Hoget Sector- Overview

Hoget sector is located in the Outer Rim, just past Portmoak sector on your way to Wild Space. It was first explored by the Old Republic about two hundered years ago, with the first wave of colonists following a generation later. It constists of 1935 systems, ninety-seven with inhabited planets, and another half a gross or so wtih containerized colonies or space mining camps. There are two indigenous sentient species (the Ullerians and the Kwannons), along with a local offshoot of the Human race, the Freyans. The Rebellion claims a third indigenous, non-human race, the Zarathustrian Fuzzies, but knowledgeble people know better.

The Imperial govener for the sector is Moff Quillian, a very capable officer. Under his command is a very large and effective fighting force. He is very vigilent in his hunting down of the Rebel in his sector, even going so far as to hire swoop gangs and pirates to hunt down Rebel cells, and throw in a free Imperial pardon to sweeten the deal. There are many who say that due to the death of his son at Rebel hands, the Moff is no longer sane, but they are very care full to say that in private.

It is not a very unusual area of space, except for two things: sunstones and "the ruins". Sunstones occur on only one planet in the galaxy, Zarathustra, which lies within the sector, and fetch high prices for even the poorest specimines. The ruins, however, are another story.

The Ruins

"The ruins" are the local name for the collection of ancient insitllations and shelters that are scattered about the system. No one knows who made them, or when. The "Hogetians", as the builders of the runis are called, were appearantly part of an Army, or a militant culture. They dug bunkers and underground bases, constructed stardocks and spacestations, and built base after base. The level of technology was roughly on par with the Empire. One interesting thing is an appearant total lack of droids. No facilities for thier mainance have been found, nor any supply of parts for them.

It is believed that thier major depots were on Poitesme. There are whole complexes of bases and hangers and barracks buried in to the surface and on the bottom of the oceans, all still ready to go if they have power. There are similiar, but small insitillations are in almost every system of the sector, even if it is only a dug out asteroid in a cometary orbit around an otherwisse lonely star.

The most spectacular of these constructs, after the Poitesme complexes, is the space station that has been reactivated as the Imperial headquarters. At nearly 190 kilometers in diameter and fourty in thickness, it is an impressive engineering marvel. It is able to house a full third of the Imerial forces in the sector and supply them for a decade, and is still large enough to house a fully capable stardock and have areas open to civilians. Most of Hoget Command is still not being used, and vast stretches of it are still listed as unexplored.

As to the Hogetians, little is known. Not one body has ever been recovered, but sufficent clothing has been found to give us an idea of how they looked. They were humanoid, slightly shorter and stouter than human averge, but well within the norms. Their heads appearently were very similiar in ours, right down to the location, in relation to the rest of the head, of the ears, mouths and eyes. They breathed a Type I atmosphere, slightly richer in oxygen than is normal for Human worlds, but still within safe ranges, and lived on worlds similiar to our own in gravitational pull. Due to the similiarities in thier form to humans, right down to the five-fingered/three knuckeled hands, there is a belief that they were human.

We do know that they left. And with little concern for taking thier materials with them. Everything was wrapped up, nice and neat, in plastic bags filled with inert atmospheres, ranging from side arms and field knives to heavy vehicles and light space craft. Stocks of uniforms and supplies were left behind, more than enough to supply a full Secotr Group for at least twenty years. And not peace time operations, but an active war footing.

One extensive facility on Poitesme gives hints as too what happened int he last days. It seems to be a major command instillation. In what appears to have been the lounge for the command officers, there are bottles that at one time contained spirits still standing on a centerl table. On an nearby wall, there are scars in the paint, and a pile of broken glass on the floor. It appears that the last people to leave had a final drink to toast something, and celibration, hurled thier glasses against the wall. Everything else is total order. Even the bunks are made and the dishes int he food prep areas washed and put away in order. Further investigations showed signs of similiar cerimonies at other facilities. In every case, the people assigned to those bases left with only thier personal effectives, uniforms and individual weapons. Everything else was left in such a manner that inticates that they envisioned the possibility of haveing to reactive these bases at a latter date and not having the time to bring anything more than the troops.

The Old Republic took out much of the oridinance and equipment, but there always new outpost beind discovered. Some of them are so well preserved the identifiable medical supplies and field rations are still be suitable for consumption, the stored powercells mearly needing to be recharged, and the reacotrs refueled. The fear that the rightful owners fo these bases might return someday is part of the reason why the Empire has devoted so much military might to this sector.

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