THE FAR SPINWARD COLONIES
Once major contributors to humankind’s expansion, these worlds were abandoned when the 20-parsec limit was established in the 2110s. While the colonies were ordered to evacuate, no one made it back after the recall.
THE ISOLATION
At the turn of the century, several star systems between the Middle Heavens and the Far Spinward Colonies went supernova, flooding the region with star remnants, intense gamma radiation, and violent neutrino bursts. This interstellar haze has permeated the area for decades, making travel there impossible—several ships were lost in the attempt. As of the 2180s, the interference has begun to dissipate enough to risk an expedition back to the FSC—the UNISC Great Mother Mission. The question remains, what will they find out there—a thriving interstellar civilization of joint colonies, or isolationist chaos and death?ARROGANCE OR PROPAGANDA?
The large population numbers of the Weyland era colony worlds are in direct contrast to the smaller numbers on distant frontier worlds of this century. Weyland Corp colony records tend to boast numbers in the tens to hundreds of thousands and more, while Weyland-Yutani worlds support a more modest hundred to a few thousand colonists. It is possible that ambition and earthly overpopulation caused so many to leave earth for the stars. It is also true that more advanced technologies were in play in the beginnings of space colonization than the economy versions in use today. For example, a Weyland Corp atmospheric processor could reportedly clean a moon or small planet’s atmosphere within a decade. Weyland-Yutani’s models can take some twenty to forty years to do a subpar job. While we may never know for certain, it is likely that at least some of the population numbers were inflated to make extrasolar colonization seem that much more attractive to a civilization hesitant to leave their own solar system. After all, if everyone else is leaving the planet, why aren’t you?
Type
Galactic Sector
Included Locations
- KOI-1361.01 BLUE JAY COLONY
- KOI-1361.01 BLUE JAY COLONY
- KOI-1404 SYSTEM
- KOI-1430 SYSTEM
- KOI-1739 SYSTEM
- KOI-1938 SYSTEM
- KOI-1966
- KOI-2020 SYSTEM
- KOI-2290 SYSTEM
- KOI-2418.01 CURZIC OUTPOST
- KOI-2469 SYSTEM
- KOI-2650 SYSTEM
- KOI-2770 SYSTEM
- KOI-323: PLATTE OUTPOST
- KOI-610 SYSTEM
- KOI-723 SYSTEM
- KOI-784 SYSTEM
- KOI-817.01 BRAHMS OUTPOST
- KOI-947.01: PELICAN COLONY
- LOST AND NEARLY FORGOTTEN
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