Spinward Marches
The Spinward Marches are the Imperium's
farthest frontier. When the Third Imperium first began its
reconquest
of space, much effort was spent in recontacting worlds originally part
of
the First Imperium or its
successor,
the Rule of Man.
Imperial Scouts
ranged outward, and in all directions they found settled worlds or
established
interstellar communities, except far to spinward. There,
between 60
and
160, the explored Deneb and Spinward Marches sectors, finding rich empty worlds
waiting
to be colonized. The major colonization efforts of the Imperium
(between
75 and 400) were concentrated in the only true frontier they could
find:
the Spinward Marches.
The Spinward Marches is a sector of 437 star systems divided along a coreward/rimward line by the
Imperial border.
The region is dominated by two major powers: the Imperial
Spinward
Marches sector and the frontier provinces of the Zhodani Consulate.
In
the independent territory between the two powers lie three small
territories: the Federation
of Arden, the
Sword Worlds
Confederation, and the Darrian Confederation.
Each follows its own diplomatic line designed to maintain independence
from
both the Zhodani and the
Imperium.
The Spinward Marches has been settled since the 400s and is still a
frontier
sector. High-tech worlds are scattered among empty, fallow worlds;
there
is potential for exploration, exploitation, and development for
centuries
to come.
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