Campaign Rules - Part Five: Sumitra Sector

Overview and History

Located in the Outer Rim Territories, Sumitra Sector, also known colloquially as "Tierfon Sector", consists of a number of star systems with a total of 12,387 planets and moons. Although the Empire has moved to tighten its grip on the Outer Rim, the sheer number of planets and moons in this sector alone has made it difficult for them to track - let alone destroy - all of the Rebellion's active cells.

Sumitra Sector At A Glance

One would think that the Sumitra system, which gave the sector its name, would be the sector capital, but instead this is a relatively tranquil farming world maintained by the Empire's iron grip. While it's not in open rebellion against Imperial rule, the Rebel Alliance does have sympathizers and at least two active cells there.

Thustra is both the sector capital and home to the Tierfon Sector Fleet. It's only fitting, given that this system was the focal point of unrest in the sector during the Clone Wars. Though the sector is overseen by Moff Caedius Geronne, he answers directly to Grand Moff Tarkin, who governs the Outer Rim Territories. Fleet Admiral Tzenkens currently commands the Tierfon Sector Fleet, replacing the recently retired Fleet Admiral Joser.

The Ptera system, home to the Flakax, is another Imperial hub within Sumitra Sector. While Thustra has a number of fleet facilities, Ptera's main world, Flax, is host to many mines and manufacturing facilities which produce various construction components for the Empire. The nature of Flakax society has posed a lot of questions for the Alliance High Command with regard to how best to sway the major hives to its side.

Like Ptera, Saurton is another major resource world in the sector. Essowyn, the homeworld of the Saurton, orbits between two asteroid belts rich in metals. Because the world's orbit is so erratic, it has experienced a great number of asteroid and meteor strikes in the past, forcing the native sentients underground.

Killaniri, the region's third resource system, is a major producer of prothium blaster gas. The system is also home to the Horansi, a tribal species that encompasses five different subgroups. In addition to corporate concerns for Blethern Gas, BlasTech and Czerka Weapons being in system, the Horansi homeworld of Mutanda is known as a draw for big game hunters.

Elshandruu Pica is a major metropolitan trade hub of the sector, and the home of Senator Thandor Mott. With the work of the Imperial Senate becoming ever more difficult, Senator Mott "retired" to his homeworld, but still remains sympathetic to the fledgling Rebellion.

The Reuss system, conversely, is the nexus of the sector's criminal underworld. Reuss VIII, the main world in the system, is an industrial disaster area, thanks to the Empire. The government is a corrupt hybrid of Imperial, corporate, and criminal interests. In terms of being a wretched hive of scum and villainy, Reuss VIII makes Mos Eisley look family-friendly. If you ever go there, pack an extra blaster, an environmental suit, and a couple of breath masks. You'll need them all.

Celanon, the homeworld of the Nalroni, is another major trade hub for Sumitra Sector. Traders (and smugglers) usually go there if they can afford the "fees" the officials "charge" and haggle with the best of them.

The Czeska Gap consists of nine star systems (Gap I through IX) running down the middle of the region. They were discovered by Republic scout Emar Czeska several millennia ago. At the time, Czeska evaluated the worlds to have little to no value to colonists, industry, or commerce, and even went as far to mark four of them "Not Habitable". These can be found on some older star charts labeled as "NH-1138" (Gap III) and "NH-1074" (Gap VIII), for example.