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Until recently, Spacelane A27-12 was the second longest distance in the charted United Stellar Territories to transverse, between the system of Hontras and Zygus Major. The flight, if made with proper courier and convoy support, could take a hyperliminal vessel traveling at 3.4 ERV nearly a month to complete. This fact combined with the constant threat of piracy and ship system failures has lead to a drastic market and trade recession between the two systems.
However, a development involving a light Orpex Cruiser, christened USV Flying Mast, in an attempt to make the distance without necessary support, has altered the perception of this area of the galaxy. In the great void marking this distance in which no previous systems were known to exist, only 1.3 million kilometers offset from Spacelane A27-12 was the outer boundary of a yet unknown system. Apparently hidden from sensor and visual scanning by a thick, energetically unstable nebulaic ring, the system had remained untouched until encounted by the "Flying Mast". In a last ditch effort to siphon free hydrogen particles to aid in their depleted emergency life support system, "Flying Mast" turned course and drifted in a powered-down state into the rim of the system. From within, the faint blue glow from a fledgling sun was seen, and an entire system ready for exploration.
Placed at nearly the halfway mark between the two trade systems, the Yonmaran System has become the focus of an intense effort of expansion and development. Its position has been well-noted to be a prime location for fuel depots and other deep space trade franchises.
The scientific community has deemed it to be a primary system for study and research. Too far from populated areas to be enforced by standard planetary patrols of local United Stellar Defense Coalition vessels, the United Stellar Council has declared the need for a new system of government and control to be set up in the system. Until a regular law enforcement body can be created and inserted, United Stellar Marshalls have been dispatched to the area to keep the peace amongst the trade outposts, fuel stations, and nebula miners.
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