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Aemilor Subsector
A subsector of the Rimworlds Sector occupying the 'A' position on Imperial sector maps. Never occupied, nor fully explored, by the Imperium, Aemilor was the point of origin of the Klarthu Confederacy which successfully drove Sector forces under Sector Duke Morthar III out of neighbouring Riinu Subsector in the 690's.

A.K.I. Interstellar
A.K.I. Interstellar is an enormous megacorporation with subsidiaries and divisions in most fields of business. The Anikinuii Khorghargi Inesteelli Interstellar Trading Company was established on Raelmar/Thurgandarn in 544 by three Vilani Merchant Bankers who supported (and financially backed) Kolin Venuraski in his bid to create the RimWorlds Sector and become its first Sector Duke.

Astrogation Features
Aaron Reach: Reach of six systems in Lymethius Subsector that contains the bulk of the population of the Geithurian Republic.
Crown of Brol: Constellation of four stars on the Spinward border of Cabria Subsector.
Dokar Main: Constellation of 13 stars along the Coreward/Spinward border of Gazul Subsector.
Gamelea Cluster: A constellation of six stars near the centre of Gamelea Subsector.
Julnar Reach: A Main of ten systems running from Leminkainen, in Gamelea Subsector, to Giirmuum, in Gazolan Subsector.
Kalar-Wi Cluster: Constellation of four stars spanning the borders of Lymethius, Cabria and Gamelea Subsectors.
Kamperel Cluster: Consists of the three systems of Kamperel, Floranna and Ektra in Miazan Subsector.
Klarthur Nebula: Nebula located in Aemilor Subsector.
Miazan Main: Constellation of seven stars running Rimward along the Spinward edge of Miazan Subsector from the Tonivar Cluster in Cabria Subsector.
Nolgor Run: A Main of eleven stars along the Rimward edge of the Perrsherrik Rift, running from the Trailing edge of Gamelea Subsector across Nolgor Subsector.
Par Vera Main: A Constellation of 19 stars. Running Coreward along the Spinward border of Cabria Subsector from Wyern to Anoth, the Par Vera Main then bends Spinward into Entorth Subsector before terminating at Sh'tok.
Perrsherrik Rift: A J-3 Rift running 13 parsecs to Trailing from the Tallu Cluster in Lymethius Subsector to Lotarf/Nolgor. The Rift effectively divides Gamelea and Nolgor Subsectors in two.
Rimward Deep: Area of Rift space running through the subsectors adjacent to the Rimward end of the RimWorlds Sector.
Suarya Cluster: Group of six systems straddling the borders of Cabria and Kfukskho Subsectors.
Tallu Cluster: Group of six systems crossing the borders of the Geithurian Republic and the Imperium in Lymethius Subsector.
Trans-Nolgor Territories: An historical astrographic term used to describe the portion of Gazul Subsector held by the Imperium during the late Sixth Century. The Trans-Nolgor Territories consisted of the systems of the Dokar Main and the Gazul Run.
Tonivar Cluster: Group of three systems on the Trailing border of Cabria Subsector. Tonivar is an Imperial world, while Gaidon and Yolurlund are members of the Kalar-Wi Empire.
Uedhkinthuez nakhae: The Black Beast - a Rift running 9 parsecs to Rimward from Gyffd and Gaidon in Cabria Subsector into Kfukskho Subsector.
Yuakteisye Cluster: Cluster of four systems at the Rimward end of Lymethius Subsector settled by the Aslan Huiha Esoyatre.

Avotal
A cereal crop, native to Solaris/Nolgor. Grows well in subtropical climatic zones.

Berimar's Sceptre is a constellation of seven stars that, when viewed from the vantage of Deneb, vaguely resembles the sceptre of state of Grand Duchess Berimar Venuraski, an ancestor of Kolin Venuraski, first Sector Duke of the RimWorlds.

Booster Spice
A form of Anagathic, originally developed by chemists on Keanmar/Gazolan in the early 640's. Unlike standard Anagathics, Booster Spice has the side effect that if treatment is discontinued then aging resumes at twice the normal rate for a period similar to that of the course of treatment.

Precursor elements used in the manufacture of Booster Spice are extracted from the sap of a carbonaceous palm found in the equitorial forests of Lithia/Miazan, and from a plant cultivated on Huop/Miazan.

Cabria subsector contains twenty-seven worlds with a total population of 13.198 billion sophonts. The highest population, 9, is at Par Vera, Yuar and Gaidon, and the highest Tech Level, E, is at Par Vera.

Canstar Incorporated
A heavy engineering corporation based on Canblyne/Gamelea that specialises in Tech 13 stardrives. Canstar Incorporated was founded by the Technics Goulaan Tem and Feeris Shoulam, working under the patronage of Baron Pietr Abis hault-Defarn, on Canblyne in 941. House Minor Defarn has managed to retain control of the corporation and it is still managed by Technics of House Defarn to this day.

Celehaisian Rum
A famous alcoholic beverage brewed on Celephais/Miazan, it is characterised by its dark amber-black colour, its thick texture, and its strong, malty taste.

Civil War
A period of internecine conflict in the RimWorlds Sector brought about by the loss of authority and prestige of House Venuraski and their cousins, House Zenartoria. Actually fighting between the various factions continued from 602 until Morthar I Moranth’s final victory in 610.

Dentian I Venuraski succeeded Kolin II as Sector Duke upon the latter’s death at the Battle of Gorth in 557. Having won the 1st Rimward War, House Venuraski proceeded to lose the peace as Dentian attempted to enhance his own power and prestige by extending emergency powers granted for the duration of the war.

By 590 Dentian had completely alienated most of the Houses Major and planetary governments of the Sector. The Emperor was petitioned directly and in 594 Dentian was forced to abdicate in favour of his cousin Frederich Zenartoria of Heriem/Thurgandarn. Discontent continued to grow, however, as Sector Duke Frederich failed to roll back Dentian’s Edicts, nor address other abuses that had plagued the closing years of Dentian’s reign.

By 602 most of the few Imperial Navy units still stationed in the RimWorlds Sector had been withdrawn to the Spinward March and the 1st Frontier War with the Zhodani. This left behind the faction-ridden Subsector navies and the Sector Duchy on the brink of Civil War.

Fighting broke out in Nolgor Subsector between the Zenatoria dominated Nolgor Subsector Navy and House Ulanor, Siridar-Counts of Nolgor. Initially, the Nolgor Planetary Navy suffered heavy losses, but the tenacious resistance led by Siridar-Count Alban caught Admiral Stefan Zenatoria by surprise. With support from Naos VI and the House Tressuiir Dukes of Gamelea, the Ulanorian forces smashed the Zenatorians in battles at Nikon/Nolgor and Kalath/Gamelea.

Sector-Duke Frederich was assassinated on 021-603 and was succeeded by his nephew Dentian II. Fighting now spread across the Sector with the bulk of the Rimward Subsectors allied against the Zenartorians. Dentian’s forces held Gazolan, Berimar’s Sceptre and part of Thurgandarn Subsectors, while Venuraski Loyalists held out in Kaorin Subsector, Riinu Subsector and the Coreward-Spinward portion of Thurgandarn Subsector. In Daltharmai Subsector Morthar Maranth, Siridar-Duke of Daltharmai, swept all opposition before him but suffered a major defeat at Thiroor/Gazolan.

In 608, after five years of mixed fortunes, the Rimward subsectors finally threw their support behind Siridar-Duke Morthar of Daltharmai. The Venuraski were put down and the Zenartorians driven back. With the loss of Berimar’s Sceptre Subsector in 609, Sector-Duke Dentian II lost his last supply line to the Spinward March. Besieged on Heriem/Thurgandarn in late 609, Dentian was killed during the ground assault in 610.

With his death, Morthar Maranth was elected Sector-Duke by the acclamation of his troops and went on to reign for a further twenty-two years.

Combine-Tolvyk Products LIC
A megacorporation specialising in the construction of Tech 15 starships. Originally based on Julnar/Gamelea, the Combine Corporation was established in 1040 by the amalgamation of three small shipyards. After securing several planetary and subsector contracts in the post-war rebuilding period, Combine Corporation merged with Tolvyk Products of Halaim/Gazolan. The resulting megacorporation designs, builds and outfits starships up to the 40,000 ton range at either the Combine Slips at Julnar or the Tolvyk Yard at Halaim.

Crown of Brol
A constellation of four stars on the Spinward border of Cabria Subsector.

Cuca
A plant native to the southern continent of Argus VII/Nolgor. The leaves are long, narrow and grey-brown in colour, with serrated edges. Field hands and day labourers chew the leaves, which contain a mild stimulant and pain suppressing alkaloid. The drug Cuccadio is derived from the Cuca leaf.

Cuccadio
Mild, slightly addictive, hallucinatory drug derived from the Cuca leaf, native to Argus VII/Nolgor. When smoked like tobacco or vtua, it produces a feeling of euphoria.

Dathyna Concordance
The most populous system in Gazul subsector, Dathyna is capital of the Dathynan Concordance, and one of the prime movers of the anti-Imperial Rimward Coalition. 55 billion sophonts of mainly Vilani ancestry loyally support the Charismatic Oligarchy of the Concordance and fill the ranks of the Rimward Coalition’s ground forces.

Dokari Diarchy
A small interstellar polity, centered on Dokar/Gazul, extending along the Dokar Main. The Dokari Diarchy was conquered and broken up by Sector Duke Kolin II's Imperial forces during the initial campaigns of the 1st Rimward War 552 - 557.

Dokar Main
Constellation of 13 stars along the Coreward/Spinward border of the Gazul Subsector.

Gamelea Subsector
A subsector of the Rimworlds Sector occupying the 'K' position on Imperial sector maps. Gamelea Subsector has borne the brunt of the four Outrim Wars against the Outrim Alliance, as well as a brief war with Kalar-Wi. But for the technological heft and wealth of the subsector capital, Gamelea, most of the subsector would have been lost.

The Gamelea subsector contains seventeen worlds with a total population of 142.717 billion sophonts. The highest population, A, is at Gamelea and Bryak, and the highest Tech Level, F, is at Julnar and Gamelea.

The Gazul subsector contains twenty-six worlds with a total population of 68.9389 billion sophonts. The highest population, A, is at Dathyna, and the highest Tech Level, D, is at Axal, Gazul and Xudar.

Geithurian Republic
The Geithurian Republic is an alliance of ten non-Imperial systems in the Lymethius subsector. With a total population of 101.121 billion sophonts, the Republic is dominated by humans of mixed Zhodani, Solomani and Vilani origin (99.2% of the population). Non-human Minor Races (Aaronites of Lysarnor and Tharoysa of Dysa Metharoth) make up about 0.7% of the total population.

While supposedly a democratic alliance, in reality the Council of the Geithurian Republic has been dominated by the Edlchtel Clan, hereditary Konzevrs of Appaer and Presidents of the Republic, for the last two centuries. Of Zhodani origin, the Edlchtels have driven the Outrim Alliance's opposition to Imperial expansion into Lymethius Subsector.

A member state of the Outrim Alliance, the Geithurian Republic has taken part in four wars against the Imperium. Following the defeat that ended the 4th Outrim War in 1085 and the fall from power of Konzevr Zdiea Edlchtel, President of the Republic, the Republic has suffered from a series of internal political crises as various separatist movements have grown up on various member worlds. This has resulted in a certain degree of political paralysis and a softening of the Republic’s hard-line anti-Imperium stance.

Khasikha, a Vilani dialect, is spoken as a native language by the inhabitants of Appaer/Lymethius and was subsequently adopted as the official language of the Geithurian Republic.

The Geithurian Republic often deploys multi-race mercenary formations as part of their Ground Force Command. These formations are known as Murkhida Kargesu, or "Alien Legions".

Golus, Aldeed
Aldeed Golus (782 - 835), Imperial Interstellar Scout Service, spent most of his service career in the field, exploring and surveying systems in Miazan Subsector. He was Chief Scout on the four missions to the Graffias system in the early 800's, and led the contact mission to the Olkathi, a Humanoid Minor Race native to Graffias VI, in 822. Mustering out of the Scout Service in 824, Aldeed retired to Graffias VI, now known as Golus in his honour. He died in a sandstorm in the Deep Desert in 835.

Government Agencies

Imperial Intelligence Agency: IIA

Imperial Intelligence operates Sector wide, attempting to monitor and evaluate both external and internal threats to the peace and stable governance of the Imperial RimWorlds Sector.

Iqro' Zhdable: IZd

The Geithurian Republic's Intelligence Service. Counter Intelligence is known as Section 4 - IZd 4.

Jourlaki Kalar-Wi Unit 22: JKW/22

Kalar-Wi Command Force Unit 22 is the official designation for Kalar-Wi Military Intelligence.

H'ran
An aggressive bipedal reptilian race, raised to sentience under the Thongaloros Empire, the H'ran served as ground forces and shipboard marines for the Empire. During the collapse of the Thongaloros Empire, the H’ran secured sufficient interstellar shipping to extend their sway over several systems in the Aemilor Subsector.

While militarily successful, the H’ran State lacked the industrial base to construct its own starships and was on the verge of collapse when it overran the Gherlach, a much less aggressive but technology-savvy reptilian race. With the assistance of the Gherlach, the H'ran have remained the dominant species in the Klarthur Confederacy.

Huiha Esoyatre
Huiha Esoyatre is a polity of five non-Imperial systems in the Lymethius subsector. With a total population of 85.0136 billion sophonts, 99.9% of the population consists of Aslan. Following the collapse of the Kalar-Wi state in 1106 in the aftermath of the Kalar-Wi War, Huiha Esoyatre occupied the Kalar-Wi settled system of Kidan/Lymethius. As one of the major polities in the Outrim Alliance, Huiha Esoyatre has been involved in four wars with the Imperium as the Alliance has resisted Imperial inroads into the Lymethius subsector.

Huiha Khysokhou
Huiha Khysokhou is a polity of five non-Imperial systems lying across the spinward border of the Cabria subsector and extending into the trailing part of Entorth subsector. The total population of 645.6 million consists almost exclusively of Aslan.

While a member state of the Outrim Alliance, Huiha Khysokhou did not take part in the 4th Outrim War.

Huiha Weakhayuwikhye
Huiha Weakhayuwikhye is one of the dominant powers in the Rimward Coalition. From Ftaioiaftew/Gazul, settled in 323, the Huiha has resisted Imperial expansion into the Gazul Subsector. Following defeat and disarmament at the end of the 2nd Rimward War in 794, Huiha Weakhayuwikhye waged a secret corsair war against Imperial shipping in the Gazul and Miazan Subsectors until the 3rd Rimward War of 882 forced the Imperial border coreward from their world.

Hunt of Rronurl
The Hunt of Rronurl is a Vargr-dominated interstellar polity that controls the six worlds of the Suarya Cluster lying to Spinward/Rimward of the Imperial dominated Miazan subsector in the Cabria and Kfukskho subsectors.

As Vargr-dominated states go, the Hunt of Rronurl has been remarkably stable, having achieved its current size during the early 800’s under the leadership of Rronurl, the original Huntleader. Its unity has been maintained under a series of charismatic Huntleaders, supported by able bureaucracies on most of its member worlds. The current Huntleader, Gvero II, achieved dominance over his uncle Gvero I in the aftermath of the failures of the Hunt’s forces during the Fourth Outrim War of 1080 – 85.

In 1097 Aerknir saedz Ngaen seized control of Akhvooel as a popular dictator. A highly charismatic military commander during the Fourth Outrim War, he found the government of Akhvooel complacent and lacking in charisma upon his return from the front in 1085. A supporter of Huntleader Gvero II, Aerknir’s coup was supported by Hunt military units as well as a sizeable percentage of the population of Akhvooel. Since that time, the government of Akhvooel under Aerknir has been firmly aligned to that of Suarya, capital of the Hunt and homeworld of Huntleader Gvero II.

Jahlami Security Systems
Jahlami Security Systems, or J. S. S., is a small corporation specialising in Wilderness Rescue and Security. Jahlami Security Systems was established on Miazan/Miazan in 1087 by three ex-Scouts; Jahkob Arivorn, Laieta Gemiili and Mikhael Phon. Initially hiring ex-Scouts and retired Hunters, J. S. S. has expanded over the past two decades to include all aspects of on-planet security work, wilderness guiding, and Search and Rescue.

Johdari
Johdari are a humanoid Minor Race descended from nocturnal arboreal Omnivore/Hunter stock and are native to the planet Johunshhizair/Entorth A-886883-C.

Johdari Association
Johdari-dominated Interstellar polity located in Entorth Subsector and a member-state of the Outrim Alliance. Capital of the Association is the Johdari homeworld, Johunshhizair/Entorth A-886883-C.

Julnar Cybernetics Inc
Julnar Cybernetics is a large megacorporation based on Julnar/Gamelea and specialising in the manufacture of Tech 15 ‘droids, robotics and cybernetics. Uniquely, perhaps, for a planetary government-owned corporation, Julnar Cybernetics has proven to be both nimble and adept at reading its market and vigorously expanding its market share.

Alarmed by the growth in power of Kalar-Wi after the Klorin Asteroid War of 1022, Julnar Cybernetics, in partnership with Ventura Arms Technum, and with the tacit approval of the Julnar System government, began building up a powerful corporate Special Weapons and Tactics Company. It is believed that this unit was instrumental in bringing the Rivokul War on Kamperel/Miazan to an end in 1032 by assisting the People's Justice Army bring down the despotic House Rivokul. In the wide spread rebuilding following the 4th Outrim War (1080 – 85), Julnar Cybernetics secured several lucrative subsector-wide contracts and has successfully built upon them.

Varess S'sluru is the current President of Julnar Cybernetics, though the powerful Government Select Committee on Corporate Affairs, Governance, and Expenditure keeps a close watch on corporate policy.

Julnar Reach
The Julnar Reach is a Main of ten systems running from Leminkainen, in Gamelea Subsector, to Giirmuum, in Gazolan Subsector. High tech Julnar, a water world and homeworld of the amphibious Julnari, and rich Giirmuum dominate the Main economically. Kerak has been largely abandoned and Tulvan, Zekhipkuka and Karpathurnal have all suffered severe economic recession since the Odinite mines closed in the mid 1070s.

Kalar-Wi War
Conflict between the Imperium and the Kalar-Wi Polity that occurred between 1103-1105 and which resulted in the defeat of the Kalar-Wi and the occupation of the Kalar-Wi homeworld by Imperial Forces.

Kamperel Cluster
The Kamperel Cluster is a constellation that consists of the three systems of Kamperel, Floranna and Ektra in Miazan Subsector.

Kaorin Subsector
A subsector of the Rimworlds Sector occupying the 'C' position on Imperial sector maps. Once a stable frontier was established with the Klarthu Confederacy, out of Aemilor Subsector, in the late 690's, Kaorin Subsector enjoyed nearly a century and a half of peace and strong economic growth. Weathering the Sarkul Wars of the late 9th Century, Kaorin Subsector produced the ships and men that put Duke Leonid Trumer of Ulvar/Kaorin on the Sector Ducal throne in 906.

Keffhi
A thick, black, drink derived from the powdered beans of a mountain dwelling plant found on the planet Nikon/Nolgor. Sometimes served sweetened, or flavoured with spices, it is considered a breach of keffhi-drinking etiquette to otherwise adulterate the drink.

Khekheawaoh
0109 Khekheawaoh/Cabria A-120676-C
Capital world of Huiha Khysokhou, a five system Aslan polity on the border of the Cabria and Entorth subsectors.

Klarthur Confederacy
A powerful grouping of non-Imperial interstellar polities taking its name from the Klarthur Nebula in Aemilor Subsector of the RimWorlds Sector. The Klarthur Confederacy controlled a number of systems in neighbouring Nantarn, Riinu and Daltharmai Subsectors when contacted by the Imperium in 526. A period of rising tensions was defused by the Treaty of Choraptur in 530 which defined the border between the Confederacy and the Imperium.

After a series of conflicts in Riinu Subsector in the 690's, the Klarthur Confederacy pushed Imperial forces back into Kaorin Subsector where a stable border was established. This Imperial setback is usually blamed upon Sector Duke Morthar III, but the brief Civil War at the beginning of the 7th Century had already weakened Imperial control in the Sector.

The dominant species in the Klarthur Confederacy is the H’ran, an aggressive bipedal reptilian race that were originally raised to sentience under the Thongaloros Empire. Serving as ground forces and shipboard marines for the Empire, the H’ran secured sufficient interstellar shipping during the collapse of the Thongaloros Empire to extend their sway over several systems in the Aemilor Subsector. The H’ran State was on the verge of collapse, as it lacked the industrial base to construct its own starships, when it overran the Gherlach, a much less aggressive but technology-savvy reptilian race.

The Gherlach were assimilated into the H’ran State as a servitor-technician caste but, soon, the Gherlach began to dominate the councils of the H’ran. In contact with The Talon of Dra'kken, an isolated clan of Tsalur that had survived the collapse of the Thongaloros Empire, the Gherlach methodically took over the actual running of the H'ran State. The Talon were content to rule the expanding Klarthur Confederacy through their Gherlachi servants, while the H’ran were directed to, initially, wage wars of expansion, and then to resist Imperial expansion where they could.

The Klarthur Confederacy has a Supreme Council which fixes Confederacy-wide policies upon the recommendation of the governments of the member states. While member states control their own internal affairs, the armed forces of the Confederacy are under a unified command, dominated by H'ran and assisted by Gherlach.

Klarthur Nebula
An emission nebula located in Aemilor Subsector, the Klarthur Nebula lent its image and name to the Klarthur Confederacy.

Kolin I Venuraski
Kolin Venuraski (478 - 550†), Sector Duke of the Rimworlds 540 - 550. Head of a cadet branch of the House of Deneb, Kolin saw, early on, the possibilities for expansion into the Rimworlds. Through deft manoeuvring, Kolin succeeded in having himself appointed to head the Imperial Commission that considered the Scout Service reports on the Kaorin and Berimar’s Sceptre Subsectors. Shamelessly exploiting his position, Kolin was made Viceroy of the Rimworlds in 525. Pooling the resources of his immediate family, and tapping the fortunes of his cousins, Kolin organised the massed settlement of the Thurgandarn Subsector. Part of his success lay in his ability to recruit talented younger members of the other Houses Major of the Greater Deneb Sector and skilfully exploit their skills and resources to achieve his own great aim. In 540, the years of planning and toil paid off with the creation of the Sector Duchy of the Rimworlds and the investiture of Kolin Venuraski as its first Duke. Ten years later, Kolin’s driving ambition led to his downfall when he was killed on campaign in the Gazolan Subsector, killed, it is said, by a disgruntled gardener.

Aerrghvi: Dialect of Gvegh, one of the major Vargr language groups, spoken by the Vargr mercenary clan settled on Lo-Taisang/Cabria and who trade regularly along the Miazan Main.

Arkord: Native language of the primitive humanoid Arkordi Minor Race of Syndon IV/Gamelea.

Arrghoun: Ancient Vargr language, spoken by Vargr of the Hunt of Rronurl, indicating that their ancestors left the Vargr Extents some 2,000 years ago.

Cassingal: Dialect of Gazolin Imperial Basic, Cassingal has spread over the coreward border of Gamelea Subsector and is spoken on all the worlds of the Julnar Reach - Tulvan, Julnar, Leminkainen, and Ouron, Finduil and Por'via in the Lymethius Subsector. Gamelea Imperial Basic speakers and Cassingal speakers can understand each other, though quietly laugh at each other’s accents and spelling conventions.

Dwerk: Dominant language of the Gdemiar Minor Race of Naird/Cabria.

Fahlok: Dominant language of the Ly-ly Minor Race of Gyvern’s World/Cabria.

Gamelea Imperial Basic: Dialect of Imperial Basic spoken in the Gamelea Cluster (Kalath, Feor, Vanvlack VII, Gamelea and Ventura), and on Varch, Anthorann, Rimbaud II and Bryak. Both Anthorann and Bryak have strong local accents and the Anthorannis have picked up a lot of Vriok loan words after some 70 years of Kalar-Wi rule. Gamelea Basic is also spoken on Celephais, Byer's Planet and Naltor in Miazan Subsector.

Gazuli Imperial Basic: Dialect of Imperial Basic spoken along the Gazul Run, and on Daxam, Kasimir and Kothgar in the Gazul Subsector.

Igzgal: Vargr dialect spoken by the Vargr mercenary clan settled on Tonivar/Cabria and who trade regularly along the Miazan Main.

Kalton: Native language of the Rimbaur Minor Race of Rimbaud II.

Kampereli Basic: Dialect of Miazan Imperial Basic spoken on Kamperel, Ektra and Floranna in Miazan Subsector.

Kassuriik: Main language of the Purvion Minor Race of Lithia/Miazan, also spoken by the Purvions of Tallu/Lymethius.

Khasikha: Vilani dialect used as a native language by the inhabitants of Appaer/Lymethius and subsequently adopted as the official language of the Geithurian Republic.

Khishsuun: Vilani dialect/pidgin language used as a trade tongue by worlds of the Rimward Coalition, a polity spanning the Rimward end of Gazul Subsector.

Lhosuwha: Main language of the Tharoysa Minor Race of Dysa Metharoth/Lymethius.

Mersim: Vilani/Solomani language spoken by the inhabitants of the Khedivate of Nutharal, settled on Nutharal and Brol in Cabria Subsector.

Miazan Imperial Basic: Dialect of Imperial Basic spoken along the Miazan Main and on Nakaya and Epoch in Miazan Subsector.

Nolgor Imperial Basic: Dialect of Imperial Basic spoken along the Nolgor Run in Nolgor Subsector as well as on Manna V and Tarkos IV, and on Canblyne and Gilanda in Gamelea Subsector, indicating the cultural links of the populations of these two worlds to the populations of the Nolgor Run.

Oloro: Native language of the amphibian Julnari Minor Race of Julnar.

Oynprith: Main language of the Droyne colony of Yuar/Cabria.

Phijudas: Main language of the Aaronite Minor Race of Lysarnor/Lymethius.

Rur’ur’lm: Main language of the Ta'tero Minor Race of Wyern/Cabria.

Sahsah sai: Main language of the Olkathi Minor Race of Golus/Miazan.

Shtanzhret: Dialect of Zhodani spoken by the small Zhodani enclave settled on Eurl/Cabria.

Siikharsim: Dialect of Old Vilani spoken in the Dathynan Concordance in Gazul Subsector.

Spinward Gazuli Basic: Dialect of Gazuli Basic as spoken along the Dokarian Main in Gazul Subsector, and on Meklin in Nolgor Subsector.

Te-Zlodh: Main Darrian language as spoken by the Darrian exiles settled on Withor/Cabria.

Thurgandarn Basic: Dialect of Imperial Basic common in Thurgandarn Subsector, coreward of Nolgor Subsector, and spoken on Solaris, Slepnir and Naos VI in Nolgor Subsector.

Trade Lingo: A pidgin language commonly used by merchants moving to and fro across the Imperial Border. Using base words from Imperial Basic, Gvegh and Trokh, Trade Lingo can convey basic concepts around buying and selling goods and passing news.

Trokh Esoyatre: Dialect of Trokh spoken by Aslan of Huiha Esoyatre of Yuwe, Atlasiykh, Faiwawhwe, Yuakteisye and Yaitlaorail in Lymethius Subsector.

Trokh Khysokhou: Dialect of Trokh spoken by Aslan of Huiha Khysokhou of Awakea, Khekheawaoh and Heaohwiy of Cabria Subsector and Salau and Kahuai of Entorth Subsector.

Trokh Weakhayuwikhye: Dialect of Trokh spoken by Aslan of Huiha Weakhayuwikhye of Ftaioiaftew and Ikhyowou in Gazul Subsector.

Tsalui: Native language of the Tsalur Minor Race of Xcothal/Nolgor and of the Hand of Ssra'Ka Aissr Pocket Empire in Cabria and Entorth Subsectors.

Unturran: Main language of the dominant cultural group of the regressed human colony of Kralkor II/Gazul.

Vargr: The most common Vargr language group encountered is Gvegh. There are several other Vargr dialects spoken in the RimWorlds and these include, Aerrghvi, Igzgal, and Arrghoun.

Vriok: Main language of the Kalar-Wi Minor Race spoken on Kalar-Wi and the worlds of the old Kalar-Wi Empire, such as Varch, Anthorann and Rimbaud II in Gamelea Subsector, Masaad in Lymethius Subsector, and Loa-Wi, Gaidon and Yolorlund in Cabria Subsector. Vriok is also spoken on Celephais/Miazan, reflecting the long association between the Celephais Naval Base and the Kalar-Wi Navy.

Lymethius Subsector
A subsector of the Rimworlds Sector occupying the 'J' position on Imperial sector maps. Imperial expansion into the Lymethius Subsector was checked during the 2nd Rimward War by an alliance between the Geithurian Republic and the Huiha Esoyatre. The Huiha Esoyatre became the driving force behind the Outrim Alliance which has fought four wars against the Imperium since the early 10th Century.

The Lymethius subsector contains twenty-six worlds with a total population of 186.202 billion sophonts. The highest population, A, is at Appaer and Yuakteisye, and the highest Tech Level, C, is at Appaer, Yuwe and Tallu.

After nursing his grievances in exile for three years, Deserai returned to Daltharmai and quietly gathered a cabal of disgruntled officers and bureaucrats about him. In 699 he lead a palace coup and personally executed Sector-Duke Morthar III, claiming the Sector-Ducal Throne by Right of Assassination. Ascending the throne, Deserai took the regal name of his uncle, who had resisted the Klarthur Confederacy, and reigned as Neal Zuro II until his death in battle against the Confederacy in 724.

Megacorporations in the Rimworlds:

A.K.I. Interstellar	Combine-Tolvyk Products, LIC	Julnar Cybernetics	Odinventox	Varion-Medina Holdings
Ventura Arms Technum

Some smaller corporations active in the Rimworlds:

Canstar Incorporated

Jahlami Security Systems

Timu/Ujol Aeronautics

Ventex, LIC

Miazan Main
Constellation of seven stars running Rimward along the Spinward edge of the Miazan Subsector from the Tonivar Cluster in Cabria Subsector.

The Miazan subsector contains seventeen worlds with a total population of 65.6777 billion sophonts. The highest population, A, is at Kamperel, and the highest Tech Level, D, is at Golus and Janda.

Minor Races in the Rimworlds Sector include:
The Aaronites of Lysarnor/Lymethius
The Akordi of Syndon IV/Gamelea
The Gdemiar of Naird/Cabria
The Gherlach of the Klarthur Confederacy in Aemilor Subsector
The H'ran of the Klarthur Confederacy in Aemilor Subsector
The Johdari of Johunshhizair/Entorth
The Julnari of Julnar/Gamelea
The Kalar-Wi of Kalar-Wi/Gamelea
The Kiang of Gaidon/Cabria
The Ly-ly of Gyven's World/Cabria
The Olkathi of Golus/Miazan
The Purvions of Lithia/Miazan, Pythor and Klearo/Cabria and Tallu/Lymethius
The Rimbaur of Rimbaud II/Gamelea
The Shenni of Shenn/Nolgor
The Ta'tero of Wyern/Cabria
The Tharoysa of Dysa Metharoth/Lymethius
The Tsalur of Xcothal/Nolgor and the Hand of Ssra'Ka Aissr in Cabria and Entorth Subsectors
The Zoni of Lur/Nolgor

Murkhida Kargesu
Literally "Stranger Force", a term in Khasikha, the dominant language of the Geithurian Republic, and usually translated as "Alien Legion". This term is usually applied to the multi-race mercenary formations that the Geithurian Republic deploys as part of their Ground Force Command.

Narcotics
Consciousness-alerting substances, or other drugs, often naturally occurring and usually proscribed by various government agencies due to their actual, or perceived, deleterious effects on sophonts.

Nolgor Run
The Nolgor Run is a band of stars lining the edge of the Perrsherrik Rift and stretching across Nolgor Subsector to include Gilanda and Canblyne at the Trailing edge of Gamelea Subsector.

Nolgor Subsector
A subsector of the Rimworlds Sector occupying the 'L' position on Imperial sector maps. Imperial control of Nolgor Subsector has been in decline since the 4th Outrim War of 1080 - 85. Nolgor Subsector Naval Units were drawn off to the fighting in Gamelea and Miazan subsectors where they suffered heavy losses. In the post-war period, the Zoni of Lur/Nolgor and then the Siridar-Counts of Naos VI have successfully defied the Subsector Dukes of Nolgor.

Nolgor Subsector consists of 20 systems. Weak and divided, only 14 systems are under Imperial control. The Hegemony of Lotarf, controlling Lotarf, Shenn and Thrisk; the Zoni of Lur; and the Voivodate of Naos VI, controlling Naos VI and Sleipner, effectively divide the subsector in two. With a total subsector population of 9.87 billion sophonts, of which less than 0.5% are non-Human, 135.5 million are Imperial citizens; 156.2 million are subjects of the Hegemony of Lotarf; 34.5 million are estimated to inhabit Lur; and 9.5 billion dwell within the borders of the Voivodate of Naos VI.

The highest Tech Level in the subsector, Tech Level E (14), is at Meklin, while the most densely populated planet is Naos VI. Lotarf, with a population of 107 million, is the next most populous planet. Zovanta and Kuan-Ti are Red Zones, Zovanta on account of its primitive inhabitants and Kuan-Ti as it has been incompletely explored. Tarkos IV is an Imperial Prison Planet.

Odinventox
Large mining megacorporation, mainly concerned with the mining and extraction of Odinite. Based on Ventura/Gamelea.

Olkathi
The Olkathi are a Minor Race and the native inhabitants of the desert world of Golus/Miazan. Standing approximately 2.2 metres tall on average, these thin humanoids are adapted to life on a dry, low gravity world. Nictitating eyelids, and other physical adaptations, such as nostril flaps, keep moisture loss to minimum, and the Olkathi tend to wear voluminous robes and wraps to further insulate themselves against the heat of day and the cold of night. All Olkathi have an extra digit on each extremity.

The Olkathi live in clan groups that migrate from water source to water source across the desert. Each clan has its line of water traps and secret storage reservoirs and by frequently moving they reduce pressure on individual sites. Each clan wears platted cords about the waist, dyed in the colours of the clan.

A naturally curious folk, the Olkathi tend to regard off-worlders with a little awe, especially the technology that they bring, as the Olkathi had only developed to Tech Level 3 when contacted by Imperial Scouts. The Olkathi will happily use higher technological devices, if they understand their purpose, but generally don’t covert them, preferring technology they can manufacture and repair themselves.

Honesty and fair dealing, even to those not of the clan, are values intrinsic to Olkathi culture. But, if they find they have been fooled or, otherwise tricked, either as individuals or as a clan, Olkathi will become intensely hostile and endeavour to track the miscreant down in order to enact a suitable revenge.

Water is an extremely precious commodity to Olkathi. ‘Water Friend’ is a title indicating that the recipient is considered a member of the bestowing clan and is treated as such, including being given the locations of the clan’s water caches. Someone who intentionally wastes water or damages a water cache is considered mentally deranged and a danger to all Olkathi clans.

Olkathi cannot interpret maps or pictures (either stills or video) as they lack the necessary cultural references to interpret what they are seeing. They can, and do, make representations of journeys in the form of linear narratives, called ‘sand maps’, that, through a series of pictograms, show the landmarks one would see on a particular path.

Organisations
TkUK: Tre’kuorm Ureekai Kho: Rimbaur Liberation Army. Native Rimbaur terrorist/resistance group on Rimbaur II.

Outrim Alliance
An alliance of small, non-Imperial, stellar states situated to spinward of the RimWorlds Sector in the Per Vulia, Entorth, Lymethius and Cabria subsectors. The Outrim Alliance has fought four wars with the Imperium over the last two hundred years.

Outrim Barbarians
Term applied to sophonts outside the Imperial border, with the implication that they are somewhat inferior to sophonts within the Imperial border.

Outrim Wars
A series of four wars fought between the Imperium and the Outrim Alliance - a collection of polities scattered across the Per Vulia, Entorth, Lymethius and Cabria subsectors.

1st Outrim War 925 - 930
Imperial expansion into the Lymethius Subsector was checked by the Geithurian Republic and the Huiha Esoyatre. During the heavy fighting that followed, the planetary ecosystem of Nearo/Lymethius was heavily damaged by the indiscriminate use of nuclear and biological weapons. Sector Duke Leonid II was killed during the Battle of Jul'ni in 929. His death threw Imperial plans into confusion and his son, Leonid III, was forced to accept a hastily negotiated peace as the Sector Fleet became more unruly.

3rd Outrim War 1025 - 1038
The colonisation of Auru/Cabria in 1007 was probably the seed from which the 3rd Outrim War grew. Watching with alarm as Imperial expansion, beaten back in two previous wars, continued into the Lymethius subsector, as well as expansion by the Imperial Client State of Kalar-Wi/Gamelea into the Cabria subsector, the Outrim Alliance reformed in 1012. Relations between the Alliance and the Imperium deteriorated during the reign of Sector Duke Mah’radys I Geyukthi (reigned 1015 – 1023) as the Outrim Alliance embarked on a massive shipbuilding programme. The implied threat to Imperial colonies along the border could not be ignored and Duke Mah’radys began rearming the fortress worlds and restricting the passage of Outrim merchant ships through the border zone.

In 1023, while on a state visit to the newly settled colony world of Auru/Cabria, Sector Duke Mah’radys I was killed when the Auru Highport facility suffered a cataclysmic depressurisation. Investigations by Imperial Naval Intelligence concluded that Auru Highport had been sabotaged by agents of the Geithurian Republic, one of the main powers of the Outrim Alliance.

As Mah’lyndairan succeeded his father as Sector Duke, events were already spiralling out of control. Raids and counter raids flared up along the border, with the Kalar-Wi systems of Loa-Wi/Cabria and Masaad/Lymethius being hit several times in quick succession. In mid-1024, Kalar-Wi units out of Gaidon/Cabria and Loa-Wi seized the Sword World mining colony of Gyffd/Cabria. The Huiha Esoyatre then moved to honour its treaty with Gyffd by seizing the Kalar-Wi colony of Kidan/Lymethius and shifting fleet elements into Desdeor/Lymethius while the Geithurian Republic moved ships into Coroson. These covered a concentration of Outrim Alliance ships gathering at Jul’ni/Lymethius.

At the beginning of 1025, ships from the Khedivate of Nutharal and the Hand of Ssra’ka Aissr attacked the Imperial border world of Lo Taisang. As the Vargr colonists began to give ground around Lo Taisang, the first Miazan Subsector Navy squadrons under Fleet Admiral/Miazan Kou’lmairn Geyukthi jumped insystem and the 3rd Outrim War officially began.

At the 1st Battle of Anar the main squadrons of the Gamelea Subsector Navy were routed by a Geithurian/Johdari Association battlefleet. Siridar-Duke Tolarman Juharl-Zarquestuir of Gamelea was killed as his squadron attempted to jump outsystem.

With Anar/Lymethius under siege, Geithurian and Johdari cruiser units broke through into Gamelea subsector, raiding systems and disrupting trade. Meanwhile, Huiha Esoyatre forces were involved in heavy fighting in the Loa-Wi and Masaad systems while Khedivate and Hand forces, reinforced by Hunt of Rronurl corsairs, swept into the Miazan subsector.

Over the next five years, the front line swayed back and forth. The Outrim Alliance lacked the ground troops to seize more than a handful of low population worlds and the Imperial Sector forces were too few in number to hold more than a couple of Outrim systems. Sector Duke Mah’lyndairan was killed in 1029 in a skirmish off Tonivar/Cabria and his son, Mah’radys II, was killed in 1030 at the 2nd Battle of Anar. Mah’radys’ brother, Mah’dainraian II, exploited the victory Mah’radys had paid such a price for by driving deep into Geithurian space. At the Battle of Lysarnor, late in 1030, Mah’dainraian’s bold move came to grief. Surrounded and low on fuel, Mah’dainraian’s fleet was destroyed.

Mah’dainraian’s son succeeded as Sector Duke Mah’dainraian III and was soon involved in shoring up the situation in Miazan Subsector. Fleet Admiral/Miazan Kou’lmairn Geyukthi had drawn in reserves from Gazul and Nolgor subsectors and had smashed the Hunt of Rronurl fleet at Suarya/Cabria in 1030. Pressing on, Admiral Geyukthi attacked Nutharal/Cabria and then Par Vera. At Par Vera, the Hand of Ssra’ka Aissr’s main battle fleet was waiting. Badly beaten, Admiral Geyukthi fell back on Gyvern’s World where, early 1031, his fleet was destroyed. With the loss of most of the Miazan subsector fleet, plus the reserves, Miazan subsector lay open to the inevitable counter attack from the Outrim. Miazan was besieged and Sector Duke Mah’dainraian III died in the ruins of his palace.

Yuri Sehlemarl, Admiral in Command of Celephais/Miazan, was elected Sector Duke as news of Mah'dainraian's death spread. A cousin of the Geyukthis, and a competent commander, to him fell the task of finishing the war. Carefully husbanding his resources, he reinforced strong points and let the Outrim Alliance forces ravage at will. By tying down their fleets in costly sieges, such as at Gamelea, Celephais and Miazan, Admiral Sethlemarl was able to wear the enemy down to the point where peace was finally agreed in 1038. By then, the Geyukthis had faded as a political power as a cadet branch of the dynasty inherited the Siridar-Duchy of Miazan.

4th Outrim War 1080 - 1085
The Fourth Outrim War was the last major conflict along the Spinward Frontier of Gamelea Subsector prior to the Kalar-Wi War of 1103 – 1105. Once again, Outrim Alliance fleets penetrated Imperial Space, wrecking havoc in the Jump Zones of lightly held Imperial worlds and, once again, Imperial and Subsector Task Forces stopped Alliance Fleets cold in the approaches to High Population worlds. Once again, Alliance Ground Forces were landed on individual Imperial worlds and, once again, they took Low Population worlds and were defeated on High Population worlds.

Konzevr Zdiea Edlchtel of Appaer/Lymethius, acting in his capacity as President of the Geithurian Republic, forced the war vote through the Republican Council in early 1080. In the months leading up to the war vote, Edlchtel and his advisors had become increasingly alarmed at reports from Republican Intelligence - Iqro' Zhdable. Iqro' Zhdable Section 4 (IZd 4) - Counter Intelligence - had noted the trending upwards of separatist actions and activities on various member worlds of the Republic. Investigations indicated possible Imperial Intelligence involvement as agents provocateurs or in providing material assistance and training. As the separatist movements gathered strength and sought to paralyse the Republic’s military forces, President Edlchtel felt driven to strike back against them and against their Imperial masters.

Assured of the support of the Esoyatreko Tlehiui V of Yuwe/Lymethius and of the Huiha Esoyatre, President Zdiea Edlchtel moved quickly to bring other member states of the Outrim Alliance into the impending war. While Huiha Khysokhou remained neutral in the ensuing conflict, the other members of the Alliance began to mobilise.

The deaths in quick succession of Imperial Sector Duke Kanus II and Duke Pahran of Gamelea in 1080 should have paralysed the Imperial defence as Alliance Fleets crossed the border but, in both cases, Imperial forces were much better prepared than had been predicted. This state of readiness was no accident. Sector Duke Kanus II and his Head of Imperial Intelligence, Siridar-Lord Elmar Hendrian of Pashur/Gazolan, had been actively working to neutralise the Geithurian Republic by encouraging the centrifugal political forces suppressed by President Zdiea Edlchtel to tear the Republic apart. Part of their planning factored in Edlchtel’s possible need for an external war to retain power, and to this end the bulk of the RimWorlds Imperial Naval units were already on-station in the Gamelea Subsector when war was declared.

Kanus’ death in 1080 on the eve of the war threw the Subsector Fleets into turmoil as various political factions began jockeying for influence with his uncle and successor, Edenar of Nolgor. Lord Elmar managed to keep Kanus’ plan on track by pulling squadrons into Gamelea Subsector from Gazul, Gazolan and Thurgandarn Subsectors but Duke Pahran’s death was a complication unplanned for. Fortunately, Lord Elmar’s brother, Duke Akansair of Thiroor/Gazolan, persuaded Duke Pahran’s son, Adryos Urzov, to move faster than required by protocol. Ordering the Gamelea Subsector Navy under his brother, Admiral Lord Talarman Juharl-Zarquestuir, into action, Adryos Urzov went personally to meet Duke Edenar’s Nolgor Subsector Fleet at Canblyne to urge them on towards the crucial first battlegrounds at Julnar.

Sector Duke Edenar was far more cautious and far less imaginative than his nephew, Kanus II, and so the war ground on with Imperial Forces grimly attempting to hold the border while Alliance raiders attempted to cut their supply lines. During this time, Lord Elmar continued his secret war in the Geithurian Republic, while trying to provide the intelligence that Sector Duke Edenar demanded, yet never paid any attention to. Elmar’s greatest coup of the war was the reactivation of the alliance with the Kalar-Wi, which had fallen away after the Klorin Asteroid War of 1022.

In 1085, Kalar-Wi Grand Admiral Odg’tal Alveuk led the Kalar-Wi Planetary Navy to a crushing victory over a predominantly Geithurian Republican fleet at Anthorann/Gamelea. The member governments of the Republic, sick of the war, promptly recalled President Zdiea Edlchtel’s Council and the Republic was effectively out of the war. Sector Duke Edenar’s Fleet Admiral Colleen von Aachol-Kalan-Salvan defeated an Outrim Alliance fleet at Gaidon/Cabria a month later and Admiral Chi’leur Baron Culvenia led the mopping up operation that chased the last of the raiders out of the Border Worlds by 1086.

Sakliavr Edlchtel became Konzevr of Appaer/Lymethius in late 1085 and President of the Geithurian Republic two years later, but his tenure as President was marred by a political malaise that threatened the collapse of the Republic.

Lord Elmar’s secessionists had struck deep roots amongst some of the populations of the Republic, roots that IZd 4 could not pull out. Such were the divisions in the Republican Council that when the Kalar-Wi War broke out in 1103, nearly twenty years later, the Republic took four months to issue a political position on the war, and then couched in such terms as to be mostly irrelevant. With the Geithurian Republic’s attention focussed inward, Huiha Esoyatre has assumed defacto leadership of the Outrim Alliance. Esoyatreko Tlehiui V of Yuwe/Lymethius, 79 in 1109, remains firmly in control of the Huiha but has shown little interest in managing the complex relationships within the larger Alliance.

Par Vera Main
A constellation of 19 stars running Coreward along the Spinward border of Cabria Subsector from Wyern to Anoth, the Par Vera Main then bends Spinward into Entorth Subsector before terminating at Sh'tok/Entorth.

Perrsherrik Rift
A J-3 Rift running 13 parsecs to Trailing from the Tallu Cluster in Lymethius Subsector to Lotarf/Nolgor. The Rift was first surveyed in Imperial times by Antoi Perrsherrik of the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service in the early 500's, though the Rift's existance had been known to Imperial Astronomers since the late 450's. It is believed that Perrsherrik may have discovered an old Thongaloros Empire period star map that allowed him to map the Thrisk - Lotarf crossing more quickly than expected.

Per Vulia Subsector
A subsector of the Rimworlds Sector occupying the 'I' position on Imperial sector maps. Per Vulia Subsector has never been explored by the Imperium. It is known to contain a number of small Interstellar states, and to have contributed to the Outrim Alliance.

Puranthea Malathu
Annual Kalar-Wi political-religious festival observed for a seven day from day 359 and recalling the birth of Malathu’kal Sourka, the first Warlord of Kalar-Wi who united the clans and turned them outwards into space. Traditionally a time when Kalar-Wi military units stand down and celebrate their lineage and battle honours.

Rimward Coalition
An alliance of stellar states to Rimward of the Gazul and Miazan Subsectors, the Rimward Coalition first came into conflict with the Imperium during Sector Duke Kolin II’s campaign of expansion into the Gazul Subsector in the mid-500’s. A series of three major wars established the current border. While there has been peace between the Imperium and the Rimward Coalition for over a century, certain systems, such as Ftaioiaftew/Gazul, remain suspicious of all Imperial contacts.

Member States of the Rimward Coalition:

Huiha Weakhayuwikhye

Dathyna Concordance

Rimward Deep
An area of Rift space running through the subsectors adjacent to the Rimward end of the RimWorlds Sector. The low stellar population eventually gives out into Intergalactic Space.

Rimward Wars
A series of three wars fought between the Imperium and the Rimward Coalition, principally in the Gazul and trailing Miazan Subsectors.

1st Rimward War 552 - 557
Sector Duke Kolin II Venuraski led the Imperial advance into the Gazul Subsector in person. The successes of the initial campaign were swiftly undone by flanking attacks by the Zoni of Lur/Nolgor and threats from the Huiha Weakhayuwikhye of Ftaioiaftew/Gazul. A second campaign was unsuccessful, and Duke Kolin II resumed full command for a third campaign in 556 - 557. A series of skirmishes culminated in the Battle of Gorth in 557 which broke the Rimward Coalition Fleet. Duke Kolin II was killed in action, though this was not revealed until after a Peace Treaty had been signed. The Rimward end of the Gazul Subsector was abandoned after Kolin's death.

2nd Rimward War 793 - 794
The accession of Sector Duke Liarb I Hikisaku of Gazul/Gazul in 768 once again focused Sector-Ducal attention on the tense and turbulent Rimward end of the Gazul Subsector. Liarb I spent the next twenty-five years of his life trying to keep the members of the Rimward Coalition divided and weak while bolstering Imperial and Gazul Subsector Naval forces along the frontier.

In 793 Liarb I suffered a stroke that was to prove mortal, just as a new Weakhayuwikhyeko came to power on Ftaioiaftew/Gazul. As Liarb lay dying, a Rimward Coalition fleet swarmed into the Imperial half of the subsector. Liarb’s son, Karthundal, assumed command of Imperial Forces and halted the Coalition fleet at Daxam/Gazul. A second Coalition thrust through Kalkor II was finally stopped at Anubis/Gazul. Karthundal quickly shifted reinforcements to Veda and launched an attack on Korbal while sending his long-range cruisers to hit Arnak. With their supply bases under threat, the Coalition fleet fell back on Dathyna. Gathering his forces, Karthundal struck hard and in the Battle of Dathyna destroyed the Rimward Coalition fleet as a fighting unit. Sector Duke Karthundal perished at Dathyna when his flagship was lost with all hands. It fell to Sector Duke Liarb II Crensea, known as ‘the Peacemaker’, to establish the Demilitarised Zone and peace treaty that concluded the war.

A sixteen subsector region of space in the Veil. The Rimworlds Sector consists of the following subsectors: Aemilor, Riinu, Kaorin, Berimar's Sceptre, Nantarn, Daltharmai, Gazolan, Thurgandarn, Per Vulia, Lymethius, Gamelea, Nolgor, Entorth, Cabria, Miazan and Gazul.

Only approximately half of the sector is currently under Imperial control, with the current sector capital at Thiroor/Gazolan. Duke Akansair II of Thiroor became Sector Duke in 1107.

Established as an Imperial Sector in 540, the Rimworlds has always been a turbulent region of space and Imperial control has never extended over the entire sector.

Following the Survey of 1089 by the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service and the Grand Census of 1090 by the Sector Ministry of Economic Development, the following statistics have been released:

Total population of the six subsectors surveyed: 486.6 billion sophants of which 163.65 billion (or 33.63%) are Imperial citizens and 322.95 billion (or 66.37%) are Non-Imperial.

By the time Sector Duke Yuri Sehlemarl had concluded the 3rd Outrim War in 1038, a republican government headed by Torvor Van Zaquerl was firmly established on Kamperel. As most of House Geyukthi, who had supported House Rivokul, or at least turned a blind eye to their misdeeds, had perished in the Outrim War, there was little political will to overturn the new administration on Kamperel, provided it remained loyal to the Imperium and its appointed representative, the Sector Duke.

Historians have tended to blame the malignant influence of Lissa Sarkul, Principle Secretary to Sector Duke Neal Zuro III (reigned 810 – 842), for both the origins of this series of civil wars and for their length and bitterness.

When Neal Zuro III succeeded his father, Liarb II, in 810, he brought in a new administration that was tasked with ‘strengthening both the Sector Duchy and the office of the Sector Duke’. Lissa Sarkul, who had been Neal Zuro’s Private Secretary (and, it is rumoured, his lover) while he had been Siridar-Count of Daxam, was promoted to Principle Secretary and suddenly found herself one of the foci of power politics in the Sector Ducal court.

Neal Zuro was long of the opinion that control of the Subsector Navies needed to be exercised by the Sector Duke to both ensure adequate resources were allocated to any threatened frontier district, and to prevent the Subsector Dukes from indulging in armed feuds which dissipated the strength of the Sector. Lissa Sarkul whole-heartedly supported him in this, and the ensuing power struggle that resulted between the Houses Major and the Sector Duchy. Neal Zuro’s opponents chose to paint his policies as a revival of the two hundred year old Charterist Policies of Sector Duke Dentian I, as this was guaranteed to stir up the opposition of the Planetary Governments. Against fierce opposition in the Council of Nobles, Neal Zuro III and Lissa Sarkul pushed ahead, forcefully installing partisans loyal to the new administration in positions of command authority against the objections of the Houses Major.

The 841 mutinies by elements of the Gazolan and Thurgandarn Subsector Navies and the death of Neal Zuro III in 842 precipitated a crisis that Sarkul attempted to defuse by encouraging Sector Admiral Aras Stranman to accept the Sector Ducal crown. Instead of defusing the situation as Sarkul had hoped, Stranman’s actions were seen by all factions as a declaration of war.

The subsequent civil war brought about economic collapse, both within the Imperial portion of the sector, as well as amongst its neighbours, which probably saved the RimWorlds sector from total dismemberment.

The successful campaigns of Leonid Trumer in the early 900s reunited the exhausted fragments of the Sector and slowly put it back on its feet again.

Sector Dukes, Rimworlds Sector

Sethlemarl, Arkuru
His Excellency Fleet Admiral/Miazan Arkuru I Sethlemarl (750 – 812), Governor of Celephais was born in Hospital D, Celephais Naval Base, Celephais/Miazan. His father, Admiral Sir Lanyard Sethlemarl, of House Minor Sethlemarl of Celephais, had served as Subsector Admiral/Miazan and Governor of the Miazan Subsector Military District for Siridar-Duke Hamur III of Gamelea until his death in 765.

Arkuru Sethlemarl joined the Miazan Subsector navy in 768 and rapidly rose to Flag Rank.

As the 2nd Rimward War broke out in 793, Arkuru was posted Fleet Admiral/Miazan. He rapidly assembled a strike force at Nakaya/Miazan while sending a squadron of his larger, and slower, ships on a tour along the Spinward Border of the subsector to overawe the polities of the Cabria Subsector.

In 794, as Sector Duke Karthundal launched his attacks on Korbal/Gazul and Arnak/Gazul, Admiral Arkuru Sethlemarl moved up through Epoch/Miazan to pin part of the Rimward Coalition’s force at Ftaioiaftew/Gazul. Arkuru managed to place tenders deep in the Ftaioiaftew System Oort Cloud and used these to keep his Cruiser squadrons resupplied as they harassed the Ftaioiaftew shipyards and in-system traffic.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Dathyna and the end of the war, Arkuru was active in protecting the Miazan Subsector borders against demobilised corsair bands and hunting out those that had attempted to establish themselves in the Epoch and Hydrot systems.

In 800, Sector Duke Liarb II appointed Arkuru Sethlemarl hereditary Governor of the Imperial Fortress World of Celephais/Miazan in recognition of his services in the 2nd Rimward War. This secured the transition of House Sethlemarl from House Minor to House Major status.

Srudarghi
A ten-legged, scorpion-like creature native to the Coloured Desert region of Nikon/Nolgor (B-462625-8). Srudarghis are very rare in the wild, and difficult to find. Their preferred habitat are the cracks and crevices of rocky outcrops, deep in the desert, but are comfortable anywhere it is dry, dark and warm. Srudarghis have a long, whip-like tail, ending in a sharp stinger. If they succeed in stinging a person, the victim will loose 2 END per combat round until loosing consciousness. The victim will continue to loose two characteristic points (either STR or DEX) per round until death, unless a medic can administer an anti-venom. Srudarghis are popular in some circles as guard animals, though there are fairly restrictive regulations regarding their export from Nikon.

Srudarghi

Pouncer

Weight: 1kg

Hits: 2/0

Wounds: 6

Weapon: Stinger

Armour: 1 Rigid

A6/F4/S0

Suarya Cluster
A group of six systems straddling the borders of Cabria and Kfukskho Subsectors. The Suarya Cluster is controlled by the Vargr-dominated Hunt of Rronurl.

Thongaloros Empire
Stellar Empire that extended through much of the Rimworlds sector and which collapsed in 103. The dominant sophonts of the Empire was a hexepedal reptilian race called the Tsalur. Small pockets of Tsalur survive on Xcothal/Nolgor and in the Hand of Ssra'ka Aissr in Cabria Subsector. Artifacts and ruins from the Empire still turn up from time to time.

Timu/Ujol Aeronautics
A corporation based on Vanvlack VII/Gamelea specialising in the manufacture of TL 11 aircars, air/rafts, and similar light grav vehicles. Founded in 921 by Augusto Timu and Phorlarion Ujol, the corporation initially produced high performance vehicles for the Vanvlack 1000 racing circuit. After Timu's death in 928, and a planet-wide recession, the corporation switched its focus to the popular vehicle market and has thrived ever since.

Tonivar Cluster
A group of three systems on the Trailing border of Cabria Subsector. Tonivar is an Imperial world, settled by a paid-off Vargr Mercenary unit, while Gaidon and Yolurlund are members of the Kalar-Wi Empire.

Trade Goods
Avotal - cereal crop.
Celephaisian Rum - famous alcoholic beverage.
Keffhi - thick, black drink made from powdered beans.

Trans-Nolgor Territories
Astrographic term used to describe the portion of Gazul Subsector held by the Imperium following the conclusion of the 1st Rimward War in 557. The Trans-Nolgor Territories consisted of the systems of the Dokar Main and the Gazul Run and were governed by Admiral Alleen hault-Hikisaku from 557 - 593. In 593 the Act of Recognition of Sector Duke Dentian I reorganised the Trans-Nolgor Territories into the Gazul Subsector and Governor Admiral Alleen hault-Hikisaku became Subsector Duke Alleen I of Gazul.

Tyron'tal
Highly addictive drug, extracted from a fungoid plant native to Xcothal/Nolgor. In small doses, Tyron’tal acts as a metabolism accelerant, causing the body’s systems to work at high speed while slowing the user’s perception of the outside world and, as such, has been used as a supplement for Medical Slow Drug. The highly addictive nature of Tyron’tal makes it a dangerous drug to use safely without medical supervision.

Tyron'vas
Base form of Tyron’tal as extracted from a fungoid plant native to Xcothal/Nolgor. Tyron’vas is a grey-white powder that requires further processing and refining before it becomes Tyron’tal.

Varion-Medina Holdings
A large mining and exploration megacorporation, based on Gamelea/Gamelea. The founding Varion family, a House Minor of Gamelea/Gamelea, has connections to House Geyukthi of Miazan/Miazan, House Sehlemarl-Geyukthi of Celephais/Miazan, House Juharl of Gamelea/Gamelea, and House Crensea of Daxam/Gazul.

Valogah Varion and Gesmir Medina are the current Joint-Presidents of the corporation, though Gesmir Medina is due to retire within the next five years.

Ventex, LIC
A multi-system Textile import/export company based on Ventura/Gamelea and a subsidiary of A.K.I. Interstellar. Mendal Fylur, the current General Manager of Ventex, LIC, reports directly to the board of A.K.I. Interstellar but finds the board's tight control irksome.

Ventura Arms Technum
Owned by the government of Ventura/Gamelea,Ventura Arms Technum is a megacorporation that specialises in the manufacture of Tech 12 small arms. It is the only company on Ventura with a license to officially export weapons. Unofficially, Ventura Arms Technum maintains three mercenary companies based at a facility on Vanvlack VII/Gamelea and available for hire.

Vtua
A tobacco-like leafy herb native to Jotham/Nolgor. Widely used as a semi-sedative, as it calms the nerves, or just smoked for pleasure.