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Originally Posted by GypsyComet
15 to 20 sectors out...
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Or even further...
In one aside, Bland casually states that the next spiral arm trailing is barren of life.
In another, he mentions gas giant lifeforms are rare in Chartered Space and commonplace beyond it.
In the chapter featuring the planet which gets partially "bobbled", Bland flatly states the Imperium has met people who can make such force fields but they won't sell the technology and the Imperium can't steal it.
I remember reading an article many years ago in either
White Dwarf or
Dragon presenting the idea of
Black Zones - systems the Imperium not only quarantines but also denies the very existence of.
At the time, I thought it was a somewhat interesting idea. After reading
AotI, I believe it's a certainty.