District 268 is Subsector N of Spinward Marches Sector. The District was formally added to the Imperial rolls in 610 (the neighboring Five Sisters Subsector, created at the same time, was originally District 267) as the 268th subsector to be considered for inclusion in the Imperium.
As a district, its worlds are not members of the Imperium, but they do receive Imperial protection. Imperial affairs are administered from Glisten (Spinward Marches 2036) although a token capital is maintained at Mertactor (Spinward Marches 1537).
In the early years of Marches exploration, the Spinward Main route through District 268 was the only viable route for jump-1 ships trading with the Imperial worlds in the Glisten Subsector. The Main forks into two branches at Talos (Spinward Marches 1436): the Collace Arm runs Spinward toward Five Sisters, while the Glisten Arm runs Trailing.
Although jump-2 and jump-3 traffic is more economical, enough jump-1 ships plied these routes to create a trickle of settlement. In time, several important worlds grew up along the route:
- Forine (Spinward Marches 1533/D3129B8-A) - an industrial world producing electronics components;
- Tarkine (Spinward Marches 1434/C466662-7) - an agricultural producer of exotic spices; and
- Collace (Spinward Marches 1237/B628943-D) - an industrial world producing a wide variety of low-cost, high-tech goods.
Collace is also the site of one of several Imperial scout bases in the district. Application has been made for membership in the Imperium, which is pending.
District 268 contains 32 worlds with a population totaling 10.6 billion. The highest population is 5.9 at Forine; Collace has 1.0 billion; the highest tech level is D, at Collace.
Major astrophysical features of the subsector include the Greater and Lesser Collace Rifts. The Greater Rift extends Spinwar through the Five Sisters and is rimmed mostly by worlds along the Collace Arm along the rimward edge, and the Spinward Main along the coreward edge.
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