Fringe Worlds

The Fringe Worlds (sometimes referred to as the Outer Colonies) comprise a belt at the farthest reaches of the galaxy's inhabitable planets. The inhabitants of these planets are generally poorly educated and isolationist Terrans; they were used as sources of cheap labor by the Terran Confederacy. Many of them follow old Earth religions or new cults as a way to escape their dreary existence. They are looked down upon by other Terrans, even those from Umoja and the Sons of Korhal. Fringe Worlds are often rich with resources, but the Confederacy exploited the resources and the people remained poor.

Fringe World inhabitants are generally looked down upon by those outside the belt, often insulted with the term "Fringe-squib." Even those with ties to the Confederacy were not exempt from derogatory comments, Edmund Duke referring to the Magistrate of Mar Sara as a "Fringe-world yokel" who "didn't know where his loyalties lay".

The first Terran planets to be visited by the Zerg were a number of Fringe Worlds. The Terran Confederacy exterminated the inhabitants of the infected planets with genetically engineered plagues, claiming it was a cholera outbreak.

Known Star Systems

 * Antiga System
 * Sara System

Known Fringe Worlds

 * Antiga Prime
 * Chau Sara
 * Jotun
 * Maltair IV
 * Mar Sara
 * Pridewater