Expansion Region

The Expansion Region, first known as the Expansion Rim, is a region of the Universe located between the Inner Rim Territories and Mid Rim Territories.

=History=

The region was an experiment in corporate-controlled worlds first settled during the Universal Republic's Great Manifest Period beginning in 20,000 B. From 17,000 B to 3,000 B, competing holdings of Earth and Alsakan fought 17 "Alsakan Conflicts" in the Region. The Brentaal League extended its hyperlanes into the Region in 4,020 B.

Powerful corporations exploit and profit heavily from the planets for their raw materials, metals and ores. While profits are enormous for these corporations, internal strife and disturbances continually disturbes the region. Inhabitants are oppressed while the corporations strip entire stellar systems of all their resources. Because they controlled communications and transportation to, from and across the region, very few people knew what was going on in the Expansion Region. But eventually civil unrest spread from system to system.

The Republic eventually took control of the Region due to mounting pressure from its denizens by limiting or evicting corporate interests. Though most of those corporations moved on to the Corporate Sector in 490 B, Expansion Region worlds were still producers of raw materials and ores. However, most natural resources were exhausted.

Under the Galactic Empire, the region's worlds are mostly stripped of their resources. Emperor Palpatine also picks up slaves from many worlds. Some are Imperial base and post worlds, while others serve as Imperial mining, slaving, and miltiary centers.