Imperial Space

Imperial Space is at the Core of the Universe, where matter is significantly denser. It is also ruled by the remnants of the Empire who fought on the Empire side of The Empire-Federation War.

Imperial Space holds the following systems: The Auterium System, The Ostheim System, The Pariah System, and The Bravvis System

The Main Factions at play would be: Auterium, The Arenex Empire, The Bliss Cartel, The Sinosaur Protectorate, The Kessler Society, and various criminal orders

Summary
Imperial space sits at the center of the Universe, and houses one of the 3 working Warp Gates. However, this Warp Gate is a relic from before the Feral Nano-Virus, and sends ships to Feral Space, where the closest systems are universally Pirate, or Criminal in nature. Because of this, Imperial space has become a mix of Corrupt Imperial Officers, Criminals purchasing surplus military goods, and opportunist scavengers, selling scrap to earn enough to eat.

Appearance
Imperial Space has centuries of debris and drifting ships. Its space is filled with ships almost universally scavenged, and yet still scavengers infest these mobile scrap yards like vermin. Large Ships come to Imperial space simply to consume scrap metal and recast it to make minor profits. A large faction of The Kessler Society makes its home in stations along the commonly traveled lanes, being tolerated by the Post-War Empires and eking out an existence. Most of the worlds are also surrounded by debris and have large space elevators which are the only safe way reach the planets surface.

Laws
Imperial Space has rigid laws, yet they are not uniformly enforced. Technically, scavenging without registering at a planet and giving a 25% compensation to the nearest system is illegal, yet is is seldom enforced. In this sector, legally, you are suppose to fly constantly with your ID un-blocked, and never stray from the lanes. In practice people fly through space taking as much scrap as they can carry before jumping to Republic Space. The way that laws are actually enforced is that Imperial Vessels are given a quota, and fufill it early each cycle, and then only enforce laws if they can gain money or power from it. Off duty Imperial patrol vessels themselves have been seen illegally scavenging.

Encounters
Within Imperial space, expect the following encounters
 * Imperial Ships on patrol, with a high chance to communicate and a medium chance to search any vessels
 * Small Scavengers desperately searching for intact systems, more than a few may try to cause "accidents" to reap the rewards of a space wreck
 * Large Scrap Barges, mostly from the Bliss Cartel, eating scrap metal by the Megatons
 * Kessler Society Ships keeping large debris from the main lanes
 * Criminals, flying sorties attacking scavengers for practice before trying their luck in feral space