Editing Beyond the Zone (section)

='''Background'''=

In broad strokes, characters can have the following backgrounds.

'''Terran Autonomous Region.''' 
A native of Terra or one of the other worlds.  TAR has only been an Imperial client for thirty years and the politics are still shaky in the region. 

Roll up characters as per normal, but the careers can be in the Federations equivalent of Imperial services.

'''Old Imperial.'''
 
A citizen of the Third Imperium. My spin on the Imperium  is that it directly owns and controls some planets or systems (any system with a Gov of 5 or 8 ) and there is some difference between being a full citizen or an independent world or polity. The noble system is an Imperium wide Meritocracy, sustained by ancient lines that own vastly powerful systems. 

The role of the Huscarles (personal troops) of the more powerful nobles is more important in this Imperium.  This can include entire fleets and divisions of troops amongst the high and mighty.

Roll up characters as per normal. Any special Ops result in the army, marines or navy can be taken as a transfer to a nobles’ personal Huscarles. 

'''The Zone.'''

The broad stretch of systems that marked the furthest extent of the Virus Wars.  By Imperial Law, the entire  zone is considered to be a Red Zone under full martial law. No civilian shipping of any kind is allowed to cross the zone into Imperial space and all military traffic is thoroughly scanned and examined.  Travel within the zone is possible and quite regular in some areas, but systems are heavily patrolled by the Colonial fleet and the Federated Marshall Service.
It is, of course, also a hive of scum and villainy.