Details on just where Sigma Zephyrus sector is.
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Date: Tue, 10 May 94 03:48:00 UTC
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Subject: Sigma Zephyrus
> One sector, "Sigma Zephyrus", has no known location, but is probably
> eight or more sectors spinward of Core near Theta Borealis. Its only
> mention is from a sidebar in DGP's TD #19, p. 25:
> "Years ago, Deneb was the original headquarters of the Scout Service's
> Group Program, which established exploration outposts at Geokha
> (Sigma Zephyrus 3210) and Pautho (Theta Borealis 1506), far beyond
> Imperial borders."
Kerry -
I wrote the articles in collaboration with James Holden. That
segment is actually a condensation of something in the Grand
Explorations manuscript which Geo Gelinas and I wrote. (Although the
book was ultimately cancelled, the material might begin to see print
soon in the form of magazine articles.)
The similarities to Theta Borealis sector, published by Group One,
were deliberate so as to lend validity to that product.
You're welcome to forward this information back to whoever
posted the above. Thanks. MIKE
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The Group Program
In 359, the Scouts began a massive deep space exploration effort,
named the Group Program after Dr Sylvester Group, the prominent
scientist that lead the campaigned for it. The primary objective was
to send ships with astronomical sensors well outside the Imperium. At
the same time, the ships would carry exploration teams to study the
systems along the way. With the support of other scientists from a
wide range of fields, he won the endorsement of several dukes and
ultimately that of the Emperor Anguistus.
The project set up headquarters at Deneb and prepared two series
of missions focused on two different directions roughly ninety degree
apart from one another. The series called Group One focused on areas
to spinward, while Group Two went to coreward. Each set up a
permanent colony on a remote hospitable world to support these remote
scientific endeavors.
Group One established itself at Pautho (Theta Borealis 1506
A567456-E V), a very hospitable world, but barren at the time.
Imperium-wide attention given the projects attracted numerous
engineers and technicians to settle the colony. They rapidly set up a
class A starport, city, and hinterland with the lavish support of the
Scout supply line. The colony tech level started out fully at the
Imperial maximum (TL13).
Advanced scouts particularly selected Theta Borealis for its many
budding minor races. The colonists recruited a few thousand to help
build the colony. In return, Pautho gave the aliens technological
assistance which allowed a few to start their own interstellar
communities after a couple of centuries. Humans from Pautho often
settled on these alien worlds to form commercial companies.
Meanwhile, Group Two settled Geokha (Sigma Zephyrus 3210
A689559-E V) in the same fashion. This sector, called Zhiaqrqiats in
the Zhodani language, was rich in Ancient sites. Geokha itself had an
enormous intact Ancient city completely untouched by the Final War.
However, the Ancient withdrawal was evidently quite orderly, leaving
little to physically ship back to the Imperium for study. The
searchings by scientists and the occasional artifact hunters
periodically encounter rich finds, though.