Asteroid Belt

The Asteroid Belt marks the border of imperial space, as defined in the Jovian Treaty.

Asteroid mining took place here throughout imperial history, at various times operated by serfs, corporations, freelancers or some combination of them. Asteroids are a particuarly good source of the Exotic Matter that is needed to make the more advanced pieces of technology.

In additional to mining the belt is home to 4 Fortress stations that were built out of some of the largest asteroids in the belt to guard the border. Noble Houses would be in charge of the Fortresses during the High and Low House periods, and posession changed hands infrequently, while after the houses were disolved running a station, and the sector of space that it covered, was available as a franchise contract.

Rival corporations, looking to win franchises, othen raid that franchises space to prove that the resident corporation cannot fulfil its contract.