The Freeborn trade technology, goods and services throughout Antarean space – including the services of mercenary fighters. The best of these are native Freeborn troops and the very best of the best are the professional guards who serve the most powerful Freeborn families. These are the Vardanari – the personal bodyguards and retainers of the…
The Freeborn are great merchants, travelling between worlds and civilisations, exploring for new worlds and races, and always looking out for new opportunities to rise in wealth and power amongst the peoples of Antarean space. And power itself is a commodity that they are more than willing to trade! The Freeborn can supply weapons and…
Magnetic weapons (or ‘Mag Weapons’ for short) propel a metallic, metal-coated or metal-cored projectile by means of a powerful magnetic pulse. The projectile itself takes the form of a spike, needle, sliver or plug. Small Mag weapons are fed by a magazine, however the larger, more sophisticated weapons carry their ammunition inside of an inbuilt…
The Freeborn are the most diverse of the civilisations of Antarean space comprising numerous different independent Houses or Vardos. Unlike the civilisations of the Concord and Isori the Freeborn inhabit the depths of space. They live aboard spacefleets that include craft that are so large their populations are greater than those of many worlds. Different…
The Freeborn are the traders, raiders, explorers and the ultimate go-betweens of Antarean space. The Freeborn are divided into hundreds of independent space-borne Vardos, each ruled over by a noble family. These rulers are the first amongst an aristocracy that vies for power, riches and influence within their own society as well as amongst the…
Graham Davey