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THE SHATTERED IMPERIUM

The Core Disasters all but destroyed the influential Sylean worlds and shook the foundations of the 3rd Imperium to ruin, all due to a collective of rogue artificial intelligences calling themselves the Archons.

What remains of Humanspace is a handful of pocket empires and struggling states. Chaos and anarchy are rules for the day in most regions.

The Terran Confederation, The Sword Worlds, The Union of Soviet Socialist Planets, and The Solomani Imperium can trace their origins directly to the Sol system, while groups such as The Imperial Regency, The Republic of Regina, and The Domain of Deneb are remnants of The Third Imperium.

The Ziru Sirka is the reestablished Grand Vilani Kingdom of the Stars, which has dominated and isolated much of the Spinward Frontier. Their imperialistic march has dominated the Corridor Sector and is actively invading the Trailing edge of the Deneb Sector.

It has been said that the Zhodani found something very hostile during their last Galactic Core Expedition, and this is why all Consulate communications have gone silent. Starships have been found unmanned and adrift, and many bases - even worlds - completely abandoned.

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THE SPACERS GUILD

In the wake of the fallen Imperium, Wildspace had reclaimed most of The Orion Spur, and much data has been lost. A coalition of independent merchants and former Imperial Scouts formed an interstellar organization to re-explore and reestablish trade and civilised contact between worlds.

Much like The Traveller's Aid Society before it, The Spacer's Guild offers updated and replotted maps, the latest news, rumors, reliable space fairer's advice and recommendations, as well as discounted hostels to members.

Membership is rather exclusive, however, offered exclusively through traditional mustering out benefits via various spacing careers.

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THE COUNCIL OF ANDOR & THE ASLAN INVASIONS
The Council of Andor is the ruling body of Andor & Candory; the only Droyne nation in known space, despite their proliferation across The Orion Spur. It is uncertain what this sudden consolidation of Droyne power and leadership means, for as usual, the Droyne are cryptic and elusive should they even acknowledge any such line of questionings.

Several ambitious breakaway clans of The Aslan Hierate have annexed former Imperial Territories, including a third of the rimward worlds of The Five Sisters Subsector. While this aggression has been condemned by more local powers such as the Darrians and the Geonee, there has been no word from former Imperial states such as Republic of Regina or The Domain of Deneb concerning the legitimacy of Aslan expansion.

THE METAL WORLDS

The Geonee Colonies, a joint expedition of the Geonee Cultural Relocation Initiative and the Geonee Self Defense Forces, these worlds located in The Sword Worlds Subsector are a cultural and racial refuge from the Core Disasters that shattered The Third Imperium twenty-five years ago.

THE FENRIR
While pirate organizations are active in The Spinward Frontier, the fusion of Vargr Corsairs and USSP/Bratva funded Mercenaries has resulted in a greatly feared and dangerous criminal presence in the Spinward Frontier of the former Imperium; The Fenrir. Bloodthirsty and cunning, these paramilitary Raiders have been observed utilizing the latest technologies available coupled with extreme practices of occultism to achieve their criminal goals.

STARGATES
These peculiar Ancient Artifacts have been recorded by The Spacer's Guild throughout Reclaimed Space. Historically, K'Kree and Solomani have used these devices to great (and sometimes terrible) effects.

Stargates permit faster than Jumpdrive technology across The Orion Spur, usually between 4-24 days travel time. Time is extremely mutable within the wormholes and there seems to be no determining with any accuracy for travel time prior to passing through the gate; however, this is still remarkably faster than standard Jumpdrive technology (Misjump hazards and Droyne or Hiver Kiloparsec Drives notwithstanding.)

Known Networks:

• Farreach (Spinward Marches/Jewell 0602) <-> Sirius (Solomani Rim/Dingir 0809) <-> Gateway Prime (Gateway/Gateway 1220) <-> Gateway (Ursa Major/Mizar 0505)
  
  
• Vega (Solomani Rim/Vega 0110) <-> Caledon (Reaver's Deep/Caledon 1913)
  
  
• Junction (Solomani Rim/Sol 0309) <-> Junction (Spinward Marches/Darrian 0102) <-> Kokkelen (Far Frontier/Jungleblutt 0506) <-> Gate Way (Dagudashaag/Argi 1331) <-> Saezghen (Gvurrdon/Uerra rUesHken 0206)

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MEGACORPORATIONS
Megacorporations are the largest of the millions of economic organizations that do business within and without Charted Space, often encompassing Subsector, Quadrant, and even Sector-wide dominion. Megacorporations often have their own private military forces and wield powerful, if even covert, political influence.

GENERAL PRODUCTS

● Heavy Industry
● Starship Manufacturing
● Vehicle Manufacturing

General Products, LIC: Largely concerned with heavy industry, General is a manufacturer of starships, non-starships, and heavy machinery of all sorts.

INTESTELLARMS

● Military Hardware
● Military Units
● Strategic Planning

Manufacturing, buying, and selling military equipment of all sorts, Instellarms is a specialty supplier of mercenary units of all sizes and types. Agents of the firm can often be found on a battlefield, negotiating the purchase of the equipment of the losing side before the battle is completely over. The company does not deal in interstellar vessels and chemical, bacteriological, or nuclear weaponry, but these can sometimes be obtained on low law level worlds for astronomical prices.

LING-STANDARD PRODUCTS

● Mining (very active)
● Banking (small degree)
● Insurance (small degree)
● Computer systems
● Consumer Goods
● Electronic equipment of all sorts
● Ground & air vehicles
● Starships
   ● Starship armaments systems
   ● Starship drive systems
   ● Starship power systems
● Robots
● Software
● Small arms

● Weapons

● A variety of other items.

STERNMETAL HORIZONS

● Energy Supplies
● Manufacturing
● Food synthesis Machinery
● Power generation Machinery
● Mining
● Urban Equipment
● Vehicle Manufacturing

Sternmetal is primarily engaged in mining operations and manufacturing. Mostly power generation equipment of all types, including power plants for starships, air and ground vehicles, cities, and industrial installations. Additionally, Sternmetal is the largest manufacturer of food synthesis equipment in Charted Space.

SUSAG

● Biotechnology
● Geneering
● Chemicals
● Pharmaceuticals
● Anagathics
● Psi Drugs

Schunamann und Sohn AG, LIC: SuSAG engages in a wide range of chemical, pharmaceutical, and geneering activities. SuSAG is the primary manufacturer of anagathics for Known Space, and maintains psi drug manufacturing plants in certain client states beyond civilized space.

WYAROAER

Wyaroaer is The Aslan Hierate's leading arms producer, from starship spinal mounts to small arms, some of which are made for export to human space.

● Computers
● Consumer Goods
● Cybernetics
● Electronics
● Manufacturing
● Military Hardware
● Robots
● Starship Manufacturing
● Weapons

Wyaroaer leads in the manufacture of electronics, computers, cybernetic components, and robots. In many cases, Wyaroaer set the industrial standards for the Hierate. Most of these products are for commercial consumption rather than as war material.

TRANSSTAR

● Interstellar Shipping & Trade
● Freight
   ● Bulk
   ● Standard (Conventional)
● Passengers
● Tourism Closely associated with The Spacer's Guild.

GENASSIST

● Biotechnology
● Geneering: It is believed that more then a dozen alien species were geneered by the company.
● Robotics
   ● Conventional (Mechanical)
   ● Pseudobiological Robots

Besides geneering lower lifeforms, GenAssist also has participated in the uplift of over two dozen alien species.

ZIRU SIKRA MEGACORPORATIONS
While MegaCorps obviously wield great power through money, influence, and resources; the following Vilani entities, collectively defined as The Bureaux, don't even pretend to conceal their cultural or political power. They are literally the soul of The Kingdom of the Stars.

MAKHIDKARUN

● Communications
● ComputersEntertainment
● Food ProductsRobots
● Recreational Products

Makhidkarun specializes in the communications and entertainment industries. The firm produces fine musical recordings of all types, two and three dimensional motion pictures, books, magazines, and art reproductions of all sorts. Its communications division produces a wide variety of data processing, storage, and retrieval equipment and the requisite software for it. A gourmet foods division trades in all manner of rare and expensive foods, wines, and delicacies.

NAASIRKA

● Communications Equipment
● Electronics
● Information Retrieval Hardware & Software
● Manufacturing
● Robots

It specializes in the manufacture of: Information storage and processing equipment, Software, Computers, Robots, and Other complex electronic devices.

SHARURSHID

● Antiquities Trading
● Interstellar Shipping & Trade
● Luxury Goods
● Speculation

ZIRUNKARIISH

● Financial Arrangements
● Insurance
● Investments
● Capital Investments
● Real Estate

Zirunkariish is one of the largest insurance underwriters in Charted Space, and while its capital reserves are gigantic, it usually chooses to invest them in various trusts rather than in other megacorporations.