The Borderland Subsector

The Borderland subsector has grown vastly in importance in the last five hundred years. Once a backwater in a backwater, Borderland was virtually ignored by the old empires. The Vilani bypassed it entirely; the Terrans dropped a few colonies along the way, but never really developed it, and while the Sindalian Empire claimed the whole subsector as part of their domain, they never explored further than Byrni.   The Borderland was left, in the words of one scout, to fester. All sorts of bizarre rumours swirled around this sector during the Long Night and the early days of the Imperium. Some claimed that the proximity of the Great Rift, of parsec upon parsec of empty space drives Travellers insane. Others insisted that a great pirate king had his base in the Borderland, or that a mysterious alien race held sway over a number of worlds here, or that jump travel was especially unreliable and hazardous here (this last one may have some truth to it – there is a noticeably higher rate of misjumps in the Borderland than elsewhere, though Imperium scouts put this down to poor-quality fuel, and the establishment of a chain of Class A starports with first-rate refineries should put an end to the phenomenon).   The opening of trade between the Aslan Hierate and the Third Imperium transformed the Borderland. The chain of worlds between Tobia and Tlaiowaha subsectors became instantly of great strategic and commercial value. The ‘Borderlands rush’ of the 500s brought free traders, con artists, miners, developers and pirates flocking to the subsector. Ironically, raids on shipping by both Aslan and human rogues nearly put an end to the good times, but increased Imperial escorts and Aslan punitive raids helped lend confidence to the megacorporations once more.   Chief among these megacorporations is the General Development Corporation. While GeDeCo has interests across the Trojan Reach, in Borderland it is a player on par with the Imperium or the Hierate, and GeDeCo executives are treated as lords here. GeDeCo established many of the new colonies here, and drove the pirates into the wilderness once more. GeDeCo’s headquarters is on Vorito, in Tlaiowaha subsector and perilously close to the Hierate, but they have major facilities on TechWorld, Tanith, Acrid, Argona, Byrni and Falkenberg.   The Imperial/Hierate trade route runs from Tobia subsector through Cordan or Acrid, to Tech-World, and then onto Byrni. Jump-2 vessels must detour through Argon and Sperle before making a perilous stop-over at Ergo and harvesting fuel from the local gas giant.  

Name	Location	Bases	Statistics	Trade Codes	Travel Codes	Allegiance	Gas Giants
Acrid	302		AAC1388-D	Fl Lo Ni Ht			G
Argona	503		B612586-9	Ic Ni			G
Arunisiir	201		B776530-6	Ag Ni			G
Browne	610		B550A96-9	De Hi In Po			G
Byrni	107		B955699-6	Ag Ni			G
Cordan	401		A895347-9	Ni Lo			G
Ergo	205		X767500-3	Ag Ni Lt	R		G
Exe	403		B300101-A	Ni Va Lo			G
Falcon	305		A558448-D	Ni Ht			G
Inurin	304		E668776-5	Ag Ri Lt			G
Sperle	404		BA8A78A-7	Ri Wa
Tanith	301		A589342-B	Ni Lo			G
Tech-World	204		A555154-E	Ni Lo Ht
Umemii	501		C521877-7	Na Po			G
Villane	609		B100634-8	Na Ni Va			G