Lafhrenz

Lafhrenz is a F9 star system under the control of the Eteno Imperial Triumvirate. Though the gate is locked down and under guard, Lafhrenz is the final link to the now-fractured Harbinger territories. Through this system, the EIT was invaded and subjected to a protracted war that inflicted casualties and economic damage on levels unmatched ever since.

History
Lafhrenz was one of the last systems explored and colonized, initially unattractive due to its lack of any unique features or scarce resources. A gate connection was constructed to a newly-explored system, at that time unnamed but explored enough to confirm the presence of two ocean worlds and a single lava world.

Immediate interest in the new adjacent system rapidly turned to horror upon contact with a space-faring race also in the process of exploring the system. These Harbingers, as they near-universally became known, launched a full invasion of Eteno space, easily wresting control of the gate into Lafhrenz and using the sparsely-developed border system as a stepping-stone into the core worlds.

Lafhrenz's miniscule population lent itself well to evacuation, and when the entire system fell under Harbinger control - in which it would remain for much of the war - real development, settlement, and exploitation began. In fact, upon its recapture, Lafhrenz was practically a Harbinger frontier colony entirely unrecognizable to its former inhabitants.

After the end of the war, Lafhrenz's link to Harbinger space was shut down, but not destroyed. Various groups within the government and military were fiercely divided on the issue of fully occupying Harbinger space and risking over-extension or cutting all ties to bury the memory of the painful war permanently. The deactivation of the gate was a suitable compromise, and the system is now a well-developed border fortress, prepared to expel or launch another invasion at any moment.

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