally nobles
who have retained most or all of
their property and income have no
need of this service, and it is not
provided to them.
Some worlds have more bizarre
arrangements.Someworfdsdittxtfy
collect the nobFe stipends a n d oper-
ate "Service Estates,"essentially the
equivalent of an old soldiers' home
far disenfranchised nobles. %me
such estatesare nice, mearecrimes
against decency, and life goes on.
Note that not all nobles suffer
from havrng to give up their prop-
erty and privileges. Some nobles
havefiefsthatare netfinandaldrains
because of low productivity or ex-
cessive upkeep on old, run-down
infrastructure. The opportunity to
get out from under such respansi-
bilitfes is a welcome one.
 1Thefdbwing are 5ome significant Security detachments ("SecDetr"). SecDets conduct in-system boarding and
inspection operations, and also help man the RQS Inspection offices that monitor
the frontiers with the other Spinward States.
Civil service, foreign service, and Moj personnel staff the inter-Spinwad State
I RQS Inspection Ohices and on investigativetaskforces to track down and bust violators
The RegencyQuarantine Serviceis of Quarantine restrictions, such as the Vargr "Pack."
a unique organization. Since the Cdlapse, RQS has done more than any other The RQS Reserve, unlikethe RQSAuxiliarybdow, dcesnotprovidecrewedships,
organization of any race or govwnment to ensure the survival of interstellar as reservists are called up as individuals. Insteadit provides peMnnel o n l y h are
civilization. The spectacle of destruction that is the former Imperial Wilds makes it assigned to ships already controlled by the RQS or Regency Navy.
dear that the Spinward States would not have simply survived anyway. Although M E Referees can use the RQS Resew as a plot driver. PCs w h o served in any of
itstraditionisthereforesomethingalongthe"somuchowedbyJomanytosofeM/' the careers above may be pencdically called up for aaive duty. Referees may rule
lines, the reality is actually much more inspiring than that stereotype. thatthishashapedwhentheyhaveanice RQSadwntwesetupfortheirpbyers,
The wonder is not that sofewhaveaccomplishedsomuch,butthat so manyhave or they maydothis randomly. Foreach term spent inan digiblecareer(asdem'exn'bed
come together and cooperated harmoniously for the good of all. That such a above)thereisa2%annualchancethatthecharacterwill berecalledtoactiveduty.
circumstance would arise at the end of the civil war which destroyed the largest For example, a PC who had spent three terms in the navy, one m law enforcement
societyeverseenisnotmerelystimngitisanaffirmationofeverypiecedfaiththat andoneasa bureaucratwouldhavea 1O%cumulativechanceofrecall.Thisisrolled
one sapient has ever shownfor another and an encapsulationof the true corporate once per year w'th D100. The duration of the recall is 206 months.
meaning of "Keepers of the Flame" (see page 4). ReadyReserve:The ReadyReserveisnotapartofthe RQS, butitisdinussedhere
As befits its unique and crucial m'ssion, RQS has a unique organization. It is for the sake of completeness. The Ready Reserve is standard reserve duty, in which
empowered tocallonthebestthattheRegencyhastooffer,fromanyandallwalks the member trains on a regular basis with an established unit, usually twn to four
d life and professions. Although the RQS is a distinct and independent service, it days a month plus one full month a year. when the Ready Reserves are activated,
draws on allother Regencyorganizationsandexercisessupremecommandover the they are called up as complete units, not as individuals. Since this com'tment
tasks needed to ensure the survival of human civilization. requires some stability, P G are unlikely to be memben of the Ready Reserve.
M E PGwit comeinto contact with the RQS in two main capacities: serving in Auxiliary Force: The RQS Auxiliary is the means by which the RQS gains access
it and interactingw'th it as privatecitizens. todvilian-crewed shipswhichcan be usedtoaugment and support the Quarantine.
This is done by off&ng financial assistanceto persons who purchase starships. The
Senring in the RQS RQS will put up a portion of the purchase price in retum for a percentage share in
There are three different paths of RQSseMce-the activeforce, the r e mforce the ship. The sizeof this share determines how often the RQS can take this ship (and
and the RQS Auxiliary. its crew) into active duty. These subsidies are most often providedfor Quarantine
Active Force:ThisistheRQSproper.Likethenavyornouts,thisisafull-timejob. cuttersandinspectionbunches(pages88,89,and91)butmaybeoffdformst
Travellercharacterswillnormallynot bemembersoftheactiveforceasthisportion anytypeofship(referee'sdiscretion, although the RQSisunlikelytosubsidizeluxury
of a charactds life is normally handled during character generation and as play yachts). Notall RQSAuxiliaryshipsare Quarantine patrollers.An RQSALutiliarycwld
begins with the charactersas "free agents" readyfor adventure. However, referees be a far trader assigned to carry supplies betweenfrontier outposts,or a passenger
and players who 50 desire may play TNE campaigns which feature a PC group on liner transporting PKF ground troops to or from their stations in the Islands.
active duty. Naturally the command structure and rewards received in such a As described on ME pages 38-39, value modifiers can be taken as RQS
campaign would be different from the more typical campaign style. ownership, with each point beingequivalent to a 12.5% RQS shared the ship.This
Reserve Force: Unlikethe Ready Reserve bebw, the RQS Reserve is an individual means that the RQSwillwant to use theship 12.5%ofthe time (orZS%of the time
reserve force and serves as a "hdding box" that draws on personnel from many with two value modifiers, etc.). However, this is not as simple as just saying that
Regencyservices, includingthenavy, scouts,army, marines, civil service(bureaucrat 12.5%ofeachyear, monthorwedtisgivenover to RQSduties.Thetimeconsuming
career), foreign service (diplomat career), Ministry of Justice (law enforcement nature c4 interstellar travel means that there are minimum blocks of time required
career), andother militarycareers(aviation, wet navy) inadditionto the RQS proper. for useful service. For gaming purposes, assume that six months is the minimum
Navy, scout, and RQS personnel are usually recalled to man spacecraft, while Mock, although longer tours could be served.
amy and marine personnel are recalled to serve in shipboard or ground-based Thus, inthecaseofa PCgroupwhichcrewsa Quarantinecutterwitha25%RQS
load, six months is 25% of two years, 50 they can exped to save a six-month tour
once every coupleof years. C the referee pcefers, thiscould insteadbea one-yeartour
evety four years, an 1&month tour ewry six years, and 50 on.
Refereescan allow these tours to be scheduled in advance, or may r d randcnnly
to spting them on the PG at inopportune times. Note that the RQS Auxiliary
regulationsare dear that RQS call-ups can be extended indefinitelyat the pleasure
of the service, and the ship owners have no recourse to get out of these.Thus a
supposed six-month tour could be extended because of 50me kind of crisis, then
extended again because their scheduled replacement blew its jump drive while in
transit to the patrd station and requires repairs, and so on.
RQS Character Generation: For purposesof character generation, RQS Service
can be representedby terms in the navy and/or scouts.Service in the RQS Auxiliary
is handled with terms in the merchants with increasedchances for special duty.

Meeting the RQS

Aside from the likelihoodthat they are already associated with its operations in
some way (above), PG wll meet the RQS in sewrat routineways.
Annual Inspectionand Certification:All spacecraftand stanhips inthe Regency
are required to be inspected annually by the RQS or Regency Nay,and recertified
for another year of operations. These inspections serve the mainpurpose of
confirm'ng that ships are free of Virus and meet all current standards of anti-viral
countermeasures. (These include properly configured communications systems
and databanks, as well as provision of the latest versions of Virusdetection/
protectionsoftware, canaries, etc.)Additionally,theseinspect'onsareusedtoensure
thesafetydthe Regencymerchantfkt. Checks include hull andfuel tank integrity,
w'ringandcontrolsystems,power plantanddrivecalibration,lifesupportservicing,
and the pwisionof emergency equipment such life boats, lie rafts (seeReforma-
tion Coalition Equipment Guide pages 146-7), emergencyvac suits, and rescue
balls. Any deficiencie~must be corrected for licensing or recertification to occur.

79
 R&s can deternine dw ability d a PCI' h i p t o pass in- bred on its ttw m to mfmt the ndminis4mtiw Ipgditk d extemml w t t h b m t md
HRarvalw, kwl d mainrerrance anddamage it may haveulstaitainedwiththemkr mer#~,rwcberithawabuFpwCrayvcithovenight inlhatmqhwhg
on TNE pager 241 -244.Thm r n r w r n s gmwatly take 206 dayr (during vdkh d ~ w t a b l i h IheMim'sbydColww'zatim
d as pwtd tfie CmJdidatwnM d 1 1 35.
crew mst pay Mhing rats, etc.), but the t i m e t e q u d c a n breduced
ltime th~ Ir is expected that the wikl* mvirmment mll be a cmplete pwfvaarum
by Ihe use of M m i n l l q a l &II\ simulating she faa h a t @ administraUw andafmntierinttrech~~m~zwea~n'thm1dra~umdmK1~
~ ~ U F and P records
S maUe the i n l p R t m to wtxk rnqu~ckb. that h i & e*pbren i v lqm~ it. Mrght wrll ohm M e n g h rn ~ u bigger
h w in-hns are genwatly pdwmPd at the vane time ar Zhe std%p'r g u n ~ w ldwblle%$whwlgh l r&nicnlly legdl daknr: and frontm dtkm$wiHh~
annual m d n t m a ~ eWE page 222). to bard togcther to create legal syterm, e i t h by vigibnt~vnw by Ihe Knrq d
Spimvard States Interfaces: PC~whoaoatkintmfwefrorrLhm n m e m c e q law erforcwnent pemnnd.
Spinward Stateand another rnll meet upwiththe RQS in h f m dthe Spinward tt tr not the R5- jntent to d j m thewgmmmmtdmpnlibnWesand
States Interface lnlpea~on Mlicc (55110). b r e are~rmibrin c w e p t t o @ d i t m ~ I wink at Imylenne~,h b u we
!t h e is inxrfficlmt orgnnizatkm h to do anything
I n t e m t h a l curtoms p~pdurwbut are more twn&mriw to peril the other than dmit lhat Regency awthmty m'll m i n M i LSre ruw on tlw
intrducltm d Wrus xrml borden, w;4llide for the -f future.
It ir illegd for stanhip to a~mptfmtiwrehdhg (at y s giants, asmid M4
&.) In intdace frontrcr sytemr, and in fact f k relwllng drer rr heavlb Na Bxk-Fbw
defendel, m l M , etc. i l l hipi crming f r m one 4plwrd Sure to another murt TheRegencyfmntierwRlbeMended~rtarlthmbeenfuttrparZ70~.In
flop and &el at the s k u p r t , w k e t h y w l l do one d Ma thiigr. O ~ ~ P T H I Ofwthewartm
T~~, any Rgpxy hlpwhiihheadsclutbandaaoa the
The nvalmry d ships& not intend lo cross into the neighbong Ifate. I n W , frontier mdkm a m t h w irrevocable dectah a it will r a t be dbvrcd back in.
theyunlwd thktprmgenand cargoat lhe 55110. Herethepaw-ngw~andcdrgo V ~ d r a ~ c m p to 4 retum
q will be stopped by t h RQS at thefrmti~cp t ar rPfugee
areinspecredfuen~,aand rf 'they pars inspectionwetrandertd loanother~tmh~p and varrplre ship hi^! been d m . m, although the R q S h p m d s a n d
alwadymrp~ctedand cwtfipd foroperationr~nthenqhborinq%Me.T h e o r i g i ~ f inspecu z t w l p w d s to w It h y can be ret& to white &t%m the & p x y I
*ip, row u n W , wll pick up prmgm and cargo wlbwnd fmm the It will not d m h i r m v k e to return+ e@aers as t h n d r d ship invdd
nqhbcnng state r & q tranlport into the F+uy, mwrkl quir!dy RQS capacities.
Ship which do intend to uolr into the neigh- state mwt undwgo More than the c a r a g e to a ~ c e p th15 t &wgdn 1~1~qtlbrd to m ~ M d s i & . C b
irnpctlon toalbw certificalionfw operatiens in t h t stare. This is t b e c w u n i n g &wing to t a C a d v m ~ d t h e o p e n i n g dthefrmti~mrtiipprjto6wRQSfw
(206 dap ar a h ) and ix ermtially lrke Ihe stnnclard nnwd RQS recertificat~on ~ K W I 10S do ~ r0.
Inspectm, exrepr that~trrcondw3d byzhefmqn state's RQScwntttrparb, thur kmrng t k w rerkkths am t hf d w g :
d m rquinng bzimand CangwqemaMlng tahr to albw ddmiRegal m h to Nortanh~pHilha~unent RQSW~prhareMbtdrmedbaorrwtd
reduce the r q u i r d time. Any p u m p and cargo &d are ~nsp~cted at the thehntiwm mate W i . ( N a t w a l l y RQSPLlxil~mncliwdu~fwedM
rnm lime, t o do mar part of tfipr age-tr.)
Upon crordng back Into the R w thh mtkc p c o ~ e sm d bp repea& for + Ship j d q d to l x "wliqwly valuable" by the RQS ad MMsttydYlrpping
Regency re~ertifralionw h ~ h explains h y ro f ~ w dm rhil o p t h . i l l nol k a l l d to depart t kfrontier.
A rare a l t m h to th15 n h e caniage d wl#l car^, uwalty r e d h No ship dPftcient in 5tandard anti-Grd rrreerurer nwysrw #Rd t)lcfrmli#.
Regency gwernmcnt buGnesr. At its point of orgin the cargo In qwajon i s Ship a irdividuals dem& to tK porr rik,d~ ar lnarm r r i ~ n a l hh w
inspectedby RQS lmpeclon and x u d y wkd. The cargo is i h n accorrpankd bdpwd to k connected wth pmt + h s d Quarantine r q h b b n q etc, m y
b a n RQS 5PrDet w h ~ mrum h that no urnping occun. Thr! hip nust st~llcai b d e n d pmission to o w . 4 rxlt d the h t i ~ r .
at !h55110, but & nat b nlpecld as it Ir t r a d i n g m d m RQZ jlsidtction. T b e q u l m n t la minwln the Quarantine w h k s W n g s tmlacl
( R e c r p i t y a g r m t r d m r q the Sp'nwzsrd Stat- Accwdr ~@nnrrm~r dlw with tha expanson will h?r w ? by a ~Cnnbi~tigl d &bated h t w r bading
hem ail c a n p a b e righb u&r cemtn p r w n k ! r d ~ t i o n l . )This i~the A d s and a fleet d &laly l i c e n d interface tranrport.r.
pmcedwe udtdtor canying c a r y to Regency fscikrim, rurh as & s k , in0 t h Fmntler Trading Wwl& Became d the need to prwent hmning Vws
states. (*dm "Fwr Corner$" page 40.) idectim,t h e R Q S w ~ I c x e r ~ 1 w s t r i c t c a r ~ddl tdr a n t s m ~tkfrmtk-rhbdl
S t a n d a d Patrolling: Sh* whrh a v t e in or near Zfir Rcgmcy frontier win b=hi& by allolfling onty a mil nu* of wWrrdP and deside teminl f w
interatmth RQSwdsonan d m s t d a ~ l y b a s i ~ . ~ d ~ hm wcrxl~l n t e r e d l such transifi, all d which d l be opera& by tJw RQ5.
near ~nhabtedd s and r d w ~ n po1nt.l
g vl the vrorlds along the Regency We The mUs& t m m C d Ibe aWi3rd on w just tzpd the Regencyfrontitier,
h & r and In Ik R q m c y frontrn. and mA bgradually e x t d to valllrrg as omrmbnces warant. b p ? s and
% the PCI'WWI IS a r q u b r vrsitw b t h m a and h Mto the k 4 a95 paswnqm hylped h t o ttse b q w y hwn !hew wiHk& t m ' n l mll k first
patrds, Gnpk tadn contact will often s e e . If no!, w A the RQS hw t e a m to k inrpPcted and apprwed for Irrport. then canled e x c f u d y by a k t d RQS
wq%ciwr, a boarding lnrpectiwl is the mine procedure. f i e lnlp~~tion ir a p ~ r w p dintwfacc tranlporu.
i n t e r n tomwe that a h p ir n o t c q n g Vmla contraband, w\/lrur-mfe~tM Thurdl rrzdedrecowredqx~hwii t d t e p b c e m d t h r Rcgmcyfrwrtler
rarprfrwn the frontier, but tvickrbceof any other ~IlPgd ~ E ~ M @Iraq,
IV cmhewildsde t m ! w d d ~ d w r e g o o d sW f o r R e g e n c y ~ w ibi e d d
unuggling. etc.) will alxl k pun&. Th~rmtl Indude ;routme ewam~natiana n d tothe q m b h m T I Mng them into the Regencyfor ultlmatp rde. See pager 9,
diqnosticsmi the ship? computer and e l m i c contrd ytwns, pur ~nspection 58, 62 for lhe W ~ a t e Lacatmm d of hw fronOet trading M d r .
d cargwr, pasmgprr m d other sh~pareas. Sale!y l n p x t m s wilf alw, bc W. I7-e R w facl~uaon hontiPr W n g wddl d l c o n j q d M a
b Lfw mtwfare tranrpwtl separate siarport f w l i k s for i h wid* m i i g
OPENING THE FRONTIER (hew dl be operatd by vlrildde a-gmlzatianr and wA ' be d-wW(rdrq not
The ~npendingopening d the traling frrmtk b hlgPlighted h he d c~quiringRegency wrwWrmt). 4h e RQS intp#tim &ICES Where dl in-d
w a t i o n for s.tch a m t o u s event. With t k firm r e p c h d the 1196 carp% and p w m w d d l ~ 7 - ngomur inspxfm.* i m p x t m &PI &!I
d d u m ttwewasna rwmto bay lh~gmmhuorkforarorganired a m , arm MI& e x t m h e IPCU~Pwar~hau~ng to dbw for he acturnubt~m of gcrodr
and Ir ir canmanly acceptd that the 1202 @nt S p n a t c - h t act was ~ r n p i r d malting tnlpeam ard c d i a t h for m p t .
m i t l y by !he u n e x ~ t and d still u n m t r d l e d Zhadani W v r ( r ~ cpage 24) Becauw of pcnennd I r m i l a t ~ mthe ~ RQS cmtd tmm wilt not be able la
Cmtrary to its recwd of d u l and well-~onWed sfep, the Reyncy m r condun~uderoperar~m~wts&otIhe~ignat&RQS~n~Mcer,
tobe lurchrgunprepsred mto tl?eWfdr.Tk Imgawatd triumphal return d the R e g m y Lkmwd Intwfwc Vcudr: Th?w are lhonly civilian adelr (there
Kegerr d the Fbm, ttw stpwards of all that was be%taf Ihc Impmum, wlll mznclionr6bvrw4ydomtapply toRegencyditay4s)whihwiFI b e d M
apparently b a cwne-as-gw.are affair. t ~ r r o s ~ t ~ f r o n ~ ~ n b w n d t o ~ h ebdPe na vr J~ y, insppcted ~ ~ l l Moon
't>eingI ~ c e n d a d p n r t a k i n g l yt p c t d r e d m a r q u k b a s toemwcrhar thqyare
O C d a h a Land Rush free from viral rnfectimor anv 0th dangen.
T k RQSanticlpa~esmalCoutracebtheW$m31 1 - 1 2 0 2 , t h d q h h t i ~ Thewaarrrw rdPd rhrplfrrPCItoown, m t h e r e h n o ~ e f o r ~ d
Ss Kheduled to be opened,ar 1 ~ w l d - h e x p b m carrpete to get ckPp into the any klnd. The wkle idw behind the Regency l i c e n d intertae wwb (RUU's,
W c i s and get the fin! crark at &Dice tmtv and wk.age Gtm. pmnoulcpd " M k ' ' )is that t k i r opwal~onis dull, mtw, a M u t d y prPdrrtabl~
The Regmcygw~mmentintends to i m p k m t a y t w n lor t h e q i s b a h d and h k r t d y safe. RLW3 are large 4 s with jump2 a bmer p d u m n t e to
legal clalrns tounoccupxl kid*facil#iesand d v a g e ares, bvt plbliEtyadmiu hat reduce the required n u h r d wtk wd the duration d bap w o l thcfrontier. ~
t k c l a i m ~ H i lbedffrc~ltfo
l mfocce, If not ~mps~bk.TheRegencydwr not have (See World T m e n Handbook 107 wvd 109 for Lhe Tukern fraghter and
frmtieruanvn. b t h &aealforthirrr3Le.)POdmmurtlmkparsage tomuthe
liontier mll t r d wl such wrwlr. Adventure Hod
There mds are r b n , freqwntfy Inrp#ted and w4krrdntakred. They dl PCgrwpsdon~hnvetoheadlntotheWldsto&hudvedInthe
conta~nRQS xun'tydernd.lrwntr ("SecDeb")), mrhcing d M a dozen or more apwrtng ol the h-onbk, nK P C I mqht elect to km @ a W
ship's Zrwpr trained m cargo i n w ' m a d hi- Jenrnty. 5Mne SKW purchaws on the htxlth trading wwldr They41 rnteritawith Wdds
contafn m i a l Ilcenw tekpa thk or !eiepwtepth.ew r w l k e prhns (we page 14). ~ c a r p s , thwr,as the m o w e r s ,
trdas, negotiating to p w r h a their
P a s w q r s m y not carry waponr d any kind. All w a r n s we confixated and pay fw tfwt *rpmwt Into the RPgency for ultimate sale. This xut of
inwntwed Men w h t a k r d and tranmed mckr lock and key. T h q r are vadingbnothandM~bymrdlrmCa~I~~~wmTNEpages
mly rerunxi to M r mmen upon mkal at t h interior terrrinus. 236-240. These sale irndwmsualdyecband interactmwithvar~ws

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Cargo rh~pplng costs and par- lickets aboard RlWs a n twice thorrgkPn UM~W and cdortul Widr explorrn. 7hqr shoukl be roleplayxl wth
on T N E pgm 21 9-240. This ir b u r d the a d d i m l e q m w r and dficullies vanwr i n t a b o n talks wch as Barqaln, Mwkti-, Pawwon,etc
d o p w a t q RLIVsard also becauw interface bmrpwt ira dkfs rruarke!. Tfermwected by the KQS imp~3b-1 are i m p M a n d d e r b w with no
cwrpematm Iw h e m e r . and the awrent tab the h r i d rkk d
THE &WE0 inq>ectm k p h m a r e w t o s e l l @ t o p u r r t r a v n g q t r b e t w e
ThelwonrdtheRMIWardtfieCdtapsehledtotlledavnfalldIhedd mrpeEtioq t h g h t h y cannot bJr ia mwh l a unhspctdp x k . a they can
erpresr bmt (Xhmt) muter and theirrepkement bytheXWeb, a mwp romp^ fm htho d r d y fm h-t. PC4 will hmfmwant Vlna imppction
h e n h and ~ R K W sy3tenl. dills to m a k h - n to -late wisdy.
Pub!k wtragr at the Hatant qnhdmd the M Irrperium'smalmena#e d
paralkllmp6 roulelrrrthenoblediteandIumpslr a r t e ~ f m Great h Unwalhd 1
spellpdthemdof the jump4 lyrtern.Whenweryonewasequalintheirwlnerahlity
to brig ndcd a r t by Vlnrl, L hm was no lrwlgcr any e m w for separate and m c o m ~ s m g a o d r a n d ~ e s A l ~ a n M l n g t o p a y f u t h p ~ W P r .
unequal accPY to wnfmtiul. All the XWeb courletr, X b t , [)boaLs (dispatch boau. mllltary-conf~guwd
In d i t l o r c tlw gwemrng m e p b behlnd the dd h t netwwk wxe bng Xboak), and JbaaUQurnpcapabl~ ban, r e page 88) h w e thpir operational
Eimeobdele.Fint d a!!, the sptem was tm h i m M .tt made 1Jt- that costs ~ubJdizdby !he cwnmrcid market. Companies, news agewies and
certain wrcdr w n map ~nportantZhan others a d erublihd rmta to c w w entertainment dirtributcn rent blocks of electrm~cdatabanks and urp these
thaw W s . Worldr off tM m t m ~ l w pmaCad
~ bj rec&einngM r ~nforrnalion to "3hip" A n f m t i o n rhe ram way a parcel w d c e ship$ p h y s ~ a gods. l
Iatw. h X k m t nehwrfraimas& k d r s m t i o n of h t h u - Individuals pay for thecadage of thor ms5ageon a piece-by-piece basis. But
a linearity l a t
urn, 1.e. that i n f o r n t h was p h e d fmm a central Slwtrm w t to the l m p ~ M l all couriers retain databank s w e I w "public renice" in!ormation: offrcra!
periphwy in Zhp m way thnt cmrlant prmwre 1% mahla~nedin a watff carnrnun~cationsbetween gwernment agencies, military Imei, or hw-
d~striburion ryrtm. Both d t ~lere completdy wmpheadpd. enforcement bdies, addresle5 from political cx Qowrnment leaden, diplw
TheXbat nem& w a r ~ f m ~ r a t r w m f w m a l i 3 n n e h r o r k . ~ , l t w a rmatic "virtual pouches'' of the Regency k r d g n M i c e , pbk Interest
a cmtrdryrtm raWr than n crwnrmnicdronryrt-t efficimtly p h d insm- annOMncemntJfrm consurnM watch- groups, Zrawllw'r adv~rorksand
tirnr from the lrnpwial capita[ out to Vie dormin, M o r and r u k c t o r capitab s~mple,raw, nonproprietary new coflectd fromeach world's XWeb nexus,
h e r e theycould Ixmrriec!wt.XheaW~tydonewhctuduke tocomnun~cate The volume of thr5 last category is ~taggering,including infomat~on hppling
with armfhpr was not a d d r n d ty tthe system, and that drst~MhnClyl r r p e ~ l its way from one end of the Regency to the other, reflected, r e f r a c t d and
pnciple d centrally hdd abdute p k w was f w e w r d i m l t p d by the Cwrvrl War modified a5 it comer into contact with ofhw infomalton nppler.
and the Cdlapw. PM must be dism'bclted. tocd W c r must h - 4 to e n e m and the~pptlng
b w h a t i s the ditfwwre b e ~ t h i s f r P p;lH~cacnc~ms
do what nePds to bedone, not hamlrung by wrting fw in~tructionsfrma h , and journalim lha! nem agencb pay to h n g in and d l in -pap>,
And ~ n f o r m d t r m i s m a, Vuth t h t the I m t u m recognized, but11meUrdas mqanner, cable and direct-broadcasl W e ? The m as the d'mwence
ma+ only to cover and it. b t w e n raw matmlr 8nd mnwfacturd good%.Ttw newr Mi dl the added
ThPtactdthmanwhthat r t r ~ ~ r r p o w W e t o ~ n e i n & ~ e w h e r evalw d rhat c m f m s y n h i % ,~ntprpetatian,presentam and orgafiilatim.
infwmakn wrll CORP ffOm and &we it wil be rrOn yquiclJy rweded. Information Mple for thrs bpcnurp they can't iiffwd no wade through raw data all day to
cannot be mtrcipatd. It m'ws where it wII, according to rtr o w rub. H m n r net the few n q p t s they need.
"manage" mformatbn in tfrr ~dmeway thnt real nmte cdlecUrairmatm. Neither TheXWebuwm~tdthesamereuxrmmtheold~Xboatr,Xbmt
cm m a r w d to catch d y tlw parms they need. bth are r e & k and ~ , w q y r t a t ~ m s h t h e & p u n d e r g o ~ n t m , a d w a r t K R l i C ~ p i b U
&pnd wl lpr~adig a?-far as porvble to i m l e the odd5 d catching what- a d 5-t pwmnel. Addt*i to Ihe dd rrjq b w w , are rrilitary ca-nburtion
h a p s lo come their way. (vrp6Dbmts to Ipeed up ~tnrated informationRmvand mdl JbaatJthat hll In
I n f m t i o n systenncannot behkrarchii.Theiror@atkns mnt be %t"- themllgaprv&ntheextraranged high-iumpcr&mrwldbewa~ted.Thertared
wgr ~ n f o m t i m cdktron node h dro an I d a r ~ t h Iran&- node is dm gwl d "one Xboat arriving mry day at mwy wwld frun wery 4within sir
an mformatian rPceMng node. All i n f a t i o n murt b?p a d in d d i d o n s , fw pnw"1s rot ahays n c f i ~ e dh, t the temp3 d XWeb data delivener 15 much
mty the r e c ~ p n t d ~nlonnauon ran pdgertsvakrc,lnot it~m-dm.Thust!wrefsnot higha lhan war wer a c K i by Uw krrpenm's Kboat n e w .
a directmn d rnfomtim f b - d r n t i o n fim in all diPctrmr at all times.
The XlV& Ir organid according to t h pn'nclpk. ~ Regerrcymaps no I- DROYNE AND C H I R P E R ACTWmES
diday X h a t muter; all d s are c q w l rm'plcnts and tranrltr ipDintr d Mbke the races that a r e k n t d n the Spinward Starer m, the h p e d
idomratan, and i n f o r n t h flw ar readily !ward leadenhrpcentersa$rt can be Oh~rpec% do no! cmditute a w a r e state. Oirtfiwted d y but spaneb
wnt wt kan t h . throughwt the terntory of the l m lrrperium hDrop? dChirpen ar no
Theremnowrmhgmarryhformatimbac)mat#lInYheRegency,for~ p n t achme M i i e n t populath M i t y ot rnarr to exerase pwu hqwd the
Jjmpkream that port-Wnn Iodety cannot afford M, WrUs user i g n a r w ~d
~ planetary I d . And wlthout a u n v g racial cause ta draw mpir d&ly uparatd
gaps m Y trualimd awarwwrs to mit4 way info a mkly.By the a m it rweals c o m u n i l hto ~ a seevdce, lhey constitutea quiuien minority taken for granted
i t d and s.rlkq IL 1% zm l a m e t y ha1 already & fatalfy compornired, b y m t humanr, Infact, to thuwwhodewte thought to the h i 3 kkd
T k ww X W b 13 a unlquc p r b m h ~ p d Ry- gowrrmpnt and ~ Y M L r ~ awnbtion l ~eemrquite unuurd. H u m & Man, Vsrgr, K'kree dHiwn an;
l b n e e d t o q d l y e s W i r h a m ~ w $ y t m aant oH&hkcort m n t the m r t r a t e tlw kind d '%re in t h belf that all^ a race to hfthe addl and
gcl*wnmt could not do ~talone. MM, awd~ng a prduwon d independent, wrPad a~rosrwide aremd itterrtdbr space. This fire m r to k M t fromthe
dllplmtive, pvatdy & ~ t c m required unrfled ~ g h t which , requ~red Dr* whKh n x k ~r wkk d ~ r u i h t i mm l h k r g d an a n m t y .
m m t lrwdwment Thecom(rom1~1s that although the Regencyopwater None&dm, the -5 D m y and Chirpr crurenr are part~lcipatingIn
the W e b (through the kwt M e ' s C m m r a t i m r Mce), itr cortr nw llgndrant ways in the Rqcmcfs & d q m m ~ L
rowmd by the cornme&! =tor which luburik l o the XWe6. Oneremarbbkexwrpleofbootstrapping~tHnhRegencylr~hp@
All brvrnerr tPqulm canmmkatim~. Carpomtmr requir~m e a ~ d Internany uplift p q r a r n far Ollrpers. Chirpn arc urrpEy '-ate" (cr, rare pd~tdy,
diswmnating data an productron, &et c h a w , m d . p)rdl,etc. The unrogpd)Droyne, andcm therPforetK r a i d uphto sm@y byrdnuoduc-
m &la deals drmztty tn i n f m t h d at1 krds and rrqu~re~ m a to rt Ing them to the Irkpntual (we TWE page 71and Path of Tears p q e r 1 1 E-19).
Unrmxiries w d 0 t h m a r c h orgadzahmr r*3ed accm to findingrand punds. C h i p o ard pWulady Droyne zre dso extensrvdy Rlvdwd In the bionic
lndrvCrluals-'re the m a m to mw to lwed m,and to gam accm Rmaisrawewhiih bPgan n 1133.
 The Spiwrd Stam consist d all of th?M n g Interstellar g w m U
splwxd d the Great Rift in the postCd!apseperiod. By wgdng Ihe 1 1 32
Spinward States k c & % thew data cooperatd In the fa*ld~rrgof the
Qarant~m,wh!& Ir the mechanism b y w h ~ hLhey have all mud.f i d
among h w are dw Regency, ZhDdani Condate and Asbn H~aate.Other
wgnificant 9-5 are tfre Qarrian Cmfederation, Sward Wulds and Vargr
en splinten.
Many ofhstales mmutual m i - fw cenbdesb#mthe W w .
Their current cmpwatlm is rot a cdle~tivechange of heart, but Ir rathec the
-TOW NJ J>IM 25372 1235 Zhodanl Cmwbtcraarha pterent pragmtic recqniticm that if any of t h n were to surviw, they all had to
we c o o p e r a w , h a u ~ V l ~ h a s r v r a l lmly
i ~ , w t i r n ~ k t t r e!hreatdViwsrereder,
-924 AD 3594 257l .l 1322 adrrianr m h nl;b. Sm dertak il Ir a r d Lhal dd rivalries. Md In check by h e theat of Vim, w'lf r e n M
themspl;ws.
d#I bQ388S 2701.1 1658 Islanlwbreck~donlred But far now, the Splrrward StaM are at w e .
-3W AD4119 2803.1 1921 5 4 Worldcdmiuabar w*. Character Generatlion
-1 B6 AD 4332 2897,2 21 64 64irrt S w d World C r n F d m b m .
XI AD 4568 3001.3 2443 Fmt Zhodanr conldct mth Irnprl.4 The Reg- S w r c W h a ImufRi#rt q ~ c to e pre~entM y develop#l
character genwabm sytms fm eah of Ihe racer and rocietle of the Spinwurd
60 AD4278 3006.1 245 Irnwrial mbnirah d Spinward Stat-. futueTNE prdmtswill cmw thecwnple* interacticmof roEial detall~
u n ~ q w ~ a r e e r s a n d a d v a ~ e m ~ n l r t r u c t ~ ~ e ~ o I t f rocictlerand
re~fullyd~
148 MI4666 3045.1 2545 Irnpial~rwbmtacEDarrbm lhow ! h waffect charact- -tion.
461 PD 4979 3183.2 Bo2 F~ntAdm cmlactwith Zhodani. F a the o'me being, RSB provide4 $debars on how t k bask TNE dwnctR
KK) maDM 3200.3 2947 I m p 1 expbratitnr h t o Z M i generatlon procdr~recan b m d ~ f i e dto *de more diginctidy atim
chamcter~
S89 PDS1D7 3240,l JWB Flm Iron* War bi
rd
6W PD 5122 3246.3 3064 F~nlFronmWarmd%
ImpeMlml ZHODMI
The Zhodanl are baskally a h w n salety that
615 PD5133 3251.2 3078 SpCWKfilrdntlerWar~lra. has embraced the use of @onk p x w All ~ obher
620 PD5138 3253 3 3083 5econd Crartier W a r e digincbons k t w DDdani
~ a d lmpwbl IOdety
622 AD 5140 3254.3 3086 Irnpinl CMWamk e i t k den* from thisor are lrrdwant hair.wltting.
71 8 AD 5236 3297.1 3195 Xboat r)nt~mc m mdw I m p
H%
I% Wety and Government
750 AD 5266% 3311.1 3235 Swwrth Z h d m i c u i ? apedition, ani are a major human r e , trws
800 AD 5318 3333.2 3289 Imprial h r e S u p p u r x ~b pbnted by tlvArwi~nlrtotheworldWant (taunlly
called "Zhodane" in the Impfiat wiod).D u ~ q
826 PI3 5344 33-40 3313 PslonlD fupprecrions end. h r arb hrstory they w e one of t b few human
979 AD 5497 Y122 MP3 Thrrd Fmntm War b q m ~ rncestoactlrarlydwelopinpamHelwithanntSrrrintdligenf race, tfieChirpersof
536 AD 5544 3414.2 3501 Thlrd Frontla Wsrmdr the Q l h a cmtinent.
IOU a 5MKF 3458 1 3610 Fourth lmntlpl War ['Falre Wrd) kmnbemfromtkThodani'timeline,%-etyI.~bothddand
markdbly stabk. No othw paww can claim o m ulintemrpled fortn of
1084 5602 3458.3 361 3 Fmtier War ( ' F a k Ww")
h~nh government for IIw past 7000 y?ars,This can t w urrder~foodby the ltabiling
and wlfyrqway nwhich thq.haw uKd psionrs, which lhqr embrazed earty
1107 AD 5625 3469.1 3639 FifthF r m k - i WH ms. In ttVpir h i ~ t ~ r y .
Zhodani ~15dMdedInrothreechaes:prder(50C9-),inttndantr(SOC
TllO AD5628 3470.2 3642 F~hhFmbcrWar&
1116 AD 5634 44731 3649 Srn$mmudend.Thidlmperiun A), and nobk (XK Bt). Sne ylu'ety is dwnouatic, but hright tomteis only
kgm to fragment exten& to nobb. It is ad to dect f e l l w noblesto CancIls, wfiich exid from
1117 PD5635 3473.2 3450 Con'&sevndbyVq.hh nhe trrcal level all rhe way to the top o l Zhodani miety. The g m m m t {'n
d DPneb Wted 2bdanr, DmnrbZ&nru) is ersentially a hierarchy of C m i t r , wEh d which
11 19 AD 5637 3474.2 3652 Arbn r h p r ni- into OwMh dertr a c m i n n u m k of I& mm rnemben, called Cwrwrk, ta LIW next higha
d b& increaw in a q t h Camcil zwl =on, ali ttw way up to the SuprwneCwncil which rs Ihe Jtmate
11U) bD5648 WR7 3665 R J \ l i ~ r p l e a r d .C d b p r e b q i m ~ authority of ti= llhodani Conwrlate.
11 31 dD 5649 3479.3 3666 Qllaranbne completed Joint A?Jan- Ncble ~taturir conf w d by heredity. but mbks are alm creatd as a reward
MiWdervoyvampile Reetr fa m c e . The m t signlfmnt rwte to the nobility rums horn nccew in the
attwnptinq lo uw Great Rrk P ~ Gamer,C held once ewry d p p i a d (three Z M w i y w r ~ m225 Imperial
1132 AD 5650 34B0,l 3667 w ry rstablidwd mth Narrir as stamlard ~ t r ) Intendant
. sktm Is gdlned ky being elevated frwn the p& in
FIE\ Rcrpnt. SwrwdWwlds anmpl r a q t i t i m of pumk talent, and intcdants can then cmpete in Ihe p w w
hnkqdb Splnward Stales Prcuds g m ~roawendl to t h nobility. Prdcs haw no prionjc capabtl~ties# 6ut they are
rol regarded as bpwu3ns because ofat. Not wer)one har psionic p m s
1t 33 AD 5651 3480.2 3668 RrgwrtyFmnkmtd. Abandan- Prder may tse dwnled to the nobility throclgh h c e , and many herdijary
m t bqnr bdu Workdr and nobler havempvorucm e i t h e f . Despite thewexrept~ons, Zhodani
Cram a n into M c y . kmlronrropd! prjanic talent up tnl-denhip r d ~T h. u s IheZManFaremkd
TTSP PD 5657 3483.1 3675 Rape of T h by an r i r t o ~ r a c y l m w i t m r q opu'ms,
f a r d wery a w t of lhejr wxiety Mecu
1140 PD5658 4463.3 3673 Rrgencywne~~hbndr3Jbs#tm [his tpality.
1149 dL) 5667 987.2 36B7 Eqhth Zh3dani c u e expedrhon.
1157 AD 5675 NQf.1 W 6 F~ntRegent Norrir die^ ZbdanE P@dog)r and Sodology
11% 165712 3508.2 3741 F~ntRg~ncyr&renhmrp Thwght Pdlce No aspect of Zhodani d t y is ~om i w o o d by h e
o p e n t ~tlwden wted damr Imperial mind as the infamaus Zhodani Thought Pdice, the T&l', While
1201 PD Sn7 3510.2 3746 Zhdn~ bgm Imperml3 pctuea secrel gestapo which user p i d u to spy on the @at&
1202 ADS7lR 3511.1 374 Outr~rnRqewyfmnbairopmed lor vgnrdincwectthinhng,~ttrhthqrthmmrect by bra~nwashirqorwase,
tme Z W m i am maud by h T d e d t : A i c h means "GuardiansolOur
M ffdlrty."
To o'ie thodad, the mobglcal dlxamfwi that c a m wre to lie, cheat.
 steal,cmn~~! d o ~ ~ l t m rnurderrxwen$mpiy
., ~ a ~ ~ w i t h o n e ' s b t i n l i frhw e hperiarmiety, asLhodanfammaelikdytomakeIfmnhemotlonaHy
is no d1ffm11' t ~ a r ttw
i phyvcal dircmfort asvxiated mth physical Ilnerr. just wlnerablethan are Imperids, and &astically r t w e likay to do u,than m a n h
a3 Im(rtlal x r r p ~ v uws n-tdlcine 10 heal phyvcnl nlments w, that no stigma ns of the u x l o p t b l l y statudriven Man, Vargr and S d World &ti-.
a'ttachd tothelnmrcml uck xxiety m p b c techn~qvs to Zhdanl P&#Y: Although it is true t h a t Zhodani are m e likdy ta make
detect, dagnme a n d t r w t p y h o k q c a l a l m h toheal peoplelrwn vnhappi- h w k m o t m l l y vuh-lmbk h n Imperials, this d w r not mean m a n i
m s or antivx~almtrmentr, again wth no stigma attxhed to the m e w ~ l e t y~ s mimablerwpof a twry,warmmd-hmysaJMng.Onthecmtrary,
pryrMbg~callysick but now k i h y and happy pwun. such be)mviw is m In lmperlal m i e t y u d y as a reactim to the rigid rulm d
The Sanrhrdl' merely rdmbfy those who would k d t fra p.lychdogicn1 wnotiml m g n t y . This of behavim ~ s m h e a r d d in Z W a n r locl&yfrx
mtmenr,c a l M M u m r ~ o nmuch , tfie sameas an it~nernnt doztor q m r s eady the urnpie reaxm h a t it is m u r y .
stage of illness a m tho= he visits and treats them.In kith caws uxety Wwpyd-haringofthetypesemmmanyIrnpdal hdovid'tnlkJtnwfis
k - w frwn ~ t hJ m c e , and nu one's privacy w penonal diqdty IS compr- the result of the buildup ol pwhdoglcal preacae r q u i r d by m m j ~ l
mi& by bqgiwrr the w i t y to fed bett#. m g n t y . Allfetimeofkeeping~reuabanone'stnrefedtngsoutoffearthat
'Recauw a Z W m i psionlc ps~l-inmstcan actually ree, k w and fed what E5 omen might kam the tsulh caurr. trwnwK.)ocn ~ i r i t dirtra. d The rn&
gory m in t k plient's mlrd, then p-lty IWFthose L h i r d~rectly, ccmmwr ways rn lmperid =let), to dea mth this stresrareto t m it irnvard ul
Zhodani pryzhlatrlc treatment isquickandm h m e IUEEFSW than I m p a l h a t lr ul~ima~e4ydarnagaIksPlt.u top~1'dicallypugethesyrtwnbypoulng
m e w s W h d y on yParr of g m grcrping and allqoriral mental it art Mme a garp of mtn-.
modrls. In Zhodant rocrety, r u or#bafmIdofI)repqddaj4alandemotFaul
The full intpgrationdpskha i ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ b ~ f a r truth5 ~ ha hi t tfiemrlva,
n g ~ t hd e i ~ r n ~o d~to gush. a b w t them. becam here is
Dirty Uttle 5eaotr It har hsaid that *HR aremlyas kk as w m t r " no need to keep rhwn a d e p dark s r e t tn t h e first place.
By rts M ~ M ZhOdanl
, rxiety p i & f w ~ w mretr than Imperial miety and is
arguably heahhwr.
b Impma1man.fuemmple,rnightb e p m h d i f o t h e n I r n e w h e W i h d a n ! Ttrneflne
.IhemCdacdlm.ague~h~atlmctiw.&migh~mWguiltyheishauy
u h thowghb, and is guilt might M i i 5 d i n g rdatian!hip with hhs b m r p b n t h u m s anb Zhdvlt
c d l m a w . A o r a n ~~ r n . m h ~ h a d . W d n o t b e t h r w l e n e d b v t h f x -ZW,TCQ -1 2 6 , W AnrmW final WM &k
k t atall, &use he or h -Id knw hrll Hdl t h!all & haw A r l a r -233030 H m r M k z a& on mdant 095,000
Ipdlngr, a M t h n t t h m Wingsinand d h m s e l w s a n hamleu Wmf ~smore, -1 3.W -3503 KIM d H m 5 p . m on Terra (1 0.W BC).
all d &abd m l ~ t yW , pvonic nnd nnpriw allkc, ww4d hew h s to he -85Wl -81 7 3 Zhrvbni inwnt printing presr (4072 8C).
thecaabureofthebrmdpubkmvamwsof humanrnmtalhrrrtions.lley 4\43 -795,Y Zhodwi fint m a t e r Q i M n(Chirperr).
~ l d k r w m ~ i c h f e d m g ~ a r e c o m m o n a K i h a m l ~ , a n d ~ ~ c h f e d ~4500 ~ s ~ l d -778.1 & h i - 6 prim=
W t l t from trealmwrt. Sther way, they w w l d not find thew rhoughu ro k -P80 -544.1 Flnt Zhodani rpace qhaUm (3462 BCj.
thmtenmg. -7950 -538.2 F j n t expedltm to \%pchnkl.

-up Imperials are x m d to k p h g a ~ t h b q h t s and feelings -7937 -5W.3 MepchaM hestablirhd. Fbrt encounter with
private, t h y f i d it h r d It6 aww tMt lignifwnce. l h ? s lhinbng m t h i r g : V-haWtr ( C h i ) .
mean hat- reallywant to do ~t?Thatyw m'lldolt?Dwsndmitt~ngtout giw I -m9 -5M.2 Frst mwfhg b e e n Qbzmab md VqhaM
it m m c m t d m y w , a r k 7 -can l n w u r d y imagine that o h r a r e not plague.
bothwed by t h s e e m e s and that they are alone in han'ng t h "bad -)W& -5M.1 Vwhaklb dQ b B ~ t l m
thaqhts," which thy dare nd admt for fear of k n g unkindly j-4. -7945 -532.3 Rbcw @ to Zhdant T W & M d Zhodanl
Rrtumingto w emmple,nf thecdleague h d out a b a r l theman'l Vedingr popubth lulled.
fm hlr mfe, he mlght becane angry. becw~e.not being able to rwd h e 0th -7940 -5M.Z SMond&rC@.
man's mind, he waukl haw no way d M g how t n h l or serlws the dBW A * * fiodani recwy.
at=trxtimwas and m~ghtfmr it robe mne than it really was. Or perhaphe IS 4731 ~im ~bnk modad &wiw b l m (2213
afra~dhismfe i s bored with hlrn a r t she might be tmpted by thr! mhPr man's sf).
ledlng5. 6200 -_. _ fhodani prmtay nwoml(?682 B q .
Our hphlman might dm find that t k longer he ltepl this secret,fedring aOMl 327.1 Pent Zhodani arHight I n t e d b r Righh (1482 &CT
what o t k s wwld think d him, the mae fn+w it gained avpr him wtii it -5823 405.2 Zhodanl Comubre a t a b l i (1 305 BC).
b m e an 0 4 w m that wwld hmt him, his cdleag~leand the wife. On the -915 585.3 h d a n t d n C w jump ddrm (897 AC).
other hand, the man mlghtfind that ifthe truthcame wt, weryone cwld b w IKX)(I 121 1.1 Flrit m e q x h b b n bunch& (AD 51 0).
a gDOdlsqhatKxrt h ~ ~ b r m l ~ ~ ' c r u r h , "ha e n dw M nalizetkewarnothing -2BrX) 1741-3 Frrst lhdmi .cmW mth Vargr.
rn rwrble a b w t h ~ dirr),
s little sewt alYer al, Zlwreby disposiy of hir guiit. -2933 2095 2 first lflhodani cmwct with Mbnl & b
The k q , theme In lhew =-nos is !hLhe@umional wtuatlms h a t can bc -10oo 2537.2 Zhodanl C m u b t e m her ptemt $re.
cmfed by d mail, simple mret m a vxjety that pmptuatm brimbet- SO 3001.3 F t n t Badani cmMt wth I m w l 'baderr
people, and the way rjrnpk d~sclwre a n defuse t k w I)llngs In a sozwty thdt 69 3m.1 I-al cdonirahm at $inward Marcha kqha.
all^ people to share t k r feelings ~ t h w fear. t 461 31 83 2 first k b n contact with 2hoQru.
hrrdha dirty hnle =?a r c m w fnm the Irnpdd tradith d ' e r r o l h l 500 32% 3 lmpenal e x w ti
on r tnto Z M n l tenita)r.
m g n t y . " I m p a l s l ~ h t o b a b C e t a c w ~ l h n m e a c h o t k t h that e f ~Zhek 589 3240 1 fint Fronbx W a kqim
r a w k hurl w hlthqrsreafrard d t h r r q r l b l r , t k y b e l r w , maka
l w l ~ n gh 6Q4 3246.3 Frnt Frontier War endr.
t h m Ifis wlrwabk to othPrr.A l M n g o t l m to bwhere yow W'ml 61 5 3251.2 Second F f m t i e W Wrbegh
~
w a k rpots t~ 91ver M -pars to u ~ sgainlt
e yat Keeping theu?m t IS 670 3253.3 &.
k m d F.ron!ier W x
a w x d to a l !you ~ mae mnnevwring rmn,and m e pyychdoglcal dety. 750 311 1 1 h m t h ccxe expedition h h e d
& theother had, M i psianicabilitie3 mlrMall of Zhadani vxPtywdl m 3333.2 K i k5-5 in fmpakm k g h
awareof t ~ v a r t n u m b e r o f f w r s a n d : r o c l r c e ~ a f h l r t f e e l r n q r ~ h a t a r p ~ e d ~826 3344.3 Pwni ruppresxxls completed
aU humans. k u w ttWsp are Ihared by all, they are not a vsurce of 979 34122 Th~rdFrontmWarbegins.
wlnerabrf~ty,but are thrngs that can be handled by a m p a r e r-w. sR6 34 15 2 Third Fronber War ends
Z M n t sodely is tJwefore invariably more pdite hm lmpwlnl m i e l y , 1082 3458.1 Fourth lrmuer War bqhs
What 15 the dlfferme be- t h e twa attl-? OnEy one: that d ?OM W58.3 Fourlh Frmtm hlxen&.
awarmen. I m p a l s are m!aware of tuw mrrh all h m r are allke and are 7 1 57 3469.1 Fifth Frmlier War lseglnr
F r o lmag~nethatt h e y h m e u m q u e ~ sI.e., , 'I must h t h e d y m 1110 3470.2 FihhrrantierWarenck
who f d s rhls way. ul F must kPep ~ta %rnt." 1 t 1P 3474.2 Fin! w M e d &dad m bDP sseen b y - ~
Ihodaruwkty, m the other hand, has emplriwl b d & g e that in 1132 3480.1 Spinward 5- Accordr Jigned.
a g r w n ~ ~ t y a r e a l f p r e t t y m u ~ h ~ s a m e , T h l r l a ~ k d e m Q t i o n d M i ~ g1201 k 35102 Exdm k q n r
&ajar% leHlw r e a m s 10 fear each dw. Z M a n i vxiety IS theralae warmer
 With Zhdhnlx ~ l e t y b+ng bs ~ d s a b o u~t h o Q g rdlr m d -1
b&cn.ture Hook I-, t k e has dm a custom of rompwuatiy for Ihrl by rnantahing
Reg- psi- are Mng recm'ted to hdp adst m a n i d w p e barndarksarwnd utM atear of Iik.
group<.Their ~ t as
m p-s will g i n them c a m m a n grwnd with the Family bfe, krexarrple, nkept pnvate. N o t k m s e a ~ q z h e r e i s s e c m ,
Zhodaniwd hdpinmtablifing m d . W p ~ s a r e t o t e a z h t h e ~ a n i but -use there isgreat digmty In things done faItw'r Msake, rot lor the
howtoliveh h w a l ~lety,butthislrdiffku'ftwfien tk Zhodmldo mt cmwmptrm of h t y at large. Such family acts nclude daily rituals betww~
tiwm Imperials~cietyhut i m t d arecramrrPdlntorampswrth tentsand spar=, b e t w e s l ~ r e n t r m dchildm, be- Jiblingr. and b e m c h ~ H r e n
shippirg crates for k m . Food and rnd~cineare tn h r t rupply, and and t k r pets.
there ism ~wtageofop~umll.raflempting to blk t b Z h m h n i wt of Inaslrnrlarway,ZhodnnCdresIsmoceama!& thanmtlmperialfamiom.
tfieir meager saGngs and for p d o n s . Lyen w,local grwps Imprial lawlrratim Ath the cmwd and unc- Mtwe Of the body ISa
wspe~tthat t k Zhodani are up to m h i r r g (ree sidebar, "Ac%ms Mher m m k t a t i bf ~ their dif5cJty with !he stricturps of emolimal m=
Hate tfie W'') and are aganiriq a carnpalgt~to k k the filthyalipn% off eignty. Impwldsareuwallythwartd fm attalnlrq Irwemotiml connettd-
tmc world. wsl, md they haw k r d !o fill thiswnptiw5 by incteagng m@arison the
pliyial wmofw cmtact Their&= -this by ohen hrnctioning
I
to adverore m e ' s witability a& avalabilrty for phyycal cmtact. F m the
Zi-mhrn pant d v i m , pbcing rhe burden of true p ~ ~ cn m rdw 5 4 m an
merdy phyrical concept%4 % Idicmus. For example, there is no analq to the
Reasons to Hate the Joes Imperial 'string bikini"~nZldanicdture.Zhodani haw namedtocwnpwte
1 The Zhodanl, oc "jeer" as lfrqr are - M y cafkd by ~ ~ t haw s , fw an emothul i d a m they do not errpenme by fmuvng anmtim m
been hated twa lwrg time by redents of t h Ocrmain d Dm&, m then! phyvcai appwmce and Inflammifgr amtomica1 details. A Zhdani w h
is little n& to c m up wrth n e w reams. H m , the E d u s h a s w i M togoabart n a k e d w l d amply go a b u t naked, hileonewhowished
prerented the fdlMng, adapted by many y-R cltixenr t o r m i n c l o t h d ~ l remarn
d cbthed.ZtKxlant find notitjllatimin 'clolhing'"
*Thy wwk up rdieftuK1%that ~wld go to d d o p i n g Lhisworld'~ whch akesnot c u m , orinprel&irq to be "dreupd"wh~lcbeing arundrened
need<.Plus they pmvlde c h a p l a b and wilt take wt jobs. ar porwble. Such clothing is t-ht by tk ZWanr to be chrrdush a n d prvrmt
vkere p 3 e s thP neighbot)rood. Refugee camps don't ralv propwty
~luaTheymereiyattractmoreretugees,Riepdrseaw,qsquab,mdcrinw. Sheep Among the Wohres
*Therefugees are rnerciy quatten. just like thm d a m Toms @age Pity the pow pmle, diqdptaced horn hls h a , tlppd from hls uldl-a@@d,
81). It will be irnprsible get thwn oH this wwid w e thq,k e r n stable. dignified wxiety, and plopped m l o an Imperial wwld, bar- of mu-
&Milhed. lhq'll ret up joe ghettos a d Iw k.-f psi& prejudice a d Srome to a raEe of c m t i l u t i m l Ibn, Impable of wen
*'Tldri$aniwaWl, in rheecoloyical/uxial-Miwn m: "hlavl3 learning thP truth a b w t heir M minds. Thir is tfie reality of the € d u s k its
the itwy of hmigration d peoplm-" Warlac is warfare, and imprial mrnt n u m r c m r t i m t r , What dl!zhey do?Where 4 1 they go' bvill
M n s can mt allcm t M s e h . a to gPt ~ uaWt M ofthdr twrilory, they find -ti- liwz, a w ~food
, ad rhcltr~,wnaundd by people 416
~ThisisthprduderoanimaJon.Thev~alledrehrgeesareeilherfifth- haw fought t h fw 600 years?
edurnnistr preparing the way for h e mCMy formations, w wre w d e TFw Zhodad are bwting, becau4ethqrM Inanedthefewrodctlerdrat
%reen which wlf mask !he cming nl the real i n v a i m Reets. a m thwn to be.Theydon't b h m t o d e f w d t h e m w k f m n l i e r a n d
deceit k a u s e they havc ~ e w had
r to. They are easy marks for the rnm
transprmt charlatan, let done h e pmfeaiwlal dndlen, con anist.l, carpet-
baggen,junk baxl kings, d i m,-l u d car v l l m and pditicians.
Smwrately h e prdes are not a b e . All groups of & d m rehKpeJ are
sheplmded by the intffrdanuand dim hwn [heir community. w b do t h ~ r
k to p t ~ t Mt r charges fram Ihe injustice Ihe m'v~~e has Ito o h . They
pmtertfkrpderfruncnminaFsanddihmwstyby h t m P w l n g d p 9 t T I ~ a l l ~
r d l n g thenan-lhadan~hiome inlocantact with tfiegrwp. Theyrrpresent
!her prdm in lheir dealings with Local autharitrer and accompany U r n h e ?
they go to Regency d h r e o f k e and rasru in or& to lend z k r I@
m e , auttraity, and the moral of thar p r m c e . By lfrre
s*amplps, the W a d n&lily are r d k i n d - d .

Why the Exodus?

No m e in t k Regency urderstandsthe m s hthe Enodm, but th#e is
no rhataged rpeculath, I m l r d [ y thedgns as ~ las 1y1 19of inwnalmrert
In th Conwlate (Suwhd M q l n pqer 22-23), Vvhat is swprising is h a t PWI
the refuges chmdvcr are of little help, ax many appear to have ta!m RQht
mthwt hrsthand e@wwe of whatwet ~twal h a t was cawing them to fee.
The Zhodam are unanimxrr in t h r belief that their miety ir an danger of
Wrq k t - hm within. W m e s te internal s2rrfe a d Zhodwia-
Zhoclaru videnceardmtmwarfatearecmmm. But whw a k e d hcw mu+ d
this tobk pldce nn their hanewwld befwe they m e f w c d to Aee, r e
-
adrnll rdlctandy it sewn~, that they ~ w n o r r othistSwnwlves.U'hm
t pred
theywill p n r w t that rery Wong '!ntimazlm%ofcifmn" weref& by alrmt all
Zhodank, PFO)es, intmbntr a r t nobler &Ilk, but Ihe ~ ' f iand u Importanre
of there motivatian are hard l a hto expm n w , the way a dream fades
fmm o r y a f t e r ~ k m i n g Whm
. thiskird ofqwtiming fortes IB Zhadani
wb~trtocomefacetolacemrfit k strangevagwrmsofthe~rreauns,the bed
h r y a n do is to aswe the q w t i w w that it all made mr at tlw time.

Creating W a n l Characters
Zhajanrcharactersrnaybecreated thecharactAgenwationmedm
prewnted m TNE with the MImng rnd~fiCatimr.
Attdbuter The4eaeasdmribed inTNE except 10rPSIandSUC(slpebdm).
PJmIcx Z M a n i mdve 1 b 1 r Nmic trainq at age 17 during charmer
g m a t ~ o nMUPany c a m tenns are red&. Thir means that M a r t i
character5 rdl L jh-1,guatantmrqntksZPSI 1. Itimpoaibletoct-eateapmle
-
charac!pruvng ti~smethd,whiihistkwhokpdnt really, beEaurewhymM Ashn Ttrndlr
p w a n t fo createa Zhodani ~hariWt?~whewar ndphic?
~tfor~emkeddmuruon,zenhemteon PucnkFrpqwncymTNEw246.
Sadal StandIy: Becauw of the
y E % War.
-21 hO -88 ~Ware~tdahserto~nuclear
p h i c effect *,all uxh chatac-
Ws vale b e intendants at least. K)
sw-
-21 5 unJpac+wn.
simply giw Zhdaru c h a r a c h a he. 419 1 Third W& Wax.
glmlng SOC of A -2011 UnrfamPdAllancdendarbe$m
C a m Refweer M modify - 1 an n e w d t k n sMp PorHir& a&
TNE careentoalbwlmprwementd rmtKw.
prionic rktfls &lng t m redutm. -1 w 1 Wid 6nt m l p UErkdt h don
Narnlng: W m naming M a d
charactwq n o t e ~ h a t ~ a & ~ r d i z e d r u f f i x ~ r o t ~ r ~ m e r ~ f a r n i ~ -191
y~mer ZZmrndth~ l h
fmintendmu: &have d y one m) based on M r 50C attribute, seen -1 771 d Mw dl- Long Ni$t bcgmr
in the k x a h . This wfFx c h w with changed nxial starus. -?TI! I cbn p x c h a starrhlpsfmm bb
Jr@vtwm

A s m -
01 all of the fame?rrnpdum's d g m , the A h had the widest dsb-ibu-
-1111
i badw.
Astan Border War beghr
-116 1 first m &at Wtr.
th.hi9adjxent to botfi IheSdommi Rim far t o r i m d a R d hSpitward 4 3 t Cbndave (bkGA)
March, at the Imperim's *nwwd ex-. -56 lral Purge ( b ' f T & T + k ~ )k$&
TheAdanrembleInrgef~rr;anId~r~sof thelhfamfly, b u t t h e m M a x e -7 t C m d rarkuded.
~ " C ~ K GdSh U d o m
Ismdycoincidmtal.AJandre lwgerthankrumans,avpraging abanhvo&en dater rvlmogenituredothwrtandarditmd
in h g h t . h e y are dl quipCwd mth an intPgral w p m , can4 the aim or I cube.
-law, on e x h hand which Ihq.imtenrtiwiy and effPctMy us? h -bat 49 24 32 xalRrgeadr
Incidental~,AEbnha~mlyfourmmlpulathPd~gitsoneachlhb,dth the rewlt 21 2 2618 edDahNehtb~MwmIm@unwd
h t t k r mith u w base 8 rather h n thp b a r 10 of f i humam. ~ ~ 1.
374 dtWarbcgfm~OldEarth~~d
Ashn Hlerate ~te.I w m pmed htowar. Ashn and lmperlal
TheAJan H i e r s b e ~ ~ d r e d f m m t h e S d a n a d R l r n ~ t h e C r e a t p q c e o n a d d war, whlch b w n b h e
Ek to t b Spiward Mmdm. S(PNRRT, I~ke h e hperivn, It% ~ Ilih
trarea t r a r l i the dm.
was waged by Wrus and is m w WHs, kavit-q only the arws acrw the Rift to 380 edFtahaIr.knperjaCPseanbordercst&kM
&in to t h e p t C d b p ~ e r a . T h i s a r e a w a s l m ~ ~ a lthe&&nCdonies
led ~ ~ D e e p a b d f e r z mAsbn
e . prohrbtedh
u tranr-ott rdonir?l. but IS now dl that remains af the Adan Hkate itself. ng h b w n h in I m v I wkk
M a n vxiety is organized akmg family IM, wth the famiTy(akho)of to 4W I radwr bpgin fipping d wce hwn Romar.
12 Wan as the balic un~tFamaies are q n i z e d into 'pridB" ( o h mwith me 461 _ _ I d-e t r x h firsl mmt W n i .
domuant family. Finally, pdesareuganvd intancbn (huiho),qainwth m e 585 t&n rht~ aHer to fi#t fu Damam In exchange for
d h n a n r pride. All wbordnate membffsofthatdanow fealty tothedan a d bnd.
to 11s ~ n g l e
clan l w d ~ rFamily!pnde/clan
. +lty i s wry important a m g the 1109 Hunnul~tm~m#lrdPdM&onK~
Wan, In fact, !he phraw 1-Irwhryr, Y w pnde calls to y," is an 11'16 Drdinar asaEsinater Strephon and Tokeaias, the
I ~ v a a k mthat mll rat be denied by any AJm W r d a t k . rtymdwadmdu.
The Hierate ir *hdedc by the Tkxlkhu, or '29." t k ruling body d the 29 I117 sarun's [;uikJ 'BmtherhooddTOkdaf chptdra
r30m'nant Wan dam. The h k h u exwises no rsd adumty MIdviduaf &as&nrarrwGreatRifttamkDtrIrwlrpyfw
W n , a mty the cbn IaaderJ an -11 m the kyalty d h r chn membwr, and s-aMenct Fintrht~lfu3y1intuhehm3ln
each clan h a s ~ t s a mb w s d trditrcm~TheTh,Irhummsnomllltayfmfior "web.
be,thew aal be(- ro t h clans. But u thc c a r r i l of the 29 mxl 1119 mg&dtnnnlornhtoD3malnleadmamd
clam, and !km l y flyfaun for t k handlingof ~ n t w ~ bwiness bn and iswes that kt khueen lrnpabl and Heraw form
Imdw the Wan as a M e , Ihe k k h u i s h hqhest Wl p n t o f Wan @icy
and m.
11M of Deneb estskhisher th@P d l d , Or rdw.
1 1 31 un h . e s ~ t f i e F o o t b a taI s p t o f t h e
Clans nseandfalt In r d a t i w v a n d c a n benepbcedmthe Tbukhtr. Intw- andre. Wt DocMlrrMan fw:s destroy V d m
dm argwnenb are rdved by highly -mi& "cbn win,"essentially t k SeearmhgCIeatlWmneRjftrpanR8aEh.
e q & & n t d a d w l d ~ , b u t m a natloMl wle.Oanscanrireorfnll in p ~ w 1752 m y e h M i and Spinward Stater k c &
and preq~gearared?of thesewars,ard cank~wnevasdcbns toothwmwe d. Aoibkht and Fcrotball W06W1 Incotporated
povrertul clans.

Aslan Wety
- into WKY. I

ThPAJanareacmnpWwmd, byhuMnstadd~.twchyrdvfdentra~e.
Thar urie(y IS bredan many strkt c&esdb&wviorand m,all lumped C d Neighb,. ,
cnder tbgeneral heading of "m," althagh thp Adan I I topdnt
~ wt that ~ ~ l i n g w l r h * m ~ P a b n , p ~ 8 , r e m w n b e r t ~
they haw IS differmx d s for ham, unlike We dlshormralde humans. To a ~ d e a l i n g w r t h a p x k d ~ ~ k ~ ~ y w ~ i y w y t h i
humans, honor ~~butonecmceptamangmmy, butto the W m tt i s m h i r g , d t b ,what it was like when you were
Wwc )W reSpORd tu a p ~ ~ ~ ~remember
&ti& m k e ! t h n q a r d humans wth urrprion, if r d m q h t m t e m p t a t q . ~ H h a t h w l i k e M m e h ~ a f l M b l y b w r w l ~ I n
MiuxkntnndingsMe c a m n o n be*wen c d t m l Arbn and l-al culture y a r y w p ' 5 ~ ~ w r b t estabnand
nt ham, w i n i n g a %fit wan imult M ~ n d
hmanr. Athargh Asbn popubtiwrs haw kable to aJmilate ttwnselm wayrrnuar)rorexp&.RanemhwhatitvmrlikbbpandtfratYmch
more a less Hilh~nI m p i d a d alm Oanian cultue, lhq. are tM rqected by calM z&kmce. whew there w& a dmpk anmw Iw mqmrything
b
many dtural M n fw h n g be1ra)wl I k r race's valm. wasWsndWte,andweynnewh.owafmtIfotpw~~emnyand
O-teimportantbttndAdan m t y i s t h e r t n ~ t d ~ i m d b b w ~M r r o betterthanbbecnahed.Thgr,don~tb,trwnpose)purmrk
mde a d h a l e kslwr. M a b arp warnm, c m d rn-thpdillcaland military 6nd when p~
mle, k camhrl to not
~~apminpJhaidsndartnumberthwn.
*
too m q teeth, unleo ~u be a
leadenh~pand she aquiwtim d Ian-r pa* and rezm-~b hrq.
b m h , v u h i w t n u m b m a h by 3:l,arerrymnwble for t m d c , i n d u ~a, n d hbwsador C d w R k h t o r h a m a r rhe
r m m r r e , educat~m, xmtr ficand technical M g e , a d the xcurnulation Regency Foreign M e Univwsity, Regina
and mnagwnentofwltk--lnht. thpteal~wkofmakmg v r ~ e t y&while
the rndes cmcmP.atcm skgkanbm glay. Fa txarnpk, only males may ~ d t h c ~ t f d r d m d t h e h h i nMet1 o f
smwaspk&and gumerrabrdldan starships, rrdanly kmalesmayserve Onemintended byjxdwtdtheCdlapreh that rt legihm~edm n y d the
a5 rwigators,mt q i m , medcs, and stewards M a n aquisitims with t h m l n of [kneb M e n . Althollgh m many w m
By human slandardr thm divirionl m lab to Fdhms abffneJ.Hlgb thh i n m t war engagPd Fn rnllitary campaigns to diddge Man
~ ~ N a n m a l e r a r e l ~ t e r a I I y M ~ ~ ~ h maneyandfinance.Whik
cw~pbof wwhw a thdr -b, Iheurgmcy of prrs~ntingan i m m a u s
thqr have an fm dtain~ngland d t M r own,they & it for Its mm frmtier ta Virus made W c d u v o n of surh campaigns a luxury. In wder to
sake; it nkm tfw f m a k mwnbwr of hi(fam~fjesto fqvrewt w h t to&*th mwre lmpwviaa baden, the new R q e q had to farmally accept and
it ur h a t it can bP of any use to anyone. Iqitknkwhatevergweming: structurnm?renlre4dyin p b c e . m IfIhewwere
&.
E m AJan rnllitary unlh f d l w this & canbat lsader and dose t T d d ~ w da
d turd M a n dan qwmmmt~
combat are male, but all wpm logistid, tedwiil, M, a d Intdli-
g w e pwvnd are fmde. TFHs includes combat e n g l m and artlllwy A Deal Wlth the MI
pwrarmd,all t hway up to the b w cmmander, tlw h a l e who a g a n i m the The rtmtdiffkulld t!w internal pditM problemfaclng thc Regencyls tfrat
unit a d ~1to its d a y - t d n y d t r a d i i w l M a n planetary merit existing undigertd within a brg#
With Ilw culbJnl imp#lal~m typical d Mar, ltfny proiea thev g m x k ImperialdueRegwygclumment N o t m l y ~ t h i ~ c r ~ t e d i f f i m I t k s f ~ ~ ~ h e
diffwwxermlom#an as 'pwreiwdgenrler." hdlwmwds, a human mde m ~ a n r n h a b t n n u o l I h e s e p b ~ w h o f e d ~ p mbyrheinflextblesocial
&
in a "fwnde"rde d l t x treated by M a n as n fmak,a d vice wm. T h s order placed on them, but the Adan gwmmmt itsdf has m ~ x dloyaltier
means that Manwill notdixussh~neu(alemaFeurk)mlhahunandmpibu dlt-h the Man have rwcm fealty to the Regencyfar the land rt bsgranred
a stanhip (a male task), regardlersalwlwtherh a t hvrrran~sredlymakwfemale.
In m e cam Wan will wmply not be able to tell the differwrce Mween male
and f w n a l ~hmans, but wen if [hey do, theL cdtural predlrposition q u i m
lthem to mpose Urdr M a n standards.

ASUW r f f THE REGENCY:

T H E HUMAN POINT OF V l E W an.'Becauulfll*~mt m,
T o ~ h w n a n p w ~ w , t t ~ m W ~ d A J a t ~ m d ~ d h
RegPncy-ttwsewhoadapt to humanvduesai-#cdtm@kmd loas'Regency mthebjlmspIr(t.wsrefrntoan#tkelhreat
kr1nn")andthose-adhe tal\sbncultureadfme~dues3nttxIxger n the mtempble, offhand dfpegard fw It
humanculrwe[&& t o a s " W n n the R M ) . L h t i l t b C d l q ~ , t h e m l y
M a n recagnizd by tk Dmmln of Deneb gwemment to @ally reridewithh *rpiritdstmqth."flnis b tfietmn h A d a n
the D m w ~ n ~ m r n w f f etheasdrnflatrk
ol Reg- Arlanvanety.W, AslanU~,anededicat#ItoItn@ritudly
Lhe ~mpending arnval of Virus is 1 P 31 banged all of this.
krnm amarrsccuratPly, 'New Landh&em" R
Folt AccmpI W&,whepreu3wllydidmkhddlmdwt.lonuw
7f poiirks rn- thcn kffanlng Ulavddabkr Nmrdty by the Man irrvaden of Ctre Damaln of
morllas the wention of rane mighty urwsual W i n g siblings. Swh ir the
rdahship ktwwn the dex#danh d h N a n hatd lrwadwr and the
~212+2d~makeanAJanpr,or

r to proudrea m party into issuing a

titerally % a d s d v a w l r of w."
Thfi lam h

m knpprinl brky which ha

mxpo~perwnalhonor.

.To hAJan It goes wfthan saying 'that thls alw

tronger.YTheriilapdqyddiu#edby

qdplrfhsl Hmkhcan onlybe

whohawadoptedthehuman

M a n *hrm
137 mi* 16 d thev make an Arbn &yl
them, the). G h w ~albwed to retain t M r clan loyalties, which call to ttmn Them I7nreAb-1," 'other Asbn," md "babdaru*
from oul& I k b b o r 5 of the Reg-. Tnre Man are my who retain their full Wan cuttue and m d i w There
By 1202 the u p h t dfhisisttwt Wandamin ZheRegPncyhawa *Iboth w l d I n c l d thekAkMndmoftthe Regflwy Ioit mm-@wortdr
the dm-"whrch they are uGng 'top - m d irnmigatimofotkcbn m b e r r . OLher~natetMwhohavemadevrnecrm~stohumand~
tfiusfudm cmsdldating rhetr w . Mile the Regency g ~ r w n m # l c t a d that a l h then to trade mae dfecWy. Mmt wwld include the DadanAdan
h d & o p m t , hm?isvwy1Eltleitcm da a b u t it.
b h a p p y ~ t thil In thrs group, as well as the Asbn menbers of the TrPkhpir, RQS, a d other
Regencyad~ces.Nilthwghtheu;pjlmarenotasumnedas~cbrWmr,
TnekhyoIr Wanexudeanmmirtaknblesnitfineawkn t h q r v k of theseother Adan arid
The exdu- Adnmnned d the "ktd," a ?rekh)oir ("bnd h w a y they d d w t fw prov1ty.
prot-xtd') was BtnbliM by thm?ecMuke Nmis in 1120 to coopt a n , &Irkmans are the uue fallen 4 h n w h haw fully adapted to humanvdws.
inrldrng hatti, Inlo detending the Domain in exchange fm land (Suwlvd Lest t h be my q w b m a w t where t hfallen M a n stand on the c m i c
Margln, pqe25). Thir bnllsnt r d t d In ttw %m!&katim" of a large peckiing order, h d a n hdd nonAanwhoSie by AslanoJEture tahdoserto
m t x r d v r o n t d l d hotpi, 4 d e d Menderr to t k Vargr fnvrtlwr to them than racid a n d m hawrq'rxtedthek r~ghdul cdture. some w ~ M ha n
W.H& it mt hen fmtk 11 32 h*s -$I, this d d p h a p s hwebeen haw f& h the w t l e d Cloriwr h p w e in T v a n
their Mstater, x l ~ as
the dutim to the Pjlan problem, but ewnts dd not ldl that way. Reach, dwrh war cm-quered by trwe Adan wger t o teach them their mr.
trlonethdeu, the TrPlrhprritA b m e a trwnedars wrcwss. Al-h it
might have ~nitiallyappeared as a cyical attempt to c o o p t the W n , the

-
Denebianru~nI~amd WsamelervKlartheirDmanneighh(seepage31):
the/Wanranbe-m~ghtygDodfriendsbhave.Withinafewrhwt~rsthe Crealng Aslan Characters
Oomnjn wasxtually recmmirsioningolderwanhipsfu Ikused rhegrowig P q w y M a n (by Asbn standards, aRhw "Ww Man" or * & a h -
Athmrr Hgh &hln~mg<lars crulsen {Arhontl H 5 h UghmEng,
patrd. i ~ l u d r n g ims"), tfiey fdlm human p r c h k m l norms, may bgeneraled
OP, AwhI Vcngconcc. 9).
the charactm gmmdt~onprocedur~rpremted in TNE mth the I

The TrPkhprliveson in 1202, ar v i g o r o c l s h participationh the RPg- fdbwing mdificatbnr.

Quarantiw m e . At a continuation of tfie Trrkhpiriincentim, M a n RQS
m d can opt to receive land ~nst& of m a l monaary canpensation.
W l a d ~ t l e are r typicallyon A d s in anear the Regency hmtlmhat haw 57R +2 2W+1
bakmrxloned by M r fomrw human inhabitants.M a n RQS crwrypcdlly ACL -1 2% -Z
CON +2 206 +l
qmatewn-built and -stykdvanmboftheQuarantineCutter&gn(seepage
91). m, thew ships we a lwnpy b M of R k r q Adan naval atchtxture
INT - 206 -1
EDU - 206 -1
and b l : d d a n fairing5 d human-bdt equrpmmt.
CHR - ZD6 -1
2Dd -1
A S W RN THE REGENCY: SOC
TCEE ASLbW POINT O F V I E W
c d d be expe~ted,the Asbn vlcw d Aslm hhWtwts of the Regency is Pd .fwyatte w-l.Inad&tlan,PZlmtlrues
m complex, not to mention m o r doctrina~re,
~ To the Man mind, h e are to dm m a f t e t te ,firsttarn(fwr-yearMock) after
thw t y p s of Man, in increavng d e r of comprwn~wmth $arbark valuer tali? ndtamafi~ Ithe third tm afzertesting, and
m m.
%Ill% Among cultural Adan, the gender dimdm of Labar extendseven
to Sjll receipt. For example, n mdewmld m t receive All$of a technical,
Adventure Hook xienl~ficoreca~~lfiicnalwe.and fernnlmvwld no!recawclosecmbat
Twncoats: Ttr K s are m p m k af a hunan malmI -~-ng ski[Es. k b m w t k di~nctionrare lesr important fw a~rimilaled Wan.
force (PKI)wnt toqurbgwml~anEtrwlyonan3Wm~M -world. h e an dm several m skims for t k IWan, below,
Phe catch i 5 t h a t thegwwillasareb a n s , horigW inhabitantr of Ihe -law (SIX):This hill replac= Unarmed Melee C a n b t fuMar
wwld W e the SwrR'todr owr during !fie Final War. H m , wing and r m the ablity to fight "u~rmed"with l h ~ natural r weaponry.
to U-eaccmmodalion mnde Hith the Adm d m dlsing i hCdlapw, hdependeme (INT): This h111 i s mdlaMe mly to rnde Man and
the k h are the I& rvlws and the humans are legally In t k wrong; g w m r M r abrlity to deal with monq. and tundie tinancbl cwepts,
(dthwgh@wprnrxally rn t kright),ThediqAJnn makeitchthat wtu'chare traditionalf m l e r r s p o n & i l ~ ~ . ~ e p r e ~ e a f t h [ r smeans
kill
they wll annihlate the guerrilla rtrplghddr d t h e a c t ~ t k cs r n t i m , a mlecan seeto hismmneedsin wmplemonetsrytransnctimr.k k d :
and they are wthn their legal i g h h ta do m. The PKF IS th last & m e this skit m~tiwManhasno&standing of rnaneywhatwrewr, md
h e gwrrillas have to make p a c e before l h M a n &troy them. And vn'Hneed t o k ~ a f t s b y a w i f e o r l e m a l e c m p n i n n v v I w t & ~ ~
a t t b q h hReg- gmnment's k a r t IS w t h the human gwnillas, of rnakng hir pwchaser.
, i t s bwls are tiwi
As r r p r m t a t M d t t r e g m t M b a c k h A s r z l n d # ~ Z)re,
Mdltation (CON): TMr allowr zhc Adan bdqlkate mostdabTlitles
d tlw p v m z c a d e JtRl Mf,w i t w hvlng t o m wmic t a h o .
hunanpewe4~arehmierdthphumangwm'lbaandma)r M i r a t i o n i s 4 l~ntlitfeH,exc~ptItircmudld bythcCONattribute
bekatedas X K ~T. h e p e a c w d a n * t ) i k e w h a t heyhave todoto and wlly has t h r w c a d Suspend4~~ himtion, P$mitally Enharred
their~predhanMm,butthq.knowZhatittheydon'thit,the Stmqth a d hionically EnhwKed Cmrtjtutim.
Man wll, and m!h much more tmble results. Tdwance (CHR):Tnb Jtll dlwA4lan lornl#a~twith non-Aslan. Itis
Cmp4rcationr: Adan obrerven ate mt a h g with tfie PKF. They may hus~rnlar taCiaimskill,except ~Ipartic JarEywfartotkabrlityroigncre
h x l hanhwrneawre~,wmaydekberirtelymakethesituation worse, v i d a t ~ m sof M a n propriety on prt of mdJan, allowing h e
to create an excltrp for final Man i n t m r l o n . These ohm may b ~ I P I I M to betZgpget a l m g &th the trarbarlanr T h w bqency Man
corrlemplwusodthehuman PKF,cwhnuallygoa]inga inwltingthwn Lrnown a%S&m?hteo&w -5) to other M n haveno uw fa this
m Lhe AJan t i d h t e tradition. hrll,as they haw a t n d y adapted to human m i d m s .
The Asbn g m m e n t , ~ m p t l e n t w i t h ~ p a c e d t h e P K F ~ t i m s , YradFtlwr (EW): Th~sskill c d m deqr and detaifd d
rendran Adan stnkeluceintn t h e m to*makeanempkuofahunan Adan h l t c q a n d traditiom, al&ng an Man to'mt-&.w"othwMn.
village. X-e PKP mlat O t 3 m the dacrghterafd still a t t m p t toc&e Uredtha kltliskdphl npenwding&IUlm,arthe-mure
the hvmanr te peacefully exid A h their Adan rulers. fine pants d h m and traditim ta his pan& and d e r c v t
The&& may bedd,bratdysptt~ngup tlw PKF to fail, toallaw them othen'. It is aFm k & to n l k rpally cranky Man to pick fightsall the
inaxuse the Rqmcy g w w m t o! bewayng them and giving them bme, b e c a w there nwry lit* lhnt canmt pisoff an man who is w i l y
an excuse to declare their indepwdwe. payingattention.ThowRegencyAdanhownarTohh%t~okhtorr(brbr-
Thiradrentwennorahmt'emup Itbintrmledhgrwpltbtaccepth r m s ) t o a t h w W a n h a u e m ~ ~ t h i 1 s k i 1 I ~ a stohuman
lhq
&lknge of co@ex wK1 anbqllour moral a d m i c d l dilwrma~ xlcial m s a d have m need (nor the right) to quote A b n p v ' e t y .
 WARGR
Ofall th ~ ~ n e l g h b e r r , ~ V a r g r ~ t k m o r t d i f ftodmn'bcln
icult
any conc~wfarhi.kmc Vargr ace Regency citirenr bme Vargrxepiraksor
crfmlrralr, preyrq m -5. Some Vargr are piram or criminals, pprqing WI
otherVargr. SaneVargraremembmofVaqr rtat~rupditie.VargrdodMe~ent
thrng~,but t k y all W w in Ihe lamway.
Theironyi~thatallVagr~~~yirW~me,flltisalmalldiffwent.Thecentral
theme of Vaqr interaction is flux. This ir the rewlt of t k c&ers V q
g r e b b rmtfority. slazur, and v,
r ~ k e y i n for called by the Vaqr <h&~no.
The Vxgr have newr achieved a large unified stare like thow of Ihe Zhadani,
Vbni, kb~nanl,Asbn, K7rrPe or Hrvffs. lnrtend thgr haw alwap existed as a
Wlde-itq k a f h o p e a f mll stat-, cmQantlyfidoning, mlign~ng,cm-
lew'ng. dinrering, U-SW mlerdng again only !a rpllnter m e mwe. The
constant struggle fwcharisma whwe m e ' s gain d y comes at Ihe expen* of
anothef's loss, and the constant wllingnerr to abandm an dd leader whm
r r m m betta comer am,has prewnted any kind of Vargr sbbil~tyat the
rnlcr~covnicI d . W, Ihe mtweof dl Vargr m e h a t rhemacroccwn~c
lweY r#nains~xxtlythewmas ithnralwa~kn.Themlycwtant ~rchange.
In fact V a q r profeu to be m s y a( h e stnbillry of human xrciety--naely
xrmething unmturd and q i c i u is gang m.
Thrrlacfrof agan~zation mka t k V a r g r L o r h m o r e ~ a s k r d k l d ~ l s
and Icss d a r g m x l r a5 a group. Thus human m p l m haw hgbeen required to
fwd off Vargr rmia, but h a w n w e r w truly threatened by a Vargrrnvaion.
Howwer, rt ir their very lack of organizatlm that creates the greatest
Vargr threat to the Regency, that of an entry vector for Wrur. The
experience ofthe Regency and ltsatlwt neighborshas Laught one indelible
leswm--that Virus can m f y be successhrlly defeated by a unlRd, akrtight
front. The Vargr are cmrt~tutionallyincapable of imagining such a thing,
let alone carryrng it wt.

Phpical Chai-actetwcs
TheVargr haw wnething In with the Zhcdanl, Oarrlansandother
tmnspbnted b a n races. Thqrtoo mw thpir existme to the activities of the
Wmtr 300,000 m n qo.w, d i k e the h w n s , !he Vaqr were
cwated, genetically ~ngtrrPeredfmn prehistoric T'mm dogs, and giwn hrgs
brarns hands ~ r manipdatiw
h digib, and an lpright portuw.
Awage Vargr male are 1.6 mrws in height, whde f w ~ l e are s 1.5 meterr.
Tlps fw Humans h Vargr Society They are therefon lighter and leu strong than humanr, but aremmagile. Uke
1 .Payattention ~)wrdative~tusmtWfra&ofvargru~iety, the dogs from which they- derived, Vargr demmstra!ea wide rariery of fw
ard t x wre to knuw the chanwna of the Vaqr yau m w n t e r . c d a , texture and pattern.
2, k p r n g point 1 in m ~ d think
. aboutv&+. Relative I d s of
charisma confer variws p+ifegm In Vargr maty. Denrand to w e b ? R eyVargr
p i r s and ~ e that
e yocl grant othws tt7P prjrnlcges to whkh ! h y are ??me h m bcen Vargr d W in ihe Ih-naim of Dorrb fm cmtun'm, and
entkkd. a l t h q h f l y a n capable offvrrctimingwithin the bmad pararnetwr of that
3. Be r M v e . Making firm dkisims and standiy by thwn is a wIPty, they still retain their distincliw m i a l I*. They prefer to live n
hllmrk 04 chariuna. c m m u n i t i ~ w t h t h k V u r g r , ~ ntfr
d Vargrtown~"withinmmylargeRegency
4 . ~ ~ i t u ~ ~ t C h a r i s m a m u s t ~ c m r t s ~ f e d a n d e w r cc~tesj ~ . Iare characterized by the same raucms, M i n g anarchy ar Varqr
is rapidly redwediflbnotdam~lstratdoften,&i for mhglyrnifiot intmtdlar uxiety.
pants. Vsrgr are ah^ leeping ore. Therearet h w mdnpopulattmsof V a r y Mngin thelegency.TheJedy
5. Bewg~bnt.Vargrareafwayrprhingtomwhatthey cangetaway diffw~nh~aga~forced~rwayirm~snVargrarrivethe~mway:
~ 7 t h If. p do not r e a m y w r auhmty in the face of wzh d?aflenges unrnvrted.Thehrrtgrwp~stheabblirhedVargr,~whD h a v e m Wving~n
p ha* ug&toktthalVargr gan V a l y w r e m , a n d he will the lmpwilsn for wmal gmations. Thewcan befwnd mmta-in Ihe
onby pu* harder t k next ume. h s of c b r i m is t f r death by 1000 Regmy, allhough they gravrtate to othw existing Vargr clommunit~s
ThemdgrwpqrtkVargrwhoarnvedwr Impen'alwwtd~dunk-g tkVaqr
pncb* raid~ng and incurvons dw'ng tlleCwif War, f r m ~1 1 1 7 to 1 1 30. Thew Vargrare
6. P r a i w h w h o x l b m t t t o y a a a d m i f y . SubordinateVwgrneed
apprmal a d atfirm- it cements their laydlty to M r superiors and it fwnd on ~hecweward a n d va~llngwldsof the Regmyon which tt~eygalmd
giver them a m e and comfortablerde in ttw wivene. 8y makirrg =re a fmthdd by lmceof armk M r r q n r t i m b y h lohs mcmpliof f 3 32 gave
hey k m )ou valw theit mtribUhs, yw giw t h value. and themmorertayngpwon IhewmUrthantheycouldhawachi& mthen
beam yw are m a m r c e d thek value, they will wpprt p u r em,and they reman in p v m on thew world%.
a u h t y , t h e b y furd.lw validating tk apprwal grve thrm. h hnal grwp are the Vargr refugees, Ihowwho fled themdaught dVTrus
7. trkcbqeu like. The k t way to cyin high h r i u n a a m Vaqr after 1 1 31. Thm Vargr at kaealt did rat cane to mqw or steal. thqr came
3stoaclasifpdlreadyhaw rt.Th1~~311 becornea dl-hrKlling prophecy. simply to wnnve. Shese fand t h i r way into Regency-orqnizwl V q r rrfucp
C m s e l y , b e k s t way taachtwe kmrfiartvnn Ir to not Enre about it camps, mltke the first t wgrmpr.
v h toureft, Vargrdonotgrant thebencfrt of tfredwbt-taa Vargr A R e g e ~ y h m n d d u y RegencyVargrdarnthavPmuchrqxa
Iheonlyexplana~tmfniluretoexwcrseEhariv~ 1s thatonealready had fff auhxity, and h a t thqroky h ? k g ~ bwrw4-m s il =itsthem or M e n
none to begin with. they are forced to do so.This arservnent is b w , but a tm dewripdm Is that
TheSvrmids c u a lo the S p M yuter ~ m a n s a d V q r h a w q u i t e d ~ z u n ~ n d ' m gIcrpectlwauthwity."
sof
Regmy Faragn S m k e W i t y a n d W ~ l e f r w r beE~we~n
n sdl-cmlrd,inmllrngty~~hittinqtotawrx,zhatothm
the Regwry Midstry fm Public lnfwmationand Wdfare wll do hsdme Im the benefit of all, V a r g rmpet~tronfw chariwna d m not
Z m m m t Pr~ntingm e , Reglm, F 142 p ~ n n t~ht~ rVary we ra15tanfly plahing the envelope, I d l y fw genings
where they can Increaw llhar mm authwiv, cmstanily trying to spewhat they
cangetawaywith.ThemZofrrspp~tdVargrrrw:l~ngr o g i e t o I h e l a (or ~
miely, w y w ~ m i s e n l ~ ) sprec~Jelytheamwntd~thV~gfle~e
him Ilwr law h a n d s , no r o w and m len m i q!a surh b a n
vltioun, m e Vargr rcplid, ?Iw humans might as 4 1wy that cwnrelnwally Creathg Vargr Characters
V a r y may be g-ted using Uw character g m l h pxdw
baP-d ta d>ey the law of graMty. It 1s t h e , ut actr on me, t accept that. &It Ido
m t e d m TNE 4 th t l f d l d n g rnodifmtknr.
nor let it sop me fmm leapinga fldng. If ft ulumately wink pull~ngme to the
gmund,u,be~t&rtIwlI~tg~veupmyrighttofdbrny~Lnws.~it~rrtmng
wmqh to make me obqr,thPn it ir d m g mmgh to make me o;bey. Bu! ~f ~tIS 4- Mod Ruf
STR -1 2Q6 -2
n o t , w h y h l d Igrant rt w t t w i t y i t d m n o t d m ? A l t lawsaretheramway.'" ACL +2 2D6 *1
Vargr Orgmized Crlme: bgtowing f a e in the Regency IS Vargr-~mudled CON -1 206 -2
organved cnme. T k e 15 rme suzh a c W p M wery wortd h i r h ha3 a Iw - 2Db -1
sign~ficantVarqr pgulation, and mw on mHhkh do no^. T h i s xbwty, m
all the d r an w h ~ ~t h a p p a q i s commcnly k m a "the Pack."
EDU - Z M -1
CHR Sp&d ID6
Lawleu u g a n k a m are nothing n ~ for v the Vary, but ~tappean thnt Ihe I XX N/A None
Pade is wrnething dilfmmt rr itzqxntiomand p n x d u m a r p the mfrom
world lowcrkf, implyng &her cmtsd, or at h i t c d m a l r m . Althoclgh the
M a Vargr p W c 3 C handled ar In TNE the V q r
Pxk'r a c b n b ~ sdo draw m human polreaims and -, its m M r p
rtateshawmpsi3nktrainlng~enterstolpeakof~ mtetingwd ttahing
m~tobeexclusiwlyVargr. And whlehman papulaliansarelargelyimmune is a l m t impolslbk to find wtride of h e Regency.
frwn Pack rvrwls, murder md vidwKe within Vargr rmmmilics amiated Chartma Increm: Ddng character weration, CHR Is frmeawd
wth farlure to cmperate 4th the Pack are common. by one exh time h e hatter exceeds the required CwnmiGm or
The Vargr-specific nature of its violence has helped the spread of the P m m t h rdl by f u r a more e nt~
Pack, as most humans w it a%a purely Yarqr problem, which has limlted
the responwof human law mfwcmht agencies. The racist nature of this
th~nkrng,'it'sokay solongas they only d o ~totheiram t kind," isctear,ad
nor encouraging.
Church aF the Chosen Oner
Vargr srt wfiich M h that tl-e Vsqr wm d d l b d y
Fa~ticd
Vargr Splinters created bytheA.Kknntoktk~upremeraceLnCharlrdSpceard that
Even More the Cdlapre, Vargr Ipace was a h a p k n o w ar the "Vargr
they are destinedto s a x d a y d e wer dl 0 t h rKes, m p r afrw the
Extents," meaning that this area was m trw Vargr nation, only that there
dncienlts' final return to in- t h in their rightful glmy.
were a lot of Vargr them, Thewclrcumsta~erstill hdd t r w in 1202, Whrch Thechurch t k h xcepZltk ~ theonesthat heYargrwwcreatml
maker it wry d~fflcultfor the R e g m y to maintain relations with the Yargr
by g m k rnanipubtlm (and Is thus fn conflict wth, mVargr sects
Itales {usualIy called the Wargr Splinterr") g i m the threat of Virus.
which see this ar slander), but finds this to Ix degrading, but proof
Howwer, glwn Vargr tenderx~fia d h l s t o r j , ~twuTd not do to try to oftheVargrwpericuity. AhpraU, the Anclenb transplanted hcsnam m a
marntarn a perfectly c l o d border against the Vargr. By allowing m e
g t e a t m n y d s but did mdgn~ficnndymodifythwn.hndaRwhaving
legftimaleVargc trade the Regemy is able to Pxerciw more contrd wm its ginedwche@seon hvnans,theAndentsfwndthiiTmanysecier
nature than rf il allowed none at all, forclng all Vaqr trade to be, by lo be~nadeq~late. P d i r that lhey todc lthe b w b k tocrwtetheYargr,
drf~nition,out of jrr contrd.
an u n n e c u r y d o r t rt the a l r d y edshng h m n s had measured up to
For rhis reawn the Rege~y'sh t l e r w i t h the Vargr Is the mon fortiff4 the hwientr' rtandardr. And d s e h e Ancientr wwld not hw
of all of ~tsinterfacesvciththe Spinward States, having more incommonwith ~ t o m t e m e t h i n g t h t w a leu,than s p e r f ~ tt,h e V a r g r a ~the
the frontier on the deep M l d r than with the civilized interfacer wrth t k mly rncc rhat can clam recial p w f e c h by deliberateW g n .
Dan@nsorZhbdanl.Whatwercan bemd of the therwghnessof inwection
Given t k Vargr rutwe, $R church has ~ t u r a I I y@I! Into m y
and irnpwndmmt prrxedures at o t h t intmfxes, these do no! b l d a f ~ t m ~ . S hmei l i b n t w q Mi- their s u w i t y requit- thevwgrta
candle to the Vargr interface msp3ions. In fact. rm Vargr Splinter ships are conquer 0 t h c u l t m ~The ~ . h d i c e n f wng bdiwes their svperirn'ly
a l l d acrors thc frontier into rhe Regency mdw any rlrcumstances, as it ddbliqata ttmn to adst I- racer to achrwe h t the Vargr haw
ir assum& that they are Virus plagues just waiting to h a p v . mtwdly.TlwpmEtwrtwing bdievertheircvrent~tupmtheyhav~
Derp~tethe strlcmers of thlr border, it Is only a fortunate mlrorlty of g d and k t r d p d tMr pormtialand must d r u w e r M r lrucglory
Vargr that are extended rn this dubious h w . T k ~nterface with the befae t k Ancrcnts retun to plan& thena for having rquarderd thclr
Vargr Spl~ntenextendsonlyalong thecaewardedgeofthree subse~tws-- g r k ~Marry othm fnctms haw no real do~trinaldllfwmces, but have
Regma, kramis (C and DlSp~nwardMarches), a d a m a l l dice of Pretwfa ~ d @ityro f d b u d ~ h m&den. t
(AIDeneb). These bhrdw on the Vargr groups that were sheltered Fn the L

'rhadow" of the k a l n ot Deneb as virus roundedthecomer of the Great

R~fr and harretcd thrwgh Corridor. There therefore had the opportunity to these new condltlms.
bemfkt from the Domain'swarnlng and protect thwnwlws. The Vargr to Hwwer, this ecolqy of ckfllzadons Is perwarhe only to ivory t w r
corward of the remalndw of k e b were rot so Iwky, These areas are academks and othenwho Imagine that they ran hold themsekes over and
clawfled ar d q Wilds, and these frontiers are sealed against contact. above real life as drsintwerted o b r e m , First Regent Nmir himwlf an-
No one In the Reqwrcy really belleves that Viruscould not b?spread h m swered t h e thwfelicians by agreeing that t hey w r e perhaps correct, but
theW~ldrVargrto the Vargr Splinters, then into tkw Regency. But that ~ r w h y regirtwed the fol4owing wfervatbnr:
the Vargr rnterfare rs guard& a$ welt ar i t is. The same human culture lhat practicd what you propose war alwr the
One Cannot Punch the Alr: One dismting vlew lo the uniquely Vargr author of the cur=. May you live tn intew5tlng times. And there is the trick.
w~eptibilityto Vlrusargwr that Vargr m i e t y is actually immunizing iWlf This hfe. this walking the razw'r edge between sutvival and extinctim, is a
tourus and will eventually m e r g e strongerthan [how societies that pent lovely spectatw w, but whoisthe sp~ctator?f
ince thisvictwy wuEd take
their linite erwrgies @mholdrng Virus at bay. This is a long-VIW ecologicaF placeover decades and trade the destrurtion of planets and the extinguish-
p ~ ~ p e c tol~ rnterstellar
w culture that persuasirely dmmstrates ( w i ing of b~lllonsof Ihrm for our rebirth in a n m form, i t makes ur chmu
hrrtorical cwampler, prychmhistwical phncipler and wphirlicated corn- wtretheriti~peopleorxwkt~esthatarereal.Arrwem~ecell~lna b d y that
puter model~ng)that decentralization is prec~selyt k m t of organ~zatim canl~wonwthoutu~orisea~indiv~dwItheiduciblecwrencyolreality
that wrtl ultimately defeat Virus. T h i s ir the anclenl Terran Oriental t h q so that It Is scripty whlch server them7 Thts life 1 live would be merely
of warfare by rimply ahmbing the l n v a d ~ and passively destroylng him lntwesting if I did mt have to bake rt so penonally, but I find that I do take
over t~me,perhaprwenarsrmllatingtihe invader into theabmh~ngculture. it perxmally, and thw theari- that y w propose rake on life w death
At the end the Invader d~sappedrsas a distinct entity and the invaddl Jgn~ficance."
culture survives, but i t has nowcorrvwted f h ~trengthsoftk invader into N t h q h M r ' refurat to s u b k t his p p l e to thlr lort d evdution Ir
its own. Rad~aSprqmnentr of this view argue that the Regency s h l d ethical, the possibility rernaim that new x ~ i e t i are
s f m l n g in the Vargr
open its borders to Vlrur and to the fwces of m i a l Datwinlsm that would W t d ~ e mktbthtxr
w thehi~ofbidcqicaly-based pointdentityand
ewntually craft the Regency Into the w t o f organua1ion thatcwld sunrlve electconk m - i d e n t i t y (mbbrary Data).
 DRRRIANS
Like the .?hodan&the Darrians arc a human race planted by the knclmtr.
Darrta Untik the Zhcdani, t k Damtans are c l a d as a minor human race as Zhey
Dorc meived jump drive mly as the resultof contactwith Solwnanl traders who
I m h . w e asl~milated by the Darnan race. The Darrianr have long k n aligned
- wth r k Imperials against !heir Zhadanl and S w d Worlds tivals, and
C
k;W luxipnt f % i i h dc5rypd continue their friendly relationrhlp with the Regency.
-ISM ftxrn Ik t h r t s Dingit. Althwgh the Darrians arc a spccific race of humans, h e t e m 'Dadan*
-1511 Te~~&-iU&-n~rxltd~tlJimbr& I h a 5 a broader m i a l meanjng +*in the Daaian Confed~arion.Only 75%
-1410 ~ar)~nbPq~nsrpar~eqhration.bdmkkhPgebeglm of the Darnan population are ethnic Qarrians. h o t h e r 1POare of mixed
-1270 Dahn spue exploratbn redm art b 20 pnnecs. Danian-Solomanr d ~ ~ e nand t , 8% are &Ian.
-)OW hpriments on Dary~n'rrun, Tam% begin.
-924 DarMnr rex h n16.M o g h i t famis dertabak. Darrlan Physlcal Characteristics
-905 D a r ~ n dec&
r to a b n h sparr. A l t h q h remaining thin the broad range of human mgrhotqy, the
-860 Al lhrrian intwsteniw m t a c t cea* Mght Tm bqbrs. Danians haw a distinckive 'elfin* appearance which is a combination a!
-3W S w d Workls cdanizatb bPginr pnvlronmental adaptations and gmetic dr~ft.
-275 Mire rctwnr m rpw?. Having lpPnt many mlllmnia adapting to a wwld with a surface gravity
-1 87 Flnt Shodani contact with Ddam of O . K , Darrianr are taller than the human norm, weraging two nwrers in
I
60 lrrrpwid rdonizabmof Tpinward bladm hq4m height.They arealsomore d ~ m l e thanr othw human racesand t e d [ w a r d
148 imprial Scwb cmlact Oaryen. sharp facial features.
450 brrian Special Arm aeatPd Danian skin isa uniform gdden color, dwto the plgrnentpr~trmdanln
489 Stw T w -grated. which protects theskin frm ultraviolet ravlwithoutdarkenim and controls
585 kbn amvc at Daryen. vinrnln D prduction to needed 1-15 regardless of theam& of sunright
$89 lint F r m m War b q k &mLm neubd. Danian haw is white or grayirh-silver.
593 S n d [Yo(&. iw& Entropic Worldr. Darrian5 are less strang but more aglk than Imperfal humans. Other
595 b r i m Cwlf&am a l l k with knperiun. minw dlfferemm include the fact that 40% of Darrians are left-handedor
1504 %~nt Frmtm War e& ambidewrrws, p r h b l y the result of P larger and better developed corpus
788 I k r h r retab Enzrqk WtW callovrrn than Ispr~sentIn Ulani, Sdomani orZhdani brains. Darfians haw
1084 5 w d W& r e t a k En- W& a wider petwc struc~wrethan other human racer, meaning fewer sornplica-
1107 Fifth F m * r War b g i n ~ Urns in childbirth a n d a wider walking irack. Damanr also meat lea than
11 1 O b n i n n s rcuke I n e e W u k k flfth rtmllet War mek othw human racer, an adaptation to the m e w h a t dner Darym climate.
1 12 1 Darwin Contedeca tim an- Nc
11 32 Dartian5ms)st m y In plttlng d trab. Oanfan Society and Psychotog
In camps* wifh 0 t h hwnan cultures, 161, 1 tend to be qukZ *#led wd
- stoic.Theyw abcocKtitutionallyp z f u l : Darrian hiitoryrecorrtrmbbly lmwan
O r m m p h l o ~ , d ~ s ! ~Inkh d C&dDwria&Irb&Kmly!ntoiwanreand
L h F m a t i m d i n t d l i p e and r h t i t y ar the h i g k t exprerhm d hmmity.
Tolerance 15 eickncPd by pr&btim3 against d t y to a n m l r a wll as ~tfl
pmdtim qa'nst rknderng another p e r m . Thir lderam~dwnandr that each
creature b?d h d to I* n accordmce h i d l ih c w ~ P l r e yrkh , Ws to th
Danlm empharls on ratwid* md c~illty.
tlmshaveboth ananimal ~ h a e a r d n ~ h % ~ t W butFRIrhrPlpomlbmfy
,
d human1lo rlw hJmq to Ihh?tirwtrthy hae with mimd8at-d exper3
the tnre, lniqLaly h m uirfm d ratmlity, intagewe, d-cmtrdand h1w
t h . A l t w h &n Daman pMosophy 15 q u ~ kspritwl In nature, Orman lociety has
no t n r k w~thorgwtlEed rdqm T k ugn8cane of the rpiritual Iae is broadly
recognlred. but experimckr(l ~tis n parnal a d F a t e matt-, as Wrts the DarMn
emphasis on totwanre. Damran philoqhy also contam a r o q streak d fatdlm,
n*+ an a d a c t d t M history.
Dmm~pbc~rgmlvalwrnknavledgcMddlrc~fori~m~and
h~gbmonrendencembrutefrwceardamanyolher~ml~twrning
is romethlng d a p a s u n sr Dmim uxkty; D h nrde m d e h a e ~ c d l y t w t m ,
uSlola5, wmtlrtr, oc d m r s , mt warnor5 or mrlitry p m d . Pxifiwn and
extreme l i f e - r m trad~tnm(i.e., e ~ pbnt n Ine m y mt be taken, only hull 1%
e a ! g only dedfan wood may be &: aK1 animd fur m y mly k obtalmd by
h w n g ) nrp not IhP mn Darrian rr*, but a e tarher mue c m m m thm in
lk Wmi a Womani tradition%
T h e D a r r i w r a l m ~ k x ~rrmtdktlnctkartfomkdxrmiqlretothem:
t
'Drman R mwulptue. R m xcdpture yre~vwiwr*nergyW3
a to hdd a bwnirg
flame in a stahc, threPd~mm*d form, rw in m m sophirlicated examplg in an
animatedwerbdfwm~F b m ~ u l p r u e m M theDarrimcmcqt
n d htmmivr
d u l mture. lurt ar mld anlmd nature ir made a~ceptaMeby ratitndlty a d A-
conud, thewM,daqc~ou~Ranei~ madede by Wcontarnrnmtfidds, butitrfiq
beauty rmainr m a rem- d the wildmrr hdd in c k k .

Darrlan History
Damran accounts af W r prehistmyare qulte mlnixent of T m n Eden
myths: T h eady Darrians riwd In well-balanced, well-laidout archsrds in
which all their &r wwe met. This Idyllic beginning and the fact that
Daryen shows no marks of the Ancients' final war fits 4 t h the Darrian
peacefufness, but rn the Darrianr were eventually expelted f r o m their
Eden by the gradual failureof the -chard systems. forcing them to spread
 Date M
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Flnt lntmtei~rgwwmnenf
F~rrt5vmd W a l d c a n t s t mm ua-.
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Conplcte brmkdmm d htmtdb g m t amor
I m p e ~rdcrriratm
I dt h SpwA W a d b e g i ~
Flfit S d W a k h m W 4:h lrrpwbl
Tr+ aomlnbn d C&&, bnduV a d erlabl
Tr;& M n k m break5 q.
Flnt Frontier W x Wka,
Sword Wotldr M E and taw w ~ ~ mEntropk
w t W
FrrrtFronberWa& hcnoltGmtemtabmarIhcMDonlM&
*and f rmth War bqlm
Seed Frmnrr War e t c h I m = q
In-pml o r w t m ~
Mr.
5 4Wwe o w t b fa#&
DarrlmWarr~rut& lnbudln-dr t o ~ ~ % a u m , w a m ~ m ~ ~ ~ f ~
b n$x& & Tnbterd Anla1
Trlbtwd AllMce heah up
c u m l 5 4 wwfrk gove
Third Fmrb War b i n s .
Rlrd Fm!W War eru%
Fwrth Fmtw ervar beglrn.
Fwrth Frcntrr 'lv* &5,4
ppm CMI Ww ixqlm.
Fdth FmWr W a k j l n s .
~lmlsnret&e~n~w ~nycormsnlarrdbdhgkvad
lfdmld~Fitll Fmk 'ailQ
hrd-5 W&, ra7rbttrq o 1m-n-
c ~ l c ~smte.
lt
5wwdWarldrattffPtbndgrw.
RegqabdxBuderWoMradCramm

W O l t D WORLDS ne Jhwtage of S m d W o r k to &mind their independence

The Sword W w l d havenewrbeen
~ much ota threat lothe murlty ofthe Sime the bqlnnlng d the Abandonment in 1 1 33 the Ilegmcy has
Spinward Marches, Domainof Dmebor RPgency. Wlr numbs are simply pursued the p h c y of resettling loyal Imperials mto the l m e r Swwd
too mall *n cornpard to the tolled power r m b i d in the 8 0 0 - m e Worlds and Bwder W w l d r . W ~ l eth~shascreated a firm baseof pro-Imperial
w d d r of this salimr of the Imperium. This is especially true naw, with the e Sword World separatlsb. It
mtiment, i l har not eliminated the ~ n f l w m of
Sword Worlds reduced to hve independent worlds. d m born 27 at the is unlrkdy that nhe former sword Worlds will w w be entirely asr~milatedInto
peak of !heir power, the Imperial mainrlream.
Ir was only w k n united with the Zhodanf and Vargr In me of the
OUMFM!~Coalitions that the S d Worlden were able to Iwerqe them- Sword Worlds History and Soclcty
d w s into be~nga player in area polrtics. But with r m p r w d Domain- The Swmd Worlds were popular4 winning In -399 by Terranr of
Consdaterelationsdur~ngthecivil War and since, the Zhdani card wasno *manic and Nwdic descent. By -200 most of the Smxd Worlds (Cram,
longer the Swwd Worlden' to play. Joyeuw, Colada, Tim, Hruntrrq, Tyifinq, Beater, Sacmth, Excalibur,
Hofud, Sting, B l t a , Orcdst, Andurll, Durendal, Naru*! and D y r v ) m e
Sword World lrredentlrm wttled. Thp ofictal language of the Z d Worlds Is a variant of Terran
The main threat present& by the Smxd Workfrta theRcgencyhthatdintenwl Icelandic, d t h many hlordtc, C e t m n ~ cand Vilani additions.
unrert. Wth 19 f o r m hard W d d r Incorporated Into the Regcncy, there are Although the Smrd Worlds are a cmfedaatirm in the pwrmt possible
nunwrwr pdnD lor hrtim khueen the Swwd W& and lmper~alculture and mse,leaving each member world completeautonomyin ~ t internal s affairs*
thdr culture 15 rat he^ homogenears, being brosdly rnilitatist~and male-
dominated. The highest SwordW d d valuer are honor, stoicism, Dbedience
and respect forauthority. and Swwd Worlderr use these standards to budge
KkSwwd W M j Jrb Wm baorx n o n - S w d Worlders. S w d Worfden heretore regard other cuitures with
To con rhir oswmbb dbri&l the wt disdain, and impute weakness and cowardice to the behavior of others
ddl Pmrun w ' i w (Impty.
unles it is ~tronglyprwed othwwlse.
~t k!, thrrmxawommcon~auteasut~u~urrwnm*mon?.e~~kr Females are much more 5 ~ b w d i ~in t eS w o r d World m i e t y than in
mrmst wlfholrwnrkur~. rkwrmem otlrrdmkr, hGtbrlriesandowkwsmn Imperial culture, and areewpxted toadhereto thisstatus by dernonstratjng
e x i s t ~ 7 ) Y wk g m fbyhoveomrr too tme 30cj,tywh~hchlalrexmreof t k parwvity and d w d i e ~ toe their mak wperiorr. Mm are erpected to be
rPol work ofrivduutMI. dec~rive,strong-willed, stern and silent. A b o w all, they expect to btreated
CnmncxEstebanfbmeddy with respxt for these traits, which c a w s them to beeavly provokedwhen
Goverm, S w w d Worlds dealing with non-Swwd W w l d ~ .
Although they have allied themdues nwnwars tlmer with the Z M a n i ,
~ w h r b ~ ~ f r a r o r ~ b e ~ r d b ~ r a r d r ) r o uSword w h Worlden
o ~ haw a low opinion of them. Much of this demr from their
Margraw Elector Mil H t d & t i t mirtrusl of prlmlcr, as Its subtlety goes against the grain of the hirsute,
S d Wuids k p r a t i l Party, Nnrwl Column testortwonedddled Swwd Worlds culture.
The S w d Wwlds governmmt is called zhe Confdmath Ctarncll.
l h w w h a m t~ hPmrehPlon3r*srlf~IOut~S'mJfd whlch lirniu Itplf !o handllng i n t e M d trade, dilpute-r and foreign poliry.
rrpfbewnpmpdwhmoned~mnundentonrlthem,o r k h t k d t o tty, Each of the Sword W~ld%rnainh~ns i L r m ~parateamedfaccesbutth~se
6teban H a d d y are cantederal~zedand p l a c d under un~fiedcommand In trme of war.
 leadwhip and publk oplnlm found wch niceties t~ k MMI hhnlrlplItLlng
The entrly known I iy the Regencyas T h e l h n d s " comprlws Ihc worlds under the cl~mstancesof pr-ng civilitazlon 'behind the claw,''
of wbwctors] (the N r w Islands w b x t m ) and KltheOld FJamls sublPCtot) erpecblly In the aftermath of the Rape of Ttin. Should vampirefletr gain a
of Reft w t m . Both subsxtors are cdEecllwly an occupld terrltary of the fmthdd in the Iflands, they w l d ptesml a clear thren! ro [he survival of
-,.
Regency, whrch rrraponsiblefw wuntyand peacckeping there. Seepage ciwl~zat~on to lplnward of the Great Rift.
In this tcgard it is slgnkficant that k t - 1130 and 1140 rm fewer than
six of the lrlands &dr died. White three of thew have since been re-
Hlstoty of the Islands =cupled ar Rqency Qwranrine Bases, t h r e (Sturgeon's Law, Wellington,
Fn 2050 the European Spacebmcy buncW Ihemonambitiws d the and Berlkhingen) r m a i n barren. Thus far It h a s been irnpouible to
suMlght interstdlar c d o n i r a t h missions:threelrrgecdwy m i p ~ h d l d detmrnlne whether thesedled as a muit of thecwlsdtdatim warror at the
wt from asterm& a n d carryfng 100,000 colonists each. Thew ships‘ handx of varnplres which sl~ppedinto the Islands under cawr of the warr,
Voppw, Morinus mn der bbbe, and C-lommr,carried culturally h m q e -
nmus c w s of French, German a n d Bririrh entraction, rqwzriwly. T h q
wae bunchedcwe-wpinward toward the Great Rlft ma journey that would Wrnefine ofthe Ishnds Subsecton
last 2500 years,
Each shrp had an acUw crm of 1000 (whkh w w l d e w m t ~ l l gy m to + E L 4 LuyRange Colony MnSlwekmwhr~.
10,000) in additim to the t00,000cdonists in c d d Peep, Each cdonist was MB 7 -24 31 jump drw i m l e d an Earth.
rwiwd h a five-yearworkperlDddurigthemision,with 750swh sleepers 2096 -2422 F~rrtIntmtelbrWar~insbehwenTmwd%l
being awake at any giwn time. This allowed subsequent generations of the 'rrpenum
active crew to meet f~rst-hand cdmbtswho had started the mission in 2050 2742 -1 776 NtNt k $ r &
and ensurd that each c r w ' s tits to their 21 st century European cultures 1 4512 4 rnrr arrw a t New Home.
rerna~ned strong. 4516 -2 b Irrh naksat Neuba)pm.
When the Terranr d l x k jumpdrive 37 yeiin later w h expeditkmr 4518 " pwrarmerathndrage
k a m e obsdcte. l - h w e r , the interventim of the Terran-Vbni intentdlnr 4518 lmpenm Founled.
warrprevrrnted ~intercepPionarecallottheremi~mr,&~ewntually 465% mprd~mmad~WSpludpg,n
fugotten in the Long Night, before t h y ww r e a c i d thei ktinat;cm%. 4788 ~ ~ ~ , ~ h ~ h d
me ships arrived at thelr wparate destination world5 (spread across an tbne
area of six parsecs) in Reft sector just n f ~ years
w before the Third lmpnium 4814 adBorrtd~kt~deny~Cokhk
was to be twnded hundreds of light years away. Howwer, the active c r m r 4860 2PT hbh and w r r a m b Nevbayan
prefer& their familiar *ips to the bizarre world%of open skre5, and after mg w p g d ~ diimay, h l n ferrying cob-
dropping off thclr colmistr w t oft to explore the other worlds In the area. ~rhaPnew~&
Sublight exploration and cdonlratbn i s s l o w m x k , but ewntually C-jammer 4861 AmPncFage cPmpeEs firJr IYW m l p , &dx
pbced a lour~hcolony at 5 w d 1 pBelt whde Van der Lubbe and Vo~geur 52 32 Infin?+ forced &vm on Sturg#m'l Imv.
explored furnk afield. Mrnen their enplwationr *re complete, Von d ~ r 5501 155 E k f m h rntcjumpr to Serendfp Belt
tubbeand Vapgcur returned to Ihe original colmles tobegan carrying niw 55W Fint 4ererdrp starrhmp, C-Brdfr, entesmloe
co)onis~ ID other new d d z . 5534 'ICc -a& p p lechndogy.
The olck colonies wentually began bullding wrblight ships d their awn, 5624 d condidam bmk wt In Hands.
and the secondqmwatron sublight colonizatim movement ratcheted up 5634 t m &ed Fial War begins
to n slightly less glacial pace. Second- a d third-generatian coloniratlm 5648 c M Cdbpe b i n %
retained the cuftural+rhnic segrqation of the uigrnal ships. HMWI, the 5658 K Y W I~ M , m k e d Zo~mdkf&
crews of the ships, cruising through interstellar spwe for gwleratimr at a
tirne,developed their own wpra-natiwl culture,and servedallthecolmies
qually. The cdonia conlinued to grow, and gradually rpl~tInlo
new sukulrures as the rewrlt of civil wars and the x p a r a l ~ mthat
-
e r d d ties btwem idated wwlds whose only cmmon gmund SOurres w LuKnllrawn w
was that of common ancestry seeral cmturkr earlier. - h & m . ! ? a
Meanwhile, u n k m ta the tslanden, the Th~rdFrontier War Tokha' Tv' St Wm
raged a sectoc away, and a bntrledamaged participant, the strike F~pprm* Werrmsbt Pradle
cru~serIS$El&m$o, miyvrnpd into the Islands, amvrng a t Serendip 5twpon'stmu bdrlhingen Qlllcbtk
Belt. With the help of the locals, they repaired their lump drlw, Bett Swrtm'
farhiwwd auxiliary fwl tanks and jumped back to the lrnperlun, w
After theend of thewar, tJw31SS vivtel the Illadsonlytofind !hat
theswendips had duplicated the jumpdnves Vlpy had helped repair 1l &wmar- -&mm
and were In the pcxers of conqwrrng both rubmtwr mth their rw 3t nlwwc E M Zufiucht Achllle Wellington
new fleet of stanhips. The %IS5missron commander wffered from k q m * Ckire
same mrt of messiah complex and, seethy to a t m e for this
i ~ d w ? l l mwn,
t began didributlng jump rechndqy lo t h other .h* W b#amt t)re m e d furthpr mlpnirallm
majw powers, thoughtfully ensuring that they could all make
intentdlar war on an evm lwting.
M, rr and P a dm 1202
11 took 90 years for $Ew Islanders to adjust Zo this ~ R balance
H sf
powf, and like most cultures they found that expanded reach red & ?!3!Enmkmm
~ m t a b l yto expadmi g r e d . Military budgets, flee& and eber- Cd PC4CIw St C e w *
rattling all prosperd, and In 1106 allaut war broke out fwthe EPL* t h -Xn* C' r e *

cmsdldation of the IJandr, St

Wars among the majw Islandspbwen r a g d Intmlttmtly hrnn
b
I 1 06 until 1 140. Bphlnd their eight-pdr* m t , the Islanders
m a i m x i ur~orwwnedby the Cidl War, but each y r was QU
8H
-a*
re v Z E
Nebelwelt
detwmlned t o k f i m l y in control by the trmer re-unitd lmperiun
kk~ W
came to M w membership lo the victoriws rulers.
In 1 140 Regency forcer athitrarity declared an end to thew wan
when they pffp~tiwlyannexed both u r b ~ t o r s .Such an act is
mrmally a cknr act of political cynicism or corruptlm, but Regency
Islander Aggression
T h e lrlands are the only area In the Spinward Stater (outside of, perhaps, the Adventure Hook
Z W a n l Consulare, but noone knowwhat iigoinq an in therr)whereanything RQ5 duty in the Islands ir a combination d tht t r a d i t i m l R95 job d
approaching optnwarfareisgoingon in 1202. To Regmcyc~nzms,lhe Ihnderr Quarantine tnforcrmcnt plus w dhtr ~nplicit ta3kq that d the R e g m y 1
poswrr an incomprehen3ible and repugnant level d aggrerrlon a n d trpanrlm- P c a c e k p i y Force (RPKS).Tht wry clear dangwof conflict i n Uw Idandr
~ mAlter, all, the R q e n c y r o n ~ ~ ~hundreds
trol d wcxldrwh~ch pOSJeSJ no desrre ir that it ran create w i n g 5 fu,and roncea?ttw intrurlon of, Virur. Thus
to make war on each other, but instead hnd ~ti n c ~ a p a b l reasonable y h a t they PKF duty not only requires the raintty r e r d u t h and forkarance v4dc
should instead be knitted into a targer socSety (hat provide3 benerdti to all rlr tiond for ruth operatlofir, but addl !he d;rartrrxa consqumce d virus
memben. k s i d ~ rwar . In t h t f a c d v l r u h
~ w l l n g a t Ih~gater~suic~dally inmr. outbreak if rxle ir too lwbtaring and Insufficiently vigilant.
These trndenc~esnrc~nf a t an inrtructiveenampleol how dra~t~mILyd~Hcrent A typicd PKF tloti[la conlirtr of a Darrian patrol cmiur (rithcr b r i m -
c d ~ l r o ncan
r create drarucalty d~fferingIcKlal asrumptlon5. w RPgency-mannd), a pair of Quarantine ruttcrs (either the ~tandard
Whereas the Rcgmcy and ~ t sneighbors have bfnclitcd horn renturic5 of Faith-<laic w h l a n - m a n n d T r r k w i r variant%), me oc Zwo Cmprtrr
mutual trade and comrnunlratig ttie Island< becnrnr insutar and even xtno- Murol~clmrfat traders lor Iqlrtical ~ u p pat d V m p carriage, and two
phDhlc w e r the course of cmturie, of effective isolazmn that ir the reality d orthree lump-boatsforrwt~erand liaimn Iprvace These flotillas are l~rnlted
~ubllghtcommerce. Funkmore. the kknderl h q ~ a$ n d i ~ t k t l yq q a t e d to ~ m p - 2which
. rcrtricts them to riding thecircuit in thc 016 lslandr and
Erqlilh F r m h m d C c r m a n c u l t u r ~ r c m m t e d b y M O O ~ e n r d r h ~ p ~ d ~ m r e l r n ~theh cote-trading portion d the New Irlands. kt the Starships Kclion,
m e d thcminng d ~ c *up w m & by ~ r h mnd ~~ b mgmuprrh~te*pmded l p q n 85-92, for detail%.
wt rntospxtmlh the m m rllpid 1 1 4 lirnclnllowpsl S j lump drlvc w ith all d r l r The d u t k d the fbtotilla at to * s h t h t f l q " p r a t ~ k
t 4r&. IL* lhat
elhn;c, cultural, md m i a l blwld~rrglhat ruch cwnrnumcnbm ~rnpllm. bufter zorw are being maintained and r q n ~ Wlnrpect . and maintain
The fact that theie people had Ihe ambition nnd dnwe to expand when the bwndaymd ot-wnavigaliondrnmker~banrprtrdkf trmprtoobunaM
only avenue was palnstdklng ~ublighlr r ~ v etestlf~es l to their determination to ports and dmilitarited zoner. p r m t &tim irrjdmtr at p d a . k q
a r m [heir will5 o w r the unlvaw, and rh~rdeterm~natronir, eardly e x p r e s d as ~ l d 5m , d ndilitmly lnterwnc !.+en c e a v f i r ~arn! vidatcd.
aggression. Because the nature of sublight travel allowed na option for true Pmdskeg w l d ~ n r e f h o s e M & a r e d ~ % p u tbyone
d m m m ~ ( Y w
lnterrtellar warfare Zhnt could hme vented lhesc forces, and in l l r r abwnccol *r, "Maw PI- and Pmmrions, 1202'). Becauw lk rivdr szill d
external enemies to unite them, Ihc Islanders were diltimtly unready to coexist hipping to wppwt t h i r f o r c ~tMc,
t oppwtunitia fm i n d m t r s n d mbt
pwcdullymth each other when super-light t r m r war infl~ctedm them. aremany. Thew r w m m d t y c i v ~ i a n v p r ~ s a r e c d b y . m i l ~ t a r y p e r u m t d
Nowporwsring the t w l r toprart~cethcrrexpanrimirtZmdcnrie%inredtime. hmss earh omer by vldating c e l ~ ~ b m mlerc d the road, provdringxcidentr
they found themulvcr trappdon a $mall playing held whercalto! Ihereal n t a t r and "plqvlng c h t h " In relrictiw unfflcp a t t m
wasalready taken, and therewu%w at her direclmn loexerclre their rxp.+nrim- Atwrddufywithsuchafbt~lbwnsatRQAVddkb(stGkiw,712>R&
ism. The only cho~celeft was to light over what war already there. p n p q e f 2 ) d n d bst~torrEkmonhs. atwhi~h ~mcthclorce~rn~toValdivia
RQS and RPKF forcer in the IrEMs have dcvtloped a notably i r n p t i m t fw roution k k deude. Thir kdds t r w l a r- m d aztire-duty RQ5
attirude toward their warlitceproterrorste. Early Rrgencyforccr~utferedfrquent pmond, ar F'KF duty i s k c d loo ~trrrrldfw llong beplrymmb
casual lie^ as a r e u l l o l berng caught between warring I4land $Ute%, orar partot
hvmanltar~anrelief mi%%ions turned hot- After p a r s of bitter experie~e,the ,M than one wwry Rqncy peacebeepec bewl he,d lo bmtnl
attitude d IslanddcployPd RQSacd RPKF personnel has hardmed intoonc of.
'when i n doubt, do 11 l o them before they d o ~tlo us."
,
, , kep they
~ e a c r k ~ w r r r n a ksense.
e
want? -,pwle want to Pnd a war
but thcv like killina earh othw. fhev donetwant us to
;rq the;. What the hell i r e we s u b p o ~ to&>" or most ~ G r nwarriors r ~ rhe
anrwer has become umple pragmatism--by maintaining order in t h e lrlandr
they protect h e Regency4% borderr Only a minority still Iry to maintain m ethic
of romparrion and wmice 10 the Islanden, not a11 of whom are the uncivilized
animals they are p~ltrayPda5.

FEDERATJON O F ARDEN
~Fedwabmdkdm~pagcs37md41~ha1bngbemncubdq~~
thcZhDdaniCcmsulateard tfip-aind Deneb.Thvritwartwmiqwithdipbmats
waged In IPcret q o t i a t h r , vrrxtrad~tAlecekbrityhrgitkancl edcl. fain-
aMe ~apatriater.intdligence operatier exchanging ~nfmmatim.primer, m e k -
ing to penetrate the hontier, am%merchmq gwtritlas, bmarists f r h fiqhtm
as~slinhbwnty hmpllers, ~t-O(j-woTkrnucenbls. ard all W e ether amual m s
ataartcd by an environrnnt d rmbquip, ddcrflt and h d y -my.
With hwarning d Conrulat~DomanlRegency reletlonr through mortd the
p ~ t - C w iWar
l pmd, the irnportancc d this urrdsrrorh3 nemr d e d ~ dbut . it has
taken rtcps tomaintin I& a s d a t i m vhth underergrandand " g r q orqznizatim~
The M a h d Arden has Irw d r % t l n r hd bcrng ow d t h k w stat- tordure to
.jgn the S p i w a d Stam &cords. This not only u d e t u o r ~ IIW -arm'% stam
as an ~ndPpcndmtpomr, but n c h i tvm 0 t h h c h s . Fir% it dbm thc
FedR.aticm t o n m m c ~ t h e u r e d V i r v r m a u r e a p o n d I a t & tomantain~ts
i n d q m d w e SKard, it mktl the 'fedmath a l t r x t k to M w krnd d c ~ ~ d e g d
arltw~trerthat~IqhKkd~tx~t~~my.btxample.theFcdRaW~ronedthe
rnam u'tesd~ k u n d e n n lor g thevdrgr mdwwarld.Wth the begmning d the
Excdur and - r uncwtainy kbwm~ the Z M ~ and I R q m y YArdm is
r e a r m its r& as t ka*lt d intiigw in rhc M a c k .
The k k f a 7 i m i%a dative b t p s ~ e 1r0 rnterstelbr umcignty. AKkn d y t d
Zircon (1 110) and Utolmd (1 209) ar colmicr just prior to fhc fifth Ikmk War,
extwding i t i grav to Iwr mwe mxldr, Quare (0915X Zenopi1(101 O), muan
(1 21 01,and T r m w r O e x 1131 1) by 121 0. The k k ~ a t m reahed itrcwrrntize m
1 133, dthough IE lolt T r m D t~n lo z h t rrew Regmty.
The Fedcratim d Ardm's gmwmbmt Is conuched to k quite opprusivq It ir
contrdled by the Arden h5ely. s d l grarp d !endm5 wlccted Iu W ccmtnbw
h - 1 5 to the b i e t y ' s dvanccmtnt &dm rnaintalns a @ICY ot parlie m a f i t y ,
lemnng it%rylfemr canditimny open ta MligetmU In time d w~--.bellq~lrnt
m d s m a y r d w l a n d pms~hrarghthrryrtm& butrnaynotmg.qeinccmbt. They
arr krpt q r ~ q a t c d by the Federation's naval Imn.
The Fcdnaim dArdm rc4uuw.l toacccpt Ihodad dug-. Thcrandrhcrxn!
bark rnto t h r Comulate or wwragpd lo prrrcepd on inlo 'tht Rcgwlcj.
NOTES FOR REGENCY UWP DATA suppknmE
The following 3 7 p a p contaun rmpkte W ~nformabonfor all 981 w w l d s In R c g r r r y FroMkr: Thh arm b found In tht Deneb. Reft, and Trojan Reach
&t Regency a n d IU i r n d u t e suwoud~ngr,b a t e d In four ~ c l w and
r 45 S ~ t w s and
, h krdkatcd by* g r q - l h d d hex. W d d s in thtx hexes mc h e 'RF'
suktm. alkgranrr ~ddC,above.AIlurwldsIn the FrontlerareronJderedto b e h h Trawl
Ntn I( R O othtlw(S?
~ li~tCd.
Note that W i b areas am not mbmted on ttrc map, t h y ~ n s l r n p l y the area on
UWP Abbrevilatlons and Codes the far side of rhc Fronth I m m the Rcgmcy wlt area. All wwlds In the Wtldr are
ThA standard W W format a s d ~ r l b c dand Wild InTHL page^ 186195 wn cons~dcredto be R d [ l n t e r d ~ t c d ) ? w e lZ o n q a l r h q h t h y art not orherwiw
k used. The lollowlng ~pecif~ cod- ate used In thus b k .
ljstrd a w h .
8.w Corkc A: Naval Raw and k o w t Eau; B: Naval B a n and Way f b t h , C:
Mltlhry Rase: Military bases, f w d In the Swwd Wwldr (page 45) and ~ o m r
Conalr (Vargr) Baw; D: Naval hpt,I:l n t e d x t Workl; M. Military Baw; N: Narnl
Aslan w r l d s use the club (i)symbol.
b w ; 5: Scout Baw; T: Yerrnrnus World (see paw 30).W: (Xboat) Way Stntlm; Z: Zhodsnl MIIIUr)r/Nrvil B a u : Nthwgh thev b a ~ rce In all mpectr q & a .
Z h d a n l NavallMrlrtary baw k n t to ~ hwt a l barn shown in Rrgency and other trrrltqdth the fw*paintcd
Trade Coder a d Notes A~J Agkultural; An: krcknb' Sltc:Al: & t d & AW s u r (*)lymbd, for thr sake d tradltlon These basesare shown by r d a d ddramtxrd
k h n r u k d wwkl wthun 'the R q m y : Ba: B a r n ; Cf: Frontm Capital: Cm:
( * ) SFM.
Crmtary world (a wmld whpn rxrglnal populruan ha* d i
d off cmpletcly, the Interface W& ncn q w n n l n e bwdw wcudty wwldr (xe kbw) art
Current p p l a t ~13~11h l r m t n t Ktlltrs); Cp: 1 ~ h t 0 Cdpibl r of of olher m a l l I n d ~ a t P dbyr 'cron-halrr' tnjgnia 0). T h i s s p b d 1s also u d for the WlldJdc
Intmtctiar state; t x : b r t w or higher 1-1 rquonal Capital, Dt: DFIPrt: EX: E~rle and SaleJidc Tumlnl wwlds(w pagc 20) wr pngtl54,58. and 62. k a u w of thew
camp; F 1 Flud oc-nr HI: High ppulatlm, It: lcc-c*; In: Imdusrrral; M r
placement along the Regrwy Frwrf~er!her* i s no danger of their conlus~onwth
Mllltdry ruk, 0:UNNN k n d k r t ~that thc world is own4 by the rmrld in the normal Interfsce d q .
lndrcstcd [hNNM) her: Po: Poor; P r Prison camp; Re: Rerewe world; RI: R K ~ ;RI:
Callbratl~nPdnt: Thes?dnprp#c mllitatyduellng pdntsarelndlcattdwlth
R w a r c h Station (mth Gredr lttterdewgnath): Rw.N: Rdugctwodd, A n t 'N' (a),
r c i ~ k - x~ynrbO1 u c m p a n i d by 'CP' and their c o d ~ n a m s . S t tL l k a r y
can bt&ktterwa number: '2' rnducatwZhPdan~rdugper md 'V mdicatesVargr b t a , page 76, fw d f f n p t i o n of callbatkn p i n u .
rdugeer, a number rndrcalm lmpwral humans f r m the AbandonmenL see n o r e
below Va: Vacuum; Yw: Vargr-ruld world mthrn ntw Regency; Wm:Water world.
k N , C:N, O:N, or YFI lndecata that the w r k l was p o p l l s t d in p a r t by Man, New Terms and Facilities
f i l r p e n . Droym. ff V a r y Thc n u m b "N' tdlomng the colon l n d ~ a r how n Mllliary Baa: A rnslkr n* d thr standard w a r bare, whkh atso Includes
many tmthscl t h t w o r W ~ p ~ p l l a t i o n c o m ti ~ dh race(& 1-946,9=90.-). faclliruafor non-nwal mlltbry ~(KFFI Whereas J nard base i s deigned to wppwl
fhc r r m l n l n g ppulatmn l5a~sumedto bt p r d h n a n t l y human (r.t., Zhdanr d P ~ or Satyr, mlliury bsla r e stpd for plambry nrvkL
I Y ~ ~ ~ o T - I L L ljeh
on Zhodani world<, rmpnial culture on Imprial wurldr. -me Mt m i x on non. lntcrfwe Wprlds:fhnearcthr borderworld*that p v t d e contact bctmcn the
aligned usotlds cr client Iratn) Spinward States. All stanhlpr p.=lng from one Sprnward state to tht neat must
TPPC m d ~ a t aTravel Zone, PopubM Multl@lw. Plamtdd B c14 and Gas m k e first planetfall In the new state a t w of thcK worlds. It I s ItlegaT to p s s into
Gbnts If Trawl Zone dlgit 15 cmpty, i t h. listcd as a C m n Travel Zmr A and A a Spmwatd 5Mtr to a non-~ntedatcworld, a n d this actton c a n i n heavy penslt+es,
Indrcare Amber and W rmcr mpcctively. In U t m , all w r l Q in the Regency w a l l y m w h l n g thccunfiwatron of thertanhlp. Sec w e 2 0 i o r f u r t h e r d ~ u ~ r r x l .
Frontlet (gray-shaded hex-) are cmuderd to br hkr Z a n n but are not Note t h a t Interfaceworlcl% are only rndrcatd for the major Spnwnrd Stater (d.e.,
~tparatdyl~~ttdarwch.Alf~nthpWj&w~dVwRcgmcybfcandf rmtin, those which ranrist ot lmon rtran w ww(@. F o r the munor states (singleworlds)
are Ued Zone4 Fw % p c y c ~ t u m M s the WilcCt are off~ralfy
~ntedrted by the Regency none are I~stcd.AS each rmnw state fumtdons a3 its own lntdace world
gmernmpntm'Hpllasthe gwernmtrd 01lMarhSpnward Stat- RlthoughU q m r y THmlnus Wwlds: Slmlar 10rntcrlacewclrldr. r b w t , but wkll lx used teconho!
a d lmcm p b d thCy are&, they rn o(f-limitsto all o h 7 % to rhc R q r n c y Sde followbng the opening of the Fronr~rr.lee page20.
A 0 m thrr column rndlcarn a Balkanrrcd wwld located in the Wllds (WI' Callbratlon Polnt: kc pdgc 76.
alkgiance code), the governrnmt c d e rn the UPP strlng d e x n k s thr r n o ~ Refugee Worldr The Rqency cwltalm three klndsd refugee wwlds: Zhodanl
common government type or the mcnt powerful q w r n m e n t on !he world ( v a r h wfugce world% Yargr rdupec worlds" and Regency refuge vvwldr.
from A d to world, refprpe's ddrsrttron), For Z h d a n ~ and Vargrretqeewwldr, the wze of lheirrefugec p o p u l a h unot
Alkg1ameCodPa:As Man Herate, AF: AJwl Frontkrrmtld; Cs:Client s h r e d ghen, not arethc refugee untlu$cd in the mld'lW P p p l l s f i o n data, SknCeth~
the Regency; Cr:Cllenr slate d t h c Zhodanf Cunullate; O r : Danlan Conf&raticn: Zhodanr Exodus IS rtlll underway m t h no sign ol abating, the sue ofthew rrlugcc
DD. DwMrn 01 Drneb (Third Impenurn); Dr: h y n c wid; FA: Federdtion d ppulrrlons are subect to rapud change. and tthe I r w rernarnkng Vargr refugee
Ardcn; NL. kn-alrgmd, no off-planet allqisnct, but these WIarc rnlnor w r l d 5 (asmost Vargr r d u g t e w n l u a l l y mawd to nhblished Vatgr cwrrmunltles
mcmbcrsol the Sprnward Statesand havenot c d l n p x d [ l h t y n n therefom natparf on other wrlds] wrll have therr poputatims Irsted under the wwld remark.
of the MI&; thewworMr uu thrgwcmment tym l i s t d o n page 1 B R d t h e f NE She number dLhodanl refugecrcontlnucl toenpnd, m t h e refuge- can k
mlebwk). R t : Rcgncy, RF. Regency Frmtw WMESF: krill% Foe&rste: SW: l w n d on mxldrwhlch do not have the Rw:f note. The RwZ r o t e IndlcaterwkIs
Sword W e t l d ~Va: Vargr. nonal!qncd or u m ~ t f i e d atlqmce; Vf: Orangh w h ~ have h trthcr k e n &iclally d w n a t c d 8%its whert Z h d a n ~i d u g m arc
Frderatr (Vargr~tatc);Vu: United Fdlomen d Augurgh (Vargr state); Yb: Aucrn- transfme4. w whkh have large contanuou%influlrer ol Z h d a n l r r f u g w and hsve
bfap of 1 1 16 (Vargr sute); WI: Wlldi. mr off-wild allqlsnrt, and perhap no off. km dc fmto mfugec worlds. Any world whch ha* a naturally brealhable
w r l d contact; t h e worlds h w c collaped and uw the W~ldsgmernment type atmorphwc and k t ~ a w M <low y to the Zhodan~Intcdace Is Ilkply to kame a
from psgt 191. YNE rulehmk (un the raw dgovctnment type 6: T ~ h n o l o g i c a l l y Z h d a n i refugee wwid, whrthet tt wanh l o or not. Whlk ~tmxltdperhap b ~ l n p l e
Elevated Dktator,' the w o r l d ' s ltsted t ~ level h 15 that d the world as a whde; the to h t r p j d ~ruamirq Z M r rhw shndad~dd e n q nmvmpy l wll not albw thur
tech level 01 t h TED and h15rn her ruppwt >truclwrcrs higher, up to IIW world'r Z Mrd~maybcfw-tdrn mcntany b y n q v d d , ltwdrflerence berween
ar~ginaltech trvd), Zh. LhoQn~t m ~ u l a t e :"-" ~ndqcatnno allegiance because a rrlugee wld &a& h r h vFnply contains- rdugeer n a mattcrofdenuty.
there IS no populatmn. Aw C d w h a e brgc h m q m e o r n group d LhodPnl l~vetn tmporaty bur~ngM
Asian Cowrnmnt C d e x The I d M n g govcmmt coda a n u x d In the c~rcrowdedghertmannlqeeworkk Aworld In &wh a tebtwdy wnaltnumberare
VWP, 01 klan-ruled w w l d s m plaEe of the standard cpvtmrnent typcr f w d on s p d thruqhout nts poprhtlon h not wrch a m x H . -a, wth he tmlinvlng
page 188 d TNE G: Smsll Itarm or fxlfrty: opcratcd by an d-world c b n w lnflu~morcref~rmr~aiebnnguea~,andrh~ramthrngto~topader~lrm
t U p b t * r g that a warld m h t fh k Z c& ha^, now k o m wxh ~ a world.
controlled ly a company Thtr ur h e rmly tnshnce rn h k h an k l a n mwld $5
conlrollcd byanythlngothr thanacbn. H: Split c l a n c o n t r o l : ~ ~ & a I o n - d ~ f a ~ R ~ e m iyd u g t t w i d %are !he by now reml.pcnnanenl h m of rmpcrlrl
c o n t r o l d i ~ t r m t p s ~ sthcworld,anal.gwsto
ot human balbnutd A d s . 1: Srngle catkens who fled ta the R q n c y inrtrbr dunng the p * r d o l the Cwll War ~w
o n - d d clan c o n t r d : wortd 1% r a n t r d l d by a sunglt clan h u h only rules one b a n h m e n t . Movt such ref- havc long dnce found pwrmnm? homes
WM. tmvmer thc w r S d ma)r alm rnclude othcr m a l l cbnr w h ~ are h controlkd ( r o m e t r m on fhc refugee w r l & thrmutucr, somctimtron otherrmrldsoffering
by the m / o r ckn. K: Lngle mullt-worldclan contrd: wrLd ir contrdled by J clan n w o p p m n i t e a and wrmtirncl by dellberate r e ~ t t l m w n on t former Sword
which o m s ~cvcralrrarfd~.k M a b clan c m t r o l + d di s ronttollrd by m e d the Worlds or Adan farr a c m p f worlds, H pager 1 1 and 45) and ~ntrgrated
29 m a b clansof rhc T l a r k h . M: Varral <tanronad:world is conlidled by a va5-l t h e m d m Into lLgency uxlcty. When lhc Regency d u g c c world note rrmalns.
rlan vlbrnvmt ra a large cbn, h-s the world rs artually own& by r he larger t h e popwtationr ~ t ~lk l l In vparate commun~tlapwplcd alrnosr mtlrely by
clan. N: Maloruas~lcbn conad: ar M a b . but thecontrollragclan 15 ~ u b K n i e n t refugrcsand t h e i r h e n d a n t l , By nowtherecornmunrtie~ have become bewilder-
ro Dnrd the 1larkhr.clanr Man, It rr thcwpcr~orrlan whtch owm the w o M , the lngly c m p l r x wlxultum: r q s r d l n r or the travel zone o l rht world rtwll. all
v a w l clan m r e l y conrrolr it tn Itsstead rrlugct c a m p are ccn!.derrd to l~ A m b r Trwel Zoner
Note on Arlrn n r d Virgr PopuSatIonr: The Regcnry contslns a great many
h b n and Vargr citutm, nvnr 01 w t r ~ ha r t no! indrcatcd by A:N or V:N notes,
Map Symbols Worlds mth t h e notn are t h whlch rontnln pol~tucally dqnirtcant populations
The 45 ~ u b v c t omp r me h e standard r j m b d q y dtulkd on WCpagc 183 o( r h e bdngr. rnwlly living accord~ngto thrir own curturn and preferences
and grvtn on the S u k l o r Data F M ~ Jl w n d in the Jrawiler P l r y m ' F w n n rathw than impmat culture. set p a p 78.
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ThpSpirward Marcheswrrwitlledbytheywng Thrrdlrnprlun KSV
bqinnlng In ttw F a r 60 (IC). fhe Z l d a n l name for t h w t o t I5 U V
TI&$ WKI by SOc Impen'al wttkmentr entended dl the way to t h G2 Y
sprnward edgeof the C h m (A) substor, and ~ ~ r t ! h g l n nto l~g GZ v
w w m h on Zhadani setdementr In core-rplnward ~ I I S p l w a r d K9V MZO
M a ~ h Thewe ~ tnctbns pre~lpitated tihr F l n t hw!llw War of 589- K9V M 2 D
6011, bngestof~fronzJerwan,luhlchresulrdInthehsot redtory C 4 V M6Y
In IIR CtKrnor wbrector to t h ? Z W n l . p l r Ir in yltte of llw fact C4V M 6 V
t h a ~the war pndpd In an ImperialGctory by C d Mrniral b u t t -
PlankwPll'r hsrruttlon d Ik ZhodancVargr nee( h U.le b y l a w
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C8V M7D
s u w r o r ; thiswctm-ywas~uWIento n ) t o d tfr 15-ycarconflIcl, MZ V
butmttorp~o~prterritoryalreadvlort~nft.)The Word FrantktWar MZlW
of 615-620 rewltd In W e brr of m e zemtorj to the Zl-&anl F8 V
Cwuulare In the lewelt [B1 wbmtor. as 4 1 as the rellmulshlnp of FB V
inumber of ~mp&el&ds In t k q u w b n (E) wbsecr& creating
In the hxreased starport quallty and techndogy In the m n l w w l d s . The
a MIzone of nwcallgd human wwlds betwen the hm pwverr. populationirrnarc Is partlallyducto thls same caulr, but lieqwllythe result
Thisamrqwnent prowd to bequfte stable, and brtcd f w m r 350yean, untn of t b Zhodanl rimward mEgraZlont b t emtually erupted Into tbn Exodus In
979dLhZheoutbwakof theThkd Fimlrw War. Thi%waralmrewlted InarofLbadr
1201 bee pages 1 3 and 24).
of lrnperral h&n, wth funher modam gains m t k )&I and Quwlon Cmnw dws nat have a Regency flett asrigntd, as only t m d d r Fn t k
$*ton, ~ Into t
and lh.expan!hof i h e n o n d l g ~ " d e m n 1 i azone" hWlir t . defenre of Regency Interest3 a d
wbsector ha* Regency a l l e g ~ a ~The
(F) whector. territory InC m r Ir the nsponrlMllty of the 212th Fleet based In Iwell, and
T k Fourth Fmntler War a century later (1082-1 084) was essentially an t h e C m r b o n t k Iallr wllhin tlw 1 st Quarantine Distrkt (we f~uell,next
accldcnt (and Iralwkmwn asthe"FalseWaP)whIchr~sultedInminwbrder page, far mow details).
a d ] u ~ l m t affecting
s only four wrlds,
CrmaCleft: The m a p asamgraphlcfeatlaeo f t k C r n m r ~ u b ~ c ltfie
l~Ir
T b f r f t h & bstkmtierwarfrom 1 1 0 7 t o 1 1 1 0 ~ t h e t k r t ~ l m p e r h l C r o w Clefi a dtdde that cwn c o r e - r l m d down t t r center of Z k
vktory, rewlting h a w l 1n e t g a l n o f d s . fhodanl-Irnl#hd &tEonr Jlw then wbr~tor,intewuptlng rommunlcatlm~behwen It%splnward and trafllng
have been remarkablyw a r n than In the pst as dated In otfw wcthx. (5ee
'halves. Thlsobstacke wasonlya problem fw Shodan1rnllltaryfo~esk t o n t h
alm The Splnward Marches Campaign and Supplement 1I, Ubrary Data K warrnlrg of rebtlons krwepn the C o n r u b l e and Regency, but with the
L both OP.) lmrease In trade, cornrnunlcatbn$ a n d trawl (erp~chllyamong thox
InvoiwdIntk p$lmfcxknces)Ir b e a m e d fgnIficant obstacktocommerre.
S inward Marches Subsector A! Cmnor (formerly
R
C ronor)
Ttae C r m sulbsector, formerly k- to h p e r b ! ~
by I t s ImpwlalZranglt-
The rewlt was the Rowerlng of W h q r (0503). Thlr fomwr mlmr wr!d
occupies a unlque bcatlon, slttlng as It does aslrlde the cleft and has bKwne
a otcall foralmostalt cmmerclal shlpplng m d n g brweenthe Z M n l
eratbn, " C h m r , " 3s now referred to by b t h Zhodan~and Imperials by its Interior and tfw Regency fronrlec. (Clke the the Regency, the Condate
Zhmianl name Cmnor. presumably maintaln~calibratlm polnts, we "Ubrary Data," page 76, toasslst
Th151s a by-produd of the ckm retatimr between the Consulate and mlllrary tram< in rurrnountlng this obstacle when staging Into the tmrdw
DwMlnlRegencym the perlud following the dlrintegratfm of the Irnpwium. areas.)
Thh 1s also wen In the "name changer" on the UWP Ilrthgs a b w . There are Sea Beat tav, dangerous, amphlblws camIvm ~ t l v to r Thengo/
not actual name changer, but are m r ~ l Ik y Regex)+ mogn1Uon of rhe klrfanzh (0201). but I t has ken distributed tea large n u m k o f d d s In the
p p w Zbdanl names lor these wrld3, and are another result of the post- Cmnw, lewell (B), and Querlon (E) subsecton, Also known a%t h "sutfds
Collapw warming of Zhodanl-Regency rclatlonr. nlghtrnare."
For the Zhodnnl, the Cronor 5ubiectorhad bcen a hntlerarea far frMn the Sea hean are marnmlbn iln appearanre and layout Mth.four pnln of
well-tmfficked center of [he Consulate, a n d cmrequentty mt panlcularly powerful, clawed llrnbs whlch can k used Intercfrangeably for predation
mlldeveloped. With tlw ruaming of impHal-Zhdanf relatlom, C m l o ~ a r ~ ~ t lor
o nh,o l d l q iwl! flrm agslnsl ocean currentr. Adwlt sea bean
gradually k a m c a cmter for trade 4 t h Ik Regemcy. Thrrgrewrh i s reflected average 1.5 metm In length and mars upwad of 50 kg. They hunt alone. but
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DieteMEabr 1102 B566AYq-A I HV2 A314 Zh M7 111
Clan 1103 B67ZP9Pd Z A901 Zh KBV
kfi 1103 $6729994 /I Hh 201 ol K ~ V
1106 M77999-C A HihCp 623 DD C7V
1106 A7f7A99-F A )(lhCpRwJ 123 Re C7V
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1110 C792668-8 1.1 1JiO:lOlI 824 FA FOV
Abdal 1201 E41064.2-4 Na Ni 312 Zh WVM3D
Aimla 1201 MI05444 1 NaNlV:l A412 Zh KZYM3O
Mongo 1204 A3686856 A Pg Ni Ri 603 DD M6111 MOD
1204 6368636-8 4 1 4 M RE M Z 803 Re Mb III MO 0
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d u d 9 mating =awn aawnMe inlo saclalgtuipr of hundredsof M Z V MUD
Idfvldualq much Ilk@Terran seals. M Z V MOD
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Splnward Marches Subsector 5: lewell M311 MOW
lewellsubrec~orlrhome to the212thFlPetwhkheamedfam MgV M & D
In the F~ffhFrontier War by repulsing lnvadlng Vargr fleets from llwa Mlne~
the Regina subsectw. The 21 Z!h Is currently headquartered at
lewell(ll06).
lewell's frontier Is entlrelycwttalnedwlthlnQwamntlneW~trlct Cant
1. which runs from Zeta 2 (0919) h tlw Vllls subsector (page 41)
to Menoh (1 803) In the Regina ~ubr~ctor [page 38).
Battle wkctor: Imperial nickname for tk jewel1 subrector, k a u l e of Wlth the unantklpaledwarming of modanCDomalnrpkatIon%durlng the
status ar a major battlqround In all of the fronlief wars. ptwCollapse perlad, Eralin k a m e an lncrentngly Imponant c d u l t Iw
Cmdyde(0901):Cordydemd Its lmmedlatelyrlmwdne(ghbrhparkln communications b e t w e n the W g h ~ n powers g (see, for exnmpte, Sur-
(0902) are unusual exarnpces of mlmc Sphvard Stater. In that thcy are not vfval Margin page 41) vnrll Norrlr fOrmally moved Ftww pmPPdlngs to
wlthln the e n v e l o p of t k Zhodani, Regency, and k l a n bntlers. Thew two Reglna (neat page).
worlds tradedlrectlywith theVargrfmntien, and contain IargeVaqr trading jewel1 (1106): A frew one of the key mrrld~of Mw rubseEtor, 3R-
cornrnunlttes. k a m e mow ImpoRant In r t w port-Collapsepert& a5 one of the focal
Thewadds are dmllarlnthat they both h4vc~nhmpftaWeatmospkres and points of the Rqencglr Indurlrlal dmelopment strarqy.)mll was ontof 26
a11 settlemntr are clther bunt b e l w grwnd or In scaled urrface Wules. worlds Identlfld by the R e g e ~ yas n developmental p r l d t y to InCreaw the
Because of the esxntlaTly uncontro6ld Vargr prewnce on thew w l d r , b t h n u m k r of hfgh-techmloyy manutacturlng centerr. partlcubrly In areas
ate conddered rather lawlerr and dangerous envimnmenu. Both w w H r are where thest were scarce. O n such area was the Regencfs ror~.rplnward
clarrlRedar A m k r Z m r by the Trawlletr'PJd k l e t y (andltsquhralentsIn -ion, as there flw subxtors (kwell. Regina, kamll, Vllis. a d Lanth) had
other Splnward States) k a u l e of thelr p x l m l t y to the unstable Vargr no1 a single TL-15 world, much less a T I - 1 5 Industrial wwM. bwdl was the
Splinters and t k presenceofVargrorganlzedcrimeon theseworlds { ~ p g e figuratlv~and lltwal cornerstone of thls prefect, and k a m e thc m s t core-
29, rrlecees only we page 851. rp~nwardof the Regency'x high technology world!, prowding t-eded high
CP Chunter: The Rqency Navy mlntalnl mlcallbrstbn polnlr [see technology at 'Lh?cruclal [uncttwr of the Zhodanl and Vargr frontiers.
Ubrary Data) wtlhln the Regency irwlf to facllltate Reet mowmentr acmss ]ewelIs, The: Popularname for thecluster of SIX Imwal-heldm d s In the
Intenteltnrgapl, such ar the Abps (see page41).CP Chunterisomwch Intra- center of thc subs~tw:Ruby (1 005). Emerald (1 006). jewll(1 1061, Mongo
RPgewy mohlllty CP, and like all CPr, 13 for mltltary ule only. Its e w c t locatlon ( 1 204), Nakege (1 3041,and L p n (1 307). llww strategic worlds haw Song
and beacon code are chsslffed. k n n tham In the ZbdanF Jlde. conrtltvtlng a f ~ l f i e d dagger polnted Into
tlalin (10W): €mlln war wiglnally ~cltkd by lmperlals In 835, but was Zhodanf rerrltory. Tlwy have lherefort?seen m l ~ fighting,
h as thelr rapture
taken by the Zhodanl In T 082 durlng the Fourth Frontlw War. joint Imperial- has W n a Zhodani stntegk goal In most of the frootler wan.
Zhodanl admlniltrallon of the world was establlrhd durlrq the arml~tlce Puprrkln (0902): See remarks under Condyde, abw.
followlrq the war, and WIIn was decbrd neutral In 1098. Eralln was Uerugee Worlds: The jewell wbieztor cmtalns a numbcr of -14
reconquered by the Impenurn In the Flfth Fmnller War and the ZhDdanl m f u g e ~world\. Thew mrlds are usually the tint aegwwy flop on thelr
portion of Its q m m e n t depowd, but the worfd relalmd a ~ f g ~ f l c a n t j w r e y ; Regency aulTmrltles are attempthy to f i l p thew refugees funher
Lhdani popuFarionwhichwar encouraged toremamon the wwld.Nbllhwgh frm the interface to purposbuflt refugee fxllltles. to avdd ovwuowd~ng
r a w clearly Imperial territory, htr previous tatu us ar a neutral meetly grmrd on these b d c r wwldr. Lowpopubtlon w ~ l d s such , ar Nakege (1 305) are
for Conwlat~lmperlal~ o t l a t b n s was too uxful lo abandon. Lrsltn was earlly wewhelmed by refugee i n l l u x e ~that can wtrmrnber t k l r o m
malntalned lna &rnllltarlzed rtatur and (€5 W a n f citizens wen not treated populatfcxl.
ar conqwred rubjecb but In an rxpdment that would eventually pay The Fedwatlon ofAden @ s g 34)AIl
~ not accept Z M a d wfugm.T h e
handmme dlvfdends fff orthe Regency, w e a l l w d to retaln thelr lileflyles are elthpr sent back to the Cansubtc or are encwraged to continue m Into
wirhln "Zhodanl Cultural Emlaws." the Regency.
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thc Fhh FrmbWar. lk 21 3th k * u a n n am b x t c d at Elatc(l705). F1 v
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hwn M&(lB03)ro Ewb (0703 Deneb]~nthe Prrtocu w$re*orand MZ V
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thfwl paint dComuLneOomain d~pbmacy.T h n w ~ d m t k m r ank K6 111 M8 D
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Udvdty d R q l r u : k k h g h winafy a phmaiy m b q mt
M a d s d ltrc F i n ! War a d C d b p c pmnped "Rcgkra" to E*pand b wwkm 4 R ~ k t k t r u e r q r o r A w y d I h t g n a ~ ~ d ~ R q m y R c g c n r y , d ~ e d h w
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Quwion contains a number of "minor Spinward States," individual The b l h wid In this cruder, Torment (0721, ree page 45) Is no
world-states which exist within the Quarantine protocols that are consided part of the Entropic Worlds, and ds rmained under Darriar
primar~lyadrninlrtercd and paid for by their larger neighbors. These conval for centuries.
woridr are inhabited primarily by the descendants of Imperial settlers. Four Corners: F w r Comers, w the Four Cwners Interface, refers to
Many of these worlds were originally rnmberr of the Third rrnperium, the Interface where the Regency and Darnan Cmfedwation borders
bul were o'bTigPd te become independent as the Impertali boundaries meet and runcontigwudy along thecornenof foursub~ectorr:Qwrion,
were pushed back as a result of the first three frontier wars (see page 36). Vilis (F), Oaryen (I), and Sword Worlds (j). Bwauw of the strong relations
Because these states e ~ i s twEthln the larger mvdope of viral rafety between the Darrians and Regency. a large numberof merchant vessels
ensured by Regency, Zhodani, a n d k l a n quarantine forcer, their rerpon- are jointly licensed by Darrian and Regency Quarantine nuthoriries,
sibilities are minor. In tact, the maior Splnward States consider them- allowing ofmatlons in both Spinward States without the need for
selves the guarantors of these 'lazy" and privileged minor slates, but Lengthy rel~cenringat the intedace. Such dual-licensed vessels are, of
thew individual worlds are obligated, as signatori~sof the Spinward cwrre, requlrd lo stop for inspection at the intwface between the two
States Accords, to uphdd the anti-viral protocols to the best of their states, but the inrpmtian Is abbrwlated given the ioint ticenring ar-
abil~ties.Fortunately Iw the miner stater of Qwrion, the major viral rangement (see page 20).
threats have been eliminated by other forces long before they make it to Retinae (0416): Site of lrnperlal Research StationDelta [A) establi~hedin
the individual worlds of this rubsector. 556. MUlough the lrnperlum relinqui%hedthe Retinae s ~ t e m in 986 as a
Asmodeus (0511): Avndeurwas the siteda majw nuclear warwhich result d the Third Frontier War, the aation war mainlalned on this now
ended 417 1005, and is quite a tourist attraction fw lhow who fancy such nonaligwd h d . The Imperial Navy opwatd a courier m t e through
things, for academic, ethically inrtructive, or morbid r e a m * Rebuilding is Fremie and T h a n k , which is maintained by the Regency.
p m c d i n g under Zhodani direction. uring the pmeeds r a m d by this Before the Exodus (pages 1 3 and 24, refererr only p o p 8 3 , RSA also
planet-siredwar monument and dernons'tratimarea. providwl data to the Conwlate, purruanl to Regency dfrectiws. T h l 5
Bwl C02781: l a d was k n w n to b~the ute of eutenslvc lanthanum data flow hnr k e n afliciulEysuspended as a result of the many u~olatlons
depositsin the'perld i m r n e d i a t d y f ~ l l ~ n
the
g Fifth Frontier War. This was of the Spinward Stater protocots committed by Zhodani nationalssince
expected tarrwte intmrcampetition for theunsreu,and~auJednomal~ 1201.
amount of Zllodani-Imperial jockegng In the period 1 T 10-1 1 1 7. H-r,
in thepre-Cdlapseperiod from 1 119 on there rivalries d e d considerably Splnward Marches Subsector F: Vflfs
and B a d b e c a m a wry pmfitablenmligned wwfd, trading peacefullymih One ol the malor artragrapfric features d this atbrectw is the dbyrr. a
alt of I& naghbors. regionof IMHsteltardmrity than ext~ndslntetheVllis,Lanth (G), and Lunbn
Entroplc Worlds: The Entropic World3 consist of the three wwldr (K) subwcton. Although authorities dlffer on the actual h n d a r i n of the
Winston (0620). Envope (0720) and Anselhome (0820). Thew worlds are A b p , it Is c m m m l y c o n s i d d to include w e n wdds, althwgh the
theobiect of centuries-dd conflrcting DarnanandSwwd WotM clairnr. They rolrer of these d d 3 vary. All lilts include Chandi (181 5). Maven [ I 9161,
w e most recently retaken by the Darrians in the last stages of the Fifrh t 9181, and D'Canrio (1920). The remaining ha
Victoria (1 81 J), S o n t h ~(1
Frontier War (*The Spfnward Marches Carnpalgn, OP). See t i m i i n e o n w r l d s a r e ~ h ~ w n f Ficant(l417),
t~m Calit(1515), Lanth(l717),Arba(1711),
pages 30 and 32 fmfunhw detailr Rabwhar (1 8221, and Quopist (221 5), depending upon the author~ty.
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Vil~rir d d d e d by the valeant 193rd Fleet, another veteran 141 1 M7a612-8 Ni Wa 7113 Kg V
of the Fifth FrontiwWar, mainhlnlng Fts headquartenat F m I e m r n 1413 87395734 N Ni 324 M2 Y
(1 1 16). The 193rd spent the entire war In ermtially statk 1413 8739573-C N N1 624 MTY
porltions defend~ngEfate (1 705, page 38). Fdlowing the 'sur- F i t 141 7 E567353-5 La Nl 91 0 MOV MI D
rend&' of L w y (1 604, page 37) to the thodani (this system 1417 C567455-7 LD Nl 310 MOV MI D
Tkde I 5 11 t674321-11 b NI A21 0 MZV MSD
was actually entmted to the care of Its syrtem defena Aotillas,
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rcfenes ~ l y s ~ e p 8g 3c, th F 93rd did not giwmecentimeter Cdit 1515 C334867-7 C:l0:1413 501 K Q V M5D
of territory ta the Outworld Coalition fw the remainder ot the 1515 C334867-8 C:1 a 1 4 1 3 701 K9Y M5D
war, and was actually able to liberate m e world5 during the h a r d < 1519 X34 3 7C7-2 PO RS2D F5 tl MI D
c w n e of the campaign.
The wprlds d the Vilis frontier are part d Aeg#lcy Qaantlnt Tmn'
District 1, running coreward f r m Zeta 2 (0919). RQD 7 w i n s
Immediately to rimward d Zeta 2,and nms into the SmdWmldr lWume
0)subwctor (page 45).
Arden(1011):MenIsafwmerImpw(alworld,abandoned
after the Third Frwltia War and row independent and neubal. It I s the unpopular, and opcn nbelllan bmkt out in 1103. Although this
capital of the Federation of Wen, a small indepndmt power taklng wntiFrnenr attracted Swwd Wodd and Zhodani opportunism (See Ad-
advantage of the poww vacuum betwePn the Zhdanl and Imperial venture 7: Broadsword, OP), the malnstrearn of Tanoose nationalism
frontiers. In the perid khwen theThird Frm'tierWar and the Collapse it war not anti-Imperial, but only in favor of home r u l ~Active
. resistance
c a d out a niche ar a meeting pbce fw Imperial and Zhodani cwert to the cynical, externally imposedWlisian military rulewar muted by the
aperatws a n d negotiatwr H-r. fdMng the warming of Imperial- common cauw of Virus, but the o n ~ the t declaration in 11 52 of the
Zhodani relatlms beginning E n 11 19, its ~rnpwtancewaned with f k Reprerentrtional Refoms created an outlelfor dissatisfaction that could
incr~aslngn u m b of legitimate channels betwewt htwo governments. not be sllmced, and resulted in thc world's ultimate independence. See
Nmtheles, by vinw of its intermediary datwr behwen the bgencyand atso 'Vilis," below.
Zhdanr Consulate, the Fderation h a s exerted an attraction on the mrt of Wlz (1119): Although Wlls was one of the 26 targeted worlds of &
~Iemmtrthat thrive in an extra-national wrvirkxlment (W page 34). Regency Indusbial k l o p m e n t Program (sepnge 6J1,it is not a success
CP Brooke: Calibration Point B d e Is one of the netwark of callbratbn stmy. Unlike other targeted -Ids, which typically advanced three tech
p n t s placed in and around the Abyss to assist Regency military forces in Iwelr,Vilisadvancd only w.Blamefmthis poar pwfwmanccis placed by
making t k i r way aaorr this stellar d e m . The ahllty to maintain longer Yillsianson ZheTanmse indppendmce upheavals, in which the ViE~r-omed
average lumps and follow rtraight-line crxrms to trwble spots can saw industries of Tanorrr wew nazionaEired by ttw newly indepedent wald.
w m k s in tedeploymentJ. Spe alm the maps for the lanth (page 42) and with Rqtrwy acquiercence.
Lunim (page 46) subsectors fw the location OF other CPs In this netwotk. Nm-Villsian obwrverr -re@ that Mrr' w b k dare to the Tamsbn
CP Colt: See 'CP B r w h . " Independence, but b b m the Mlidans h r n s e l v e ~Vilir appem to haw
Tanoosc (formerly Garda-Vlllr) (1118): Formerly a subject world of k n far tm dependent m thclr w b b l world. They hare not r ~ ~ v e r e d
WlEs It 11 9 ) , Tanmse gamed home NIP In 11 35 as a result of Nowis' from the I-, and haw slid Inla a cultural decline. Jan- i s now
RepresentationalReforms. Originally settled Inapproxlmately -120 (K), considered to be the ckminant Regencyworldof the subrector, taking the
the failing wttlemenr was taken over by Vilis, and in theyears since then powtion of Vilis.
was deriberately maintained ar a n economically dependent world. Ey Ydis was w i g i ~ l l yrettkd in 240 by cdmldr kan the SHJOKJ Wwld
late in the antekllum pwlod, the V i l l r - l m p d government waswidely Gungnit (1 221, page 45).
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ac fw away a Regrna (1910, p q c 38) hnd been &, ard lr-d 2117 BSShB58.C 4 Wa 602 Re F 6 V M S D
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chdlmgm ba l m r anorhe h e cenhrrra. 2418 85245C8-9 N N1 A701 k K9V M8O
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rdeployed b l k n g the wrthdrawal from the C o r r ~ d uIrontier (Absh s u k t w , notr~mta~byhunamrnOlmcmthc~lcmcntdlht~Mar~gkttw
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~rerarathpdthtkfacrngnherun.GUlkmpdcsfaringI)wxnthis'Rright Wct&a rfKmr stgns of I n m h n&dd*men€ dating ra the AnJmb'
Farc" n baked rntovaruum*~L theopporrtt *Cdd Face' c d k u mtfrarcnatrrrwphm final war. and an bcimt site hm bm dkoverad en ih dngte m n . Albat.
in deopcrw- In rntermedrrte pmds. IrvhmD m ' sam a ppdmbr to h e l m . Vaociasko~h~qmdmxh~lbraand~w~,rboc&~~twrthAndent
it txpenence 'narmf" day nrght th-t c y c b , dn frmm g e subl~rmreb c m t c a m t l m b m . Itnrhc+worldwhacthcKudekcY~Cardle{hhmttrhcryGarelte
breamabkamrolphmd + n l . l i ( e s p r w b f m n d g e r m h a t p d ~ c m n * t a D m a " K d W ) urin In h w M . a h y h nt tr l m m not to k mtke to the v d d . Tbeux.
b c u n m ~ 7 0 p n p s t i a m n t m m t * B n g h V C d dF~e'phae.andrhaxkbnwaTgnd ~ K ~ d i ~ l s ~ ~ t ~ l t n v d f ~ V w t o ~ n I D E j ~ . l I I ~ b ~ ~ t ~ f O
21.6'swayfromthes~1. Thn lmliqhl day-nqhtcyck nem d w - e q ~ t o t l a s l h n g rhefnr fw, and mt but m t W m U y lor rh Ilght- buabk, sd cns~b.mukcd nwy, whrh
trxndamDlphPrrtamppsa,tut hrmllnot~hiblulldanr~taanoltrer 330 F. k a p ~ ~ ~ h a a l r ~ ihn t m~ w d um ~ . ( ~ m o r e d e t a %eelTM2.OP.)r l s ,
ke a h b u b k Adveilturn 2: kmrr b e Bdoht F x e / M l ~ h non Mllhrll. OP.
Quopht (1215): d l ob d thlr world's h p u l a h a n consi%trol j o n k n m , th@ Sp1-d MarchesSubsector H;Rhylanot
gmeered humnn! created bylmperial M~ntsrryolColonlrat~onlor~tdrtr*ent ond~rt
Rh$aw,arhropptteddtheSplnwwd k b r c h a S M o r I n m ~ ~ b o l d r r ,

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worlds (we page 61). h * l m r r w r c h m m b i r s h n n d rn.dbanlsin&FrmocrWm.InthefhtFmm
Tree Krrkens: k e page $1.
Wu,Z i v ~ ( 2 8 1 2 ] r r d ~ T & r ( l S 1 4 ) w e t h c ~ i W s d t h r : l r m a p c ~ H m a t G r s n d
Vlctorl. (181T): VkIIoria b h l m t t a * ~ ~ ~ b~
mnaged w retalnr f a i r l y d t m r , r a i n t c d s ~ ~ . T h h U i n t c m m kt handledby M-J - d a '~hchada~ an e x p s d t m a y %L In hShlrd Frntier War.
byo~27,5)w~tdrolbyme ZWar*snd -la thew bncfathclvdRym
norm fllzer mmb, a n d requirer the uu ol fun e m i c w l m n t sutb a n d o w e n lank%.
(2716),- thcs&d-y befm hlqr:wm dtirnatdy idted bjthe
Fortunately the taunt ir only pmcnt atnltituda I= than 1000 r n r m a h k t , 981. a I)leMhFmPkWar, theZhodani rLeetpenenatpd vltotk
so senlementr bulk ab-avr lhds altitude are not dftrted by t k hint. Sprmard M M c k I a again i w d e Pwcdoarrj Wrybm. Here It wmbHy met and wm
Vama's h- poprboDn thedm I m atop a brge *tan d m ~ k
ddmM ~ t f K C a r i d o r f ~ t P t m 2 3 1 - 1 1 0 9 . T h e r e p u l ~ d t h e Z h o d a n 1 ~ ~ ~ t ~ l o r c e
rmmunl berl.mccted by bEdkEmrmned ahh rw.mkr lhMn-,rom
alRhyhnordt&iv&yaded thcFfIhthmnerw~Lydvng& O u W C a r l ~ h mb r
Ihr ~ d q - b a l m pbnt h ~ qrpm, h bmdh dlagt. hydrqmfilkd %x% and the
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2512 C449433r9 OD M V K 9 D
2512 C449433.8 C AOVK9D
2574 C483103-6 OD MI W
2514 Cd83454-9 k MIV
251 9 DCS677-7 DO KSV
2519 W5577-f Re KSV
2SM 8632520-7 5 00 MOV M 7 0
2520 86325204 5 k MOV M7D
2612 8000453-E N DD C8 V M&0
2612 WOOS53-F 0
2613 A67421 Q43
2613 66744750 Re C3Y
2620 C A8 79M-9 DD F4V
2620 B8879M-A Re F4V
2212 63255794 N DD M V M 3 D
2712 A325579C N Re M2V MSD
2715 6867A74-0 DD M1 V M9 D
2715 M67A74-E N Sle MI V M 9 D
ZT16 A434934-F A DD MZV
2716 A434A34-F A Re M 2 V
2720 C86dZ15-7 Dl3 K 9 V
2720 S86M15-9 Re K 9 Y
281 1 E365432-5 DD G41V
281 1 D365582-7 Re C4M
2812 CbRlPQC-8 00 C6V
2812 B6B19K-Q Re CCY
2814 AS605654 N DO F9W
2814 A5606658 N Re Fsw
2918 X5730M1.4 DD KZV
RP K V
DO F3V
Re F3V
T d a y the 23rd fl- "Ihe m e \ " W e d Rhylmr f m Itr M- DO M Z V
qunrtrn at Rhybnar itwlf. The l k d IS m o h e t n t u a n oF the Fifth Frmria Re M2Y
War. when il k l d thr Impaid cmtm In the Yilis lubrmar, and mu+& to DD C 6 V M3D
t u t 0ff md $UWoy ttw Z N m i 40th Rcct after I& repule rt Rhylamr. Ue G6VM3D
Pmntt [ZSTq: Pmet's mldglsatmsphencmtaKlsawidevxietyd DD Cl V
rwrparrdluxd h w irdlabidpraum.Aldxugh I)leYecwnpOLndr Re GI v
wetypcallycasrkad harardan t o c c k t therefby high-tcchndqy DD FCV
M m t w d Rfrylnror (271 6 ) , LlnmI2124, page 46), a d M a a (31 24, Re F6V
p q c 47) hwemfed a high dmwdfu h, a d c a m p x h n g l y hlgh DD CSV
lrnlncral r m a d s for how v*ho g a r k thsn Re CSV
Fulxln (1613): In the p d clfore t h F i i Frontier War t)K OD G9Y
Zhodwl~had nmbUsbcd a m r r t b m on thn world. Unknown to the RP G 9 V
Zhodmr. rt wac d ~ u ~ ~ t&MI l P daboyed
d Wwc thc war. thmmng a
wrench tntothZhodanl AbylsCampaign md theuttimattly U ~ S U C C ~ % %
DD MTV M7V
ful Slcgtd Rhytantx. (h M v e n l u r c 3: fwlllghrs Peak OF, md The
Re M 2 V M7V
Splnward Marches Cirnpalgn. W j DO M3V N4D
t l m r y (-18): Iln41k.e mnt a t d k h s which re bid arrt h t b Re M 3 Y M4D
r]ntm'~ erlrptlc p b n . tht Cltorj belt a spkfid. Lt,t h a t & < d!& DO M3V
am dndld at all angla ta 'thc d t p ' b c p h . , -
H h e k k k r*rrat Re M 3 Y
exclwe+y mJde up d r e = a d % , G t h 1- ML&k mrhy atapidr DO MO Ill
D e p t (lormerly Mmzent) (2612): Durtng tlw m e b d l u m p s k d Re Moll1
Macenevvasthehaned theSpinward Branrh d t k lmperdal Nary Fleet DO MlV
YactiuCdlege (wrving th m a n d Denebarea). The system's mtlre Re MlV
popubtm was crmrwcld wrth clther lhe Mar- naval haw w the DO K1 Y MOD
F h Cdlcge ;Re K 1 V MOD
51nre the C d l a p the Inteest In the syltcm ha tnpandpd. OD FOV
TheFkt Cdlqc~snwrthcRcgmcyNavdVVarrCdltgc,andIhewd Re FOV
hm been expandd to be r lull-sire depot. w d n g Sp~nward 00 F4V
March= Sector. Re F4V
Pcbur (famcrly 47-973 (3019):Thb vrorld haF kmhlmk?d by DD M2VMtD
dw 1145 and RISS to pmtscl a dolekplng race. but contact k Mfq Re M Z V M2D
undPnalienbjrheRl55.ah~a~mtolR5brsrvaRvmklend
sdklent t o m p n w v r t y m t d c t F d w O l k f s l o a r m d c c o n t a c 2 ~ , DD A5VK4D
thr r n t d n m k mil h &kt m m t C-id cmwt m thF ZtlSS Re dSVK40
rontsclprcwc+lhmtyctcwrpk~.The-na Waamlathdth
rxe~-lcrbmurwld,whchmew"brm" Mnrchuk t m . fhlr law b still on thc
Rhylanor (2716): One d the Ly nwMs d the R c g m q , tt was the sltt d one d Rhylrnor Instltulc of Tmhnology:Ontr wol the I d u s In &Hc m r c h In
the pivow! battles d the Fdth Frwltwr War. thcOomalndDeneb.RITIsonlynllrvngalnlngIbf~~taNrc,~t~nthcwa~ol
Ahylanor wal !ht b~nhpl.ceof Olav hulk-FlanMl, Crmd Mmlvd d the antkrobotksrntimcntwhkh~wcpt ttnRegcmcy bllocvlng th.e Rape01 Trln. Although
Sphward M r r h e r and " v ~ t o r d " the f ~ nFronth
t War (we paw 361. as d l as the R l f reta~nedrhong - r a m in a! of the ndlual and a p p l i d Kwnces, rts m
lint d the Empcrrm d the Flag. reputaton ar the 'Robot Instituteol T e n d m u d -1ve ll~ghtd students and
Unlwrdty of Rhy lanor: Lrke thc U n h l t y d Regim (page M),the C l n b l t y d faculty to other w h d s , nawbly h e Wniveotty 01 Rhylanor,
Rhyianw n a planetary unuadty whkh expndcd to mret the & d the ~m O e r the y m RIT has qrsdusfly brill I MbxL ~ up t o near la lormcriutuw, by
d a t e d and vulnerable R c g w ~ y .Unldkc the W d R, Rhybmrr b not h e a a combination d pragmfrc locus on non-atonanow MIL ( m n - i n - h p ) rutom-
g l a m w r x c t o r . w d c repumtm, md rUll prlmmly rcrver t h 12 blll~oncltlzcnr d tion tech- snd mri-drur corsrtrrmasurpr and contrxh hwn the Regmcy
rtr own m l d . & the d s d the 4 1 , high-ppulatim, tahnologicdty govcmmnt, In p w i c u l a thr High Rqmr far T ~ h n d o g yAwssmcnt. Imn~cally,
mphrrheattd w d d , Rhylana's acderndr strength$are the hard xkncm: biology, mnny d thac contrack lnvdwd wmrk Iff the Rqency Anlf~inZSmtlcnce A n a l ~ ~ s
chemstry. el~tronlcr,grantlrr. mcrhan~a.and p h y ~ s . Commir$~orr.and the W C revetations of 1201 (5- gage 8 0 ) haw carad a new
A minw p i n t 3s that the Unjvcrr~tyd R h + w r K prohiblfrd bybwImn rdmlng rwnd of c o n d m a t l o n lor hapla RIT.
lormlf asthe "UdR.' Thrl pkayunrrgularwn rs f r d ol ~ lmpcrbl t i m a h f d a l V a n r p ( 3 1 1P): 5rt d Spwnrd M a r c h Raurch 5 t h 0- (n. R R
nqulremenugsvc Rrqim, a%=tor uptd and seat ofthe ~crtmOuke,p r & d p k e cmunuer I& rmearch lnto pskonkr Irdtnn wrly, W p g c 8 3 ) . k&d%oAdnnture t
and excluwe patent d m q c c4 thc "U of R" phrale I f r r w g h l the Spinward Rewarrh Shtlon Cammi, L4.
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/unctm 0122 01SW41-4 QebNIPo 210 Na M 3 V M2D
0122 0150441-3 DeLeNiPo 110 Na M 3 V M2D
blqw 0129 E6255684 210 Na K9VM20
0129 E6255784 510 1Na K9VM9D
cdrm 0130 AZ008CB-A 210 Na MTVMSD
0130 AZ008CB-B 410 Cs MlYM50
Sten-Stem 0223 B321588-5 701 Bi MOVM3D
0223 H321688-D I Ni PaNa 301 Da MOVM3D
886-945 0230 0833000-3 LoNI PO 504 Na F8V
0230 D833100-3 LwNi Po 704 Na F&V
Mmyn 0321 C2338986 M Fb Po 623 Na COV
0321 BZ3385A-C M, I Na Po 923 Da GClV
Labw 0325 B354443-7 M Lo Ni 834 Da FOV
0325 8354525-B M, I LoNlAg 234 Da FOV
&tren 0326 C332652-9 NaNIPakl 423 QI M1V
0326 C33Zh52-R I Na Ni P a m 623 Da MIV
lamine 0421 E897977.A HI hkO 223 Da K9V
0421 E8g79774 I Hi h A:O A423 Da K9V
Engrange 0425 C554769-8 4 030426k1 701 Da M I V M3 0
0425 C5547946 Ag kl 801 Da MIIVM~D
IlkRn 0426 B614831-9 M 401 Ih G3V M8 5
Ydirn 0426 A4-44831-& M,I 801 Da C3VM8Q
fwt 0427 0566777-9 AgRIk7 420 Da TaVM9D
0427 R566777-9 1 Pg RiR8 620 Dn K%V M9D
w i n 0429 €4531234 b N i Poh 410 Na FSY
0429 E453203-7 LONIP o h 310 Na CJV
Bulah 0430 C774622.5 b M 330 CI KSV M3D
0430 C774622.4 4 Ni 610 Cs KSY M3D
bn? 0526 D765657-3 by Ni Ri 103 Da F4YM7D
b e 0526 D765658-3 Arj Ni Ri 203 Da F4VMfD
Mire 0527 P66Sd95-I M H tp 110 Da K6V
0527 M65A9S-E M ti Co 310 ;a4 K6Y
Condaria K3V MOD
S inward Marches Subsector I: Daryen K3V MOD
&rmerly Darrian) ban* K4 V
Thls %ubsectorcomptivs molt d W Dnrslan Coddentkm K4 Y
(lpe pages 3O.3 1)" although three d Its current mernkr d r , T m t 340 COV MSD
the so-wlled "Entropic Worlds,*arel~~dtPd In thRQu&nwbw- ZOV M5 D
tor (€1to c o w a r d (we page 40). Eacmt MO V
Ar Is the caw with the Zhodanl MdrortheCmnorand j ~ v e l l MOV
tubmtors, Regency charts now shew the names of the Damtan 496908 M1 V
wodds In thecr own I~.zlodhtangwgeraher than ar approximate MI V
Irnpwial translit~ratlon~. Damlaan C1 V MI D
The pdd since the Cdlapw has becrwnc known IS "the D a w GI Y M I 13
Danian Renalsrance,' evklencd by the g r m h In papulatlon, Torment C1 v
territorj, and t ~ h n o @ yof the Cmfpdentton. C1 V
Darrlan Croup: fhe Darrbn h v p , as distinct from the Odnlan Trffuge MS !I
ConlederaUon. condslr of the f 2 wrldr origlnaHy wlmlred Irom MS II
l D a r y m ~ n i t s f i r s I e m d s p a c Motethe
e~ MqWz(mpage31). GO N
f h e w 1 2~eCondarb(0528),D a ~ ( 0 6 2 7 ) , T k t m n / O 3 2 6 ) , E g r a ~ GO rV
(0425).b e n t (0624). bbwvI0325), Mm(0577), R q ~ t ( 0 4 2 7 )R, m 5- M2 V
(Q526),Ydlm (042@, Zbump(O72 J).and 494.908 (06251, Notefbt Zbm M2 V
t h M d s are dl rnuiudb Jump1 acceru%lc, and In fxt cornprlre fiw F 7 V M7D
one d the p ' r w a r d twmini or the Spinward Mahn (H page 42). F7V M70
Daryen (formerly Dnrrtan) (0627): Darrian hornwarid a n d C-ic MO V
iUll the cenlcr of Darycn ~erhmloglcaldevdopmmt. Thewwld I s MO V
mSed ty %5wds&a d h r ~ tlw~ against t Iheexpwr of p M o g h i z bbaRe M2 V
art~lacts.Barpn 11 IhDarrian wmd for "wrld"or "bw.' M2 V
Mlre (052- Pol~ticalcapital ot the Oarrlan Confederation.
of molt un-DamancMb dlvupUwn a d wnn In t h p t € d b p e period.
Mire'srivlli~at~on Is c~ltaInpdcompletefy undwgrovnd Thfs lr rmtbecauwofan
Jnhospitableenvlronmmt: to the contrary. It 1s to allow the world'$ s u r f x ~ to be fbume (formerly Spume) (072f): Zbume lr an fnhorpltable rnlnirg A d ; dl
ofbppobtmn H~veinrnngfedomedclt)rwhkhp m t ~ tth r m horn lfwwkl'rtoxk.
uwd for qriculture and mtural pn-.
radmhatm~,arrwltof~tuml~ka~.Zbml57ellodhtw"gddq~lhe
R q e t (0427): Roget conlalm the largert c w w e n t n h d tfw Dadan's Man
dtIzm<,Aw MtM this wrld m brge numben to atabliha -ate rockfy whwe cobr of h e W 5 tahtpd atrolphwp.
494-908 (W35):Although o m of the Damn Group ofodg1~llymlon6zPd
could p r ~ thdr m traditlohll drbn culhrre. Qet h I ~ z b d hfor "gHt" a
rmrld5, 104PC18 1% nor x, much a Confderallon m e m h world rr It 1% a
r e f m e to granting Uw Adan Ihorprthdr GW-I m " h o m m d . "
pormsbn.Thebamn 494-906 Is u d by& Darrlnn tonf.edPratbnNavy(5CN)
Rore (formerly Rorrr) (0526): b r e war cdordtrd bjantl-tpchmbglcal, etfink
Dwrlnn%whowiMto p m thekiditlonal DamiancultureftwnMore theTmn a%r rest range a n d area lor rnifltary maneuven. including F l m d n a n c e dsltal
rmmk Rare hswaruntowcM b y t h Moghtland to thisday is a rebning, ~~~~l txmbardment prxtke. The wodd Is interdict4 for safety measure%,although
DCN vesd~lrdo use the world's ~lnglesea lor refueling.
wrM, m-v wrxllar a r m tounrk Pare i s rezkdh for "Iwtrle."
~arm&ii(0721): ~ o ~ t a l r h w g h ~ rt hl o a ~f u D g r a ~ d u n e r h t ~ d u d p l
rhe Entroprc W o M i (=page 43). 1% not nomwlly conllkered mof the Ent~~pk Spinward Marches Subsector Sword 3: Worlds
Wwldr Torment har bundw cwltrnuour Damm convd IIrre Mm dw Third Thls sub-tor taker its name from the state which ulPd to dwnlnrte the
FmntlrrW~,rn durkrg p n o d r t h o ! h h w Entqk Worlds -held by submtor, whkh c o r n Imm the fact !hat almost all of Its membw wwkEs are
Zhe Swrd W o M r This 15 becauw Torment is poprbted pntldy ty Incmqbk n a m d for famous swrds dTwran hlrtmy. folklore, a n d literatuw (and In at Feast
crtmimls Ihatcanmttxistwlthn thetderant Darrlan u x l r t y . T m t i r g - 4 by tw caws, thp wmr fanciful word whlch had t wnamw gtv- o m wch MM
tlw rrimhals themdws, who must mine raw matehlr to lmk fur ~mportedfood. to each of iwo worlds),
Torment 4s Cabnglir lor 'mure, paln, anguih or a m . ' 5- Worlds sOdely and cullurn (we page 3 3 Is remarlably h a n m m ,
Y ~ l l r n{ l o r m ~ r l yIteum) (W36): YdirnwnstwrdomwdbytheDmbnrdtheprp rhhough esch w w k l d n b M IndeperwYent rowdgnty, armd forre goverr
MaghIz pidfo make itsclimalc mwr wltablc b r bbltabon, a d theatnmlp-5 men% e k Ws CMW lrdependence m d e hSwdd Wdds a r a mwbuk
dhht w f taint~ 1. a remnant of t h w & m Ydlm 11 tpzbdhfw DTphwy' rell#tbn d Wt and arntlnu~llo make t h mlatile m u p a d rmMr M y of
Zamltw (0421):Zmineisr~tbdhfm~*hapPlul *Zarnlrr~hrbernbtl& y rhw haw a hfsl#iyd HcupJtknby 1 d
- for- g o 1 3b a a to thc ex!of
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KZIV M1D
K2N MZD
MOll M6D
MOll M6D
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F2 V
F2 Y
A 5 V GOD
A5v COO
M3V M 9 D
M3V M g D
K Y Y M7D
K7Y M7D
M1 Y
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G 3 N M4V
FZV M25
F2V M 2 5
K4 V
KSV
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F 9 V M8D
F 9 V MBD
F7V MOD M4P
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Bwter K4 v
th Second hen*War, Hruntlrq(0921), nlon (WU), CoWa K4 V
(lam,~ f l ~ ( i i 2 1 )1, ~ ~ = ( 1 1 3 3 C;ungnr(122~),
1, ~ ~ n v yC
,n
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(1522),Durpndat(YS23), Hdud(lS24). w r d B I t w / l 5 2 6 ) ~ ~ ~ c u @ d
fnxn620-624.hwarapparwrVythoughtbjrheImperbl~~tthlrwulcl
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teach h e Swwd Wwldr a lmrm, m t h u t being ro ha& ar to c m t e
M2 Y
ImsWg mity. U mvch for ttwm-y, as tkz yRan are still m M
M2 V
as f3e 'Fint Oc~umtrm'ar dlrttnct h i m ttw "Second Occuwtkn' of Dymw K4V M8D
K4V M 8 D
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T b 5&cl Worlds wbmtor Is conrbdd one d the m s t
MI V
umtrbleregron~oftheRegency. afactrdkted bythpgreatnumh K4V M9D
at TAS4e~1gnated Ambw Zonr rmrlds Slnce the late 1138 the K 4 V M9D
R e g a y has practkd a policy d resenling w f u g e ~from ~ the sm MO V
MO V
h n d o n m m t of Dmb's tralllngworlds (page 1 1) m the Regency-
owned Sword World3 10 balance out lcral antLlmpedal senl~ment.
Biter C7V M1 D
However, motr o b w m row d m l t that h l s program wasa talluw. C J V M1 D
b t h w than behg able to comblne 4 t h the wlglnal Swrd World MB 111
lnhabltanutorreate a n w , m d ~ a t eculture,
, the-ornerswere M8 111
excluded from existing comrnunltler, a n d there nww mlrt tvm Im" FClV
mutually bstlle retrot culturer on the R q m y Sworld Worldr h d
k a u w the Oenebinn r h g w have now livedl on t h e worlds for
t w g m a t l o n s (and have rm homes to return lo). they now Brmw
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M3V
reawnably regard h e Sword Worlds as the only home they haw Mihl F4 D
ever known. This ~Ituation-5 sure to cream lastlng ~lrlfefor Wi"m" F4 0
generatlonr to come. ImpwmeaM wapptng imct albwlng the p r u t i z e d gas to leak out amugh the
On mmewwlds Ike Ry - hasretard former Svuwd Wwldrmfllury barn wnd, mmPllrner lnhuge jeb. StaUc dldmrge or llghtnlng storm%can lgnlte the
In ordw to kpep local con~ml, on athen It has upgnded thew $amto RPg- gas raurlng e~pbslonswhkh offen Irlggw furthpr ~atadyrmlcteleaws of
naval barn, and onothwr ~lrlPItt%erclrera pdky ofdemllltartzaUonurderwhlch bumlng gas.
it dismantrer the old military barer. T h e W m h a m s t h e ~ ~ d r ~ a n t M m p e r l d ~ g a ~ t b
& a part of rhe Regency, the Sward WMr wb-rlsddendd bythe lSlst the Smwd W&,compoMooliommknp~M prlonks TMr grwpwa~d l x o d
Fleet (vanJ e n d from theAntn subwtor, Ik-neblC. following Westnbltrhmmt and In bare dmtmyed durlng the milWar pmxl(w SD 1 4 1 7).
of thp Quarantine h d e n ) , headquarteredat the upgradedform# SwordWorld Metd Worlds T h w arp thef a r worlds SteellHalifax (ISD), lmnlSrace{1626),
baleat Sacnoh(l325). Thet511rFhetmweateddlxlmjthfiilwepk~oftYleFlhh Bmnzp1Bnrnswlc.k(1 6 2 0 , and Mld*II/WIsmnun (1 628). ~ l E e hd u u d Ulelr
Fnxltlw War durlng tfie brrakwt fmn ftre Sieged M I ISM 11D6, page 3f). I w m e r ~ m ~ T h P l e f o u h n l & i a b i l e d d & w w e h e lhcommon
d bj'lheiWtire
The Swrd Worldr subsxtor frnnlk Is contslnd wlhln Qwrant~neDIsfrld 7, Swd Wor4lrCodederndonar rwwrreww(dr.S h e tkrbrptim of many of t"le
whkh Itarts st the Glfrzen-Pax Rulln border n r d wnr cor&splnward Into the WFh Swrd Worlds Ww heRegerwyhal m m e d the metal A d $ WAng IN IntPntion to
subrector. rpglnthwn.Toma~lupo~~mcrcfim.Itha~wttkdthe~~bltable~
Border Worldx This war an lmperlalrllent sbte crwtcd in 11 11 from 5mxd St&. m w HaMax, and Mittrdl, m W t u o n J ~ - - w i r h a unlqw gmup ol rdonlstx a
Wrlds mcupfpd by lmperbl f o ~ t In l the W h Frmtlw War. By the end of f r o m (Mt 9 2 5 ) h k h has lplrtoH:
~ l n t V a ~ - h r a n a n r p l i g i w ~ c m m u ~ t y Dmwb
hoail~tJes the lmperlal213thand 21 4th A e f i had occupied Dymwyn. Durdal, horn the Wllllm,-as ltw k-wbian lalth fs c w n m l y krrlxvn.5ee "M,* page62.
Hotud, Beater, Sttng, Bfter, Iron, Brorue, Mithrll and St&, which prompted I w o d Worlds Confederntlon: The f m x d Worldr Conledwatlon of 1202 Ir
Tyrling a n d Sacnoth to read the wdtlng on the wall and bolt from the falling anly a shadow of Itr fomw extent and p o w , Mth only five worlds remaining
Contderatlon. T h e ? 2 mrlds ron<titutd Ihe b r d w Worlds untll the great (from Its 1107 hlghwater.mark of 27) as lndewndenl memben: Nanll ( t h ~
Sword Worlds landgnb of I132. capital), Andurll. Orcn'lt hcal~brrr.and lheoulpo$tofEms. Naturally It lr 5wod
a 1% typka! d S W WoMs
~ f h u r p r r ha! ffw gwder Wwklc uprtal actually Workls oHkial porky to w p m thp rCghtr of " t h I d o m bvlng pmpler
m w d tmm Sting ro k a t m during !hperbd d 'dght" Pnp#bl rontrol. i m p r i e within Ihe Impmial (A] borders to reptrbtbn and lelfdeterm~na-
Enor ( I 130): Enoc 1% an unuwally c h w world, and Is thought to tre a rogue t i n . " Althoqh t h Quanntlneprovides ample opportunity to prwent rnilltary
world capturd byltrstar, Kakfil. Theworld's mo4 unuwal natural leatunlr the dsslroncettomcrow'ng thefrontler. I m p Inllammal~ryrnoral ruppcxtfrom h e
nre Sw,s.d e r t whkh I k atop a great many unusually large pockets of all and rpfnwrrd IMP of ttw border wrns to b e all that 15 needed to encourage
natural gar. Freqwnt wlrmlc actMtyand m e d m have thlnned and w e a k e n d the rwol~tionari~r a d lredom flghtm on the "wcupled Sword Worlds.'
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The Lunion subsector h known as the cressroads of the ~ u l ~ 323 M3 V
Spinward Marches, as the branches of the Spinward Main A723 M3 V
(we page 42) mnming soreward-rimward and spinward- RBOl K8V M6V
trading intenect here. Lunion also contains two of the ABOl KBV M6Y
Regency's 16n-15 industriatworlds, making it an important men SOT MSV M B D
economic awa. 601 M 5 Y M8D
In the period M o r e the Fifth Fronder War the Lunion CW 610 FP V
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Worlds in T 133 Lunion became an rnterror wbwctor.
Slrouden 920 C4V h44D
h i m is&& by h 4 3 d F h headquanedat Lunion. 120 GSV M 4 D
The Abyss which extends through the Lunron subsector ~~d 81 3 M7V
(see afse page 41) ir a ~ u b p d
of some popular ~pemlation, 61 3 M7V
ar it widely krwved to hare k e n the area of a number of &draw 904 F1 V
"mystenour stanhip disappearances" over the yean (ree 2114 F1 v
'Lost Treasure Ships of the Abps Rift,' Challenge 44, M,
Wardn (1727): One of the remarkable features of this world is the
and "DPmon Dark," Challenge 58.54).
Patterned b w r t , which features a complex patter of lines in the dews
Candr (24ZS): Perhaps the Teast valuable arter~idlplanetoidb l t
surface made by t h "dalw-thur,* an indigenous non-sapient lifdom,
currently being worked in the Ector. Superhemry elements were dircov-
ered here in 1060, but these quickly played out, and no more have been now extinct, Thrr regrettable state was made necessary by the drscovery
in 1 121 that the d a b t h u r w e r p the hosts of a plague that threatened the
discowred.
population of Wardn (see adventure in MT] 1).
l a n k (1924): 32% of this world's population consists of the geneemd
human race known as the Jonkmreen(see page 61). Wardn's Amber Zone status ir due to its thin atmmpbn and weak
magnetrc field. Thew prwide insufficknt protection from its sun; the
Ling Standard P r d u c b : Lrng Standard Products (LSnis one d the
populace i s obliged to m E r cover during solar flare cyctes.
former megacorporatians of [he Third Imper~um(see Supplement 8:
Zalbon (1825): Siteofthelargest copperdepositswer d h c w e d In the
Ubrrry D a t a (A-M), OP, jTAS 16, 5 4 The Traveller Adventure, SA,
hrlarchex thew r e w m are now playedout, leaving the system in decline.
MeqaTraveller Referee's Cornpnnlon, H ~ r dTlrnes, OP, M TI 3 for
fulcr d i s ~ s l ~ oofn lmperiakra
l &gacorporations than ir practical here),
and although rtsporHersare not what theyoncewm, it rtrll b m s as one of the Spinwad Marches Subsector L: Mora
dorn~nantcorpwatmnzdthe m l C r Regency, concentrating in the m n h c - The Mora wbsector con3idend to be the indurtiil hub of the
ture d vehrder, stanhips, and stanhip n r m a m t and subsy~tems. Spinward Marcher, containlng a num'ber of high technology economic
The LSP shtpyadsat S-&n (2327)and Lunmn (2124) are two of h m powerhouser worl$s, such az Fornice (3025),Pallique (3029). and Mora
starrhrp yards in the Marches, a d LSP has maintained a wprtatlon for hqh (3 124) itwlf, one of only two TL-16 ~ndustrialworlds in the Regency.
quatry, unlik -some of its cmpetitorr {see "Greral Prockpctr,' pap?38). Morn is patrolled by the 73rd F k t , headquartered at Mora.
Lunlon khool of Economics: located on Lunion (2124 Spinward Al Moral: Majorintenttlbrmerchant linewrving thespinward Marches,
Marches}, this i s the larges~businfix and management college In the with corporate hadquarten on Mora. (Spe Splnward Marches Cam-
Regency, accrediting tens of thousands, of high s p e d young whiz kld5 paign, OF).
every semester to Lead the carporations of the Spinward Stater. LSE grads Morai maintains service to all Regency subsector capitals and the
typically haw httk patience with the fine point3 a! public policy, histoy, worlds aZong the router which connect tkrn, plus selected minw states
international mlations, or thearts, although theyare highly trained in the (w pager 35 and 40) outside the Regency. kl Morai alxl provides service
practrcal mechanru of public retatrons and 5p1ntantroF. to the Darrinn Confederation via the "Four Corners" interface at the
Shlrene (2125): This world is owned by the Al Morai merchant line, junctron of the Querion [E), Vilis (F), Oaryen (I), and Sword W d d s (I)
whrth uses its shipyard as as an owthaul and maintenance center for its subucton, SXI page 40. During the antehllurn period Al Morai operated
fleet of cargo mrren, w "Al Morai,' page 47. only tn the Spinward Marcks, but expanded i t s operations to include the
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routes, and rnaintalns i t s awn maintenance and ovcrhaollyards at several Imperial wttlemnt in the sector,created in 60 ass commercial mterprire
worlds includjng its Mora headquarterrand Shirene(SM 2125), which b by Ling Standard Products (which we, p g e 46). With its location, Mora
entirely owned by At Moia (w page 46). became the econom~c dynamo of Spinward Marcher development,
~ u a l t :he researchstatlonat Dualeisengagedi n w t m K h h r t h e txrifding and maintaining stanhips for the expansion, and producing
Navy. It war werely damaged in 1 10.2by an enplorion ofunhmw origin indurtnal goods uwd to outfit the new wodds.
but was rebu~lt~n1108 by the Imperial Navy to continw its resea~h. Nadrln (3123): Thc entrm permanent population of this w t d ir
Duale b suffering a wccer~ianstruggk h t w e n the dlspbcpd nubility Jonkenren (we p g e 61). Nadrin is the site of trials to mtablirh the limits
who formerly held p w e r on the world and the nm popularly.selected of atmasphric conditions that can be tokrated by Ionkeereen without
governmentwhich thusfar hasbeen u m b k to uproot orcoopt thenobler' artificial assistance.
power haw (H also pages 7 6-1 8). Ndm(3030): Thb~morldishhabitmIbygenewed(setibraryhtlata)
Mora (3124): Mora IS the site of the RFgency mpitab having b n n hummswho lwe unclematwandm n d u c t u n & m f o a n n i n g . k humans
erlabtishedas the Domain of Oenebcapital in 1120 hauseof its locstion wee creatd by the tb~lrnpwialMinishy of Conlenmtbn, nwv ~ntegmted
a! the approximate center of the Domain. M m has one major continent into the Regency Ministry d ttre anterior (Mol), see "Maloryo"
wh~chis home to most of the world's 30 billion inhabitants. Mara har p.$ ".
Palllque: For reasons which are unclear d a y , this battere world was
grown signrficantty since the antebellum penod, as a result of its impor- wttled ar an industrial center toexploit the two extremely tech planetoid
tance as capitat, fleet headquarten, and one ef the only t\w n-Tb k l t s in the sFtem, even t h w g h a3 a captured body In an eccentric orbit
industrial worlds in the Regenq (= "Regency Industrial k l o p m e n t perpendicubr tk tern's ecliptic plane, it parses through one of
Program,' page 67). The Regency gmrnmcnt offices and the residence planetoid belts twioe each I w l year, enduring w e r e meteor bomkrd-
of the Regent am contained In the huge Ciyachii srcolagy, built off the ment. All of Pn'lt~qw'svast settlements are underground for protection
coast of the major Moran continent. from this bombardment, and the world is wded ar an A m k r Zone
The system's belt is t h t site of some of the Icgtncy's most a d v a n d k a m e of tk hazards to navigation pmsent near the world.
biotechnology research and manufacturing fscilitie~.Its lucation among ~ C W K Pallique's population depend on these things to a greater
asternids makm it easy ta contain or destroy unanticipated mishaps as dcgm than do other non-wrddal populations, Palfique is justly famous for
necesmry. the q w l ~ t yof the vacuum survival equipment manufactured there,
Mora 15knownastheYC;atwyto the MaKhm' b ~itr rocation~ f lde wppott plants, containment buildings, vac suits anderner-
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Originally known to t k lrnpwium as District 267 (oec -turn F8 V
PbnkwdllOifirict 268, facing page), this r u b s ~ t w 0-3 its F8 V
name to r k merchant captain 1grw.z Rumwan, who was the e a t h a t KB V
first Impen'al to explore this area. He l o u d a clurtcr of fwe KB Y
habitable worlds which he laid claln fw and named for his Lakw M2 Y
daughters: Mirriam (0333), j m (04 33), Pkella (05321, MZ V
Penelope(0533), and Karin (0534). Thefiw Jrtwsand their blhe M 2 V M3D
sirtpr d d s gaw the sub~ectoritr name. M 2 V MZD
Thesubsector had not been k a d y settled throclgh thepm Ideral C9 v
Collapw era. Serious colonlzation only began In 740, but was C9 V
cut short with the start of the Psionic Supprer-s in 800, and To"dad KBV MI 0
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becomeleuof a military outport, but retaina m y strong RQS Mewey
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prerence. Hwuww,in the new friendly climate h w n the 975452 MO V
Zhdani and DomalnlRegency, dewloprnmt a d mgration MO V
longgostponed m a n in earnst in the 1 1305, Hhm many
flor k d to the unexploitedwwldsof the subsector, c t m i w s o f Ihefact that
Undw t h i s pdicy, the mwlds d a d i r t r i c t m m t Imperial members but
received Imperialpmtecllon. I m p ' a l a H a i n ~ a d m l n l ~ t e d f r m C l l s t m
they were on the far u'de of the Regemy frwn the rhrwr of virus. ThFs
expanrlm cmtinwr, wth Regency ernignntr of a mod~atelynaturist1
(2036)in subrectw0, b t a token capitdl was rnalntained a t MerFactw.Thir,
ecdog~calmovement avidly dmloping such nrtually habitable "garden"
office IS maintaineda t Mcrtactor In mdw to simplify relnr~wrz between the
worldi as Lotfibden (01 401, Galadriel (0240), a d Prime Edward (0824).
Regency p r o p a d the many individwl client states in the ~ubsector.
DuringpericdrofImperial-Zhdani hortil~tythesubwtw'~ onlyconnec- Becauseaf the r e b h ~ f P f Y o theworlds
f d thls wbmtm, locates as* we
tlm to the lrnpwium propwwas via the fortifid world Flarnrnarim (0930) inapketdlprorwted$hrnainbutkand hmrimof largw SprmdStaw
in the Sword Wotldssubsectw, we page 45. Although f lammarim remains
(the Zhdan~and Regency frmtlers ro core*uard a d the Regency and Adan
as it3 official connector fw the XWeb, the prevailing g d relalrwls among h t i m to trailing), It he pmltxtion d hHorkls by incorporation iFto h e
the Sp~nwadStater haw permittPd eztendw contact, especially thrwgh Regwry was r o t a hfgh prioritytothe m g m e n t , as 11 warfocusd m
h e imperial culture worlds of the plankwell (N) lubsectc*. =wing its cr~unc m d and trailing borderr.
Penelope (0533): In the post-Cdlapseperiod, Penelope's poplllatbn has NonutMess. as a agn ol ~ts m i t m e n t to Ornorldsd the w, Ihe
been augment4 by jonkeereen (sepage 61). They cumntly constitute Regencygo\cemmentrmtmdD1u~t268asthePlankwell&lec~(tuCrand
Pdmiral Olav hauit-Plankwell,&tm d t k Fint Frontier War a d fint of the
about 12% of the world's population.
"BamcEa Empaar," see Supplement 11. Ukary Data IN-Z), OP. a d h e
M q a T r w e l k r knpfflal En&iopedla, w a n d a;igned t k 184th Fleet to I&
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subwton along ih b&as potential dtes for expansh. Thir idmtilica- maligned buffer z m . Much of the r e a m fm this was the p r e m e of a
tion resulted Fn their dewgnationas distncb; District 268 was therefwe the major hanch of the Spinward Main (page 42) lwchlng all but two syJZems
268th quentlally designated district Arne the Iwndation of this pdicy. of the submtor. In f x t , all jump-1 contact with the major world d Gisten
D~strict268 was opened for Imperial dmeloprnmt in 941 by decree of the (2036, page 50) had to pass tlrrwgh tkw district, with the re~ultthat a
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a h pwi& e mn-orlant dangcr to rtr human rnhahtants. Anyone directly h a t h l n g anempted to steal 22 large wsnhlp from h e lrnprrlal Nwy Dcpot at %am
the Enaakan alrnospherr 15 llablt to catch a fungal lnlulion In thc t u n g ~and (Llshun 1219). T h l r a n q t , I n r w p m t b n with Vargr comtn, was foundoutand
uporPd I r n is sulceptlble to a ixwlldtrrngvariety of topcal ~nftxtions (we World W e a l d , and Rnchelc'5 ship h t r 0 y - d . (kc 11- t h e MegmTrawlltr lmpcdal
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dlscam upon A r c h 0th- can be bawd). Redl I0504): kr wrt d the Rcgmcy xcommobtlona of 11 32, t b Vargr
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allsuch l l f d m s emt in a ~ y m b r orelatronrhlpwlth
f~ the dominant fungulcc&gy, tw the Vsrgr M u u of the Lncknt slte on the wwld. G m m m c n t w r m Itate
A i c h d r o u w means that t h ~ biter m4l often cauw Iungal infections mthm the that nathrng In t h t ute could k d a s awrapan again~tthe Regency, hlwrthe-
circulatory sytem. (See M q 1 frw Iurthtr detalts.) l a s , the Vargr have c M the Jlte to the p b l ~ .
C ~ l[r W )Although
: largely unzwched by V a r y hrursiom d u d g t k &I hkl(0W):W~tholfiedanlmperlaluwthmHtha~Rwdbd
War. L'Js btcr k a m e a site of ~IgnlficantVargt d u g r r c a m p 1010.101l,dving~*.hIhc~wa%dcamypdbyanudawaplorionmpartdab~d
R a c h k Sorlcty:Genocrdal w r e t x x ~ e t Iyw n d d by2 rd Rachck(963-1 FO3T) bbckmd atttmpt ky t k Rachele k r e t y { hh~w, -). 26,IXKI peopk w m krlkd.
on Prctorra (0406)in 992. The Rachele 5xlety war s Vilanl swprwnncr5l q r w p (in Includlng 1 W R x h h rtunrrumdol. The bas? wm nwlebutlr.
i i d f an d d nofron) dedrcstcd to the crestton ol a Vilanr "Fourth 8rnpcri>mmand
the rntemlnatron d the mm.l/[lanr human r x c s It was r e r m s i b k for the S u b s e m B: hmas
Rachekan R ~ o l da l 0 1 @lo11 In wh~hxhc~oclctyb i y t o d r < d r b o l o ~ ~ o n r % L a m s u k t o r 13 &ended by the 315th Flet hedquadtred st L a m
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wntenccd to the primn vrwld Exile (Oeneb 1928, page 62). He -a@ in 1015. intmect~ondthe Imcll(fl), Regina (Q, Wlts (F), and b n t h (C] rubs~twr.Withthe
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m x l d u n d e w n t r global nuclear war In B l 5 and the 11 17 populatmnw m the a b u t 111 the -dm they have exprrienctd. They are quite Inteliigtnt, and n w e r
dexmdan h of Ihbw luhwf h o r d u d W ~ C U ~ MThil . hart-hakingly tlreol phiksophy andotherinteiluturl.~piritwlpunults. H-er. lhey find norrdl
mu~atedw k t y ~ c n t u a l l yd i d out In [he pst-Collapc w. need for technology, and are completely happy mth their mm starkc R 0 cwlture.
ShPtroCk (OW2): Hommorld d the Gmduthaar, r h c l r a w a l mpknt r x t f h q k m how to uw twlr, bur left to thew own ~ W I C F Ifind . no attraction In
The Crenduthaar have r Iearurm appearance completely wt ol k e p l n g wlrh their t e c h n d q k a l advnnccmmt. (ke1- MT) 3.)
natures; Thy are large Iw raprmu. 2.5 mctm In kngth a d mawng 500 k p an$ me
The C r c n d u t h a a r name lor the wmkl i5 Thwr, w 'wkk w e . * nrmc
h a v e s reptrl~m,draconic rppearamt. r t u M with ~ n l hya r p tttth, a n d razor- Chamtie Ir the Vargr name fm the 4, fFH antckllum Vwgr populatton,
sharp dsshtng limbs. H-cr, the Crmduthaar haw b c m c vcgetananr. ai the fdlowenot r Vargr relrgim h a r m as 7 h e Sdlowm a[ Auugh,' m r t augment4
h a r t s they uwd to prey rn are bng wncc txtrnct. by Vargr r a i d m . coMin, a n d q?prtUnlrh d u r l q thc Cnll War, and the world is
QI therr three palm d limb the r t s r r r o ~ isf for hbcanmtbn. the fronlmolt is rot now dorninatd by a nrm-spdtwl Vargr government
mn~pubtionand contains the '$lashera' and m W e p i c can be usd X k g 3 Of Chrtmkrt'%400 rnllllnn ~ u l a t ~ m 30 .million are the Vargr rdm (who
or man~putativcarms. as the C r m d u t h ~ 8r r t comfortabk In a bipedal stdncc. enJsveand 'domet~wtt' t h C r w d u t h ~ r ) ,a n d tk mmrlndware Cr~nduthasr.
h e r . their l y p c a l rocbl ~trnce~~quadru@alwith the~rslaskhcn ~aIelyfdded, Jhc world's tech lcvel r c f m only to the Vargr, Cmnduttraar mkly b n o .
makmg thpm highly reminiwent d the Trnan praying manti$. W u l k n (09136): W m rhe e r r y crtablnhsd its rntht p $ c d WadM
bddlng to the~rIearmmr apprmrance and JIZF tr t h d r tendency ta yen in laud, fmnd th- vr The Fmrrrr 5 u b q u m d y . wer 85% of th?ppbpoplbb;onmwcd to
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subsector (DeneblA, page 5-21to the h r d e r between the Antra and ment t h a t theimperial Ministryof Colonization'sjonkeereen projecf,
Namidshur(C)subsectors In the threeworld lineof Orenberg, Diiski 500 years in the making, was an expensive failure, born of the
(2011 and 21 1 1, page 581, and Mazirbe (221 0, this page). Note tha t swaggering self confidenceof many geneering advocates. However,
these three worlds, being the hundary between RQD 3 and 4 are the expense is not in financial terms, but rather in the human cost
considered to be In both quarantine districts. This overlap is to by creating a new race of humans which are ps~hologlcallyand
prwent gaps from occurring on the seams between districb where culturally imlatedfrom the remainder of humanity, but whichdo not
the forces of each side assume that certain threats are within the have a signiLcantly different environmental niche, all that has been
neighhring district's area of responsibility. accomplished is to create a n w cxcasion for racial strife a d
Antra (1808): Antra ir the frontier capital of Regency Frontier
worlds in Quarantine District 3 O.e., the Frontier areas in Deneb I Adventure Hooks
~ubrectorsA, B, and C, plus two world$, OrenRerg and Qiiski, see When fleshing out the details of worlds, pay attention to the
above, in su bsector GI. changes listed between 1117 and 1202. T h ~ etiny little
Mabry (2309): Malory had k e n a lonkeween world (sepage variations in digits arc al! t h a t a miserable little UWP can do to
61), but with thecollapseof even ils relatively b w technology(TL6), reflect the changes of 85 years of history. Think of what Earth
the jonkeereen's adaptations to an arid environment did not pre- was like in 1 91 0, and try to count all of the changes, rwolu-
serve them in an airless environment.Those that were not evacuated tions, wars, and m i n i upheavals that have taken pLace since
as the world's infrastructure deteriorated simply died, the same as then. b c h of the 981 w r l d s in RSB has had this much more
any nongeneered human would have. history add& ta it by the New Era. Some of these changes will
A t ~ program
l is currently underway on Nadrin (SM3123, page be long over, but their effects will live on into 1202 i n the form
47) to evaluate the usefulness of the fonkwreen adaptations to of social inequalities, resentments, or unfinished business like,
environments with trace atmospheres, which are possessed by the say, the petid between 1918 and 1939.
majority of worlds ctarsed as "desert" try their trade classification, It

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ewr, the Mol i s not engaged in geneering programs. Instead, it
ronccntratcson using existing human, technobgical, a n d planetary Utsbesyuh (formerly 495-5241 (28023: As the Col!apse caused
assets in the most effective and beneficial possible manner. To this disorganization among the Vargr rulers of this world, the Droyte
end, they are engaged in prolects such as that on Nadrin. population stag4 an uprising and gained control of the world.
Same isolated bnndsofVagr remainon theworld, which theOroyne
Deneb Subsector D: Million have renamed Utsbesyult, but they are mt considwed citizens.
The Million subrector is completely outside of the Regency, m t
even the Regency Frontier extends into this sukator. However, it
b patrolled by squadrons of the 61st and 125th Fleets, based
respectively in the neighboring bntra and Namidshur subrecton
(Deneb/C, facing page, and DeneWC, page 58).

The lmperlal Calender

Theimperialcalendaris a sirnplechronologlcalnumberingof days in a 365dayyearfrom 007 to 365. It contains ncmonths, although
days are divided into the traditional swen-dayweek, In order to allow an intqer-number of weeks, one day a yeat is set outride of
the week structure (52x7=364, leaving one day ldt over). This day i s called Holiday, and b the first day d theyear, 001.
Imperial convention assigns simple names to each day of the week: Wonday, Tuday, Thirday, Fourday, Fiday, Sixday, and Senday.
The standard abbreviations for these days (ldy, M y , 3dy, M y , 5dy, My, 7dy) show thdr derivation, Holiday{Hdy) is a uniqueday,
%curing only once a year, and doer not fall in any week.
gecavse the imperial calender consists of an intqral number of week, there i s no slippage between date and day of the week,In
atherwords, day 008of anygiven yearwill always fall on Senday. Incidentally, this means thal thereis no irnpetiat conceptcomparable
to "Frfduy h e 13th," as 013 falls on Fiday wesy yeat.
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KuMshush(0917): H o m m r l d o ftheCl'lu, Kubishush K6V K9V
has ammonia oceans and a very dense atmosphere, K6V K9V
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as i s w i t n a s d by their tech level. Despite their techml-
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a secret Psionics Institute. The institute, l m t e d in the 1620 D682232-3 Lo NI 401 Re K1 V M 9 0
hame of a Dr. Edmond Kalwatos, was destroyed during the old infltute (SEE TD 19).
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Dunmag) m m C2 Y
M t h the abandonment of the subsector capltaf a t CZ Y
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(2019)- The subsector was renamed for its new capital, feiltro FBV M7V
a tradition which is often obsewed, though not ahuays. f8V M7Y
The Namidshur subsettor is defended by the 125th lmlaar MSll K5CS.Y
Fleet. which maintains ib headquarters at Shinorasus MSII U V
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It was cut off early on by Z hadani advances, and spent M2 v
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37) until its breakout in 11 10. K8V MSV
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Regency Quarantine Districts. RQD 3 runs rimward Pqam K S Y M1 D
K7V
fmm the Antra subsector (DeneblC, page 54) into K7V
Namidshur and terminate at Orenberg (2011) and bmag M3Y M I D M I D
Qiirki (21 11). There worldsare alx, part of RQD4, as the M3V M I D M I D
dirtrich werlap to prwmt perceivd gaps in areas of lutx*k G 9 V KQV M6V
rmponsibility ( h R s ) . RQD 4 runs from these worlds C9Y K9V M 6 V
rimward into the Usani subsector (DenebIK, page 62). R Q Q 3 is measures to keep a restbe populationInline, as isoften thecase. The
defended by the6lst Fleetand RQD4isdefwrdedby the183rd Fleet world simply rqulres a great deal ofcare to kwp its population alive
Dltskl (27 11): Although i t is iocated in the Regency Frontier, the on a small and very inhospitableworld, Those who iive there a f i m
small population of Diiski elected not to take part in the Abandon- the structured natureofits society and usually embrace the pacifislic
ment (see page 11). Reasoning that a kspitabte world would ethic that g w with the world's general prohlbirion of weapons.
support them even if ttxhmlogy failed, they made their technolqy Shlnorasus (1918):This world was colonized by a small group of
as safe as possible and continued living on their world. familiesfrom Namidshurwhowerefed upwith the world'sstructure
Gil kusu (23 16): Giikusu, a frontier world, lost a lot of ppulation and law Iwel, seeking, as do many colonists, a place where they
during the Abandonment (page 111, although it remains a high- could simply be Eeft alone to do whatever they please. H o w ,
population world. unlike many colonists, these were not members of a repressed lower
Kadldun (21 54): Kadaun gained population and organization class with nothing but the clothes on their backs, but were wealthy,
from refugees fleeing Ciikvsu during the Abandonment (see page skill4 professionals who built Shinorasus as a libertarian paradise. in
11). a dramatic statement typical of the world's residents, the world's
Namldrhur (2019): New submtor capital after former capltal, capital, St. Valle, has no permanent inhabitants. It is intermittently
Dunmag (2413) wound up in the Regency Frontier. Namidshuralso manned by rnem'tsersofthe ppulnce on a rotating schedule. Those
was the recipientofolhw ci~urnstance-dictatixlFargtrse in thefom who "hwe the dutf oversee the world's automated archives and
of Deneb Sector's R-earch Station Gamma (GIwhich was relocated function as thewrld'rkretaryaf Statetoallshipswhichcsllduring
from Maelstrom (2522, page 63) aftw it too would up in the less that period. Howww, the full title is Lord High Governor, Shinorasan
secure frontier. Plenipatentiary, and Grand Pooh-bah, and most Shinorasam on
This warld's law lwel does not reflect the need for repressive duty demand their vi~itorsto use t h e full title at every opportunity.
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Unfortunately for the colorful and cantankerous Lo Ni 820 W F8 V
Shinorasans, their unintempted paradise became an- LoNI* 8320 WI F8 V
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Although the 5hinorasans protested the intrusion, the
~egenc)rexercised its right 'of eminent domain and built the base Wth the world's vulnwabihty (*peoplein glass bum..."), It ws
anyway, although they do what they can to stay out of the locals' hard-hit bythe Abandonment (seepage 1I), losing about two-thirds
way, and cspccially do not avail themselver of the over-priced of itJ population by 1136. (Ironically, a vwy large n u m k of
starship maintenance services, wing the naval yards instead. Kiirindorians found their ultimate home in the S w r d Worlds
resettlement program, spe page 45, which in retrospect could be
Deneb Subsector H: Atsah said to be like jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.) Those
The Atsah subsector lies almost entirely outside of the Regency's who remained on Kiirindor either trusted in the proteztion of the
area d pro!xtion-only two of the subspctofs worlds, Erita (2519) Rqency Navy and Quarantine Sewice, added robust cornpamen-
and Kiirindor (2520) remain wen in the Regency - . Frontier. The taliration to their homes, or, in most case, bath.
remainder of the subsector is Wilds. Zegan (2717): The underground cities of this wr!d were fined
These b w worlds are incorporated into Quarantine District 4, with with completely independent, closed ecologies, and it was t h i s
whose capital is a t Usani (2125, page 62) in the Usanl subsector fact which saved many inhabitants when Mrus hit the already
(DenebfK). A.r partofRQD.4, thesewoddsaredefended by the 183rd decimated, embattled trailing d g e of Deneb. Mort of the world
Fleet, also headquartered a t Uani (2225, page 62). mught safety within the Rqency safe. Those few remaining are
Kllrlndor (2520): This world was colonized from Erlta (2519) and surface-living desert dwellen, including jonkeereen (page61), which
obtained its independence in 1 t 25. The atmospherictaint is carbon comprise some 40% of the population.
dioxide, which maker theworkl pleasantly warm, although the thin Port Comfort (ex-0g Bere') (281 2): The w r H of Og Bwe'was
atmosphere is difficult to breathe. Kiirindor is known as the "Class depopulatedduring the Collapse. Later FreeTraderscameacmssthis
House World," because virtually its entire population lives in glass- rather pFeasant world a n d eventually made it a s a f ~base of opeta-
rwfed homes all of which are literally a r h r e t a or greenhouses in tions. These traden also cautiously welcomed Vargr c o ~ i as n
order to convert as much carbon dioxide as possible into oxygen. kindred spit$&.Each ship's crew has itr own 'Trih" of mainrenance
Most homes are thwefore self-suficient in f d s t u f f r, and produce penonnel and dependants on this world.
enough surplus that each home is a small truck farm.
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Qeneb Subsector I: Star Cane
The star Cane rubsectori s defended by the 196th Fleet, Mushlnag
headquartered at lrnone (0826).
hkigaak (0629):Arkigaak is the most highly ppulous h a
world in the Regency, with over 100billion penons. Such
worlds were exceedingly rare anyhere in Charted Space,
even before the Collapse. Askigaak, as a small world with
a thinatmespherecan onlysuppottsucha populationwith
M U N ~technological SUppOrt. Asklgwk
Chaosheo (0130): Home to the ~ g mrace t known as
the Shl'awei. The Shi'awei are unusual in that they have Shm-Yang
wolved for Bfe in the decpest ocean, In a Ilght-indepen-
dent ~cology.Rather than using stellar energy to fuel Nc*9
photosynthesis, as in typ~calplant-based ecolagles, the
Shi'awei's ecorFtem is based on chemorynthesir: the Sultam
metabolism and derhratfon d energy from the chemlcah
(especially hydrogen sulfide) In the very hot, rn4neral-rlch
,.,-
water that is expelled from the geothemal ventr in their , , I
seafloor habitat. This ready availab~lity
of mineralsandhigh
ternperaturn has allowed the Shi'awei to achiwe skills in Skop)eh
metal-working (an unusual opportunity for a n aquatic
species), and have advanced to the aquatic equivalent of Bwnbm
TL 1. tn physical form, t h e y have bulky, bullet-shaped
bodim quipped with four evenly-spaced arms. Buki mg
Imperial law was specific that low-technology Indig-
enous cultures were to be protected from interstellar contact, and HRD is host to large numbenof Dmyneconsultants, so plonlc m a r c h
ChaoshmwasinterdidedbytheltSSforthatrea~on,Thischangedinthe seem to be a prominent subject of itJ inquiry. (Relerea only, see poge
year 1073 when a statship (the liner bhgadu) misjumped and crashed 83,)
into the Chaosheon ocean, alfowing the curious Shi'awei Po explore the jonkeer (1324): The lnhabitantr of thls w d d , the jonkeereen
ship and meet iu living suwivm. Since this contad, the world's travel (singular: jonkeefin) are geneered humans, created by lmpwial Minimy
zone was upgraded to amber, rfiowing limited and carefully-observed of Colonizationfor life in desert mvironmentr. lonkeemn are tall, thin,
trade. and dark-skinned, wlth protective membranes shielding their eyes and
ears. More important than there cosm&ic differences are sophisticated
Deneb Subsector j: Vincennes changes to their metabolism that allow them to survive in the tempera-
The Vincennes subsector i s protected by the 258th Fleet, with its ture ~xtwmesof the dry desert environment. These metabolic and
headquarten in the HAD system (1623). biochemical changes have created unintended sideeffects in the
MRD (1623): Originally establish& as an Imperial Navy r m e a ~ h Jonkeereen psychology; theyare nozabtyconservative, and, whlle highly
center, HRD is now a think tank whose only export ir information and cooperative with other jonkeereen, are insular and dirtant In their
analysis. Unfike research stations, however, it i s not a unified gwern- interactions with non-jonkeereen humans. Relations between the
ment-own& operation. HRD consists of a large number of r o m m e ~ i a l Ionkcereen of Jonkewandthe Imperialauthorities havebeenso badthat
analytical groups, all competing for government contracts. the jonkeer population has staged two rebellions against imperial
Operations in HRD have long been the subje3 of public speculation, power, specfically the Mlnistry of Colonization, in 1083 and again in
but these rernain secret, if only for proprietary reasons. It ir known that 1 7 01. Both were put down, and relations have become better slnce the
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0921 8764767-A A & l b 005'17 220 Re S S V
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Ibix 5925 6332245.9 LoNiPo 901 DD K l V M 3 V
0025 C332345-B LoNiPo 201 R KPVMZV
Sipedwr 0929 E353LARS Ni Po 902 00 KOV M4 D
0929 03537AB-A Po 202 Re KOVM4.D
AmVr OQ30 B683697-8 A Ni Rl 723 DD CZV
0930 8683757-8 k Ri 723 Re G2V
IN~W 1023 B7R3620.C W Fl M 101 DD M 6 V M 6 V
1023 RJR3620-E W Fl 203 Re M 6 V M 6 V
p f i ~ 1025 €424752-9 401 DO M l V K 7 Y K 7 V
1025 D424752-8 601 Re M l V K 7 V K 7 V
Bolrnan 1026 C5387A9-8 501 DO M 3 V MOV
1026 C5387A9-A 801 RP Mv13VMOV
1030 879h678-9 Nl Wa 702 DO MZY
PRge lOlD 819MiE-8 Nl Wa 902 Re MZV
VT~CHWU~ 1122 A889AA6-G H In Cp 113 OD K7VM7VClV
1122 M 9 9 W H In Cp 213 Re K7VM7VC;lV
EYS 1123 lX79443.7 l o Ni 913 DD FIV
1123 D6795438 Ni 113 Re F1 V
adrha 1128 C l W M 5 HhNaVs 210 DO M6V F3V
1128 A100A9A-F S HhtrEaVa 510 Re M6VF3V
Perez 1221 55362244 Lo Lo1 801 DD M6VKBD
1221 C536224-8 Lo Ni A201 Re M6VK80
Montme 1223 C6831W-7 Lo Ni 122 OD G8V
1223 C68 3204-8 Lo NI 222 Re CBV
ArhRnadrxl 7224 A3477BBA 4 701 DD M4V M 7 V
1224 A3477BB-C 4 901 Re M 3 V M7Y
M?JW 1226 BZ01553-F 5 kNIVa 524 00 M611
1226 B.ZOISS3-F S kNIVa 724 Re M6 I1
Domain war isolated under Nods' leadership. T a m Nen 1227
1227
M658A-B
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4Ni
&4w 121
221
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Rc
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KJV
jonkeemn are b a t adapted t o worlds with breathable
atmospheres (coder 4-9). Many worlds named "desert" by w 1229
1229
C3008CE-7 5
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NaVa
NaVa
102
702
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their trade classification have problem far worse than the 1323 fi67259.5 La Ni 513 DD FZV
lack d water--only radical geneering allom unassisted 1323 0567459-7 Lo Ni 713 Re F 2 V
respirationin very thin atmospheres, and on a world where jonkew 1324 C4QORC9-9 S De 401 DO M l V
death resuh f m n the lack af a respirator, being adapted to 1324 C4510RCC-9 5 De 501 Re M I Y
lack of rno~stureis az bfit a marginal advantage (as can be g32l425C LoNI Pa 70'1 DD K ~ V G O D M Q D
seen by the example of Malory, 7309 Deneb, page 54). In 1327 8321425-0 Lo Ni Po BOli Re KPVCODMOD
fact, thelonkeereen traits are not only suited to worlds with brdm 1424 E552652-7 Ni Po 301 DD M1V
1424 C5526524 Ni Po 901 MlV
hydrographic codes of 0;thelr artificial adaptations would K, 1426 CS12103-B k Lo Ni 313 DO M 3 V
also be useful on hot, low-tech waterworlds where fresh 1426 C512103-E k Lo Ni 213 Re M 4 V
water rs scarce. Cardmine 1428 C66557E-7 4 n 921 OD F9V MOV
The jonkeereen are spread through much ofthc Regency, 1428 8665678.9 k M 521 Re F9Y MOV
and comprise a lignificant proportion d the population of 1*rl 1429 E36598hJ HI 521 DQ F7V MOV KOV
10 ather worlds. For other jonkeereen populations, see 1429 D36SARA.B Hi 821 ~e F ~ MDV
V KOV
Quapist (221 5 SM, page 42), lanic (1 924 SM, page 461, Emtam 1430 CK41M).& FlbM 901 OD M3V K9 D
1430 C9C42DO.C FI to N1 501 Re M3V K9D
'adri~131"SM,~age47),Pene10~(0533SM,~agc48), g& 1522 C68M574 5 Nimwc. 324 DD F9V
Meliorand Callia (1 736 and 3 836 SM, page SO), Taa (6701 1522 C68A657-9 5 Ni R i Wa C:7 524 Re FPV
Deneb, page 52), S q a n (271 7, page 591, Verd (1 524, this V& 75-24 €15&4354 DcLoNtBa 102 DD M2VM7V
page), and Atab (1433 Deneb, page 65). 1S24 01 50433.9 IkLoNFPo 302 Re MZVM7Y
Jonkeereenmay also be found in small nurnben in the HRD 1623 A401654-F N IcNaNiVa 810 DD M5Pll
derert environments of many (even non-"desefl") worlds, 1623 A401 775-F N Ic Na N I V ~ 220 Re MS I11
but only as recent pst-Collapse arrivals, not as established WJr 1626 C230225-9 DelbNlPo 310 DD K t V M60
cornmunitie~.Fora related topic, we *Malory," page 54 (lee 1626 030225-B IkLaNiPo 230 Re K 1 V M6D
also M77 3).
Perez (1121): t l t m w w l d of a saplent race, now pm- -'tO1
tected because it has been abused In the past by Vincennes'
hungpya
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from these beings vla cruel, unethical, and deadly procfises. Undra~ech orbit each athwata greatdlstrncer Cuazhlmllmls lltrelf the
Vlncennes (1 122): Although TL-16 technology b more widespread primary of the Paven subsytem which indudes the agricultural world
than in the Imperial era, TL-16 Wncennes b still unsurpased in the Paven, producer of molt of Vinccnnes' fwd.)Thlsstellargeometrygrves
Regency in technology, and ir m e of miy two TL-16 Industrial worlds Vincennm four seasons (although ~incek has no significant axia! tilt,
in t heRegency. This is prima rilythe result of the Regenws explictt policy these are not seasons in the clauic sense): winter, when it 15 on the far
to raise the average technology of all is4 worldr as a group, with TL-15 s~deof Ember from Undraaech, summer when it Is between the two,
being the tech lwel "cap," rather than attowing itr high-tech worlds to with spring and fall and fall being the approaching and receding
race on ahead. Hcwever, cxpwtJ agree that Wncennes ir an imminent intermediate positionr. Mean surface temperatur~range from -20 in
TG t 7 miety, "just add water," with a significant amount of TL-17 the winter to 66C in the summer, and thls wide thermal range create5
technolqy exist~ngin prototype form. tremendously violent storms, meaning that Vincennes' surface ir not
Vinctnnes is also unusual because of Msstitrsystem's layout.Akhough habitable. The wotld's extensive population llve eithw in vast u n d e ~ e a
k t rue primary(1n thatwncennes rpceivesits lifesustalning energy from mtroplexix near theworld's t ole continent or in 31 gravitic cities which
this star) is the K 7 V Wndraaech, vincennes orbib around the M7 V float close to the surfan in the mild spring but climb to high altrtude
Ember, which itsetf orbib Llndraczech. p h e C1 V, Cuazhirniim, and during the violent seasons.
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the R q c n r y .
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p k n a ~ j r t aT h e c D m b i n a b i D n d t h t w g k C I t h b ~ a n m Dawn 1336
habrtable nm.Trrrvn o c c u p n thb m,and l w a ch~llyendmnnmt, 1336
Khuaeakha (ex-Erufort) (0638): A l t h q h most d the Aslan
inrurston$mcurred In Trolan R e x h and Spinward Marches, m e
rrachpd inta D m b . Thrs r e ~ l l t Ind appr~riaMcArlan p a p u l a r h
on m c d d s , and t k wwld d Brufon was g h over to AtIan
control and ~ u b ~ q w n trtm y m d Khuaralrha
ME Ill
Deneb Subsector N: Zeng Agdh MB Ill
The Zeng w b s ~ t o ris ddcndPd by thr 2bO(h net htadqwr- Pahm kq V
turd at Dawn ( 1 336)- The portion of t k Regency Fronti~rin the Beta A9 V
Zeng b u b ~ c t c wIs part of Quarmtine District 5. although most of &lab C7V M7V
this =tion d the f r o n t i s falls in the Kamlar I U ~ K C ~ M
IhC
, next C7Y M7V
subwcta to trailing (page 63). wn
al K9V M 9 V CZD
Dawn (1 336): Th15w a t c d d wppatr M c m p k d y ide K9V M 9 V G 2 D
p d e n t cultures: w in orbit and wrc h a t lnrc on the mean"$ -1 MO II
rurfxe In freefloating Mokmnii(*ship ciln"). Tkarbrtd papub- MO II
tian IS wcr250.000. and the r c n 4 d k r J numbnaImo~t400.000. &&-Tw MI Y
Dawn's l~stedtech h l correpmds to Ihr orbital culture. tk MI V
Mnkranrln haw a trch W l d 9. Dawn's nmal bdx ir located in MI Y
the orbital community, but hips bawd thre make txtmslvc uw MI V
ot rht ocean$ b . d w for r a l i n g . Ralm F2V C70
No land w h a m r breaks Ihe l u f ~dt OBwrl's d d w a n , F3V $ 3 0
~crthe Matran11contan at1 d the industrid lacilitin to esploit the p h K7 V
mean's rlchel- kelp farms and fib ranch.?%, hydmthemal p o w K7 Y
genwation planb, ~ubmarinrdocks for vphickr that C O T ~ K ~ mineral I& MBII A20
WU~ I the waflmr, and vast COIIK~WZ
from for the t ~ o ~ d~ r y M8111 AZO
dlsrotvcd minerals. kik CIWKSD
The world gets Its name from i t s atmospheric talnt: Lhc C1 IV K S D
a h o e r e ' r neonand argon taint create rmriwr and sun&% that m m CDV
an breath-takingto uiritorr, but which the Imll have long since GO Y
accepted a%rwtrnc. leclfe F6 II
Depot Beta (formerly Pshur) (1432): Aha thc v m p i n flcct F6 II
invaded thr Rcgcncy and d ~ n r t n t c dTrin, t b Admiralty deter-
mined that DWI& nnccd a mod depot. and rkctcd to build it in the Parhus gy.Moroynnga snrmd both populr dcbrltynnd pd~sim contmpt
l with
sytem. The wigmat Oeneb d e w was r a m 4 &pol Alpha, a d the d y tkeuiws,md crrortdly died under myltaiass circrcmstanca. Nrwthebs,
tonstnlctpd me war, named Depot Beta. t k Imperim t d hir wotk wiovrly enough to create Dmwb's RS% to pursue
Note that the work) s I K I ~sbll rcllrins t k nane Pmhvl, It Is only thr sytm'r, M o t o y q a ' l l~ufiu.
name which har becn rhangd. Conspiracy thcwirb (dwhkh Ihm1% sadly rws my s-• In civilized
Pmhw Ir the s i t e d Rcwwrh StatioA Lctn(RSQ, whkhcmUnun thtworkd sockty) rnainw'n that Orpol Beta w a conrvuctd d d y m a c o w fw thc
rlrhak Mwoyanga (8 18-881 ). Mwoyanga was a cmawcrrid M a in the field dramatic tempma! breaklhroughs that arc Ixieing made at R S Z By creating a
of temporal ph~rcs.H c b q a n h~scareera t the lurnprpace Inrtitute(~epngc62) huge naval presence in the syttm, r k Rcgcng gwcmment mn more easity
w h r t hisr~udlercwwlnced hlrn thntthcbmicprinriplnolrime waethemldves contrd p k k obxrvalion of the rTmr trawl pragramr bring ~ n d m a k mby !he
otha cxpresionr d t k -me p k m e n a that m r e ut~lizedby jump terhnd- Aegenry gwemmmt.
 Parr mdh S-n n'v d r1Clt duaL bthg
(S- C of TroJan ReKtck S e )
bJalome Hex UPP k w Tmde TrpC ab St&
Candta 1 80l ~ ~ 0 6 ~ 9 N4a NI Va 703 Na hrl7VMZD
Na Va 103 RP M7Y M2D
+% 804 CI F2 Y
704 rS FZ V
b N 503 Cz iFS v
&N 603 As FS V
H 520 W F6 Y
ti4 720 Re F6 Y
LoldPofl.I2lO8223, 5c F1 Y
LoNlhQ:2108 323 As F1 Y
FLi 510 OD M Y M7 D
HAW 210 Re F6V M J D
Ag NiRl 304 DD F7V
Aq NI Ri R1 904 Re F7V
NI 510 SF F6 V
Ni k O 710 k F6 V
bNiVaOPIO2 100 DP F3V
do Ni Va 300 Re F3Y
H&1hD;?l02 330 DO CZ V
2203 H b F o A n k 2 430 Re GZ v
Pax Rd~n 2204 IcLnNiVa 413 DD M8 111
2204 ICIDNIVU 314 Re M8 111
bysk 2 304 kr& El3 DDM1 V M4V
2304 kNa kO R713 ReMI Y M4V
Car= 2306 HikInNa AW ODF7V MSD
2306 Hi k In Na RJZZ ReFJV MSD
NI k 902 SFF9 Y
Ni Pw k4 102 k F9 V
De b103 DD M V
De A703 k A4v
ArloNI 230 DD FS V
ArLoNEkl 430 Re FS V

Pre 1719 MOV M7D MSD

Pis 1719 MOY M7D MSD
Saw 1816 F 9 HI MOD
1816 F9 131 MOD
N w n h One 1818 M8 V
1818 M8 V
lh?bUS 1919 M8 V
1919 MB V
Norlm 2018 C J V M90 M6D
Mkm 2018 U Y M9D M6P
Dgllrm 2020 F5V M4D MSU
2020
Wbq 2113
21 13
Vume 2115
2115
Thew 2116
2116

Cmdrllon 2411 C431210C La NI Po 922 DD K1 V

TROJAN REACH 2411 C431338-8 S,l LoNiPo ZZZ R K1 V
Tm~Rsachwarthearadh~tatlrrspsbltsrihlrybunto
~ht &n rl*dri. The rokkdellwn lm&al borrkr e~ cht cm%haltlnq v e e r d Vary -r h Ihc W h l <donla d Cm&n %or. T4w brt d there
Sindal(6)wbwClt~,andth~enmdmtToMa(H)mbucto1.AItenitgrlnboth M m h a M i t o h a v r & c l m ? ' b y - 1 4 € 0 .
thnerutRKtmluarbstkthctatc111 ~ b u t t h i r d r ~ u ~ W w i a c v m t u a ~ v r t d * l u d
byThe n w k t o r b h & , ~har14kcadla ofk l r n (who WKC& hk'Akxander Trojan Reach Subse&orC: Pax Rulin
Qunn m 11 Z 8 u p hir suladtmth the AIlan m v a m d T a b ) who mxkd piram
toenromgetheaxraaching~bmtorlqht mlh eachother, h u h ~ c y w e o n t too y
The Pax Rdn-tm dtndc$ by nmt m d *t Parkc
rnlllng To cb.
(2203). Itrftontrair partd AQD 6, whih hssdt rmpnwbilitylor the AJan hWxt
I t m m I m F a r ( 2 9 1 8 ) m ~ T ~ a w k ~ ~ p a g e 6 & ) t a C a n & { l 8 0 1thtc-ard
)at
Mmcfm Tmn Ra#h tr mnra $K lMsn name Ir nfDoi-d
A r c ~ w ~ c ~ t~ hh c tao rt w a r p t t ~ ~ W ~ ~ u p a t r i a t b e rh~ mdmcwbuaor.
hut-230fl l ew e m thepnfRmeobcf Vihnr G n g
w e not I ~ m a l ~ d o nW Ik"tnlO~:Bsn~warthtl'uIikdCRDktwcarmt)m-mdh
M a n lWlteaFp clan, WIkhttdyo,4M!hada Ioyh'Wwyd:tr&ewiththclmpxwn,
 GaauLtr s
-
, nR mmd I r n 2 olucPE
(3- D of T m j a n S-1
Nanw Hex UPP Bow T & TPPG & Stdor
Laha 2501 8533544-7 NI Po 303 DD MIVMlD
Labrador 2501 85335844 N i Pu 203 Pe MIVMlD
Mt 9 2602 800021 3 4 &LON# 523 DD M t V MSD
mu
C+
2602
2704
C000355-C
~ ~ n 5 4 5 5 . 8N
Ar Lo Ni
L~NI 814
423 Re MI Y MSD
DD F S V M P D M ~ D
2704 B545.110-9 Lo Ni 114 Re F S V M 9 0 M7D
Gazulin 2708 M86087-B A l
Q h 213 DU F3V
2708 A&36A9KA HbnU 713 & F3V
O'Me SJOlr 0879625-7 S Ni 604 OD MY
2709 C579740-9 Nr ka 204 Re F4Y
MaEbmvu~t2801 02007688 NaVaV2!Wb304 DO F1V
2801 D2007R6.9 NaVaAQ A104 RP F1V
Juncth 2ZR4 47637734 R 905 DO C9V M8 D
Mhwiho 2504 87637H4-7 W hAw A705 Re C9V M8 D
Peidot 2805 B9B9894d N IU 700 DO F3V M8 5
ZROS ~989894-c N w kl 200 Re F3V MAD
lrintw 2R07 8440J44-7 DebNlPo 703 DD F9V
2907 R4403SS-9 ClebNiPokO903 Re F9V
Bleak 2902 CKbZZS-9 5 $1 Lo frli An 309 DD M 2 V
2902 CK6S42-B T FICoNi An 804 Re MTV
I d 2904 BJ95553-B N AgNiC:4 101 DL2 K 6 V
2904 BJ95553.0N &ME4 301 Re K6Y
Miw 2909 A5606764 De Ni Ri 603 DD FOV
W k 2909 A5606KJ-B DeNiPlAw 803 Re FOV
Suranaw 2910 D68A43cll-S Lo Ni Wd 111 no FQv
2910 DbBR4304 La Ni Wa 211 Re SOV
627-301 3003 €000120-A AsCoNikB R911 W F3Y
Fiddls 3004 ;CX)00241-8 ds lob41 8tl Rc F3V
Nwmam 3105 8876A49-D N H In 123 90 G3V
3105 bA76AAq-F N Hln 323 Re G3V
Wah& 3107 D'103646-8 kNaNIVa 520 DO FIVMQD
3107 D30365EA kNaNiVa 720 Re F l V M 9 D
derirdan~d~thatvuoulddkmbdednatrsqrLcopn of f h e n o w p l e d their m a l t h lor thc &t.aMbhl)lmmt d n orgsntxath
wadware.kbwter. ILKh m m comp(md byother f ~ t i m + l obnt h drdrcatd to bade a d the l n c n a t d tech levels. Tht r a u f t was t r O C q whkh
Many F-I eIkriw 1~~~ to P to war with the arhlwd ~vcc- t h r q h trade and tht productm of high-t#h goads.
intrudeq wd other Man cbnr p d ~ e d
war ow wsucrfdan 1% ditant When the RFgmry govcmment abblrshed iblndustrtal Deuclopment Program
Ea~hhyhqmdikmatw~tnm~e~ F lfndt wda r r n u l d n l h l t b d m h h k * t
it brmwwl hewily from the rlgpcrtiw and structure of &KO. Many CeDCo
it w n n t a l~mperialW ~ A nude I 11 likely that fhb wuld pmw true. Sac&. by
e n t c u t k k a m e R ~ g m c y o f i c bal ~d p t i o n ~ rdh t G t ~ o ~ n l r n t r u c t u r e w r e
pwrsuelgw ~t ,h b b t r y h o ~ ~ d u n ~ u t t h * m d ~ e t h cnukhuf*ah I ~ h t ~ ~ ,
taken over whole by the Regency gwernrnen?and became local dlices 01 the
( ~ t 25) vkm w q h t w e vnth the tmperium. A d u t m that a l b d the I n d u ~ h ~Owelopmenn
al ndrnmbstrabon.
bhhliytia m, gavl remqth at the **pewd tJw Impmum and the I l r h t m l ~ wm
t r e u b * b toIhem.Shur tabti* p l c y war to p& mll~tary-awe to all i h d
I u c a (+leu d rbrr abhahon) wha pxwed mil~tarycmqwrla( n m bnch In the T aeachsubseaor 0:caxulfn
~ ~ J ~ ~
Impenurn. Thrr w u l d & 1 ~ ta1 the lire and gne greater *vmgm to the h k h t w . The Guulin w-tor ts by t f 2~0 2 d Ffktt b e d at Ncumnn
bttmpn at neg~tiation-s thdore fardoomd ro lablurt ul Img m ltsc Eahhr+o (3105). Neurmnn oned kqwd& of** * ~ F T ~~~d
*bfim. the
~ q u r r d m h q u a b o m m d t h e ~ r p ~ l ~ y w & t o . l o r c ~ b (t y ~hn rpr t r n ~ e ~ m ~P rW ~ n-I C hR W C ~ S rlmward Interim, N e u m n n fills
~Y ~ t5 I ~n ~ s t r / ~ l ~Inl fk
~ ~01
at wry o p t u n v v alro Survival M a r g i page ~ 19Rebllion b u r c c b d , i m W a n t FV, and w a ~~t~ the lndu~trtal
k e l o p m m t prqram
-
m MTI -,
. ., ?r b x , b l o w ) f u ivrt that r e a m .
Fidcll* (lomwrly 627-301) (3003):- lmpcrbr muarch l o t h In Inis ryltm
wasevacuated ~ntheprc-Cdlapw periodwhen it bcumermpossrbletodel~nd.The
Trojan Reach Subsector G: Slndal p r a m t poprlhtion d the %*tern c o m p n x m alter& dnbng colony rn* up d
The S~ndalsubwctor 8s ddmdcd by tbc 203rd fket, htadquartmd at N k larn~lle intendmg to m a k t a lrfe In the sptem. not c w p a t r e m p l o ~ s w h o c o m r
(221 1 ) . The Sin&] ftmtler Ir aim pfl d RQD 6, e Pax Rulln. abovt. an go basd upon thrrr tontrack srnk g a n the ~ysternrts npw name as
General V m l o p m ~ nCompany
t (GeKo): Thlrcompny waractlvc inftobn a cornrnrtrnmt that their wid WUM mf be abandon& I~ke1t5p r d ~ e s w rb t
Rcath and Rdt and drtm to the early @ % h e n Emp- Arbeflatrs fexttl@d m n y w l d rernarn a valwblc and valuCd membr d the Regency.
nobltsrn !he Irnpenurn'sbdec regronr &these rqmnrmreuncltutloped, many

R q e r y r lndurtrlal Development @ram: T h i s war one of the be fmocused ~n blngfngup as many sub-TL-IS w l d r ar porwiFe to thk
Regency's most impartant internal dwPlopment ldtlatlver of the peg- Imel. Only m e TL-15 idustrlal wld would be allowed to advance Its
Cdlapre pwiod. Its goal was the rncreaw of high-techdqy indu~trla! idustrfal bare to TL-16, and aRm intenrive lobbying by Clirten (2036
capability In the Regency, particularly i n areas which m e lacking such SM), Rhylanw (2n6 SM), Trin (3225 SM), Magash (0316 Orneb), Stam
centerr. Onmajor thrust of the programwas to identlfy~ndu$trlal worlds (1 41 7 Den&), and Tobia (321 5 TR), Mora was relected fw the h a ,
which c w l d k rapidlyadvancd to TL-15, and target (hem for intensive making it why the sffond TL-16 Industrial wwld in the Regexy, which it
Fdustn'al investmmt. 'bhe Regency govwnment a c c m p l i s h d this by remains in 1202. Although this decision did not go &wn wFI in all
provtding internst-freeqowmmen! ~ ~ n r f w i n h a s t r ~ t w e i m p r w m e n tquarters,
, aftw the decision s decade earlier to movp the DMwin capital
and by providrng grants to the high-tech industrial wortdr that would to Mora, it at least pr& brlunate that Trin war not chmen, given the
p r o d w e the experriw and eguipmmt that wwld make this possible. eventual fate of that wwd.
The second m a w thrust was the advancement of idustrial or non- Vlncennm w a s denid its recpFst to ad\tance to TL-1 7, and Its industry
Industrial early stdtar flLr 9-A) wwld5 to average d e l b r flL5 B-0) war primarily u d t o p r d l r eelected
~
Idustrial worlds. This was also accmpan~edby starpwt irnprmemmt 'be ulpd as I f m e multipl~m"rn an otnermse I L-I:, urciety.
hig h:payoH
+. -ta:hndogy that could -
programs, and addit~onallocal invmtmmt was also prwidd in tht lrwm The 26 worrlds m'glnally &eked fur this pfwrarn werr, J e w ~ (SM ll
of the construction of n m bases on t k ~ w e lds. 71'06, page 3 3 , Efate (SM 1704,p g c 381, Junidy(SM 3202, page 39),,
A total of 26 workis were chosen from the prqrarn, tn 21 subsectwr. Vilir (SM 1 1 I?, page 4 1 ), Pordo (SM 271 5 , page 43), Adablcci, tunion,
(A 27th wld was added later, spe 'Luclfa," page 64.) As can k and Stmuden (SM 1824,2124. and 2327,page 461, Mirrinrn (SM 0333,
Imaglned, thl5 programwasthe target of many attemptsloexert politIra1 page 48). bhS (SM 2035, page SO), Dodds (SM 2739, page 51 1, Urnar
favor~risma d pwnote local pork-barrelling, but Nonir himwlf exerted (Deneb 0609,page 52)" Liid (hneb 1016, page 57), kkigaak (Deneb
hi5 p m m l ~nflwnceby making it a Regmcy priority, and c r e a t d an 0629, page 60), I h i r i (&neb 1429, page 61), liran {&neb 1923, page
Independent ofire, the Induslriab 'Developmentm c e , to administer the 62), T w a y k a d N q h (0339and 0440, pagc641, Elad, Glranima, and
p q r a m which was a n w a b k dir~c!Jyto the Fir3t Regml. Pikhs (1 1 35, 1 334, a d 1633, page 65), Carar (TI?2306,page 66), Albe
One stipulation of this prqram was that technolqicar dwefopment p2271,page66),Neumann(TR 3 1 0 S , p a g e 6 ~ , H r d u s ~ 2 7 1 4 , p a g e
~ to avoid dilulinq thedfwt that w ~ l d 68), and Colony FFw @eft 0707, page 69).
bqPndTL-15 was w w e l y l i m ted,
 & NIRiAw 405
Lo N i 91 4
Lo Ni Aw 214
Na Va 3 30
NaVak3 430
Lo N1 203
Ekso~t 2520 Lo Ni 703
lntdia 261 2 Ui 7M
2612 Ni A9 904
Gor 2614 &Mm 403
261 4 &h!~Ri&a 803
FI MOO
FI PcZ A400
LO Ni 503
Lo NI 403
HI In 223
H In kf 223
Ni Wa 314
NiWakZ 614
4 h 812
Ri 712
De Nf Po 512
[kNiPoAw 712
Rs Wa A004
Bn wa 804
k N i b 110
DcNiPoAJ 210
Ic Na NCVa 402
k Na Ni Va k6 802
ho Ni 401
LO Nt 501
DarchoM 2P12 Bd9A742d. Wa 533 DD F9V
Trojan Reach Subseaor H: Tobla 291 2 B49A743-0 Wa kl 633 Re F9V
f3y 1120, thcmtireToblarubLettor, abngwith the SkrdalnrbreEtw $& 2915 ~ ~ 8 3 4 3 4 F1bNIkA 220 DD F 3 V MSD
ta Mnward, had tatkn to rhotn' Irruauon, atthough w m t ol thee 2915 CACB343-A A Fl Ca hli 320 Re F 3 V MSP
MI& reta~mdhuman majorrty ( h q h now subject) populaths. 2916 85208676 N OeN PaRBTS 1 1 3 DO FB V MS D
The arrwalof Rqencyforcm in 1t 31 was grcctcd wllh delir~wrjoy m i a h 2gl6 B5208LB-A N De Na Po AH 81 3 Re FB V M5 O
bythe human ~nhab~tanbaftff o m a decade d k l a n mcuption The Pist 2918 87894304 l o NI 313 Na F 1 V
Regency no bnger particularly k a n d full.xale war with the Pcrlan 2918 R7A969&D & NiR1A.l 312 Re FFV
Hjetate, and thlr lreed It to act with a stoic r ~ n f l d e n cthat t it had not Dims 301 1 Q3007554 N a Va 600 DO GOV M7 D
exh~btredbeforc, and thir new c o n M m e struck fear Inro the Wan, 3011 0300761.7 Na Va 03212 400 UP GOV M7 D
prompt~ngthem to accept I* bold acts a n d m t w into h w t (Xr Pbnet 3012 868710 0 4 La Nl 314 DD F I V
negotratim. The Regency k m that Vinn wa3 by far the greatest Uphinrtone 3012 0667220-B CoNt 414 Re Fl V
threat. and ln any went, an M a n - R q w y war wuld not h the la-it Aydem 301 3 A7407X4-0 N Ik Po D:9 A804 00 M2 V
m r d - V ~ n n w w l d d m t m y w h a t ~ r~ c t o n w e n lrfr behind. &dm, 3013 A7407X4-E A IDe P o h 904 Re MZV
h e Regencywar nsentially only rertoring 1b antebllum bwndariu, Pichol 3015 €546330.3 Lo Ni 123 W F1 V MBD
rearserrlng contrrrl WCT w r l d ~which . had rrsdi!~onallybccn Imperial. 3015 DS46330-5 LO NI 223 Re Fl V M&D
worfh until the late 11 101 New 3016 D6666W5 Ag Ni Ri 503 DD FPV
Many Aslan poptations ahando& their f m - l m p t i a l con- 3016 C 6 6 6 7 W Ag Ri A-1 203 Re F 9 V
qvestr durlng thlr perld, and on many wonfi zht remainder wen Khaliki 31 1 1 D l 1 156B-9 kMRBu12 215 00 FSV
5 u b t to vatyng F k p s of .justice* at the hands of their fwmrr 3111 D111568-9 kNiQ3212AO 315 L FSV
s u l q ~ b wh~h
, often I ~ M W vrnpk dtportation. Simdt 31 13 OAAOECC-5 De 701 Dfl FQ V
The Tobu w k t o r IS Mended by the 204th F k t , h e ~ u a ~ t r d 3113 CAA08A5-S De A0 601 Re FOV
atAyidmr(3013). Its frontrtr~sprtof QuarantlwDirtrlct 5A. % p a d d l t ~ 3116 CJSZWL-4 Hih 404 Dl3 F9 V
fmm RQD5in 1140 with theannexat~nd r h e IJan&{sec page 1.2 3116 R752RAF-IS, 5 PaA2 404 Re F9V
and 33). tt was clear that patrolling thls rn terntoy would wcr. Wi 3117 M31358-E LaNiPo 311 DD M 7 Y
stretch t h f o r c e assigned to ROD 5, u, RQD SA war spl~toff lrom it 3117 8437358-F N L a N ~ P o k l 311 Re M 7 V
to p t r o l w h t o n I and K (page 72) md the ltretrh of frontier ~ ~ v M Q X W 876779A-7
3119 && 513 DL3 f 8 V
&king this area, bqlnnkng to cor&tra~llngat Thnnurdd (Rdt 041 6, 31 19 C767718-5 &aN 313 RF F8V
page 69)and running nm.spnward to the rimwardmdol the Rqency 3232 A6755.12-8 N Plf Ni 805 DD FSV
Front~erin the Toba s u k t o r . 3212 A67SS75-D N PQ Ni k2 905 Re F5V
Due to the lack of adeqwrt &sing facflltbln hthracgmcy Frontier K#lus 321 3 DS67400-3 Lo NI 913 DO F8Y
Ihlf,the 128th Fleet Ir headquatad a t TobB (32!5), nncf not in the 3213 D8675394 La Mi A9 213 Re FBV
Ironher ~ bas l l 1% the caw ~nRQOr 3 and 4 Tobia 3215 A444A55.F N Hi In 203 OD F7V
I m i (291a~ In mntrart to thc ex-t d ottm Arbrrulstd 3215 6444A58-F IN H In kl 303 Re F7V
wrldr, 1- Benelitted from norrvrolcnt and kl@dArbn i n v a m n t . 3219 BSA9764k RAn0327S 110 Na M6ll
With th h d a - -turn d u r i y the Cwl War, the I m 3219 CShS6Jh-R FIhfiAnk-3 810 W F M6II
ccawmywa4dbyAsbrt ~ m t w m Mantrzdmmre Hthkntxm
ar ~
o n r h n ~ d . I n r d u m l o r ~ n j r n r t r t m e n ~ ~ ~ w c r e g a n ~ & u n d W l a sf~r twr n l eh l u b u r f o r ) ~ w ( Y l t a p ~ c a d t o k a n A s b n u m k t a k c o v t r m d
in the t r n i m our- Given t h c h r a c t e r d lmkaan bnd ( ~KC& t a Otvrt wdd), reklted. Wan art uJcr to start than they arc to end.
the human rnhabtane f& fortunate mdPed dwl ranerx~warld pay ttrem fa tha Toblr (3215):Joba n cm of the c m u l vrorlds d the RegcnEy, mdwdng the
racko r e d state The Hwld'l m h r m b now 89% f i n . r l m w a r d c x t r m d c b d e f m ~T. o k h n o t only ~ l u k t u c n p l t i i h , Iisoncdmly
~
Flrt (2918): ARothcr lacalm d bna Mm-humat fighting, T k d s g~vcrrc 16 Tl-I5 tndmnbl md& in the Rtgmcy, ard is the r i m w a r d . m d t h e . In the
mcnt, kduld paww,c m W &for k&n wtttdwwnt. W h thcdqustcd antebrllum p-idTobla had a h bcm tht kc r o t capipiul, hut the Wenv has
p l a c e werthrm t h gwwnmrnt and de-mndpd t h a t the k b n +q the k b n d l r p e n d edth thrs l a t kgailm, ~ as rt onty hokk one-quarta d the =!or.
r d d ; hey h d gotten ha bnd lair and W r e . Naturally, war raulted Tobra Ir alsa the headyarlen d the 128th Fleet who* arca d rmpnslblllty
Intclla (2611):L~kellm~raalabwe), Adan came to 1ntelraas irmrton, buyhgwt (Aof?)1% xtuatly to trarl~ngin Quaranhnc Bsmrt 5A, HOWWET, because of rht lack
the agr~cutturalworld's la~lingmeat-packing lndurtry Marurally ihc n m Adan ofsu!bblefac!l~tInin the fltet'l AOR, ltsadrn~nistratwehtadquartm(mdctnter for
crmm offered iobr to poor memben d thew clans. h t the hurnanr d thts world xheduled m ~ n t m s n c ewailabtl~t~esand overhaul) n placed farther to the rear than
(whlch war suffcrrngdimzrws uncmploymnt becawst d tht lmpcriat wrrhdrawal 1s the caw w~ththe bree othcr hontict ffeeb.
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Wyokhcfao (fwmcrly &stton) (0118): Bas~ionMlhYyokhcfao war the d g l n

point of much of the kJbn encroachment In this area lncludlng that d
Tonnurad, beb.0riginally an Imperial world with a naval bare, Bartion was
abandoned in theearly Cwrl War p r i d , a n d at and ib b a ~ were
e taken ova by
Ulc a h a n c ~ n gdrlnn Hreakhad clan who u~cd~ h cworld as a springbard fot
RkUPArn further penetration of the Domnln.
Tnnnurad (0416): Tmnurad wnr h e site of =me of thc hewlest hat&
Domain fighting of the Sivd War era. The m a i n actually lost control of the
world te the Arlm cncrmchns, andonly rcgaintd it by the unilateral cuttnrion
af !he Rcgerxy front~trdutingthe early dayr of l h t creation of the Quarantine
Macon (page 8).

Reft Subsector B: Macon

\.. kwr~dits&thtMacnw~tordoclrothanawbvaorcapitaldIts
cwn:it i~w#mdfrwn Lintl(0503)ln thcVer~swbKCtorfOrpinward. I-~WWY,
k m Ir b r to a~!kgmqfleet, the 74h,h e a d q w t d at Ywne (I 103). The
74th is "duaChatttd' mth thp pmt~ctiand tht Mxcm w k t w ar d l as the
tx~cnriwQuwnntinc [Sl~triEn5.1t.l primaryana of r ~ p n s r b r l i(AoR).
t~
Cal~katrrnPorntr Rampan a d Rulwark are panol' t k CP ne& IMalbm
pasrage along h e vlilckkk d the Regwrcy Fronlrer. Thfi s l b Regffrcy
~ Nay and
RQSfmer to tnterrmptlntnderr bdoretllejactuallyentertheMwdFdareardthe
F m w r (Y Rcge~cyWc. T k CP network allw* €htRegmcy's patrol e n v w to
btpudwdfarthrrarl ~ntotkWldrtomakethebdenthatr n ~ der, h by allowing
the threat to kcktmyedwhilestillinIhcMldr, war karttoalbwactvancedwaming
Ark pcket face3 J m the Ihrtar c b m .
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C
a E Reft Subsector F: Sagittarian
The Sagittarfan l u h t o r r m l a i n r only on wodd, well outside af the
w w
... 5 Rcgeracyfrhntier into theWld3. Its Calibration P d n t ~ a r cu K d by the m
Nwy and Quarantine Servlce lor deep space 5 w c e p of the rR.
y
CP Baron alroallowr appmach to the Islandsfrom coreward. I t h&!ikatrty
@KKI far from the rrlands so that hrgh.jump Rrgcncy ships can lump from
mAROU Baron into the lslanrk but h u - t t c h Id.mdsr sh~prrannot jump from the
Islands out into 1hc Regency CP netmrk.
CP5 Charlie and Glary are primarily connKtor CPs, providing xcess 4th
parallel no the frontier or to and from the Rcgcncy intwIcw t o moredrrwnt CPI
like 'Baron. They are not opcn to pubfiE w commaclat t r A i q and ~ h r i p r miw
Iwatronr a d beacon c e d a art not avallablt to the p b l i c .
R'bak (1 374): Meteor s w a m t makc nav~gatlcmIn this syrtm wty hmad-
w ~but , the tmperid-era interdiction order Irnor related tothir. T h d d itself,
. .. but not the sytem. w a r p l ~ & u n d c r i n t c r d i c t i ~ l t o p r o thedd'rculture,
t~t
humans h a t h i d fallen back to barbarism. Hourwer, many M i w d that the
intmdlction was a c w e r lor rn~litaryresearch, as the world'%surface c o n t a t d
interior to the rim-trailing homier. unuwal tddormr and extensive pslanic activity.
Untl (05031: Clntl wrwd as the pmvIncial capltal d Reft %tor for the XSrc rytern" starport war an orbital facrl~tyoff of 'the interdtcted w r l d
h a i n of Deneb. and conrlnues in this role for the Regency, adding the small surface.
collect~onof worCd5 in Usher /E) and Macon (B) \ubsecto~to its puwim.
Reft Subsector C: Two Llttle
Reft Subsector E: Usher The worlds d df & r e wbxtorr wl this p a y fall out$& d
T h e U ~ r w b s P E t ~ ~ n o t r n a i n tits~~;itisachhishrpdhwn
ain Lind protectedspace.H-er, they arc patrolled by h p r w e c p s of the 74th Fleet,
(0503)in theYertus lubwtor to coreward. Usher ir Mended by the 74rh a d based in 6 140 5 to their cer. Ar wlth 411 cahbration points, the CPr in thew
128th FIetr, who= primary AoRr are RQDs S and 5 4 but &ich shaft rhe sub rector^, afefwmilitaryuw-only. chdrprec~w I ~ a t i o n ~ a n d l x a cco n
d a are
pntrolling of the V ~ h e lubwctot.
f clarsHied.
hldaya (02 1 2): A+ is m r h c r fwmer Impeld wakl zh4t fdl to hMm Znrnorm (flO8): ThFs world was struck by a vampire ship In 1 143. In the
(Hrenlrtari ckn) but wal reirworporated (mattrr-of-fxdy anrered ir a g d recowry which lollw&, thc world's Droyrw tmk the 1 4 , and today are the
d r x n p ~ ~ o&ring
n] Itw e s W ~ t h m md t t k Qwranrin (wpage 8). rulers of the m l d .
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habitation dunes hwe falled ovw the past d d e s . This life support crids
has cauwd the &dl te unify Its gwemment beneath a ruling class of
technrcianr w h make ail of h e worlds d~isionsb a d wl their technical
fewability and value to the wrld as a h o l e .
khuunl(2P04): When ships stopped visiting thlss~tem,approximately
half of the mulation decided to abandm thewrld Mwe the lifesupport
Reft Subsector D: Barker farled. Two bulk tranqmrts were taken wer, a d averloaded with fuel and
krnorac (2509): Although thismld has a critical mid-rift psition and pasmgers. They then W e d coreward, intending la undertake deep
is st111v l s i t d by Regexy Navy sweeps, the Rqency w a s unable to actlwly space refueling. It IS not known what became of these ships.
ddmd I! In the port-Cdlapre petid, and i f i naval b a fell ~ Into diwepa~r.
Howevec, its strongly pro-Regency Inhabitants continw to mainlain H h a l
stanhip faciiitra they can, and makc sure that all Regency personnel haw Reft Subsector C: Lost Way
a very pleasant planerfall. ' s wwld ir regularly visited by the R q x q Navy and
This s u b ~ ~ t wonly
CP Alonza (2503): This deep CP suppork d e p space m p s and aFm RQS, as it is a ccuctal rnld-ritt cmsvwds .of the v a r l ~ deep
s rpwe sweep
prwidm acccu to cw~wardto the Denebian tranwift route via CP Avery in route p k a g e s . me minor b a r rnaintalrwd here ir for resupply, rPst and
the Vnsc Hawnr rubsector [DenebjP, see page 63). rrxreatim, etc., an I q - d u r a t l o n dwp space deploymmtr. Located dmp
Cordon (2609): Cordon is struggling with w y dd life support sFtemS. in the Wilds, U d d y n IS cunmdy n wwld in decline, and itJ only govern-
Replacment parts are feuand far b e t w m , making repaindifficult.Sewral ment and organization is prwided by the R q m y military forces there.
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amber b a u w RQS forces In t b Islands a n not knawn fw t b f r patrwc w
H.flllngness to lake rbks In unuwal circumstances (w page 34).
Becauw both lslandx s u b s ~ t w sare cmsMerPd 10 be In thc e n c y
Frontier, all of Ilwlr w r k l %are already dasrd a1 Amber &MS. Hawwer,
certain A d s are specifically c l a w d elther as Amber or Red Zones !o call
sttentLon to speclfk'danger(to be found there.
Reft Subsector I: New Islands Topas (1 522). UyrPe (1 425). -on (1 526), and bkmdust am dl mded
Note: T h e ~ s u b m w q ~ a r I h a ~ o r r H k ~ c n e s I n t h h b o e k t h o tho nh r b w t h y are "powderhg wwldt" disputed wddr w t m ~ Mtary
m r l w m I n I h P l r ~ ! + ~ t l o l r & f b n ~ hd~hpm h o i h e r , I w m m d ~ eT , k f m e s of tlv rid p w w nm ~tlllpremt. See $debt on p a g 33 ~ Iwdetaf:.
OldIJa~smopshwkl~hxatedta theiighroftheNewl~Eondrmp,os k shrm*rby Berlkhlngpn (1 621 ) and W~lllngton(0925) are lnterdkled Red Z m ,
the mghhim~arbsatwid~oimarwnd Ihp m p *PI. Both are dead wrldrwlrh m refueling swrcesand are therefore easy to k e p
Bott~I d a d s r u b m t m are consided to k In I k w n cy F m t l e t . a%pal of Irofated h l l e the RQ5 ewdnes the systems for the presence of Vlrus.
Quamntlrw Dlttrirt 5A RQD S A w a s c r e a l d speclAcnlly lor the addnlswatlon of
t h w wbsectotr. and inludesthemas wefl as Ithe frontier "pmpT" In h n t of thp Reft Subsector K: Old Islands
Toba (TR/M, page 68)and U3her @eWE page 69) subsectors core-hlllng to the St. Cenwleve I3 an Amkr Zon p o w k k q wrid (w page 33). RQBs
IIW lrom Twnurad toHdifilla916arxl0313,b o ~ ~ e 6 9 ) . M s u l c t 5 A I r p l m l l e d Avant Mttchell, and Meyen am coded bmber k a u r e RQ5 pencekeeprq
by the 128th Fleet bared at Tabia flR 321 5, p q 18). fortes are "not taklng any cnp* In the Itlands, a d k r u w ar d e d A d 5
The two Interface world3 In this ~ubi-tor are lucatedat the chokepoints they are b e i y rramkned for Vlnrr. U k d s r , Sturgeun'l taw I3 hlng Inta-
wt at the Illands subs~tontowards lk Regency, andare Intended fa protect dlcted untfl it can k ~ ~ f i fr~e f dof Vlrys. All of the FJands' dead worlds a n
the Regency from the Irlartds, and not vice versa. Thew worlds are coded Vlrur surpects until t h y can be p r o d othwwlw.
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TR 2517 ( 1 2 0 a 68
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SM 061 4 ( 1 11 7 ) 40
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5M 2812.41
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LIORARY DATA h a m a t b n . Tkn i s a wry clear h l s t w k d sydmllsrn at work hew, whkh
The following hfwmation should kmadc arsnabkroPClwho hawaccess 45 not l l d t c d Iolcfy t o the signficancc of Baron Caranda d Rtglna as the fint
to any rearonaMe database, r i t h w printed or c k t r o n i c . of the iHurwlwr Acdon dukes. There ir d m the fact thatkkllatra, f ~ r rof t he
Alkhafiko~Ihnc, m o g n i m d Caranda lust as Strephon, laxtof t h lme t o 5it.mthe
Aledon, Awry: Mifklal Islologicalmn of Empwor S t e m Acltr Alkhallkd t h m , r ~ o g n i z dN O ~five Z centurks later, showing the familler' long
and @sthumwsly) Empress lofantht. Conteiwd hvlhoin 1118atUdiki (1 01 5 rdattonship of m i c e a d loydty ww ta the o t k
Gu~hwnegg),a d r a i d to 8 'by hir fathw. Evacuattdto Ifr lCbrrvlin d Deneb Ho-r, the key s y r n h l i m i s the fact that the name b r a d mdls the
a'board tS4 ARkd V v in 1126 and *ted by Archduke M r A*. crucial supprt prwidcd by tktarlierCarandn tokhllatrawhichallowcd her
Upon his majority in t 139, he puMicly asurnml hjr rightful namc as Awry te take c o n f d d and reunify an I m p d u r n that had k n rocked by civd war
Alkhalikoi. It war widely trcllrvcd that he would succeed Norrisas Fir3t Regent, (although ckarly not 30 &1rrwt2uc a3 t k 11 17-1 130 war), krkllatra, victor
tither singly or joinrly w ~ t hSeldrian Altdon (which xt), Hir marriage t o of !he Second Frontierwar, was only able to &parr for Core and her ultimate
Seldrian in 1145 was intended 10 unltc Ihe Nrdm a d AlkhaIiko~liner for vlcrwy at the B t t l c of Zhimaway In 622 k a u w d Cnranda'r loyalty in
rrawnr of state, but was never w c e s d u l on a p e r m s 1 basis. I t is k l i d that protecting hwac-hiMmrnlri n the Marchesdurlng htrabrmcc. Nwrisctcrrly
the rlngle product d this union. Carandn Aledm AlkhallkoF, war the reluFt of ww his role asdrchdulrt to be the p r e w a t l o n of Strrphon'r Irnprium in the
in vrtm c ~ ~ ~ t p t i o n . Mmchcr, lust as his ancestor had done. W t h the uniting of thr Aledon and
Awry rrwd ar High Regentfw fcchdqkd Arreummt from 11>?to1149, AILhalitd ;lints, the Aledon line will *in k instrumental In plac~ngan
whmht war krlled in a r r i s h a p a t a t r c h d q m l ~ r t m t i o n Srralm-
. 13. Alhhalikoi on the lhronc of a r e s t o r d Irnperim.Tfii~war the vcry %ymbCim
Aledon, Norrls ktfla: Frrst Regent of the Rcgmcy, born i n 1063 and d i d that Nonil began in 11 32 by styling hirnwlf as Rtgrnt Fn chargc of an
in 1 7 5 7 . k c a m Duke d Rcgina rn 1098, appointed as Archduke of the interdynartlc Regency. And t o bring the symbolim full clrck, Norrfs and
h m r n o f DcntbFn 11 16, p r b c t a i d First Regent In 1 F 32.TrwFather(whicfi Caranda Aledon Alkhallkd a n following in drkllatra'r frwtltepr because the
IEC) d Scldrian AWm' hi1 aKcerwr ar Regent. kc pnge 9. title that s h e K W E ~ under betmen 622 and her cwonatim in 629 was nmc
kledon. Seldrian: True daughter of Firrt Rqmt Noms Alcdon and =on$ othw than Regent.
Regent of the Regency, bwn 1097, d i d 1 190 AIkhallkoI, Scldhan: kc ATcdon, k l d r b n .
SeEdn~ war a f r e c l w (whrch rw), owing to the that hcr true f a t k Ancients, The: A r x e which f b u r l s h d Fn Charted Space during Zfic pcrlod
wal not a fint son. and war thrrdorr not c l o d as m infant. Fufihcmwrc, 1100,000to-306,000. lmprrial Dating. TheAncitnb p s ~ e s K astaggetingfy d
Norris took p i n s toensure that hi5 clone would not k a duplicate of himself. high lwel of tuhnolyy, Incalculable bycunmt standard%bwt whkh included
to t k c x t m t of ~tlpulatingthat his c l m c be female. &though N m i was ~ the ab~lrtyta conrtruct wphi~trcatdartiIicia1environmenb s u c h a ~ r o ~ t and tIt
detwrnined h a t his clone woukl k an independent pmon, t k i r relationshrp rlng wwlds.
tnabkd htc to act ar Noms' eyer and ears in a n u m k d eapacFtier. The Ancients appear to haw k b o y c d thrmwks In acI11nadc war bdlng
Seldrlm was Nwrls' hcir throughout his life, and w e d as his representatlw for approximately 2OOa yean and cndlng In -300,000, Many w l d s w e
on the Arrival Vmgeuncr mission of 1 123.1 1 26 (wArrival Vengeance, SA). utterly destroyd by this war, mrulting in the unusually high proportion of
l r w a l m this mission t h a t A v ~ ~ ( w h i c h s t r ) w a s b r w g to h tthcDWMin artcroid k l t s In ~wneamas d the l~mptriwn.
of Denrb from Strcphon's ~ t r o r q h d dat UsdiL~. T h e primary u*gnihcanceof the Ancimts to modem =kty I5 the rxlstmcc
Following t k p ~ l a m t i o n ot he f Regency in 1 1 32, kldan w e d her bw d a numbrr of starfaring racer, namcly the Zhodanl. Wlani, and Vargr, BS well
father in many capacities, as Second Regent ( l a l n r&ignaicd High Regent) as the wide dlslnbution of ~ p s r a t e l dy w e l o p d populations of hdmomphs~
in charge of a largc numbtr of rop~csImportant t o Nwir. "ZCCdRd"on~o~nurnbcTdwwldr dunngthelr p r c h i ~ t o r y . M e K c d t dh w n a
Seldrian, who had wkcn rerponwbil~ryfor A v w Aledon during the hh/ -piens population~(primatilythe w c d l l d "mlnof' h u m n races plus thr two
Yengmncemisrbn. cont~nrrcdto show an rntcrrrt In the b y . weverwring his malw raEes, !he ZhadanI and Vilanf) were w e d on w m forty worlds where
e d u c a t ~ mand s p ~ l r o r i n ghis entry rnto many larial and educationat organi- they dcvtlopedftom prehistory without real~dngthat thew world5 m e not
zations. By rhr late 11 30s ~twar clear that N o r r i ~ w o u l d mpt r d u c e a natural the WMI on which they originally d v e d , Fortysix minw human racer arr
heir, and pressure m w n t t d for bldrian t o marry and prcwrvc thc Alrdon Imc. knanr m t h i n Charted Spacc, but W u s c m n y tranlplantd homo ~opicns
k a u v of t h o b Y i a~t f~e c t h and long hirtoryberwetn A w r ~ a n dSeldrian, populations may have k w n e extinct in their prehistory, or w r e p l a n t 4
p u b i k ~ m f i m e nmounted
t Zhatthctwashould b e m r r i p d . F o l M n g t h e 11 39 outride d Charted Spare. the total n u m b of these reeded populalions may
revtbtion that Awrywnr the mn of the last empcrw of the T h ~ r dImpcrium, r l M r bt k m .
and clear hell to any future impcrizll throne. thew sentirents were only Antebellum: "More thcwar."The pcriodd Imprial hls!ory Mom I 1 17.
magn~tledby the vision of uniting the Aledon and Alkhaf~koiEincr. Although This is d~Hmcntfrom "prc-Cdlapu," which means M o r e 11 30. and often
observers b c l l d that milher kldrian nw Awry ~ m u r t e with d this reawn- specFicnlly rdco to t h t of i n t m n l conflict b - n 1116 and I 1 30.
1ng. the Towerlwhich WJstrangely &no anempt todiscwrage zhoughu C2D: P r o n w n c d " k c - t h r d c e , " standard military acmnym for com-
af xuch 4 union. mand. c m t r d , cwnmvnicationr, and data, the four requinmtntr for success-
Following h n marriage to Awry Alkhalikoi in 1 144, she adopt4 t k n a m ful military opcratims.
Seldr~anAMm-Alkhalikol. This marriage war K K K ~and widely reen as a CallbratIon Point: The term glvcn by the Rcgmcy Navy and Quarantine
marriage of political ronvenknce, and it appcws that the genuine friendship %ice to E k k p space r e d d i n g p i n t s uKd t o crow anar of spaer whm
bctwwn Seldrian and Awry war dertroycd by this new relationship. They there art no star s y l t m to pravrde gar giant ocean, w aslem'd dueling
ceased maintarning a joint houwhold i n 7146, m t h Seldrian r m r n E n q on points. Calibration pointsare located In deep intentellar~pact,lrgh t ycsn from
Mora and Avery moving h t w c t n his many officer as Hrgh Regmt for the nearest significant mrrmmcat body. A t the drnpkst lwei, tlwycon5ist of
Techmlqical As%rsrmmt.ktdrian bore a lon in 1 147, whowar conllrmed as a naturd ~ o u r cd t hydrogen, typical ty a comet nucleus or orhrr Ke body, but
being the bi~logicalchild d Avery and Sctdrian.Thr chlld was named Caranda rogue planets are rarely found and uled for these purpows. Thew natural
AltdmAlkhalib~,and~tntwlly btrnmc Regent I d l d n g hismothrr'rdeath. callbration golntl arc d i ~ w r r t and d exploited, not consttuctCd.
Pollowing the death of A v e r j i n 1 149, Zcldtim again m k c d c l o ~ l with y Thc m s t ulphisticatcd calibration poinls arc man& space ~ta'tions,wtth
Morris, preparing htrrcW t o ruccccdhlm, which s k d l d in 1157 upon hbrdeath. huge ranks d rdined liquid h y d r q m fuel rcadyfw wander into rtarrhip fuel
kldrian continu& hw true faIhcf5 polic~es,and r a i d Caranda to da the tank& repair facilit~c$.hospitals, and rest and rccreatlm facilitrcs. T h e can be
same. By the tim ~ h c d i c in d 1 190 the Regency was clearly salefrom the threat burlt entidy from w a t c h Imm m a canpDnmtr or m m h m from ory,ty
al virur, and was &ginning to hok w t w a r d to t h r Witdl that it -id once fwltsnlrr. k r t it is k t if they can bc r o n s t ~ i ar d an eXilt.~gb d y such ar the
again claim tn the name of the lmpcrium. naturd c d t b a b m points a h .
Aledon RcForms:Thebody of rorial, cultural, political, a d spiritual refom The key featucr d all calibration fin& i s that they sre carefully plotted for
champloncd by First Regent Nmir A d o n and the second Regent, hrr true tho= who U K them, as intrrstcllar s p c @ Is a wry large hayriack In which to
daughter kldrisn Aledon-Alkhalikoi. See alm Nwrian. find a nttdlc like a calibratcon p o i n t Ships which jump into intcr~tclhns m e
Alkhallkol, A v r v See Aledon, Avery. m t h w r p r ~ l r Idwmaticxl
e on the 1watkn of such calibmfion points are
Alkhallkol. Caranda Aledon: Son ol Awry Alkhalihd and kldrian A l a n . doom4 to wentudly run w t of fvel and drift forever In the cold and dark.
Assumed the title 04 Regent (the third since the founding of thc Rcgcncy in Callbration polntr arc uiudly wEret, as t M r UK ~ 0 d t roperatbond l and
T 132) in 1090 following the death el his mother. strategic advan* that must k d t n i d t o rwals. Mort calibratbn pointscany
N a d lor the first Duke of Rqlna. wha was appalntcd to that pasitbn by k t u &on% Wtr~hmmhGknt mtilt k y m n c t h a t p d by prc-atranqedrDdcd
the frrrt of the Alkhalrko~ilnt. Emprers Arbellatra In 629, on the day following chnllrnge I ~ M I S to m ethcm k m h n g u d hy t r y u t h o r i t d vcsuls.
 In thc perid since the cdlapw, the calibratton points haw b n n dtcs of m h g tht ship awrnhg Its sen- a n g d mwph, a n d m then It wwld
mmc of thc M d i - t w e hanks In histmy, as large Vanpfn F k t t J have mly "KCC where the native ship had b x n two h w n earlier. (1 billion
attrmptcd to force heir wayxross thc Great Rift and through the Quarantine kllc~mtm ISIesr t h m lkdi~tancefmma ~hrtowbit numbcr 7, r eWE page
into the Spinward Stat= t o p y on the mittits t h m . Thir w a x pors~ble 195, or 36,000M E s p c combat range bands or Brllllrnt Lances/&attle
b u s t the prtCollapw Imperial Nsvy malntarncd a brgc n u m k d wcret Rider hems.) Howorcr, tbc i n t r u d d signature ~ Jphcrc is only moments old.
calibrat~onpoints throughoutthe Great Riftand theirlocatiun~bEcamknoml and will lake about 2 houri t o reach the native h i p . That means that wen it
to Vampire fleets which r m k a v w f o r m r r Imperial facilrties andships, complete thenatmshiphad stn~onpointtdatthecw~tlocationdthe ~ntruder,itcmld
with their databases. T h n t c a ! h t i o n p a ' n t r c h h c r h a d t o b t d d e d d by lsrge not detect it for twa b u n , h u e it w'll take that long tor the signamre to
Rcgcncy naval forcm u dcrtrDyrd to p m n t vampire RWU f r a urlng h, reach its mws.
It ir L m that w ~ n hrghly
c rophistjcaledvamprre fleets hweattempted to The i n t d c r thtnfwc has a potcntlal2 hour htadstnrt whih it can uw to
rstaMirh their o w wfibrat~onporn& to cross rhc Grear R l t bur none have as maneww toward militarytargeu, refueling poinb, or runaway froma Iupcrlor
yet been entirely $uccerdul. memyforce. This is a ~~gnlficant edge, and the advantage will varydepending
Cardlrul D l r ~ t l o n r In
: i n t m t d a r rpacr, the trmrt~L~l d l ~ o n ofs M h , upon the grc of h i s lighupccd lag.
uruth, eait. and m r l with r r f e m c e t o the wwkl's sxis of rotation ac dearly BKault~tanh~p~~hsmatl~tht~npkaIxMiranexlremcca~
unhlpful. ht h r r r e a m , the civilizations of Chartcd Space h a w adopt& an and Wprkr h t t w In the caw Of a brqe sipaturn xlch ar an Immbilt planetary
analqour swwentiwl, based on the structureand rotation d the Milky Way fwlity. R m y s d a bAimk ~ ~ t n a r e t ~ g r e a~ twf suh i p m o u n t e d ~ cto m
galaxy. The four dircctIons are car-d, r~nward.spinward. and trading. obtain tar* h b on other stanhip%but t h p r e ~ n c cd r d b r&c, actkt EMS
Coreword: One of t h t four cardinal astrographk drr~tionr,tclward the wnlsrions,ad hfrarrd fignabmartruf%mt toUpstlanInuudcrtoapp-oumate
cmtcr of the galaxy, and therefwe the -site of rfrnward. Standard maps force c ~ n p o s i t i m and
r I i ~ l &ti-
y d native forcn.
grnerally plxe this d~rectionat the top, m k r n g It analcqour to north on Claw, the: Nickname for the Great Rift. so callEd M u s e of Its cbwlilrc
planetary maps. shape, originstiq ar a b r d area far t o sprnward of the Im-qxdal h d c r r ,
R~mva&One a4 t b f ~cardinal r astrqraphk diicclkns, toward t h edge running thrw* l m r irngMI spacein the Trqan Rmrh, RrfC G u l h e m ~ ,
d the gaiaxy, and thcrdwe theopposite of coreward. S ~ m a p r g c m c a l l y Dentb, and Corridor Sectors, sndnrcingcorc-trallward to anarrowpointin the
wethis dirtdmatthe httmmakingltanaloEpvr t o w t h o n p ! m a a r y m p . Vland k c t u . T h e f m r r D m i n of Dmcband its r w i g h h ~now , knom ar
S p t m r d . One of t k f w r card~nalasnographic d~rtclions.in the d l r ~ c r ~ o n the Spinward S b t t s , w e r e w e d IromVlrus b q e l y by the artrographicobrtaclt
d the r o t a t h ("spin") d the gdaxy, and therefore the opposite d trailing. of the Creat R I ~ .
Standard maps generally place 1h1r dirtctfcm at 1 b Idt, making rt analogour Comollrhtlon Wan: Wan favght tn thc Qd and New l~bndsi u k t w r
l o west an planetary maps. from 3 1 0 6 un 111their m f w d md i n 1 1 4 0 by RQS foxes.
Trarling: One of the fow cardinal arhograpbic directlmr, opposltt the C o n Ads: Theaxis along which t h Z M m l corc expcdltions t t A c d , 30
direction of the rotalion ("Jpin") of the galaxy, and t h e d m tht opposite of p r w s in diameter and ktretching fm the Ihodanl Conw~Vates m 5000
spinward. Standurd maps generally place t h ~directbn r at the right making it parKcs t w a r d the galactic corc.
analogous to ease on planetary m p s . Trailing is d t t n mde& as Trailwardin C o n Expeditions: A ~ i enpdlrbns
rof eight ~ launched by the fhodanl
rontektl where this is more clear. towa~d1 k G a k t i c CMC, mnw BOO0 parsecs away. T h t fint of t b t was
These directbns can bt c o r n b i n d in the ram m n n n that northeast and mounted In 4000 Imptrial (121 1.1 Zhodani calendar), the seventh in 720
suuthwest are used on planetary rurlacrr. Usually corr and rim arc placed first /33 l T . 1). and r h t rlghlh and m t rerent i n 1 1 49 (3487.2). The w e n t h
in rornpwnd dlrectims, c.g., core-spinward, rim-tmilig. txpedithn is known to h m lasted 50 years fw the round trip, and push4 ta
See also Lmal Dircrlions, within 3000 p a r s ~ s othe f corr, adlsranceof SOOOpar~t~frorn thtCon~ulatc.
Crlestlme: of or relating to nav?gatkmor cotn-mrcc In pact. The eqhth txpcdftlom Is b e l i d to have k r a failure, ~ and was abandoned
Charted 5pMr: T k n m dfrx thc dm d s p x r k m tn lMd partway thmugh.
wirty. ChMed Space dar m t m e l y id* rlw twritgr d fwmr Third Deep space: l n t m t d b r ~pncc,I.t, an artadrpace, uwally a panec =ma,
Impenurn tr alro i ~ l c l d r r a ttnitwy
ll k n m byr@d&fliraticnto k d t h t which cmtarnr no stellar syrtms and typically no artmomlElal b o d l a of any
m t r d d h e Zhodani, W m i , V a g , Wan. K'krtc, and Hiven rignifirnnt w e . Howmu, thew areas are only very poorly u n d e r s t d by
kfmp the Ciwl War, the s i n d the malor Intrrxtellar powm In t m s of contmporary uimcr. b u s e d the wry real difficulties of getting around in
~ ~ t w s c ~ n t r o wa~cmputrdasfolbws:Thlrd
llcd Imprrium: 27;klan Hiartc: them, With no refueling rtxlurces. deep space areas arc thc "no man's land"
18;Hlw Meration: 1 7;TwoThoulandWorldr: 14;Vargr Extents: 14; Z h d a n l of intersteltar trawl.
Consulate: 13; S d o m n i Confederation: 1 3 . The prrmwy m a n s fm *exploringc deep space ir by paslive otnervation
CIdl War: C m l y a r c t p t d turn i n 9H R ~ g ~ n cfor y the War d the from a par* w mom away using u r ~long l baseline ob~rvation(VLBO).
Shattered Irnperiunr. 1 1 17-1 1 30. This replaca the I w c u r a t e namc "the H m , the rnd cold M s likely to inhabit deep w e arc wry diirulr to
Re&ll~cm,"which w a r m l y properfy uwd by Lwanand Dulinor, whoimagined & r t c r , a d q k c n h f a ~ t h t~ t r d t m326~wlordatatotrmdmcpanecfrwn
that othen were rebelling agamt their rqhtful Itaderrhrp. Thc C b ~War l was a&beMob+xt to a WR mmr, thev~msnn haveahlutdy novalue
hardly a nbellm,m it hdwdmanyfacrnns eahfrghtingfw W w ~ ~ m p t C i v C d nsmilit4nlyappSEabkMa~bcal Icnlon. hwwu,VLBobrrrvatim%arec~iallorthe
&an+ qainst mrrult+plc apFwmenU,aml not qainst a Y'qk m. ~ ~ i ~ h dr clep m mn ~c c a l i b - a h p i n & (which ~ w ] .
Thrr usage d Ciwl Wat cauws patentla1 cwrfus~onmrh the lrn-l "Chril Deep rytcm: The outtr m n c of a star system. typically synonymw~with
Wad' of 604.622 (whlch, lnc~dmtally,was both b g u n and mdcd b y a Grand t h t area surrwnd~nga system's gas gianth. The deep system Ir kqumtrd
M m i r a l d the Spknwad Mnrchcs, O h hault-PlanWll d k k l b t r a Alkhdi kol. mcrrrly by nwlitnry traHic whkh Q not rntcnd to call at the system'%primary
reylectivcly}. Thir was a r i l l war In namc only, a\ rht popular (e.g., "civ~l") w l d , md are m e l y uslng r h t gas gianb f w refuelling.
particrqtion which i s thc prcrcquisitc of a c n ~war l was nottabk mly by i t s The dcq,sflm is nnc d thepimnry arcas of mponsbitityfor y t r m M m n
abwnce. In reality it w a r mrrely a wries of 18 crwrprd'ptatw]untm, supported quadrwrr. a l h ltmn to attack and k t m y intding forces ritherwhik
m l y b y rawmlrtarypowcrand largely i g r m r d b y theImp?rialbur~aucracyand zhy w Rfurling u brfwr hy can r d d and a n vvlnemMr ~ W they K hav~
populace, who muddtd on,~ e m ' n gwhomcver happcned to be sitting on rhe indficirnt f w l fa enen& mwrvvcn or to disengage by jurrphg may.
throne thatday.Ulhen r e f e d toatall, thtwarof 604-622 rr referred toas the Dllgaadln, Branl: AJw known as "Father of the Plionr." Long-rmhg
F r r l r Ciwl War, the Wars for !he ItldiumThtonr, the Ernpcrar~'War, the Wars ~ n ~ ~of hNorrrr a l Aledon, Duke of Regina, Archduke of ~cneb,and firlt
o f the Flectr. w the Wan d the Throw. The r e a m for h e p m f u s h d n a m R r g m t of thc Qrgmcy,born 1065 and drcd 1146.
ir h a t d r y ail makr dandy W B t k r fwnradm?icbnr d i y tmur. Dlgaadin war a trlepth, Pnd w e d Norrir by w i n g a~afiguratlwsecond
C-Cag: ThcC-lag, or " l i g h h w lq" d e r r to a phmomenm anda varkky bram and p a i r d hands. lr wasmll known rn t h Sp~nwardMarches thatNorrirh
of irnptred naval tactics that rtsull from the I@ at which light and hmce m c ~ h acla r r M the full power o f the Duke himw?f, lo Dilgadin w a s able to
passive mmr srgnals, propagate. The specific ~ c n u r i oto which c-lag d t r s ir dramat~callyexpand Mr' C f f ~ t i m r %by s telepathically m n i t o r i n g thc
rhatdtwowan~ng r t n ~ h i p s m f k t Sm, e o f which h a s bcm operating in a star Duke's thoqhtsacdcarrylngwt the Duke'swi$hcs in his name. Dllgaadin also
system (the m t w r fwce), and another which has just jumpcd ~ n t the a systm transcr~bedhir trltpath~cexchanges with the DukclArchdukelRqtnt. and
(the ~nfrudrrfrwct). T k c . l q p h e n m n giver an opwational &an+ to thew cfOCwrnCntsconstitute the m o s t ualuaMe d the Firrt Regent's p r r o n a l
t h c i n t m f o r c e b y a l l m n g it to ~e the ~ t i v t f o r c e sM o r c t k y can seeit, w Pf5.
in the follow'ng fashion, I)rkpclin mtwally functioned as ad- advisw and c o d i n t c d WS,
Artnr system has k n 0 ~ C U P c d f w 2 4 hwnbysnatlvt~hip.Thc~tiwhip and w a s m c n b a t I y a + n t d ~ ~ H i g h Regentfor Psionic ReformIn 1133.Wth
I$rurrwnded by a ~rgnaturesphere conlistlmg d all of t k drctromagnctic thi, mandate Dlgaadin wcherzratcd Mrris' r e p a l d the plionic suppr~rriwrr
radiation whch has been crritted by ar bounced off of Ihe ship f w as I m g ar and braught Rtgrncy psion~clinto the open, and organid the nm ~chools
it h a $ been prewnt i n nwrnal ~pacc.This s p h f r ~ir now 24 houri old m t h a that w w l d mcourage prionic dwdqment. The d-md head l e a f f ~ t by d
dbmtter of 2 4 light-houn or 26 billion k i b m c r m , and tht sphere continues almst dl R c g m c y p h i i 1sa trlbutt to W+n.whowar h i m d natwally bald.
to grow at the s m d right. &an1 Drlgaadin IS belicvcd t o have becn the driving force behlnd the
An Intruder jumps info the s y s t e m at a pdnt 1.08 billion Llbmctcn, w two un,ucccrs(ul marriage cf state btlween Avrry Alkhalikoi and Seldrian Aledon
Ilght-hwrr f r m the nat~veship. k a u it ~i s within the native signstun (which set)..Some o b ~ r v m Gellort that in the last decade of hi%life Dilgandrn
sphere, it immediately "ws"the natlvr ship. Moce nccutattly, ~tEl capcrMe d rxertcd an wtr-prwrrctivc and insular inlluemc o n the wtary F l r s r Regent.
Aftm havlng spent m s t of his I& as Nonls' clomt Mtv(m,he was PCIfiap ob(cctive p n n L The &teofsfm c b n 11cdkda rldacnrm (ruhkh w).
jealwr uf the influenced others whe would have shunted Dflgaadin aside. FrcmUer Wan: h K r i c l of fivC wan p r h i n a n t l y kzwcen !he Zhodanl
Dream Tlmc: Popular t m u s 4 in the Rtgcneyfor the p w i d following thc and lmpcriurn f c q h t in the Spinward Marcher from the p l o d 589-1110.
Cdlapsc and concluding with the f m a l v n i n g of the Rqcncy Frontier in Various Vargrstatcsand the SwordWorFds wcrtuswlly a l l i d w i t h the Zhodanl
t 202. The termrs Intended t o invite thoughtful andgrateful cornparim to the 34-1 thew wars as the Outvmrld Coalition.
Long Night of -T 526 lo 0 (dogmatically, tmal dates for Dawn vary) Imperial Cenrrlng: Contraction for GFNetic englnEER1NG. This applkd x k n c e
calendar. f he phmw war colned by ppular pditlcal writw lgnau P. Y m i r in IncSudcs the field of cloning as d l as the modification of "natural" rrealurez
his remark, "Nowcwnr thc t ~ mwhen r we alone are left todream the Imperial by the introduction uf gemtrc matrrldl by r t t r O V i r ~ ~ 5 .
dreamuntil it mawakens tocarryon aga~n."Iralroconnoterthat theregress&, Gavernanre: AIl truly great gwmmenn fin that they w e something of
Isobted worlds d the Wilds art Indnidually slwplng and w a ~ t i n qllke Snow last~ngvalue, m dt k simple pcrpcruatiun af l k i r own power) stand for
White, for the klssof a d w o t d and couragernrrhero to bnng lhcm hack t o Ihc something e n d their simple existence. In a sense, this 1% the grcalpst
land d the Inring. indictmmt of the final form 01 the Third Impwium. which was content 10
Ernotlom1 ConmFtlon: Oncd the ma* pryehologlcalund@nningr of remain a p n i w gmnhouw, rathw than acting ar a gardener or farmer.
lhodani society. Unlike e m t l m a l rwcrcignty ( A i c h w),m t i o n a l c o n n u - The Rtgrncy facer similar judgement. While Norrir portrayed a d ~ h a p c d
tion 15 an explicit assumption among the Zhdnni. thrRtgmcygo~mmentaccoK1Fngtovaluerd integrity, semce, and honaty,
Embonal connection is a by-pr-product of thc i n t q m t k n of psionics into thevast rnalor~tyafitscitmnsagrtt that any governmentmust retain thc right
Lhodani locicty. PJonic5 allows the Zhpdnnl to know that all humans share to maintain certain rccnts, and act in the public interest w e n without publ~c
many of rhc S a m rekvant rulntrabilitirr, fears, b p c and ~ desires. The awaremrs. While Nwris'arpirationrwerc clear and admirable, the Regency is
knowledge that all ppople share these characttrirtics remwes the n d f w the llneal descendant of the Third Irnprium, which made extensive use of
p p l e re conceal there charaaerist~csfor fear ol rldlmte or the perceptim d Kcrecy and benign ntgtecr. How much cw!d the Regency rrdirrct these
strangeness. This basic k m e d g e that all ptopk arc lubsmnrially allkt Icads trad~tionswithin ~tsclf?Mom importantly, what of the c q n i t l n dlnonance
n c ~ ~ m e m k r o f a s c ~ i e l y within N o r r i s h i m t f (and his descmdantr/succtrmrr)7 He pasrionat~lybh-
f o a w n r o f stxraland c m o t i o n a l c ~ l n ~ t r d Inwhich
can assist each otherin achvwing thrgaalrthat all peo$e share, andvndrrcuu ICrvtd in cwragc, honerty, and UCt~unUbrlit~, but war quite able t o u w
the imprtur for dishonesty. The most [mponant Jensatron sf emottonal E r i x y to his own &fit. most rotably In his wlfelt-appointment a%Archduke
connrrtbn is a K n W of true community. @age 91,nndhil lllcgalaccomodationwthpsionlcr (until I1 33, whenhemade
E m o t t o ~ kkwreIgnty. Oneof the mdw, though not artlculntcd, p s y ~ b his crirnm t q a l , In page 12). h far sr the public Is aware, all such examples
Mica1 underpinnings of i m p r i a l x ~ i e t and y culture, and a by-product of the wwe~crupuloudymanngrdfor t h r public benefit, but t h e n remain twolssuer:
prohibition of psion~cpowFrs in imperial culture. 1)what C ~ Kdtd Norrisdo thatwe ~c not aware of, and 1)the Platmkformula
W ~ t h w tprbnics, the crxrtmtr d an individual's mind are w t e t . Thus that dictates that capability ir tquwalent to an c~casionfor rnisww ( d l ) .
m r i o n a l States, belid>, hops, dreams, and fears that arc c t x r m m to all 1% the R q m c y f i m l y f o u n d d o n honor according nounive~lvalues,or has
humnr arc k l i m d to bt unique to the indw~duals i r n p l y k a u r t no one has it made rn many c o r n ~ o m i with ~ s secrecy, expedience, and self-rightem*
the opprtunity to txperkmzc their univer~alitys m g sapient beings, Be- ntss h a t rt i s r i p for abuse and subversion! In practice, m r t gwrrnmmts
caurt the lndivrdwl imagines these states to be unique, and potentiaI soufccr teeter agonFrfngly back and f M h on thtl prcclplcc, b t w c t n thrir real &sires
of mahnes%,they w usually kept SKrft from others, and the individual mult to stand for -thing timeksr and their leaderr' rusceptfitity to flattery and
chart hrs own course, relyng ~ l e hoyn his internal rlrmgth. unable to d ~ p e n d the reductim and celebrity d power.
an the p c r m r around hlrn w h o would ridicule or prey on him 11t h r j knew his Ensuring that g w c r n m m t r rmrainon the proper skied dl5 p d p l c e i s ~
l n m r t thoughts. duty of the gwernd, whethcr they livt in a democracy or a dictatorship
It is this inability to share common core expchcnces .that leads to deceit i n (although the weapons in t k s e h w o txamplpr arc quire differmt, as are the
imperial soriety.Thcfa~tt h t imperial humansLctpupafalwfmt M o r e t h e i r risks ~n hkrng h e m up: cowards can cerrdmrtably lrvc much l m g w in a
real feelings creates the ntce~sary cmditions that allowdeccit to ariw i n other dernmacy than thqrcan i n a reprcrrktdichtor5hip). In other mwds, pcoplc
areas of their Irves. The most importank sensation of m t i o n a l vrvcreignty i s g e t the govcmmcnt they drrtrve, or at the wry Icart demand.
a = n u of bneliness. In practice, one must nmcmber that NorrEs was a man, subject to thesame
this is the o p p o s i t e d mulrional connectiw, wtrkh set. errors and sins of c m i r s i o n and omission of.any other. But to the extentthat
Exodug: Name Iw the f b d a1 Z h d a n i r e f u g e s m t c h n g the Regency he war also the a ~ h l t e c of t the human future. hir actions comc under the
@Inning in 120 1. Such dramaticdcvelopmcntr from thenorrnafty stable and ~ r u t i n ofy a higher court.
dm-moving Con~ularesurely indicate dlsa~ttourm t s &thin the Consulate, Great Rltt: S e e "Claw, the.*
but the nature of these w r n u i s not known to the Regrncy. Imperial: Uml capitalimd, Itrefen t o a d t i m d thcThird 1rnpcrlum.Many
FaIt Accompli Worlds: h i n of O m b w o r l d l under the nominal control Regency cittzens A l l think d thrmvlm in this light. and h i n k d the Rqmcy
d Vargr or Alan invaden when the Quaranttnr and Rcgmcy m n being as nothing less than a wnalla Third Imperium.
finalired In $ 13 1 and 1 t 32. U d lowertare, n f c t s to any m n r l x r od the mbl cuttun Yhat was
Aerhough thc -in was cwmnltted to s w Ih citizens vho were stnndar&red wirhln thr Third t v r l u m as oppolcd to membm d the
Rghtrng of( the alien Invaden, the arrival d V~NI a l C d no time for human Zhdanr, Sword Wodds, Darrian, ktan, Solomni, Vilanl, wVargr culturn.lhe
arrwd forces to C ~ K L the i n t e r f o p ! w o r e Vitus would am'uc. In or* to cgrircnr of the R q m c y a n ktn to this cuttun, whkh Includes the dmsic
defend its wotlds, thr n w gwemmmr war f w c d ro mognize the Vargr w imperial attiruder toward such things ar psionicq noFlity, planetary gourn-
AsIan rulers in or& t o gain thrir cooprration in creating aV~rur-tightfrontier. merit ansgathicr, t t c . Rqmcy citinnr arc thtrdore often r e f d to
Thcre worlds, which are still inhabited by thrir sometimes downtrodden, Imperials k a u w !heir Regency i s simply a renamed continuahon of this
rightful h u w n owmrr, arc one d rhc greatest xxrrccs of cmfllct within the Irnvrial mcrety and culture.
Regency today. Om d the f x c b d thtr cultwal oriemath b a b k + h km k d e ta local
F i r s t R e g c n t ' T h e u n ~ u r G t l e f ~ ( o r N o r r i r ~ l a ~ , w h O ~ r v F d a ~ t k fplanetary
Irft affaln, In iu@tiw xnx 'this 11 a c m r d t m m t to the phndptad homc
Regent of the Regency from 11 32 until his death i n 1157. Thlr i s the result of rule and b l wHdetminatbn, and a tderance for the bmad v a h r y of cultures
the early rtructurc of Rrgmcy gowrnment. whch had w r n d a r y and tertiary that can pwrdully cornl~twithin s ~ a hnm-intwiw plrlicd umbrdb.
Rcqmts in charge of sp~cificareas snalogwur to the oW Impctial Ministers. In Its dark slde 1s manifested in a wlllingners to look away from injustkt and
strict dynastic urage (from which the imagery d the Rcgcncy war &rived), cwrupticm on !he planetary l ~ c 50l long ar thew inconwnicnces da not
there can really only be one Regent who 3ems in the rtcad of thc mvcwign. extend to the intcrrreliar Iml. This was a byproduct of the I d a ! struc~ureof
Tkur"F~ntR q m r irar nonwnslcalar "FirstEmprror."Sowiththc&gnntwxl the Irnptn"um a d was exprcrrcd in loch thing5 as the lmprrlal Rukt of War
d the kcorxldrxl Third Rcgmts as H igh Regma, Norrb'litlt d Ftrrt R-t cam and the concept that while individual worlds mn mponsIblr for thcmlclvcr,
to &Me his status as chmndogically the flru leaclcr d the F(cgency. the lmperium m d h e space between thew worldr.
SubKqucnt Regmb havc not been brmally known by thdr &rcnobgkd This tendency was most strongly cnhibittd during the t i ~ l cd the Third
nurnbw (E.c., 5eldnm war n o t " h kcmd Regent"), but ~wnpfya the Regent I m p t i u r n i n whkh c r w l military dictatorrhipr or corrupt prwdP.rellgious
F0otball:The rlmward-mst +Ion of thc Rqency, cons~dwrdbbe &Ian dktatarrhipr were winked at by the interstellar authorities because hey w c r ~
territory nn the pre-Cdlaprr period. although i t had h e n I m p r i a l terrftoiy "more cffic~mt"than their more lriclurive or humane predecnxrrr w altemn.
M o r c the hater invaltionr. It was r c q u i n d by the Regmcy during the p e r 1 4 iivivts. Thrs cynical fmu5 on Lccplng the lmpctial trains running on ti* at the
of themtablishrncntof the Charantint i n t h e f a c e d I ~ aAsbn l disorganization colt d tho* citizens Hlho mqht rtde them ir one d the impcrlal cxcnws
and unwilllngner, to crratc a united front* against ancoming Virus. cmckmrml by thc Rcgmcy. The Rtgcncfl policy d nplacing feudal ttprt.
T h Football proptrconlistc d Rcgrncy worlds in thc Cazul~n,S ~ n d s l , and wntatiwl with popularly c k c t t d planetary reprewntatiwl IS a malor a s p t d
Jobia subwcterr d Trojan Reach and the Yshcr subx-ctord R d t . T k hekbn this n w thlnklng.
Hittate also administers n nu* of h d r r w w l d s that arc inhabit4 m c ~ t l y Oncof thcAldmor*Nwrlan"cthkal d o m u is thecreatlonaf sntxpllcitly
by tmprtdal-culture humans, It IS popularoplnlon that thew * w e a l hostages active concept of tolerance as appwd to the passiw toluance of t k Third
against the treatment d Arlan within the Qcgmcy. lmptrium h l c h oftm amwntcd to nothing KI much as an lnstltutionafized
Free clone: A clone who Is a l l 4 to dewlop as a m l "natural" lazints. In describing rhir concepf Norris rxplalncd.
persnnality, rather than belngl r h a p d to replicate the personality d lu 'Tokmncc is cary, and bllcw, when yw &lime Innothlng. 50 tong as
exprditlon~kcngctncmdatarangdaound 1S O O m w h k Z h r m t h carrkrr to kave t k ~ynmand cwry warning t o ~ r m d i n g &I.
mp~drtim(which&prtedin 7 5 0 ) ~ ks i n g ~ a t a r a n g c d m l 110 y Horn, It bccam ckar h t h e flnt's target war none d the s p t m
p a w s i n thepar 11oO.& M V & L h S d mwt m m t ~enncwld m l y k msdc through whkh had pdthus far. Thls pafh kd onIy through s y l t m s wlth
by &rig W obming senron newer the l m y L [ C m l u E j , chewations d p r quallty(uwallyC!asr E) shrpm&and gar glants.Thls allowed rhevampire
d ~ m l r c w l d k ~ b y d n g t o a n h w t i o n p o i n t ~ h ~ w t h t r a wfleet a y to conduct gas giant m f d i n g withwt b r n g m l e r t t d by large sptem
fmm tiw went. Natlrrally this capabl~tywasonty p ~ i b r 4th c jump & that detensc forces.
could mow o h r v m fastw than Irghr IM.) From Ishrir K M I and her a t t e n b n b m pc d CO (It29 Dmrb),
The LmgbDw c d k m plane war k t e d fn OcpotnLbh~(1219 U r h ~ ) Sipdm(0929 IDmtb), andhklga& (0629 Dtmh). It was &dent by ncw that
ryrtmaspartof hrprawlinglmpmal~facilltythrrr.~nginltrEwKaalmmt the K~shkit11-t posstrsed an intact &tabaw on m x l d s In thir r q b n . From
The collector plane war a dirk d billions of linked nxelver c l t m b 46 M l l ~ m bsklgaak the farce jurnm to Zyedl I0431 Den&), and then lo the Furens
kihmcterr In diameter, the Yirt of the orbit 12 orbltA dl& (TNE page 1 95). This system 10334 Dmrb). Here the v a m p i r e f k t mct a task force cwnmankd by
rollecror yirldd a r r d u t h at 1500 parsecs d 10 m e l m in long-wmlenglh Fleet Admiral Arthur PJLrzln. h b n deployed tht rmlwity o f his t a s k f o ~ e athc
t
infrard. and o f half a m c t in ~ risible light. ryrtem's three gag giants, k rxpected, the bulkof t h r vampire fket cmcrgcd
Strephon was at DepotlLishun obsew~ngLongbowactMtlnwhn C)u!hw from jump at the brgest d the three. Ho-r, Kirhkllwas not among them.
assassrnatd one of his ceremonial doubler at Capital ~ K13211 I 116. She entered the sytern at Furmr, a warm world. with a smalltrfwctof %hips.
Amareamb~tiwsproject Longbow I!, $aredmthe I e u o n s l e a d f m r n I h e Altlmugh Arkan's talk fwcc adjusted quickly t o this dcvclopmcnt, It was not
fint long*, war b u n under Strtphon's d i m t h in 1103. This p j e r t enough t o stop Klrhk~t,whkh had clcwrly midirected thr human force.While
w w l d use theentirewidth d the lmperium as ih long bKHnt. With Ih senrw a r t out tafwm a hLgh guard, Kishkifrfuel shuttltr siphon4
K ~ s h k ~ r s c ~fanned
termini located in the Spinward Marches and Antares &ton, In n d u t l o n but furl from the ocems k w h . Oncen*rdd, KnhkrijumpFdfrwnthtyttmalme,
not m r i t i v ~ t y Longbowreplicattd
, a passirc wnrwdirh with a d i a m t e r d 160 Ie.ingk~ing~xortlte-asa~rm,Inwh~chdutydl\*mrdprtroypd.
pnecs (30 trillion kilwneters), ~pnritivrin all r l ~ t r w n a g n e t i cb n d s . from K,~hhtrnext and final dcrtinstim was Trin, fhr e r n r r g d in the system at
gamma and x-rays down through vislMc ltght and Infrard all thtway t o long. Trin'~1 O d i m t r r gradltnlt and did not attempt 10 tdud. Instead she fired
wawlengh raciro. Longbow w w l d Ix able toachicvt a t h w c t i c d rerdution volley after wHcy af miss~ltrand spinal m n t fire a! the world and its orbital
of 0.05 c ~ n ! i m a e n aat range of 8OOO prsccs, the distance to thtgalactk c ~ t . facll~tk-swhile cMnpletely ~ g ~ the n defending
g Regmcy ships that were
H a ~ v t r unlike
, the original Longbw whose dl%k.shapcd m c i v c r providd batttnng her.Thedefendm wprc abk todestroy hundredrof the rnisrilcr, but
hm-c~mension~ F K I (width I U ~a ~ ndO ~ Longbow 11s' tong b n ~ llayi ~ those that rlipprd through saurcd dNideJpread dcswctton.No accurate count
bight).
only in the w d t h dimcnrbn, s k y the galactic ptnne. This w a n t t h a t thlr of the n u m k r of detonations hag mn k n made. h a last act of ddiamc,
spectacular t h e o r t l ~ a tr r d u t i o n was only in width, not kCgh!. L a n g b II KIshkildavt into the world, d d i n g to the d a m g c already done,
data was to have k n cdlecttd a t all d r k lirtming points along the Mopupopcratbns after t h e a t t x k took m t h s as each r y r t m a l o n g the
"bvlim" and c a r r i d by jump6 lrnpcridllms couriers to la "focal point' at vanpire flcet's r a t e and t m r d p a n u s te each side had to bt cardully
Dcporlhshun where the data wwld have brrn synchronized (by r w h mcth- *arched. Mlo, m y ~ h l p Gghtjng d a surp~lousnature had t o b e Rvclt~gatcd.
ads a 5 pulwr emilsions within the common field d view of all of the wnlors), Naturally t h m m r e a brgenu*dsightingrfor ycmf t ~ r t h incldcnt
e but
compild, filtered, and tnhanced by lengthy and demanding c m p u t u runs. careful Investigabon w e d them to bc g r w n d l e s .
Howvn, the calibration of such a complicated I p t c r n was expect& to In co-nmration of this tragcdy, the Trin'r Veil wrb-~ was r e n d
rqulredccade~ sf not c m t u r l n M ~ t m c a n ~ y f u l o l K w w a t i m onr Ihrgalaclic Trln's Shrnud In 1 140.
corccwid b c x t ~ a c r d but , thc Ctvil War i n t e r n e d . destroying the pr-t. MUC (Regency M R d a l S e n t k ~ r h l y s l Commlsrlon): g M A C ir t k
All Lonqhw If dam i s presumed to haw k n lmt. armof the Regencygowmmmtspccbfly u g a n i n d tostudythtphcnomenm
Prolect lumpstart: An initiative approved by Em- Sbqhon in 1103 to d virus and develop c o u n t m a s u r e r for it. NI virus-inf~tpdmarhinery,
create a bckrtop In the went of a mior brtakdom of lmprrlal includrng vamplrt ship, arc remanded to W A C custody for study, followed
jumprtarl placed a n u m k d high-ttxhnology caches thrwghrxlt the I m p hy ~terilitntionand repair ardisporal.
rium. usually collocated existing lrnperlal facilities: llSS and IN bases, HPadquarttred on Rhylanor (2716 Spinward Msrches), WSAC has field
officcr d vadws lmprrlal mlnirtrtcr, and lrnpniumiubldired ~ h o o l s ,COC on m r t Rcgency wwlds, and has r e p r t ~ n t a t i v ton l the staffs of all
Icger, librarlrr, muwurnr, and public works probts. Regcncy Navy and RQS units.
The jumpstart cache is almost a h a p a M-rontahtd, autonomw&ly- In late 1201 a n u m k d doeumu, reputedly r d m from Kcm lntmal
p v e ~ & , hrrrnetically-seakd, and m w r - s h i e l d d c h a r n k buried deep RASdC fikr, wtn widely dirkrfbut4 to the Regency n m d m . These
beneath the ground. T k s c cachcr arc not. contrary to p o p l a r Imagination k u m c n t 5 if authentic, showed that RASAC war Inwlvd in rnorc than
and h d w i d enrenalnment huge wblcrranean arsmlr of high-trch w a p r r u m h on virus countprmeawrcs, k t w a 5 actualfy invoJVFC1 In b r d l n g
onry. Instead, they provlde information on m c b l ~ i t n t i f i and c tcchndwical domesticated strains af virus for ib cmm use. docurnrib a h i+id h a t
breakthroughs so that thew can be recreated if they are lmt as the result ofa W C kadmhip war syrrpahti: to the n o h that urn* straln~of virus m e
wcicly-w+dr catastrophe. Much of this Informalan Is t h t bead of lnnng atat- &th thc smc nqhu tocld~ ar o h spht bdngr, dfonmw
mathematical, phyical, bi-lca!, and e n g i n w i n g concepts on vvhkh r k s e a t u t u n i n v h i c h o r g a n k a n d & W ~ t J v v w l d ~ ~ ~ x i . rthYvncuKitty,
tin
breakthroughs are burlt. This inf-tkn a l x ~uwally Inclucks blueprints or The public r t r p o n ~ t thew
o r ~ e ? a t b n s [ s c e M page
E 77)wss naturally one
protorype~of crucial cqulpmcnt a s m i a t 4 ~ t thew h h a k l h r w g h r . such as d o u t r q . Spxlal comrnirrioni a p p o ~ n r dby the Regtncy Senate and Moot
suptrconduc~ort ~ h n d q and y jump drvie%, m sampkr a d cultures which lo inverrigatc thew charger arc st111under way.
mult bc lynrhesircd to prrmit certain medial breakthroughs. Regency ElectJon Obscrw11: One of thc hurdles a f Instliudng ywmnta-
In order to reduce I h t chanceof u ~ u t h w i z c utr. d m y lumpstart caches h a l r r f o n r on a twmerly feurid polity ir the d i f f ~ u l t yd ensuring fair
contain equipm~ntor inrtructlonswhich can only br u u d rn eonjutxtion with rlecrtons onwrMs w h ~ c hhave nosuch traditiont. Rtgency Utctlon Obrerv~n
material or i n f m t h contain4 at other jumpstart c x h s . art posted to &ewe t l ~ t b n son w r l d s which art new to d e m r a t l c
fipe of Trln: In 11 39 Trin (3234 Spinward M n r c k r ) war attxkcd by a procedures or which are In danger of having their &mocratic prmcsses
v m p t r t ship, thelomwr Liru Sirkaan b t t l t r h i p Kishkil, which ckstroycd most ~ u b u e n dby ~m other force.
of the world's orbital facilities and bwnbarded the wwM'r surface for m w a l In only 60 pan the R E 0 3 haventaMishcd s hdith d d d i i t l ~ nhonor, .
hwrs Moorefinally crarhlng itself onto the world'r ~urface.fishkit was the d c and courage. Hundreds d RE& have bcen killcd while atttmpting to enforce
suwimrof a hug~varnpirrfltct,rrtimatedat k m m 6 0 a d 80vtsuls,which legal and democratic standards, upcclnlly on ~ h Vaqr c and Man-ruld Iolr
hadddlbcratdy Ktvanctdacrrnsfovr ulbr#tarwithKhrtappmredta brthesalc c~mmplrworlds (which ~ c ) kc . alm "lucttr," 64.
puvse of destroying Tnn. A-nL Thc Jngkc#cutiw kadcrdh Regmcy, nsmtldlycquhrdcnttothe
The r a p o f Trin killpd 3 biflioninhabitantswtrf#t, but tmdrnilliions m e dd p3s1knd drchduke d the k i n d Deneb. This polition b twHfor Ife, and
d i d m lhe following m t h s and years from radclogical injuries. With the is o h t n r d by f-l kiignaticn by t k pwims h d d w d the f l i t .
dcstructron of ~ t sorbitat hipyards and f ~ i l i t r c indurlrial
~, faciliticr, and The btle Hqh Regent applm toa nu* d R e g m y officralr appointd bjthe
~llarpowercoll~t~/transmirttri, t h e w o r l d ' s u o n m c heartwas r i p p t d o u t P q m t and cdkmPd by the Re- h a t e . Ttw wbpEr matter arras p i d c d
and Trin cmEd m longer support i t ~ l f ,let alme repair the trtmendour ww by Hrgh R v n t r corrrqmnd to !how d the okl Impmidl ministries.
destruction dore t o the surface infrastructure. Although Trin received ecmtr- R1SS: Rcgcncy Interrfttlar k o u t Service. Renaming of the Imperial Intentd-
gencg technical w d disaster relief horn ncighbor~ngworlds and the Regency lar kour SCPVICC, although the RISS has conlracttd quite a bit from itr
govtrnmnt most d t h t f i w billion divlactd: pcrsonr had no chaice but t o a n t t k l l u m ~ o p c Mort
. d thir is due to the ~ a l natvrr d of the Rvency
emigrate to sunoundlng workYr. In 1202 Trin has still m nx& itsf- bprders. With no outward cxplocatlon, much of t h e xrvlce's mandate has
p o p l l a h a t& hell. d~sappesrtd,and with 11one of thc f o r m 1145 mission offices, the Explorat~on
I ? ~ fleet mterd the R c g e ~ hiker
K I E ~ ~vampre y tn the Nusukha y t e m Office, hm disiiappcwd a well, officrrlly di.ustablished rn 11 35.
121 27 Deneb), probably c-ng frwn Mysyl(2425 Dmb)in t k Mlds. F m T h c RISS rttdlns two missionofficcxwhich continue its Imperbl-era mpon-
Nusukha the fleet ju@ to hcfecture (1827 Dcntb), Gatooma (1 730 dbil~tit~: the Survey Mfkc (formerly the Smprrial Grand Suryr, I t 5 ) a n d the
Dcncb), then Irhid (7429 [kneb). Communications mice. Uhc RtSS also retains Itr four wpport offices: the
At tach stop In the journey the Rtet w factd by wtcm M m a f o m s Adminlstrath Mfkr. Detachrd Duty Wlcc. Technical Serv~cesOffice, and
which attempted t o whittle the ! k t down, s l w It dom, m d buy rim for Opcrat~omMHre.) T k 5-y W c r rs mpons#efor rarucying and updating
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dt h few mtuguous e&c d t h rptpption of pvanir -1s xmr inkrrtelbr 0. RdW k tr dkecbly acrallng lhw r realip, @k-alifical[y that part d t
k higher
distanca, a d war dram at^ emugh and cmmred to e m q h otter m ts that I! realrlyhkhh manileSd h h-1 wor(d ar ~ Y KB'sI "rplri't* MIWUE~ mean
r q u d the m p r n f s p e ~atten'brm
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T h *MI wa5 rarried by a m m l E M S m h t a~natingh m the am,
dtfrwghofgreat~treng!handcotwenceltw~pwxkl bypbmaruhumfm~
light, Thlr h a s not ~t b m +hly terled h the lmpium or
/I a p q [mpr#iq doftPn qurte ruyectivr uience. Furlhmmre. t
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dm& in Mark, standing Mued city A$ne. Alw, in the ba- was a pcem d rargm at which bkp* and t e M e p t b n can reliably be ach& are not gr-1
a desert mth be artronomrd Wlpr h a q q abow Zfie b u m . enough to to demraate a maauxabk light-!p& &by,
Thr~vlwnwarpm~tedrnto Strephon"~mindbyprjanlo~dunG&w~thep!hnk This w e p t lnlcr ttre 4tlere d psmizl to the he of jump we,ard mny
reby on duly ar thm bw fwFpaint d u n 9 4beph's mt Both CloEller and
o w r & n in IHrarea group bothdi~dflhw(thmh? brqmcategoryd m m w
Sbrphan g r e d ht t h w w n war not a "still pkhre,* but a mabon prlure of a CaUPd the " ~ u p r m l . "
p r e g ~ nrnome*
t waibrrg l o r m e e n t o r a m q e to kdeM,arGaketwmrdr, P-4 buntermeasrarn Re#rtk MCaatmrurer, or PCM, har b g
"one04 tho= momentswknthe brds d m l y uop Ijryrg fw ro r e a m " W h PW k e n a TPd/Or arm of rwwh by llhe w al amred h e r The p4onk shield helmet
thrr was thevpint pwceptmnda ma1 ~~ u ~ r n p l ySmphon t e r p ~ r d r gto U N E w 344)rr the bert-kmvm warn* d M dlortr, and ha3 been in common
C&d% impresh e m W in the prapcbcm n mr bmm. plblw UE mlhin tl-e Spiward Mardm lor mary yeam
Themrnanwarbld~t-qa~taffwhchmy hwkntechmbqkdhbrclim,arrl M g PCM t h q h t us^ t ba m d €0.4 ard FCCMln the ekcbonic Ipecbum
had a bean9 d g r a t wen regd. dgnrw w h ~ hws h n c e d by tlw perceived K M midaClempt to -pm' priahc xtiwty by intddrgwith eilher the quality d
d&wrr af .the r n q . laephDn Irnmpcllatdy began thnk~nqd the wman as an Infmtim at the q t (at the Ndd helmet dwr)or the ability d prionr to w w r k
ernpal M i tahtr
k a n E M S p h e r o m R m ~ ~ t m a r d h ~ k r k n a t t h e & d Howw, h d l y (OI "-iif as the ~Jesrdrenh e to poFnt wt), the
k#t wd p&dm d itr pr-tran idrated tlwt Itr anirral nw arwiated MNith. pMpbd I M - s g h t bchvcen +and th o w d hRwnee are rut rbr, and
w a l b n g h W b ~ having s iw~pl~aM v dent Th~r1mpM aadanger of m e
qm? msj mt p% mthely h q h tfe phyrical wwld as it is c m m 4 experiwwed (see
h d and requrred SVephjn*sattpnth llrtwe pro)~bonafthe wave e%tatabliMh t s u p r m l thegr abme), a d W m msj r a t be largehble. N a n t h e k ~ $tk
it wuld reach the Impm~ItKxder In 1205 at MPrdian 78 abq Mw Pr~meW t a l lrnpirg~ngd pwnic idwrces lnta the d d d 'normal" phda argws Fhat h w
( S h d M q h , pbgc T), wing Uw rlandard l r n ~ r acl d m l c wtem (page 19, m i princiw cnn k amPd bark agains! prionk p e w s
MqaTnupller Impwid Emyckpedb. WE. MIdwgmter Ih?pdnt 78 pnecr to M~11h-y pcnk r e w a r c k n m We kyrqhhaven Iptlt vtta km mkr grwpk
cumad of Referme (0140 Core) m the IIW r m r q dire+ h m Refwewe m the W w w k h q on p h & cwntmmarurer a d W workrng b pJwir wpnorily.
gabo~ core Thts r m r !o he then coreward b t d e r d ttre Th~rdlmperum m The c w n t m u r ~ rhool s reamsthat Ihe Regeixyran not Wrrome the ZhDdani
wbwertw A of IrW n k t w . M g t a r t r~ pvonir applrcathr dfin~trmrourrer arp h d wpent to "cut thp ps~xlic
T k grawty d this mnformath, c a n W 4 thumeWtty d t k senrrity d W IPg"h m U&Y Z W M stardard -a-1 pmedurer, ther~bbylfirkqthem into
ImpMfnnt*bow kadquartenpre~ntedSbephnn banxcwatdy dwring 'todws chwr whirh PPggncy h e 3 can take sdvmtage d.
journey (Survfvd Magln page 1 3, TD 151, bvt mwy of Va key L 6 n g k pMmd ThelupPrbntyd~mtdenythZhodaniksd,h t W m s t b t p ~ a r e
were ewntmlly sbk t~ tuk to UIcl~lriW e they klpd Saepbn'r goverment in wffcmtkyp m f u l h t fin+ % ~ t i v euse lwen in Ihe fxe of an enwry capabiliv, h
mile f m u b t e v m tto thihircriws This d u d w l t k m b a l creabon of Awry (we mre dfpctj, than denying blh h 'm
ure d &re rpecbum." These
" A w y A l t d m f A l h l r b , " -1. Rmu data tmm tEw hnqh II program war rewrdwn mahbin L h a t ~ r e a M rewarctlcan6xova~ m h ~appltca!ianrthat
r e Ihe
r W fromR p o U h J K a l tranqmttoUdlk~,
~ but waslort mrarla. Pufate remains Regmy can rapdly exwit Into nwau but rpecbk "'bardwdht d yrctrurn
mkm. wperioflty."
~detaih~bPenkepthwnthcpltJIcb~~~m.earonhtuntilmn
Mwmalkn a mrbble, th#e n no point in b h g the plbllc b e l i q tb M~lllerium
iramngnlM5, n v k i r g e w q t h i i t t u h a t ~ d o p n t ~ s d t m t h a p p r w r k hewabt~ndomfnwre~egencyforca&~beabk*~sei&e
C o n d r W ur&rwhkhp~mwsvrerrured.urd r&h hherithtiveat~hLRd.Under
Wonla Condrbonl in B l e m y pJonic acb~tyrepem& mfya rnirwx hear to frlwdlg
m m ~ a r m e d f w r e r h s d a n u n k d ~ ~ w n t p F i a k ~ r I n bon p edr a h q K M tiffwB wk!be minrd, atEowirq h i l y p a k acbvltm to k
fumryyw&i n I h e M w d m s $ ~ e U a r d m 4 w ehd-u?+m. HowaPr,ttw ur&rtah withart m t e T f m t .
DwMn d Deneb p r o ~ e s ded WM ckdy of dm?warns irkkqo p a - kt mtemwibte k l r , PCM waJd be ImwM, h t wtth qapr in
dons a! W m (201l Spmad M w b ) * l +(1~ 91 0 Spmuard Marthes), V m j m "wwbwr* whwe f r k d y phnk capabllitles rwld tr exercid. Thur lnendly
(3.1 19 Spimard M a r c h ) , a d HRD (1623 Den?b), amang o'thPn l h pyms ~ rupemntyhc-in p r i c ~pabai!h("band~khh~y wwkl becombinedwith PCM
w e r e q w ~ d y ~ ( w e t t y h c m 1 1 ~ 6 w c a n d p l M l c l y l r c m 1 1 3 3 m ) t o r r ~qt er m t areas in Wt7iCh the enemy held the upper hard.
t h kwder rapabl~tmwalk& to the Regesry hxhy At th h m t I& Regency forcer mukl be able lo h p l y take tlv &re prlmk
ArtMEW Ps.kmkr:Ah.anc~rin thederrtandmq dW-lcalpr- a r m wr D! play, bur b l m i q all priadc~friendly and tmmyalnte, "off the alr."
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accompanied by wbtle clws pbnted tn theh w m x m d i $ to asrist nhabitnntr d a rnextra monqr m the ~de,h t ' r d y fair c m p m a h for all ol their yean d
Ihattered wiety to find h. Th?fxt h t t k r s~c k a n &en sited b a t h s a c h e on W Qwrmbnekne, r1Jclr-q h i u I mto s k p YIM, nght?
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armlafed in ih? local mntal~tywilhi n f m t i o n snd kmddqe hm,on sow tmorl~lullymllineplbrikrtbtaremtagnin~t~ttue~piritdtlleruler, jurtagainrt.
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are quite sophirticate& being arv~iatedwith h a 1 mytk4giks and littletmhricaht+rlhatMtapp& h t b c a w . A w k b m k s c t r m e Andbowdariaede
ldkwv h t WM k expected to wwvive a c ~ l i z a b m & r t r n g catarirophe untd h p n c cmpklely u ~ t k i p a t d the Mrvidual. that t h y have been
h~ lumpbrt whm hwe sophi5tidEd srnmr s y d m that rktermm wfipthw unwitlingly r d . (For an e * c M rbdy of hts pkwmemrn ree the 1981 film
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d thewtranunirM mqht sctivated~tot f a k h d thrcachPforeH-ddq .euentualbeach d the Quarantine,m t u a l l y xw c p e in. After all, what wukl It hvrl
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cwld lead expbrw, to mechancal, e k m i c , or b k q r a p h r tpnninds tfiat w k l k t a v ~ lbutl determid p~pubtion d ~tateleuF r e e T r h who ck@ kmnw-
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dl jumprfaf?ccacher jndude an mbme hall w+m a rIldANay cmb .the recod
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the chanw d: emwntwarg VRUI, V a r y cotwin, ek, m operatknal ksm are MI
Avery Aledon/AIhllkol wrfm-brute, h q h rn unexpc'ted f a d d liie.
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11 16($arebyrniurng hh "ailasination" b y h l i i , set S umhAPrginp q Then. ~tabibtyd Regency lokty. For example. 8 it ~ a toekmr commonly h that
mme Avwy means "rpirit mkr ' major worlds wch as h&h,r n r s , maw, and had been &udy
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a m i s x n t o t h e g a b c f i c c o r r , I n c m m w d d a f m e d ~ h r r a l ~ a t i ~ a l prwlted
l~ 5uhane~muMhavecrippld~onrmicallyouculwoildrwlchaiOeneb
and h p r conbdM by a w i a l l y txed ~tiaind daw<tkatdVuur, Hir misum, fw arwl &It a *J blrm ro dw Regency'% abilrty to contime to defcrwl iadf.
whch his l a t h Strephon -red, mined, pr-lcalty c d i t b d , and r a i d War rherir): ofW w rbughter for thm u ~ r n e poplbhmwarth
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Zhodani core epditrnsand Its threat t6 tl-e Impprium. N t k time of hr departure Mgh Awry &dm d h r adopl~efather Finz RPgent b m r .
the "Empren Wawhwn" w l I7 p m 10 c o r e w d of lthe h q e q franber, m the OWpb a h was threat& bya 'CLars 1" theat m no lewer than & a d a n i n
Vargr Jplrntwr. 40 yean. Wry such h e a t s w e & b y d at t!w brt minute 41 d e p ryrtern
engagements in h 4 r farget q.rtemr In one p a m b r t y d r a m a k caw, a vampire ship
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~ W X h 1W.
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raetreiated inb M a d fdbwingthe loss d Cwridrx to tklrargr kmbmT h e h was warm
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authontia. #curare r w ofvam- In the e m t M"dm*Ihlpr bJmPdw t tube M 1
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c m p t m m t a f i wcmy inwarn the rirlr of Virur Wertdtian. W,m e are knAdp?a d appmvdl of highs hdr, iwhld~qHgh @nt Awry and the Fird
peaple. (6w&y h ! d it be, that hat dmkL41, newr mind.) Regent-
Ay 1202IherPira w Fl butwlCesbMMringd~tionwithintheRQSr d r .
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d the termi~lw d~wmfrancfi~wl nobllky The Star Trigger
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d t f i e m y a d ~ t s v p e . a n d t h e r e i r & i n h t Man)rd hmkverdRerdy mt4e tD reproduce ~r e v ~ n PBy keepiq this faCt I =re& the Oarriansweable to
riM h l r t~wrIn t h prformarred h i r duty many time&a d mcnt d them w k l u p the pwpwtPd star bigger rr a pawerful deterrent w a r n .
unhwtat~rgtygw up h r lives to M e n d against a wmpire invasion. Ho-I, m h b t e 1 1 10%the lpeaal iBrawhwasdblefinally tolrdatethetnrechain
 d e r e n t r h t c a E K # l ~ a ~ R a r i q d T ~ ( ~ A l l m M o d u k 8 . D a t r b nTHE s, ZWODAM
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gobewhidtpewbatfideephto h r t a r . ttisequ~ppedunthacool~ngrjrtemhtventr fu r e a m s that are a r ) e t m t understood. ZhDdad l o d e t y h n been &le mrt mble
m e d tunggen inlo t h s b a s rtdwnxlr, This cmeatera columnof tungrten within huMn cin7mtion m mtd.a d Impdial rour y a p s b I II
? m r y , war nwer
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Rarer rewlt K) about 10 bur%( 7bluff ~Sa TTrigget m r t d MJy d the probe, bwt Waw" whrh has bew palling d m q h rhe Conwbte for t k part few
wthwt h? mrgnm msh a d ttr htcrfmrrcd thc rmmn beam%was mble centenxlas~tisanam-d 40panecr f a r t h e r t o c ~ p w a r d t h a n t t w ~ y . l
lo arCMnpli* a r q h k q a c e @ wre m.) wayht~bowwtportrwereobrervedtogeoffhafrakterhavlngbea"lrearM
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lon mi t h proh ~tself.The mpKln cwnrrmrJcarPn must be de&d rn h t tfiej l d k rhe arrnal at rhe w m . h u v rt appean to SHw a dear prianic cmrpnent
h W a t a w y o b t u s ? w g l z requkrngthat kybemanythouland~dkhten it 1% re& that Zhodani rociety, 4thib d l structure b a d on pwdc powerl I$
a p a ~ m ~ ~ w t e ~ d t h e w n n n d ~ a r m w g h ~ b b e a b l e t a d i runiquely w t l y dwrable to tfr dpcb d the w m .
c m r i c a l e vnth esch other autvde d the 5leRar interfwpnce. The sydem unr be Badondatarecekimth AwynLongbdldmt)ra\phbmrlonwlthenahre
h l o y e d hwn one stwMp 4 k h camfa one mmmnmunlcatw ard d q k y thp a f h p ~ o n ~ & ~ n t h e & * O f h ~ W ~ h o n ~ w h i c h b y I ~ ~ f i
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w w k l b e u d , e ~ w i t h a m e r o , c m m u r r i c a t o r a n d o w o r M % v n c h i n g ~ l o n g b ~IUIrr L k actual cauw of the M r i pdemr
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whch &parled in 1 149, *war@ nlm aamine Ihe wwe's affect m t k Vnrgr to
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irrenre h -man denity in wkw prdluctm adplaypdeffwtatvwnepoinlaherthem'~Wi~edgehaspnedowor~tfiw
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and lhese ~rrremwrtdimproemerits sre mt ar drawbc as the Yl-14 to 15 n ~ h r wmRtran1 Itself
p m r eWncies+RPCduw d t he FLqm-q's ncsu mstq d TL-16 s w p +ern% 8yhWay:Rrphwrwn#ur~bkanat&tEdtopa~&ALdaar
y d w r h p r t Myearg hnafuredih&radditiondbltlffbmcunmon about the "k~mwdial&" 'Spa- or " M afrom the Cwe," although hwe
kmw(edgc b a n y R e g e r r y c ~ t i r e n h c w a t o t h k d r a h u ttfie vlbpCt certain i r n i k r ~ t i qat ltml d origim 50 yw need rot bw up on IhOM r u m .
Like, asny TNE pbyer tan d e d ~ ehrrn e*armnrq Flre, Fusion, & Stpel, that
Uwx i m p m m u are p h r ~ l m y rpmwrtal h mtwe a3 f o l k THE A S U N
No Change: Amwt, Jumpdriue. Cmtrd ryltems, bw, mw, dr d o mmmu- RPgerry n l d h p m e w 4 m h a v c o b r e r v e d & k s d d v b u s w t h a b I n
nicazm, sdar c ~ l k t o panelk
r Contraqrau, Beam pdnter, Master fire d ~ r e c t qLaw Man territory in t h W s p M There are rwnectd to A h effm ro remite
gravid< focuiq. dw -rd Hieratewith i t s m a i n k i y m h C m t LfCorat b r t roalhtraiiing
I n r r e a d EffMency:Pwpreductbn, Ada'&$ Meon cmnnmkb Man to mkyate to Ih~ t i l k t & xrcietpl to @ward.
ton,d c l m EM5 ardpmrm, la&, Dendtmwbs, W m lemcm, Nevral acllvity lhrirrg C d l a p agrcat mwlyfin began r n q n ~ m t Rift k to mfety,KI
w nm P a m f MS, Area jamwq Vllurlenr dampen, M m hrrkmten, hahat all d tb circa 1 1 30 l % u k h cbns are t d q r e p r m t e d In the aanwiftterritork,
Force fields, Fuel purificabwr. Fud cell%, N h r p rp Eaw Batterier, Homo@ in at kart w l l nwnbwr Ocle to lh?5 t r e q f . h of U a n familial tier, Ihese mil cbn
gmmrm, bpbuur! generation, Sdar lag\ Partick arcehaton, Maon gum, g r a p r ann not reGrt t b delire to reach a r t to their Iurviving bnethm in theVfi!dl te
law lwlmay dm h m l o afetynsmfl T h s m b m t aldmqh budabk. lncrgavs oppnunitia
Combat ddvant3gcs vr TL-15: Wantage fa jm-nlrg TL-15d m ,rm och-my fw Vim%mfecriwt F a this r m m RQ5 inpxriwn d A h n lmrnignting to the Wncj
fw 11-16 m p o n t 6 r q q a h t TL-15 ranrkarter~ fait arcom@ d s are mrearhg In h w g b s .
NIW Capability Repulrors a d M ~ p o k t o r r . IWm baden both in wd wtMed ttre -interpret thir dewbpnmtasanC
Darbn Patrol Cruiwn: On lit& tFwmn Iazt.@eca~~ k I ~ d l y c m e a k ty d &Am p-ddrce, ntPnded tn hmit Pcrbn immqration hlo the Ilegencj, Tlw & q x y iir
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General Data Crew (Armed]: 7-9 (2xManewer, 1 x U e c t m b , IxEnghmr, 0-
Displacement: 200 tons Hull Armw 70 ZKunners, 1xMFD Gunnet, I xCwnmand, I xSlewar4
Length: 42.5 meters Volume: 2800m' Crew Ikcomnwdatlons: 1xLarge Stateroom 10.001 M,4x!jmatt
Prlce: MCr62.06 (72.84 armpd) Target 5 1 2 ~ :S S t a t e m (0.0005MW pa.)
Conflguratlon: Wedge SL Tech Level: 1 5 Passenger kcmmmdatlonr: 10xSmall Staterwm (0.0005
Mass (Loadedlhpty): 1556.45/6 70.45 unarmed M W w.)
1682.471796.47 amed (w note4 Cargo: 805.2 m' (5751 tons), 3 large cargo h t ~ k
h a l l Craft and bunch FadlltFer: Air rah 4
th Internal hangar
Englneerlng Data (Minimal), 1 taulch pa^
Power Plant: 165 MW Fdm Paww Plant (765 W h i t ) , 1 year Alr Locks: 2
duation (T 1.585 M W excess, 1.475 MW excess when armed)
lump Performance: 2 (420m3fuel for Jump-2,210m5fw3-13 Nates
C-Rating: 1 C (1 00 MW/C), Contra-Crav liftm$(2UMW) Off of the Spinward Main (page 42) whwe jmpl frec bad- hdd an
G-Turns: 48 (64.8 4 t h jump-1 fwl m, 81,6 wing all jump fuel)" econwnlc advantage, the far trader in i~manyrarisn~Isthcmmtcwnmon
12.5 m3each p r i u a t d y d merchant wsd h rhe R e g m y .
fuel Tankage: 1 OZOrnl (72.86 tons) plus t6.5m3(1.I 8 tmQres~rd Re far uadw has space re& for a rveapons package rr detailed
bur power plant above. The tw turret gunnets can be d i s p m d with a d the turrets fired
Malnt 61 (67 armed) directlyfrom the MFD, making a crew of m l y 7, but Ihe unmanned turrets
cannot be fired under lwal cmtrd shwld the need an=. Its mux suite Is
EledronIcs optimized fw low cart, not. combat. Owners vho lmther ta d d the
Computer: 3xTL-15 Modd St (0.55 MW ca.) weapons packageare welladvised to upgrah the rhip's wnrors as wet!.
Commo: M0.000krnradioflQhexg10MW),IOOOkUmarer{.qQb MW). Unlike the dPck and attractiw TL-1Zlayfwwkvarhnt the TL-15 Empmr
bvionlcs: TL-1 O+ Avioniu M o r m variant of the far W d e r is thevictim of ~ n n parsing
e adstic cwwdt,
Sensors: Passive EMS fixed array 30,000km (1 hew, 0.02 MYY), k U v e current when the daa was fir51 dellgned, but lost to all contempmary
EMS 3000 krn (0hew-; ure long range fa taskdifficulty In =me understanding. Mth ib pmmlnent glared nose, the M a m a s are mare
hex; 5 MW) m i n i x e n t of n-5prqellw-driven alrnoqheric craft than stanhlpr. In
Controls: Fltght deck with SxWwkffatbn [only 3 uPed when WI- fact, h i r applllngly baroque apparance ha5 h x l to heir nlcknarne, In
amd) plus 1 other rmrkstatien. naval circles, of 'Puking Drqs.' Their defend- point out that, altJmgh
they may be ugly, they areal least "ugfywivirhan attitude." m d y dehanrly
Armament unapolqelk.
2 turret hardpin? fitted (Lon:8,9; kn: 1,2,3). W h weapons Fuel pcrrificath machinery (1 1 7 5 MW), 24 hum to define 1020mq9.9
wkage b fiW,characterlrticr are as Idlm harrtorefine420m3. Fdxoopsdlow56Qm'dfwl tDbe&kmwd perhrxr.
Offensbe: 2xR-151 50-Mj Laser Turrets (Locs:
8,9;Arcs: 1, 2, 3; 4.2 MW; 1 crew ea.)
Flre Control Syrternr: 1xTL-15 Dual-purpose
bearnlminile MFD (6 Diff Mods: MJl 10 bce Hits - -
DAMACE TABL
Intmrol Expbsbr
1:Uec, 2-20: tia
_ 5vstem
jW.3H H
hexes; 10 heres: 1.71 MW; F crew) Ant 1-5: E PP-1H 1H
dnt Qtm MD-(21 t ti
Accommodations Hotd FPP-ZH jar-1 H
Ufe Support: E x t d d ( 0 . 5 6 MW), 16:I CC-1 H uzh)
Crav Cornpmsttors {bC; J 4 MW) ?-3:&uq-~~.mjdd,ZO:Eng FPP-1H
Crew (Unarmed): 5 (2xManeu- Hold LSA-T H
1-3: E SSR-(2F
ye?, 1~ O e t t r o n k1
~xbgineering,
,
T xSteward)
kg hll 0th
General Data Fire Contrd Systernr: lxn-15Dual-pvpose beamlrnisde MFD (6
Displacement: 390/400 tons Hull Armor: 10 Diff W s ; MJ 1O hexes; 10 hexes 1.71 MW; 1 crew)
Length: 43.6 metws Volume: 5460/5600 m3
Price: MCr87.58 (98.35 armed) Target Slze: 5
Conflgurntlon: Cylinder AF Tech Level: 15
Mass (Loaded/Empty): 3202.42/1175.72 w a r d Accommodatlons
3328.43/1301.73 armed (see notes) Ufe Support Extended (1.092 MVQ, Cravitk Compensators (be;
Englneerlng Data 27.3 MW)
Power Plant: 3012 MW Fusion Power Pfant (301 -2 MW/hit), 1 year Crew (Unarmed): 9 (&Maneuver, lxUect*oniu, 2xEnglneering,
duration (10.1 7 MW excess, 0.06 MW excess when armed)
1 xSteward, 2x Small Craft Fliqht Crew, 1xCommand).
lump Pe+cvmwce: 7 (Sbu" m3?my Crew (Armed): 10-12 ~ x ~ s n e u 1 kxUec€mnics,
, 2xF.nglneering,
G-Rating: 1C (200 MWJG), Cmtra-Grav lifters (40 MW) 1 rMFD Cunner. 0-2xTurret Cunners. 1 xsteward. 2x Small Craft
C-Turns: 60 (82.4 using jump fuel), 25 mJoffuel each Flight Crew, 1 k m r n a n d ) .
Crew Accornmodatlonr: 1xSmall Stateroom (command; 0.0005
Fuel Tankage: 2060 rn3(147.1 4 tons) plus 30.1 2 rnl (2.1 5 tons)
rewwed for power plant MW), 4xLarge Sateroom (double-occupancy; 0.001 MW ea.)
Passenger Accommodations: 13xSrnall Statermm(0.0005 MWea.),
Maint: 125 (130 armed)
13xLow Berth (0.001 MW ea.)
Electronics Cargo: 1998.5 m' (1 28.46 tons), six large cargo h a t c h
Cornputer: 3xTL-15 Mod St Computer (0.55 MW ea.) Small G a f t and Launch Facllltiec 10-tonLaunch in AF External Grapple
Cornmo: 300,000kmradio(lOhexes;10MW). l 0 0 0 A U m a s e r ( o g O 6 ~ Alr Locks: 4
Avlonlcs: TL-10t Avionics
Sensors: Pasu've EMS fixed array 90,000km (3 hexes; 0.06 M W ,Active Notes
EMS 60,000km (2 hexes; 7 Mw)
Because of its jump performance the subsidized merchant is encwntwed
mostly abng the Regency's'mains" {clustmof starsyrternslinkedbycmtigucur
Controls: Flight deck with 5xWorkstation [only 4 ured when un-
armed) plus 2 other workstations.
jurnp-1 routes), althwghwith the useof auxiliarytank it cancww twoor mow
par- in cmsecutive lumps. m, this method is eamanrally unwable,
Armament and is geowally only used to rmw a ship frcm ore main to amher, uwrally
2 turret hardpcint wxkets fitted (LCCS: 4,S;Arcs: 1,2,3). With weapons re~lltingha new owner or mssignrnwlt to a w mark&
package fitted, characteristics are as follows: The *far tradef'hasan efficient 'drive-thrqh" deckplan. With itsrear cargo
Offensive: 2xTL-15 150-Mj Cam Turrets (Lrxr: 4, 5; Arcs: l,2,3; 4.2 ramp and bow clamshelf doon open hcargo deck i s ooe cmtinuws p c e .
iA,At. 1 -*-.. n3 \ Tks r.-Lmm A o r r r ; h d = h aA- M* 1-10 lrla -vv. I ~nnr;uls
 Hull h m r : 60

We MCf61.27
length: 1 8 mctm Volume: 980 m'
Targel Y t r : VS \-
Conflquntlon: WdgtlBox SL

Englneerlng Data
~owcr~lan~.25764MWFlalonP-Plant~~not~269.84MW/
hrt). 1 year durallm (0.0675 MW u c a s -I)
jump Perfonname: N o w
Ebtatlng: 6 (35 WK).Conlra-Ctlv l l f t m (7 W
G T u r n ~ :76.9. 4.375 m'of f w l each
Fuel Tankage: 336.272m' (34 tonr) plur 27mVw phnt
Matnt: IS

ID MW), 1000 AU m a w (1;0.6 MW).

Avbnlcr: TL-lO+ A v i m ~ a
Sensors: Parrlvc EMS f i x e d m a y 120.000km (4 km;0.1 MW). klkt EMS
300,000km (1 0 hexes; 15 MW)
SCM#ECCM: EM MmkIng (0.98 W
Contra!%:Flight deck wirh 'Snuorksratiom plus m athcrmwbtatb~l
bl ,,+MI ma
TL-IS21 PM(l a m Turrtt
Accomrnodatlons
--w2 1 p',Hm
1 Q.'l*rM
Udkm
ZJ:I~,+~
IO:'ttr36
I
40:'/1+36
E*f/rm
471rlS
BR'hr36
80:~l-?T

U k 5upprt: E d @ . l 6 % W,W Q C w 4.9 Ie

Armament C W : 4 ( l ~ o m n w d a l ~ l ldnginea,
~ot fix~unner.~ x E ~ e c b ~ n b )
Qffenslvt: 1mTL-15 344Mj la%?ri.ar~erc(Loc: 1 ; k u : 1: 4 MW: Crew on Flight Crew/Faswngtr AccommbUonr: 3x-I! S t a t w m (0.0005 W M.)
Dcck), lwn-15 ZlOMl Law Turret (loc: 10; A m 1-3: 5-83 MW; No b r g o : 10.826 m"O.78 tons). m e small cargo hatch
c w ) . 2*MkslleIPD(It(l0~.t 311 5/11 ll9.12114116~8;B ready Mds~a.: k l r Lacks: 3
Q MW. c d lmm MFD), total a1 16 d y mrniln
fltt Contml systems: 1 nn-I5 Mslpeam MFD ( 6 DrH Mod: M1110hexer: 10 Notes
h r m ; 1.71 MW: 1 c m v ) kqwnntlmc u m
The InrpxWn lrutxh k in RQEsubjdbd deign lib t
(lapagr 19). but Ir hillfor I w ~ t w oprratioM
n only. In k mRQS d u y its
DAMAGE TABLES m e n urc it fm hlgb- In ~yrternsnd couda m e . &en w a t ~ n g
btwm world a d baw m Itr mmns or In a!&
'ma1 CXFIPJ
: t ~ a n c r 1, aFH-
ELS-1 11
blu I t ir r d u l a
dcrrgn, with a SO.mn main hull and two 10-ton p d r , tr, pad a n d starbwrd.
The rmrr~kpods, 210-Mj b w Zunct and MFD pall* are RQS p m w . and
Ant 1. 7: Clcc. 8 10
H(Ird PP.1 H anontyfitccd whenon dlicul duty. The p r r c e a h hncluda t h i t m , xr ttw
-~-A C M : U
.- .. .
1-17: LT, 18-a MPIH
1)
zh) ~ t u a l p n c roIhtcMlianwmermth
c rmrurgopodr a only MCrS1.20. Each@
- 4: Hold, 5-21 Mrl Pod-1H EMM.(2h) cam- 1 12m1(8 ml)d rargo, md vnth tht MFD a n d turret ,&et l p x c r t
l
ed d
11: M I M , LLance I Iu rarqo, raniage is ~ncrenKdto 285.P.m' (20.4 torts).
12: k l W, LT-1H Fvd ~ o o (28Wm1hr,
p or full fuel tankage in 7 . 1 mlnuta) b fitted, but ro
g All Orhw
- plnl~cattmmachmwy 1% r e q u i d lor re#twn W.

General Data
Dlsplacrmml: 5 5 tom Hull AmKIe 60
Length: 38.35 metff% Volume: 770 m'
Prlce: M r 4 ? . 1 1 Target Slze: VS
ConllguraHon: NeedleCgaw S1 fath Lev& 15
M n ~ s(Loaded/Ernpty): 557.241406.25
Englneerlng Data
P o w r Plmt: 120 MW Flalon Power Pbnt (120 Mwlhlt),
I p a r duration (3.$6%5 MW power ~urplur)
lump Pstformsnc#: 3 (1 54mVud fat Ju~lp-3.102.7m'for E.2.
51 3rns lor ] 1)
C-Ratlng 3 127.5 MWIC), C m t r a G t a IlfOwr 15.5 MW)
C-Turnc 84 w ~ t hlump-3 lud rermwc (99 with 1-3 r e m . 1 1 1
w ~ l h1-1 I-), 3.4375 rn' of fuet e x h
Furl Tanlwgt: 442.75mt (31.6 ton%)plus T7mvlor pcnwr plant
Malntr 19
Electrontcs
Compute 4nTL.t5 Mod St Computen (0.55 MW ea) the cldr wltl wwe ~ w p w rrulnt-e t at hd d e a h p l n ~ lhf d pudm n
Corn mo: 1WO AU maser (-; 0.6 MW. IdOD AU Iasa(1;0.3 MW). MP,WDlrm ~ n t m c dl o r ~ a r y c n e . r r ~ l p r e r w d p d n t e m w e a r acourrr,arXW&g~ralrom
W~
radio (1 0 hex@%;10 MW) do mr call for fmtiffd w l l m g (fwd scmp J m FS4my pw hwr).
Aubnlcr: n-lo+ Avton~s The Imnh r o n l p l t ~ n~ adcrtwtd data $tuagelretrie*dmrt Ib k entidy
knsorr: Passive EM5 (ixcd array 120,OWkm (4 hex-; 0+1M,k t k u EMS g k om XW& *twit merragc ~rorqtand canrr~tbc d IUq ' d '
1 50,000km (5 hex-; 10 MW) corrpvter (Fadetarh M the XWeb, m page 21.)
Cwrtrolr: Flrqht k k wrrh ZxWo&%tatiom h v ~ ~ n t ~ k k ~ p v e d n t a t c a g o v n w t M s 1 ~ c f i k n t t s d
sIttweapmed 3 8 m ' d q a w h . Ratco~nerva~nUmfiRedwil)lfou#Idb;ord
kccornrnodatlons r m i l rratercrwra(rota1 d Fne) a d haw rm cargo spnce
Llle Suppcn: E x t d c d (0.T54 MW), Cravitic C o m p m ~ a IM;:
t ~ ~ 3.85 MW) F a d d d e r w n h i g W t~k - f curbcT;IPddthabh(%tsdctaik
Cmw: 2 (1 ~PibLlrommandtr,IxfItctronlcrlEngam) with Irn- M h) at cherxpmed Z&.Im~dcwgo,ad MCr0.5522. Thc
CrewAccomm&'tlonc 1xSmdl Slat- (O.mSMWl ~mprqea&H.lbwrvtth&awrvaJ(0.1315 W v ~ M a l .
Passenger Accornrnodallonr: (See noter)
Cargo: I Z0ms( 8 6 tms), one milcargo hatch
Air Cocks: 2
.
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fhr "]boar L a d r d n - 1 s hip's b t CC-(2h
u d to wpplement X k b lashon h r d rum FPP-(4k
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~mdardrh~p'sboatsytecra, wlld~nqklenkd All O t h ~
pmw pbna. n u n hull>.Mc. (Srr pqt 1 1 .)
The m1IE CNW a d W by the lac d
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General Data
b1spIacernmt: 150 tons Hull Armor: 40
Length: 38.75 metar Vo~urm:2 l W Accommodatlonr
Ptlce: MCrlSS.40 (1 44.17 u]- Target She: 5 Ufa support: Entmdcd (0.42 MW),C;mitk Cwnpmvton (e
10.5 MW)
Conflguratlon: Wedge SL Tcch Level: I S + C r m8( h-, &Cqlnrahg, IEGU-. 1K m d )
Mart (Loaded/Ernpty): 1491.02/1017.65 Cmw AccornmodaUonr: 4 x h r g t Stat- (0.001 M W ea.)
Pb~iengerAccommodatkm~:What- spare k not used 4mw
Engineering Data cargo: 196m1(1d tm)mdrpt~~~d(z~.9m~)m*m4.1 ltrgeorgohptdr
P o m r P L n t 3 1 8 M W F m b h P b n t ( 3 T B W h l t ) , l ysa-(OS88W Small CrrH m+d h u n c h Facllbtkr: Mlnrrnd hangar wth huvh pwt lor
WSW~W 3 x M O C W smww d r m : minimal ha- wrth bur& p r t f r x alr raft
lump Performance: 3(420mmdfwliwJump3.380rnslor]-2,140m*fw 1-1) Alr Locks: 1
C-latlng: 3C (75 W I G ) . Contra.Gv Ilftcn /I4 MWJ
C-Turns: 60 wllh Jump3f w l wmuc (75 wrtb 1-2 mew, PO 4 V I 1-1 -, No~~S
1 M . A wlng all I m p Iwl), 9,375 rnVud each The Falthcbrrkthertw&tdRQS q u n n t m e E u r t a . l t w m h t c w t l d ~ d l n g
Fud Tankage: 982.5m'p0.2 tmr) pkn 31 .Bm'mmndfu aS(rton'plug" t o ~ c o u t l c a r r ( e r h u l t r , b u t ~ m - c rddractxllltfmmthe
pbnt rn~~
Malnt: 4 3 ked up m curt-, wlth hkka hull pbtlng wd b k r lnltmnl rtrutrufe.Fmith-cbu
cutlas arc delignd fa 3G palomrnncc dtually lirmlar s c o u t - b a d cutten vrhlch
Electronlcr remin the %out's X; p c d m n c e are r o t me& dth~$clras. Fnrth-chu rurttnmc
Computer S x n - 1 5 Modd 'Fb(1.1 W c a ) wdl q u i p p d and a~penrivqh t do dfa?he AQS sukldy fw prlvare mrwrr.
Cammo: F OWAU radlo I-; M MW), 1 000AU mmer (-; 0.6 MW) Currenr u e n m r (called ' ~ t n ' )of thc faith c l areequtp@ ~ to t a k p u n m d
Avbntcr: n.10*A v l m l a Sen~orl:P~~~ EMS f l x d m"I 1SO.mbm ZlO-Ml lurrpa in rheir iorheu tn place d the uuat 15 0 . ~ 1l o c a l ~ m t r dturrea
(4 k 1 5 m,Piah*EMS foldr4*rr~210.0001rm(7kx+l;0.25 Baautc t h y h a w n o o n - W gunner, t h y t a m ~ lbtfircd t laally blrt arebth lired
MW). A c k IMS 480,WOLm ( 1 6 hemm; 25 MW) as a baapry by the MFD. fath.cbs cunen alw carry the 3-ton Maneuvering011.
ECMIECCM: EM n u l l k i n g (2.1 MW b r d Long Rrnge Act~veS e n m Pbrlorm, cx MOLRASP. h t a alm uwd by the
CafIbofs: Tbhf dmk with 6 r r ti^
~ ~ ~b~ &@rdb* R e g e w s Lovrrtrorrclw pckct ship @a? tabk bdow ref M 0 1 W details and
Challengr76, page 361. ~~~~~~~~~ate- btheRQS and are~uuwl
Armament to qu~rantintcutteoonly whde on RQS wtkduty. The UPS l ~ k ~ v ism r r t M T h to
3 turret hsrdpdnt wketr find (CmF 611 7.1811 9; Arc*. An.
thow s h ~ which
p do not haw them,Im the d u r n h of a c h duty. When u d cdw
Orlenrlwe: 2fl-15 21 O-MjLa*TumCI(L=: I : A MW
76/17,I ~ / ~ ~ ; A ~ C5-83 I~
commerEld tradeth 1am% hawar wdlcnrgo, ~ n g w , ~ p n r g br l h lurntwtrts
ca., No rrcw) " n d t ~ M F D r ~ a c e ~ C m ' ' o b t - b u r k r o ' r e e u ~s t a t m m m r ' m ~~~ i ~ ~ ~
Fire eootml syrtemt: Im+]#j 3M,mhrn MIlmeem MFD /&
l a d y d l 1 01 thc rbrr m r t not l ~ t t t with d EMM s w t n a d w ~ c mqt u i p p d
Dl11 M d l ; MI) 10 hex-; 10 h u e ; 1.71 MW: 1 crew)
twthe210-MI m t e - r e . ~ v a x l wp s k m n a TM-1 wrelr. rer-2verrelr
ShM Mrdium I- h r n added the EMM w t t , and T I - 3 verreln were built lo xcept the 21&MI unmanned
mM
. LJ
a% Turret T O 'irk36 2 : 40.'1r~36 8[1-'1~36 turreb. Tim-3 h I I I I ~ the ~ h r RQ5 d cutter. w'rh the net4$,whrth add the
. 210.00Qkmpar~ folding anay,mlysvailablern lim~ted numb-
(note that the p r r e d a Tier-3 1% noticeably lower. st MC;rl30.40).
yea (7 D20) Fy; :
ce Hitr
Ant
DAMAGE TABLES
lnternol Explorbn
1 4: UK, 5-1 4: an,
Systems
15-20: Hdd 10-2H
Eer-1 vmwlt w&ed mth 21O.OOOLm parrivemayr u r known
arfitr-lkandcarry 64 uue60C.turnrvithouf u~ing~umpluelend
imr vice thm? MOLRASR (ctnt is MCr144.26). A J t h q h tlw
I 2-3 1-10: hr 1 A: Uet, 5-14: Qt- 15-20: Hdd PP-1 H 150.MK3km f i x d array wem rrdundant MI culten with the blg
4.5 7-4: EM, 5-1 4: m, 15-20: ~ d dMD-1 H "1' array, i n d r l e u ~ r cab m
uvw wty little cost, and 11 v a l u a ~ not
6.7 1 *,% h c 71.17: u-14
'Arg-@l
I*l, 11 H b x h ~ to p t h C f o 4 c l ~array,
~ ~ but also for usewh~kM r m i n g furl
-19: EMMP ME 4s-{2h) CC.1 H in a m l p b . w t m r its coniamd ronligwation all- In
8-9, 14 EMM-1H UR.1 H uw wtKn fhr l d d n g arrays rdlaplcd a d st& away.
10 EMMR EMMR-(Zh) Clars n a m rndudc krgurtinr. htkr, Wrrky. Cohin, Iwingff,
11 LCH H a rlgar 1-1 H toyoh, T o r q u m d o , Frawwm. Donwnican, G r r p r h ,
12-1 3 r in
: Ant Hold u .--
at 2-1 M I t r u t , Mrlorrfhon. Tdhch, &rAmam,tbrfh, K w r C ~ o w d ,Nrstoru~.
36-19 1-4: LT" EMS Ant-7 H norus Ptrogrm, N h o . Alhrodw. Curntantlnc,
20 kg hers-(1 h) Alblgmrrs. W o l d c n r c ~ . Arrur, tnorric.
Monrrhaem, Domur, O r i p , d TmN,an.
Fuel scoops skrm
TL
14
14
Dr~riation
MOtRt&P ALtIPas
M15$1I+Drone
Val
3
0.5
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66.4
& 845
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28
4
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4811
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10L
16A. SP(I
SPIT]
SbS
Y+U+Slc21+* w (1.05
'1*2,+7J,+2,+1*1
840rn' d lud p a hour.
Fuel purifcauon marhin-
m
12hountodir.~2h1
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[Ism' each h w )
 OlrplrccmenE 300 tons Hull Armor: 40
Length: 50 mettn Volume: 4200i-n'
Prlce: MCr196.70 Target She: 5 Accornmdat Ions
Conflguratlon: Wedge St Tech Lerd: 14 Llfc Support: Entendcd (0.84 W.Craviblc CornpcnUtM (X;:21 W
Mars ILoaded/Ernpty): 2812.1412433 78 C r m : I S { Z x M a r m ~ ~brEkbwlqincl.
, d d l t l d r o n c operator], 4xEngC
n e e n q , SxCmmry. ZKCommsnd)
Englneerlng Data Cxew Accornmodatlon~:Up to 1 5 ~ 3 m fStrtuoom
l (0.0005 MW w.)
Power Plant 584.7MW fusb ! h w r h n t (97.45 LWhlt), 1 year durahn Passenger Astommodstion%:IrSrrrall S t a t e m m (0.0005 MW m.). plus any
(0.031 MW p w e r lurpla) addttmnd stateroor-s F r d up frm C~RY'I muitiplr m c u p q
Sump Performance: 3 (840 myfurl i~ llump3,280m'for jumpl) Cargo: 196 m y 1 4 t m ) , 2 largc mrga h a t c h Alr Lock 3
C-Ratlng: 3C ( I 50 W I G ) , Contra-Gtm l d l m (30MW)
GTurnr. 64.44 ( 1 01.1 mlng jump fwf),18.75 m' fud each Notes
Fuel Tankage: 2048m1 (1 46.29 ton%),~ C L L ~58.47m1(4.18 Fom) r ~ w fmd W diitincbkt RQS qurantiw runsl arc lned d l m t udrahrdy by the RQS's
p e r plant Pjlan penonnel,st~llknownath Tre&arr.or'lnd Prot~ctm'(~ce p g e 1 7 ) . They
Malnt: 9s are built by Wan %hipynrdson krEakruled or +Inhabited wMldr d t h Rtgemy.
AIrhovgh they weft budt in ~ p s tocthc rame r e q u l r e m t r ttrat multed In the
Electranks 150-ton Faith-clasrcutters (page 89). tfie klan stretthd thelr 200-tmKPryhuccla~s
Carnputw: hTl-11 Model Fb (I MW a) couri~r(* SobmonrondArlon)by the~amcpwccntagcandwoundupwith 3CQ tons.
Cornrno: IOODAll rsdia (-; 30 MW), lOOOAU wmer (1:0.6 MW) Their sire and heavy a m r m t makm thew vesselr highly s a r g h ~aft- wen by
Avbnlcr: TL-10+Avionics humans. but the dtfferencer In A r b - and h m n - c o n f i g u r dequapment m n s that
Senrorr: Panivr EMS l ~ r array
d 1 M,OOOkm (5 hucl: 0.15 MW). W e EMS human rrewsmll operare Mk l a n vprrelr at a u n r l m c l [)iff Mod lor all zatb (tee
480.000km (16 he*-; 25 Mlh3: aho Allen1 01 the Rlrn, Volume 1: Hlvtrs and Ithklur, page 86).
ECMIECCM: EM Marking pacbge ( 4 . l M W ) Unl~kcfhc rrnmth, -thetic r- of pure &l3n derqnr, th+ Trrkkynkcurtan
Controls: Bridge w ~ r h7xbr1dqtwulJtatUlllanr, plw 4 WHYwa&rtations han the apprarance d 'L%h.upl.' which m fact t h y are, using nandard humn
techno* d a d on Wandesqntechniques towhith thy are n o t r i s u a l ) y o r m
Armament terhnually matchad. h t ~ p r d u c t hTnbhyoveunerrare earity d~~tingu~$hed from
2 b h m e m d 2 mnct lacken find plm a ddicated 9-tube milrikldrme earficr d e b by the unrightfy extmw duchng tfiat tuns over the Fop d the
bunch~ngc h t e r PngrnePtlnghousingr. Th~rduct~ngw a r q u ~ r by d the relrditted human.standard
Ollenslve: 2xTL-14 300-MjLam Bark- em: 16D8, 17/19: A w An; EMM swte which wwld not Idt within the Arlan-standardinter- d u c t l q thanncls.
8.3MW ea.; 1 crewm.),2~TL.14LawrTurreu (16/17.18119;Am: All; 4.2MW Anti-hfan rdrcts arc loudly opporcd to rht rnkbo;rcunff. nmrq IN very heavy
ea.: 1 r r w en), 9xMi~lleldrmebunch tube (Lm: 10; 1 m d y Mslldrone ea.: r m n r tw its IUC,comparable to that of tht 4 W - t Gozrll+<la~\~ LIW -corn
(TNE page 370 orErllLant Lances Technical Manual, page33). Thc lharghtdsuth
I Crew)
Flm Control Systernc 1 x l l - 1 4 MbrllelBearn MFD (5 DiR M d y MI 10 k x a ; wmlngly offemrive w r r d r in the hands d theoretrca* dtlloyal Inhabitan&a! the
10 hems; 1.77MW ea.; 1 C m w.), 1%M ~ n i l e ~ r o n e r w r l rstiltion
ol (No Diff h e n r y a d great concern to thest people. a p c c ~ l l ytht ffac tf the AQS is
Mdr, Mst 10 hexes; 0.15 MW; 1 C m ) bankrellrngan instant rrbdllwr navywnlth~nIB awn bordtn, tantarnwnt to allwrlng
rhe Wiwatc ta forward haw invasion flea vithin the Regmcy.
The TrtUiyourutten are qulte welCarmed, and actually h e m f u e p o w p r than
Shon Medhm Long C;rfrrmr the larger Catcllm w ~ t htheir d-I "rmrs~lefarm' in add~tronlo two hr%badwna
TL-14 150*Mjn i m Tom1 1 '1,-31 4:'!1+31 8:'Jvr31 16-'lro-TT and two lasa tucreh. Howewr. thql h a r e a rhatcormng w ~ t h the G~vrllrrto whuh
TL-14 =Mi laser Barbme EO:'llt43 ZQ:'ltt43 40:'1~26 BO.'lt13 thy arc lo d t e n cMlrparcd: thy art limted by harlng only ommrslu Irrd~fector.

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The m ~ s ~ k l d rt mu k may fiit any s W x d
7nPspacr-combat dull< orany drone dthe urn
DAMAGE 06 lmstler we. Thc standard n-147m1 p a r w e
&Ed mol Embsi drone1s~nonthedrw~ta&rmpqe89
1 : UK, 10-2u.u u a ,v-trI LS-3H *'"' '
Zh) (as the 'mirrik.dmnt'). The nine-- m w l c lam
2-3 0:Elec, 1 1-20: Qm PPdH USdH H b U a t d as a ungk mnrrle bay
4-5: 3 :Qtrr, 1 2 - 2 0 Hold MD-1H AG-1 H :4h) la p u r p ~ s ~ hinarddamage,
rd .
6-9, 1 d CC-1 H SSR*(2t .?H cee the table at left.
10 2: Mtrs Bay, 13-20: HoM FPP-2H MSD-(: Fud %oops allow the cuna
16.17 1-2: EMMR : LB, 5-8: LT, T,-20: En!1 LB-2l-1 LJ-FH to skim B4Orn5 d h dp a hocrr.
Fuel puri6callon rnachkray(2.1
18.19 1-2: EMMR : LR, 5-20: Eng Miss tlay-2H MW), 1 I harm to rd7ne a40mg
2a 1: EMMR ng,19-20: Hold All Ot hen41h)
- (W 420m' each 6 hounl.
General Data S M Medrum long hmm
DEsplacrmcnC:500 tan Hull Armor: 60 16.h2 5 6 - m m
Length: 48 meten Volume: 7000 m' 207-Mi L a w Turret (-1 1 l0.'11*M 0 : 40.'/tr36 80 '111.35
Prlce: M C r 4 0 0 . 1 7 Targel She: S 1MO.MnneMani~lDI 1:40- 2:m- 4 : l Q W C S W
Conflguratlon: C y l M s $4 Tech twd: 16
Mass [LoadedlErnpty): 4467.0713T92.W Accommodatlonr
Ute Support: htmded 0.4 W,GAUc C m G: 35 MW)
Englneertng Data C m w 22 (ZwMa-, , mncy,3 x C o n n w ~ ! )
l n E t ~ ~ i c s , P d n g i m e fr d
Power Plant: 1920.8 W F l a k W e r Rant (640.3 MWfiit). 1 ye* duration ptus13armrmaoop
ra.173 M W wrplra) Crew A-mo&tbnr: 6 m S - d SbtmKm(rhgle 0.WS h W a).
l u m p Performance: 4 [I ?SO m'for w, 1312Jm' lor p3, &75m3lor 1.2, BxLndlStntero~md (- 0 . 0 ~ 0 5MW -.I
437.5rn3lor 1-1 C q o : 92.45 rn' (6.6 tan), onc brge cargo hutch
G-Ratlng: 6C (250 MWK;), ConWa-Grsv tiilm (50 MW) Small Craft .nd hunch Factlltkr: lC-ton u n p r m m d p d conMkd by
G-Turns, 5 4 mth lrrmp4 fwd merve (68 wi!h Jump3 m, 82 with I-2 manrpubtor In infwnal hangar IM~nlml),me hunch pl
reserve, P6 Gth r-1 -@
I ), 31.25 rn'd furl r x h Alr Locks: 5
Fuel Tanluge: 3437.5m'(24554?ons)plur 192 08rn'(l3.72tom)rwrvdlar
p w e r plant Notes
Malnt: 1 16 wkkhm21ghh'ngwht)rDrrirnMh~h.dobr~ty,
'Stam Wn4" 1.q'lhe lhind tfvt bring the I*). l ' h m hip arc drrivcd hwn prd Omrun
Electronks dcupl* but m ~ capairmbl e Scring~ in ccn- wth Regawy -wen
Computer. 3*ll.-16 M d Fb Cornputem (1.2 MW m.1 ~chmf;~f~orb.Arumbcrdlitcmc-bult~~*mnhRegmFyNnyrndRqS,
Cornmo: 1000AU rado (-; 20 W,2*300,Mlokm ndro(onfyoncp w e d ; ~ n ~ u r ~ a ~ b O - P a b d t f i u ~ . T h c d a g n & h g h ~ ~ t d . ~ r a
10 h e m : TO MW), 1000 AU nrarer (-: 0.6 W. 2~300,000kmw r (10 ron~dacdhhml~Fmrr1lupablcaLhe1r&rd4Da.mn~-15p~d~ntna~E~
hex-, 0.3MW ea.) 372 u B r R U t Lvlrtt T M n f o l k n u r l ppe 24)wh;le it 11mly b w h h e p l ~ t
Avbnlcr: n-104 Avicnlcl Onr~ramplrd baht* bKmy-boMW p ~ ~ ~ k d t d ~ r Coniml atm. ~ r h w n h ~ h i p * ~
SPnrors: Pardve EMS fixed xny 150,OOOLm (5 hem; 0.1 MW). Par* EMS ~ p l a n r 1 r r f i w n t t o p ~ m t ~ ! t Ll4Mdntr(FW100,
hc3 w c F k Fud~LStrrIpg:
folding &ray Z40,OOOkm (8 hrrm: 0.25 M W ,AEtiw EMS 480.000km It6 115). w u , It a <mncct&tn barterns wh& a W ~tlo iin rl tht -5 Da! M d 800)
here; 13 MMW) lor t h w hwn [YK 1- c m b l t tvns). Almtndy, thu tmq rrry bc uud m pMdc &X

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ECMIECCM: EM M&$klng(2 Mw, acakranm [or thm han (11G m L
Control$: Bridge wrth 1 OnBtklgc WarlutatM, plra 9 othm wrktatlonr h k w bm3relnmnnd Thy mfindutrmthlrcgnbP~tynvodt)+MFDr
n-l6hmrnm~rhxt&r1rrtte1~~.151pnnu~le~butmyC~M
Armament btitfitc k r w
a~munmlw ~ am b d f m r 25.mt h e & m iJ c h)rn
Thy
OHenslvc: 1x1 6.6m Pankk kcelmator (Lm PaalUl10; Am: 1: 71.1 MW ~holthe~ip~tubtalerved~maat~.To~rmganneca~mtyh24mrulq
[pow@& to -2 Dlll M d k 1 Crew). 6xn-16 207-Mj L-Tumt ILM: 11,1 I , mvdwh&mkledtrrnrdtr*tfin*t~.
1 I. 11. 1 F.11;Arcs:2,3,4;21.75MW~pwrrdto-l D!HMdl:Nocrmea.,
f w d by MFD), 1xMlssileBay (Loc: 1; Z7 ready M j k 0.45 MW; 1 crew), 1 xl 200-
tonne Man-ipulator (LM: 11; AICI: 2, 3, 4; 24 MW; 1 crew) &M ~ h c n u n kd
r !onrv%of&cckrabm ~ @ e dbythe~m*wbtaittt*~rs&d-conht
Flre Control Systems: 4xTL-l6Dw!-purpolc MdIBeam MFDs(6 MflMod; MsF range& €a& 10 tonm d mnrpuhuw thnrduwl1Cdxrrkrpth pa d@wrmnt ton d rhc
10 hexer [ l a w and mwl: 10 hexer: 1.J 1 MW, 1 crew en.) b g ~ T h u m a r a n g e d 1h u t t ~ m a r p r b t o r ~ d c r r t I C m n + t m ~ g e ~ ~ m r l - ~ o n
brgct M ffi 01 u hrll.ton lugrt (rmh ~tandvdspwr m-&t multr drdam mJurm nr
h?U
wl n~nrpddlol@ PDdnY
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DAMACE TABLES 151.Wzcnrel~npty,mdmdunbewwrh
Am
1 isr Bay fYY-3H
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ndin&quhuabh5hn10M)hddr
m 55 p ~ m -
2-5 T -1 5: Ant , 7: Qm,18
7: t l ~ 8.1 5SRqh) 3apnmbaEcelerapdbjmcmar1prhm
6-9, >Id CC-IH LT+IH up tot XstnanydumknThrpftstncur
10 1 :AS 2: EC 1 8: P4. 19-20: Hold LS-SH MBay-4t-I Is n d to W k KG -5 h t h
11 1-3: Ant, 4 2: LTI ,34: LT2,S-6: L n , ELS-3H PA-6H imul comprutort mly n+grw ~ G L
T~mvjbthoulrrl~nbvrtrhbw
94:tT4,9-10: LTS, I1 -1 2: LT6, ACdH MFD-(Zh]
~ u u ( T ~ l 3 ) M b j ~ ~ p n r y
1 3: ManipuFatw, 14-20- Hnld MD-2H Manrp.(? h) d ttr ~bts- (a m r
16- 1-5: EMMR Hold EMM-1 I. f rrl @cabon mdury(4.375 6
I B- 1-2: EMMR hg EMMR-( ham m reEw87Srn: 12 h t o dm
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