The Beyond

Description
The Beyond lies entirely outside of the Third Imperium and Zhodani Consulate and at the edge of Aslan Hierate expansion behind the Claw. Large empires have never claimed its space but adventurous, determined or desperate settlers among Humaniti, Aslan and Vargr have encroached upon the once uncharted star systems of The Beyond for nearly 3,000 years. Although Major Races from distant worlds have carved out slices of the sector, the native Sred*Ni and neighbouring Floriani hold territory and resist encroachment. A few native races and a scattering of sophonts transplanted by the Ancients have occupied a small number of systems in The Beyond for hundreds of thousands of years. The first starfaring humans to settle in the sector were dissidents from the Sindalian Empire in the neighboring Trojan Reach. This Sindalian Diaspora continued until -1400, bringing civilization to a few dozen worlds with many joining the Corellan League, a confederation of occasionally fractious systems. A thousand years prior to the formation of the Third Imperium, Aslan explorers and settlers from across the Great Rift began to encroach into the sector’s rimward and trailing corner. The eventual contact and conflict between the League and expanding Aslan marked a second era in the history of The Beyond. For 1,000 years, Humaniti and Aslan fought a dozen conflicts. The arrival of scouts from the Third Imperium during the early 200s brought news of resurgent human civilization. However, aid came not in ships or troops but in diplomacy, which ended the Aslan Expeditions with the Peace of Kaiear in 422, more than 40 years after the Peace of Ftahalr had brought amity between the Third Imperium and the Aslan Hierate. Only then did new human settlers from the Third Imperium begin to arrive, sporadically at first, then in a Great Pulse of immigration in the 600s following the turbulent period of the first two Frontier Wars and the Civil War. The sporadic waves of settlers from Imperial space marked the beginning of the present era of The Beyond’s history, with the region becoming more reliably linked to the wider civilizations of Charted Space. The Beyond remains a volatile frontier region, with various races and states trading, competing and occasionally fighting to carve out their piece of the sector.

Governments

 * Mapepire Cluster
 * Principality of Brukharr
 * Katanga Empire
 * Corellan League
 * I'sred Protectorate
 * Monarchy of Lod
 * Florian League
 * Stormhaven Republic
 * Zydarian Condominium
 * Nakris Confederation
 * Aslan Hierate

Native Inhabitants

 * Aniyun
 * Kemlae
 * Ewurmer
 * Gmina
 * Ktiauao
 * Mal'Gnar
 * Sred*Ni
 * Teakhea