The Outer Colonies
The Outer Colonies
The frontier of the Confederation. Where resources are extracted and people are expendable.
Overview
The Outer Colonies are frontier worlds with varying levels of development—less oversight from the Confederation, more exploitation by those who control the resources. This is where people come to work, struggle, and sometimes disappear.
Characteristics
Development:
- Minimal infrastructure investment
- Extractive industries dominate
- Worker populations serving corporate interests
- Limited services and amenities
Governance:
- Less Confederation oversight
- Corporate interests often have more power than government
- SLPS presence concentrated at key points
- Local authorities underfunded and overwhelmed
Economy:
- Resource extraction primary function
- Wealth flows outward to core worlds
- Local population sees little benefit
- Poverty maintained for cheap labor
Life in the Outer Colonies
The Workers
Most colonists work in extraction industries:
- Mining operations
- Agricultural production
- Manufacturing for export
- Support services
Wages are low. Conditions are harsh. Opportunities are few.
The Vulnerable
The Outer Colonies produce desperate people:
- Those trapped by economic circumstances
- Workers with no alternatives
- Families struggling to survive
- People who won’t be missed if they disappear
The Disappearances
People vanish from the poorest districts. Not occasionally—regularly. The authorities show little interest. The media never reports it. Life continues as if nothing is wrong.
Those who notice learn not to ask questions.
Key Outer Colony Worlds
Mool
Mining colony where Robert Fannec grew up. Industrial extraction under grey skies. Where the disappearances began—and where Robert discovered the truth.
Others
Dozens of similar worlds throughout the Confederation. Different names, same exploitation. Different resources, same disregard for the people who extract them.
Significance
The Outer Colonies represent everything wrong with the Confederation’s treatment of its frontier populations:
- Exploitation without investment
- Poverty maintained deliberately
- Human lives valued only for productivity
- Suffering ignored by distant authorities
For those born here, escape is rare. For those who stay, survival is the only goal.
The Outer Colonies appear throughout the Fannec Records series as both origin and motivation—where the injustice began, and why the fight continues.