Orbital
Saltire
A human far-side colony — on the far side of the Lantern's fold — that is marooned if the lane closes (cut off from medicine, migration, family). Its people have their own dialect and frontier ways. The human face of "who gets marooned if the door shuts".
Type
orbital
Nation
human far-side colony (frontier)
Founded
golden-age expansion era
Position
The Span and the Lantern chart
On the chart
The Span and the Lantern
Placement
published — The Guttering Light ch1, ch13 — on the far side of the Lantern's fold; the Saltire location record
Classification
Human far-side frontier colony; dependent on the Lantern lane for crossing access.
Population
Human far-side colonists (own dialect, own frontier ways). Named: Oru — colonist witness (file pending).
Open the The Span and the Lantern chart →
On the record
- Far-side colonists transit the Lantern crossing before the window closes; the crackdown / failing lane threatens to strand them.
- Oru witnessed the pre-sabotage anomaly (the junction misbehaving / the over-push) — the clue.