![]() ![]() The revelation that Mengsk authorized the use of psi emitters on Tarsonis led colonists on Bountiful to declare independence. This article or section contains information from the optional Rebellion Missions in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Food riots broke out across the other fringe worlds. These worlds were largely abandoned by the Dominion military in order to maximize defenses in the core worlds when the zerg invaded in the Second Great War, although small factions such as Raynor's Raiders took action and came into conflict with the zerg on Agria. New Regime įollowing the ascension of the Terran Dominion, the fringe world label remained, but suffered common famines. They succeeded in weakening the Confederacy's grip on the Fringe Worlds by the end of 2499. The Sons of Korhal fomented anti-Confederate sentiment amongst the Fringe Worlds for months before the conflict. īy the Great War, the Fringe Worlds were in a dilapidated state. To preserve the secrecy of these xenomorphs, the Confederacy exterminated the inhabitants of the infected planets with genetically engineered plagues, claiming it was a cholera outbreak. Nine years later, the Fringe Worlds were the first terran planets to be visited by the zerg. ![]() Revolts in these colonies were common, and steadily grew in number. History Borders of the Confederacy īy 2478, the Fringe Worlds were under the control of the Confederacy. During the Second Great War, Arcturus Mengsk's Dominion abandoned the Fringe Worlds to the zerg, and turned away refugees from these worlds.Ĭrime and banditry is commonplace in the Fringe Worlds, and they are constantly plagued by groups such as junker gangs. The Confederacy deliberately used plagues to wipe out the populations of several Fringe Worlds in order to cover up the existence of the zerg. Terran governments often regard the lives of Fringe World inhabitants as expendable. Fringe Worlds are often rich with resources, but rarely get a chance to profit from them, as more established political entities like the Confederacy (later Dominion) thoroughly exploit such resources and leave the local populations with little for themselves.įringe 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, as Edmund Duke once referred to the Colonial Magistrate of Mar Sara as a "Fringe-world yokel" who didn't know where his loyalties lay. Many of them follow old Earth religions or new cults (such as the Church of Besainted Pelagius) as a way to escape their dreary existences, and are looked down upon by other terrans particularly from the core worlds, even those from Umoja and the Sons of Korhal. Fringe World inhabitants are generally poorly educated and isolationist terrans they were often used as sources of cheap labor by the Terran Confederacy. ![]()
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