Terran Territories

The Terran Territories are a region of space in the Orion spur. This is a region of space which is claimed and officially part of the Terran Federation. This claim is also recognised by the UCO. However it is mostly unexplored, uncolonised and undeveloped. Unlike the rest of Terran Space with no commonwealths, this area isn't directly managed by the Ministry of the Interior, but the Territories Administration, or TA, a mostly autonomous branch of the Ministry. The TA effectively has full powers over the region. It is however mostly lawless and considered a borderland, similar to the Wild West of Old Earth. The Territories have several important resources located in them. Most importantly, deep core deposits of Tritium located on Eriathos. 
The Territories Authority is headquartered on Rohan, in the system of the same name. The TA functions as a council. It is made up of 16 members. Nine of these are the admirals and generals of the military forces in the Territories. The other seven are appointed by the Council. The TA is both civillian and military in nature. The TA has at its disposal a multitude of resources. It has the 16th, 17th, 19th, 39th, 40th, 41st and 42nd fleets at its disposal, about 850 thousand regular army soldiers and a division of Ultramarines, or around 6000 soldiers. The TA can request additional resources from the Federation if considered necessary. The furthest part of the Territories, including Eriathos are located about 2kly away from Sol. This means it takes over five months to get there from Sol with an average FTL drive.
Multiple companies operate within the Territories, most notably C2I, Frijkstadt, Clarktech and TMP, which has extensive mining operations on Eriathos.
One of the most civilised areas of the Territories is the recently formed Komuggal Dominion. However, it is not directly part of the Territories. It heavily collaborates with the TA to secure trade lanes between the Dominion and the Terran Federation proper. The Dominion has also helped in pacifying some worlds in the past as well as quelling pirates.
Together with the Federation proper, and the Dominions, the Territories form what is called "Terran Space".
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