Imperial star sectors are regions of three, four or five worlds. Star sectors are used by navy and frontier administrations to manage operations, annexations. Worlds (planets, moons, stations) are classified by their environment and form of local government.

	environment	government
0	cracked	abandoned
1	dead, phantom	anarchists
2	gaseous, cloud	the frontier authority
3	burning, volcanic	artificial intelligence
4	desert	martial law
5	orbital station	a corporate entity
6	frozen, wintery	a council of feudal houses
7	forested, jungle	theocratic leaders
8	archipelago, oceanic	a stellar monarch
9	temperate, earthlike	the imperial embassy

When populating a sector, imbue each world with a PLACE:

• Past and its relationship to the present. What was this world before Imperial annexation? What was left as is? What had to be changed? What was destroyed and forgotten?
• Laws of the world¹, the mount of which will vary. One for sanctuaries, two for standard worlds, three for dangerous worlds. Each law has a clear consequence for breaking it. Laws can come from the governing authority or from natural hazards (eg. toxic atmosphere).
• Appearance, a strong visual, a smell or a sound that makes this world unique to the senses.
• Characters, with means to achieve certain goals. They often offer jobs to advance their agenda, in exchange for wages or favours.
• Export goods, which can be organic, cultural, contraband or technological. Create star gate links to worlds where those goods are most desperately needed. Star gates can be destroyed during annexations, rebellions, alien invasions and other catastrophic events.

shaping the future

Sketch a timeline of possible events based on your characters and factions. Take into account Imperial, rebellious or alien interventions. Every month, one or two events will change some aspects of the sector’s worlds (laws, appearance, characters, exports). Rare events will change a world’s environment or government. Legendary events can change the Empire itself.

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1. laws of the land↩