Kuiper Belt

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On the very outskirts of the Outer World, the inhabitants of the Kuiper Belt live on the edge of a knife. An asteroid belt beyond the outskirts of neptune, the edge of the Outer World. Most of the settlements in the Kuiper Belt are former colonies of the Trident Empire. Known collectively as the Outerreach, an interplanetary association for former Trident colonies. The most populated dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, Pluto, is not a part of the Outerreach, as it was a former colony of Mercury.

icy and cold compared to the rocky Asteroid Belt

Home to several dwarf planets, some with their own keystone

gravity in the kuiper belt is chaotic, and very much affected by Neptune. most of the dwarf planets have only avoided orbital capture because of their resonance with the orbit of neptune.

Current Challenges

Oortite mining, old mines reopened, displacing populations.

Dangers from the oort cloud, hard living conditions, militias (?), lack of resources, exploitation

The impact of the oort cloud in the kuiper belt was mapped by Fritz Fram and the crew of the Nautilus in his last completed expedition. What did they find?

where the Sentinels hold the line against the horrors of the Oort Cloud.

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Distance from Sun

29.8-30.3 AU

Inhabiting Species