The Neutral Zone

The Neutral Zone or Galactic Rim is a region at the edge of The Ikelos Galaxy and the primary setting of the STW Campaign. It is one of the last areas of this microgalaxy not under the control of any major factions, though both The Galactic Union and The Templars of The Dark Sun are slowly crossing this untamed section of space.

The importance of The Neutral Zone, aside from the raw manpower of it, is that it happens to be along the path of The Andromeda Express -- the "final stop" before The Andromeda Galaxy, if you will. Control over this "spacelane" would monopolise trade and transportation to the massive Andromeda Galaxy. For The Templars, this means more lands to conquer. For The Union, more potential trading partners. Either way, the stakes are immense; it's a given tension would be high out there.

Originally defined as "any stretch of land between the Kolob Demilitarised Zone and The Andromeda Galaxy, it has been redefined over the years to refer to a small subsection of the Ikelos galaxy (after its discovery) about 100 parsecs in diameter.