The Core Worlds
The Core Worlds
The wealthy heart of the Confederation. Where civilization gleams brightest—and casts the longest shadows.
Overview
The Core Worlds are the wealthy, developed heart of the Confederation. This is where power concentrates, where the privileged live in comfort, and where the decisions that shape the galaxy are made. Confederation Central serves as the capital. Most Parliament activity occurs here.
Characteristics
Development:
- State-of-the-art infrastructure
- Advanced technology readily available
- Comprehensive services and amenities
- Investment and maintenance ongoing
Governance:
- Strong Confederation presence
- Extensive law enforcement
- Judicial systems functioning
- Political power concentrated
Economy:
- Financial and administrative centers
- High-value industries
- Luxury goods and services
- Wealth concentrated
Life in the Core
The Citizens
Core world residents enjoy:
- High standard of living
- Access to advanced medical care
- Educational opportunities
- Security and stability
They rarely see the cost of their comfort—the extraction, the exploitation, the suffering in distant colonies that makes their prosperity possible.
The Oblivious
Most core world citizens don’t know:
- Where their resources come from
- How outer colony workers live
- What disappears in the fringe
- Who really controls their government
They vote. They pay taxes. They follow the news. They have no idea what’s happening in their name.
The Complicit
Some know and don’t care. Some profit directly. Some hold positions that require them not to notice. The comfortable rarely ask uncomfortable questions.
The Shadow
Beneath the gleaming surface:
- Parliament influence permeates institutions
- SLPS serves hidden masters
- Investigations disappear when they threaten the wrong people
- The truth never reaches the public
The same systems that make core world life comfortable also hide the conspiracy that Robert Fannec is fighting to expose.
Connection to the Outer Colonies
The core worlds and outer colonies exist in relationship:
- Resources flow from colonies to core
- Wealth concentrates in the center
- Exploitation funds prosperity
- Distance provides ignorance
Core world citizens benefit from outer colony suffering without ever seeing it.
The Core Worlds appear throughout the Fannec Records series as both goal and enemy—the seat of power that must be reached, and the comfortable blindness that must be shattered.