Cartaga

a Cartaga is one of nine (originally twelve) enormous city ships, originally built by the CSC during the early Settlement Age as mobile mining colonies, which travel through the Farfringe.

Originally owned and governed by mining corporations, following the retreat of the CSC back into the inner core, the various Cartagas have evolved into independent, roving settlements with various systems of government and social structures. Originally home to naught but mining staff, the Cartagas are now inhabited by myriad people from all walks of life, and they are by far the greatest outposts of civilization beyond the Core.

List of Cartagas

 * Cartaga 1, aka "The Temple of One" - home to the Followers of One, an unusual, politically neutral cult who worship the mineral Kyrillite.
 * Cartaga 2 - Destroyed by the Drin Ath Midari during the Drin Ath Midari War.
 * Cartaga 3, aka "Doldrums Station" - Stranded in orbit around a gas giant near the Core border for over two centuries, Doldrums Station has evolved into a stationary yet sprawling complex as its inhabitants began creating makeshift expansions. A common jumping-off point for travel deeper into the near regions of the Farfringe, and the start point of most travel to Cartaga 6.
 * Cartaga 4
 * Cartaga 5
 * Cartaga 6, aka "Cart6"- Among the most prosperous and politically stable Cartagas, Cartaga 6 is the birthplace of the Bith Yark, and by far the most popular starting point for adventurers heading into the Farfringe.
 * Cartaga 7 - A shady place practically governed by crime lords and other shady interests, Cartaga 7 is a favorite dwelling ground of the galaxy's least scrupulous and generally a hive of scum and villainy.
 * Cartaga 8 - the legendary Lost Cartaga, Cartaga 8 disappeared shortly after the end of the Drin Ath Midari War. Legends of Cartaga 8 are passed around by spacers, and it is rumored to lie in the farthest unexplored regions of the Farfringe. According to legend the Cartaga is full of priceless treasures and technologies.
 * Cartaga 9 - Captured by the Drin Ath Midari during the Drin Ath Midari War, then intentionally smashed into the CSC's largest colony outside the core, on the planet Pheric. Fragments of the city-ship are still scattered across the planet, which has been reduced to ruins.
 * Cartaga 10
 * Cartaga 11 - Recently destroyed by a mysterious raider group which has been growing in power in the Farfringe. The raiders appear to have turned the Cartaga's destroyed husk into a base of operations.
 * Cartaga 12