The Curtain

The Curtain (also referred to as The Bloody Curtain) is the name given to a cluster of stars that bordered former Helbin territory. Currently claimed by the United Empire, it is now seeing rapid development as it has been discovered that The Curtain possesses an unusually large amount of habitable worlds.

History
While it was on Helbin star charts for centuries, The Curtain remained largely unexplored until the downfall of the Helbin government, when it was revealed they had refused to colonize it out of belief that sudden expansion into the zone would spread their influence thinner than was acceptable.

With the end of the Intervention War, Lord of War colonies have begun to spring up in nearly every habitable system, many of them unauthorized. In some cases, the UE's military has not been able to keep pace with expansion, leading to high political instability along the frontier.

Notable ongoing conflicts in The Curtain include:


 * New Chilean Range War
 * War in the Mountains
 * Saalin Crisis
 * Shangri Civil War