The Frontier

The **Frontier**, Frontier Regions, or the Great Frontier, is the land beyond the borders of what is widely accepted as the Santa Teresa Region. It is however under shifting influence of Santa Teresan Powers, who set up colonies and puppet states. The region is mostly lawless, however, and is populated by gunrunners and independent factions the likes of which may never all be documented. The Frontier is best compared to the Wild West of the 1800s.

## History

### The Great Empire

Word of a distant land far away have circulate long before even the Ranger Legion was formed, with places like Morgan Hill and Gilroy dominated by farms and private property, allowing for nerf battles like no other, but also harder for distant governance to maintain control. The whole origins of the Frontier is a mystery to many. Historically the land was home to a village of Ohlone people, who called the village Ritocsi It is theorized that at one point many of the tribal and independent groups that dot the Frontier were United under one Great Empire that saw peace from its formation, until a bloody downfall in what is believed to be 2008 (possibly due to the market crash). The Empire was said to be a time of peace and cooperation that managed to maintain control for a long time. It was said to have spanned from Coyote Creek, to Gilroy. However, the existence of the Great Empire is still debated by many, and is considered myth by those outside the Frontier. The whole concept of the Frontier fascinated those who lived in the more urbanized and suburban Santa Teresa Region. Some Santa Teresa warlords had traveled to the Frontier during the Warlord Period up until 2017. However these travels barely went farther than Morgan Hill and Coyote Creek. It wasn’t until the Second Legion Civil War occurred that influence, and territorial control, would be spread.

### The Militarist Era

One of the earliest and most important colonies establish by the First Ranger Legion was the Colony of Santa Nella. Established by the Militarists after trying to hunt down the fractured and ultimately extinct Reformists, Santa Nella was a place to open trade at, with a good supply of water nearby in a large reservoir. The relations between the two were mixed, and some Santa Nella even wanted independence. This would culminate in the formation of a major group known as the Anti-Legionnaire Front, who would fight the legion in the Santa Nella War.

### The Alliance War

During the time before the build up to the Alliance War, the EA secretly created a few colonies in Coyote and Anderson, along with support another Santa Nella Separatist group known as the Dragons who were more peaceful in their approach, leading to the Vargas-Gutierrez Compromise, splitting the colony in half. Another group funded was in the poor colony of Calero, which was in one of the worst shapes in the region, second only to Glider. The Caleran Union would fight a guerrilla war against the Legion for the rest of the war, becoming referred to as the Caleran War. The war was infamous and costly for both sides, and became synonymous with suffering. The whole Frontier became a battleground between multiple parties supporting one side or another, opening a new front often referred to as the Frontier War. The Colonies of all powers fought against another, fighting either EA backed separatists, revolutionaries, and colonies or Legion backed colonial troops. The war was brutal, and even after the war ended, the Frontier was left in a worse shape than it was before the war. Merc-work was the best way to succeed in the Frontier, and many of its people are either former Warjockeys or are still in the business. The broken economy after the war ended would also hinder any other opportunities. To this day it is still mostly lawless and undergoing rebuilding, but many hope for the days described in the Great Empire to return, or at least become a reality.