The Cold Frontier
Location
Compared the Prodigal Void, the Cold Frontier is a barren waste.
Planets are fewer and farther between and generally harbor a
harsh, unlivable environment. The few inhabited planets are
generally rough and backwater, though the Frontier is the focus
of the colonization and terraforming efforts of the
Zvetaku
Creed. Aftward and Coreward of the Cold Frontier lies the
Badlands. Aftward and Edgeward, the Cold Frontier butts up to
the Farrago and
Prodigal Void. Belowward,
Twilight projects
through the Cold Frontier. Spinward, the Cold Frontier extends
into unexplored nothing.
Political
The Cold Frontier, through its scarcity and isolation, is
largely immune to politics. Its inhabitants are often there for
a singular purpose, whether that be mining, settlement, or just
generally the avoidance of politics. The distance between
hospitable worlds makes the area impractical and undesirable for
expansion by the major galactic powers and corporations, leaving
it to lesser powers.
The Cold Frontier is the chosen
territory of the
Zvetaku Creed and ideally suits their agenda of terraforming barren worlds. They have four worlds in various
stages of Sanctification to ideal
Human habitats. The
Zvetaku
predominantly keep to their business of terraforming and
recruiting new members. They trade largely with the
Core
Commonwealth and, to a lesser extent, with the
Spinward
Confederacy and
Bjaki Federation.
Recently, the
Makkuth have decided that the
Zvetaku territories represent an opportunity to capture
habitable worlds, new technology, and strategic position to move
on the empires of the Prodigal Void. They have recently invaded
the Zvetaku colony
Valentholo.
Trade & Technology
Trade is limited within the Cold Frontier. Goods move between
Zvetaku worlds but most are brought in from the
Prodigal Void by
the Zvetaku themselves.
Technology is imported for use
specifically in the Cold Frontier, particularly high tech
terraforming and colonization technologies for the
Zvetaku and a
variety of mostly industrial equipment for mining and other
specialized interests in the sector. The
Zvetaku themselves have
advanced and specialized research & development, testing, and
manufacturing facilities on their worlds.
History
The Cold Frontier was basically unsettled until late
Ancient and
early Archaic times when explorers from the
Prodigal Void began
to move through the area. In early
Antiquity, Mikhan Zvetaku
would basically define the Cold Frontier by choosing it as the
primary settlement area for the
Zvetaku Creed movement.
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