Koronus Expanse - Currency: Most kinds of wealth in the Koronus Expanse are measured in the Imperial currency of Throne Gelt, the coin of exchange in the nearby Calixis Sector. One of a number of sector and segmentum-based Imperial currencies whose value directly relates to the Administratum's audits of tithes in the region where the currency is used, the worth of Throne Gelt is secured against the massive riches generated by Imperial planetary tithes, and is locally issued in the form of coins known as "thrones."A currency consists of whatever objects are a common unit of exchange in a given locale -- government coinage, ephemeral digital ledger-data, ammunition, gold nuggets, or shells picked from a beach. The currencies of Mankind are as varied as the worlds of the galaxy they inhabit, and are only measured in thrones when it comes time to collect the Imperial Tithe.Port Wander, Footfall, the colony Foundling Worlds, and Imperial outposts of Winterscale's Realm are small portions of the greater Imperium, projected into far voids. A hundred different currencies are brought to Port Wander by merchants and Rogue Traders -- or even issued by those same worthies, for all great men and women wish to see their face embossed on coins or parchment notes. Money-changers of the Administratum are both corrupt and busy in Port Wander, and the heady mix of currencies seeps outwards into the Imperial settlements of the Koronus Expanse.The isolated heathen Human worlds of the Expanse are just as varied in terms of money. Upon war-torn Zayth, each hive-vehicle circulates its own coinage -- often small stamped ingots of precious metals hung upon loops of silver wire. Naduesh is still advanced enough for usury, complex trade arrangements, paper currency, and promissory scrip backed by the word and wealth of noble Maraj families. On other heathen worlds, even barter is conducted hesitantly, with all parties involved bearing arms.Human reavers and pirates of the near-Koronus Expanse are often refugees or descendants of settlers from the Imperium, and so understand Throne Gelt's value. Of course, to these Renegades, offering currency in trade without a display of force or at least a little bloodletting first is a sign of weakness. The Renegades of the deeper Koronus Expanse are worse still -- here the dark corsairs and slavers favour hacksilver, technology, ammunition, and slaves as currency -- or trapped souls and bottled vitality, if the darkest stories are to be believed.Xenos also have their currencies, though their interpretations of this concept may be remote and strange. The vile Ork, for example, counts wealth in "teef" -- literally the teeth of enemy Greenskins kept for noisy, threatening trade with "dem 'ard gits what got the bitz we needz." By comparison, the deceitful Aeldari of the Koronus Expanse do not appear to employ currency at all, and are said to find such Human concepts of valuation primitive or debased. Aeldari do value certain items -- particularly the lost artefacts of their species.However, attempting trade with Aeldari of any faction is a harrowing experience, with the negotiations ever treacherous and shifting. Perhaps of all the Koronus Expanse's xenos, the nomadic Stryxis have the most "Human" outlook on trade. Though strange to look on, Stryxis caravans offer an often bewildering variety of goods, many perilous and outright prohibited within Imperial space. However, their inscrutable masters drive a hard bargain, and are never to be underestimated.