Galactic Frontier

The Galactic Frontier, also known as the Republic Frontier, was a region in the Outer Rim Territories of the galaxy designated by the Galactic Republic during the High Republic Era as being far away from the Core Worlds, necessitating the deployment of explorers—such as prospectors, Pathfinders, and Jedi, who often worked alongside Pathfinders—to map hyperspace routes, lay the groundwork of a galactic communications network, and unite the galaxy under the Republic. Life on the frontier was often filled with hardship and scarceness. The period of exploration of the Frontier carried on for part of the High Republic Era until the region was more settled, enabling the Jedi Order, the Republic, and the Republic's citizens to move into the region.

Under the Supreme Chancellery of Lina Soh, the Republic made great strides moving into the Frontier to bring its help into the Outer Rim and strengthen Republic influence in the region. Indeed, historian Beaumont Kin also pointed out how, over its history, the Republic displayed an interest in the Frontier in the name of expanding the government's own borders. The Jedi Order, too, hoped to expand into the Frontier to spread the light side of the Force. One of the Jedi's efforts toward this was their journey to Tanalorr, a planet they had recently discovered in the region and which they intended to use as a bastion of the Jedi Order against the enemies of peace who threatened the Republic and the frontier. As such, the frontier was home to the Starlight Beacon, a space station that acted as a beacon, sending out a signal that guided travelers and boosted communication networks in the Outer Rim. During the High Republic Era, the Galactic Society of Creature Enthusiasts was founded by a group of like-minded scientists and adventurers that were interested in researching and cataloging the myriad of new species that were discovered on the Frontier worlds. The Frontier also contained the Kazlin system and its sector, as well as the planet Shuraden. While it was a Republic designated area of space, the Galactic Frontier terminology survived into the Imperial Era and New Republic Era.

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