Fringe Worlds
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The Fringe Worlds comprise a belt of frontier planets at the farthest reaches of the Terran Confederacy's (later Dominion) political control. They are not to be confused with the Outer Colonies.
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[edit] Overview
Fringe World inhabitants are generally poorly educated and isolationist terrans; they were often used as sources of cheap labor by the Terran Confederacy. Many of them follow old Earth religions or new cults (such as the Church of Besainted Pelagius)[1] as a way to escape their dreary existences, and are looked down upon by other terrans particularly from the Core Worlds, even those from Umoja and the Sons of Korhal. Fringe Worlds are often rich with resources, but rarely get a chance to profit from them, as more established political entities like the Confederacy (later Dominion) thoroughly exploit such resources and leave the local populations with little for themselves.[2]
Fringe World inhabitants are generally looked down upon by those outside the belt, often insulted with the term "Fringe-squib."[2] Even those with ties to the Confederacy were not exempt from derogatory comments, Edmund Duke referring to the Magistrate of Mar Sara as a "Fringe-world yokel" who "didn't know where his loyalties lay".[3]
[edit] History
By 2478, the Fringe Worlds were under the control of the Confederacy. Revolts in these colonies were common, and steadily grew in number.[4]
Nine years later, the Fringe Worlds were the first terran planets to be visited by the zerg. To preserve the secrecy of these xenomorphs, the Confederacy exterminated the inhabitants of the infected planets with genetically engineered plagues, claiming it was a cholera outbreak.[2]
The Sons of Korhal fomented anti-Confederate sentiment amongst the Fringe Worlds for months before the Great War.[5]
Following the ascension of the Terran Dominion, the Fringe World label remained. These worlds were largely abandoned by the Dominion military in order to maximize defenses in the Core Worlds when the zerg invaded in 2505, although small factions such as Raynor's Raiders took action and came into conflict with the zerg.[6]
[edit] Known Fringe Systems
[edit] Known Fringe Worlds
[edit] References
- ↑ Gillen, Kieron (w), Hector Sevilla (art). "A Ghost Story." In StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 2 (paperback binding), pp. 122-169. Tokyopop, January 1, 2009. ISBN 1427-80831-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Neilson, Micky. StarCraft: Uprising. New York and Toronto, Ontario: Pocket Books, December 2000. ISBN 0-7434-1898-0 (eBook only).
- ↑ StarCraft. Vivendi Games. Mission: Desperate Alliance (in English). 1998.
- ↑ McNeill, Graham (December 30, 2008). StarCraft: I, Mengsk. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 1416-55083-6.
- ↑ StarCraft. Vivendi Games. Mission: Loomings bonus campaign, mission 1: "Strongarm" (in English). 1998-09-03. Map Archives: Precursor Campaign.
- ↑ Dustin Browder, Rob Pardo. 2008-10-11. Blizzcon 2008: StarCraft II Gameplay Discussion Panel (Part 3). Youtube.com Accessed 2008-10-11.
