The Imperial Fringe

The Imperial Fringe is the edge of a large and sprawling interstellar empire. The proper name for this region is the Spinward Marches, so named because they are located on the very border of the Imperium, in the spinward direction when considering the rotation of the galaxy. This area of hundreds of star systems, shown on the accompanying map, is to be the setting for this introductory adventure into the universe of Traveller