Frontiers of Space by Joseph Mohr is a role playing game supplement published by Old School Role Playing for use with Cepheus Engine. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result.
The supplement is available as a 79 page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. Two pages are the front and rear covers, two the front matter, one is blank and three the Open Game License.
The Introduction gives some brief details on the Sonora sector as a whole, which is on the outer edges of human discovery. There are other species in the sector, some at war with each other and that others, including the ancient human empire, have eyes on it.
Notations Used in this Document lists various abbreviations used for interstellar polities and non-aligned world, with notes on things such as whether they are human, alien or corporations, though only in some cases. Most of the worlds are non-aligned. There are also other standard codes listed for trade, travel, capital and the presence of gas giants.
Referee Notes explains that there are no empire bases and that codes that indicate a base do not denote an empire base, explaining what they mean.
The majority of the supplement is then taken up with descriptions of the various subsectors. Each has a map followed by a description of the various worlds in that subsector. Only reference is made to the mainworld, whatever it is, in that system.
Potential Patrons has a list of what are essentially 20 adventure hooks related to the sector along with their monetary payment.
Rumours has 20 different rumours for the sector, each indicated as to whether they are true or false.
Frontiers of Space in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. Navigation is poor. The text maintains a single column format and some minor errors were noticed. Excluding the covers and maps, there are no illustrations. Presentation is okay.
This describes a full sector of space in higher-than-normal detail given that every system is covered, although, as mentioned, treating each world as if it was the system is sort of weird. Given the nature of the sector, it could probably be dropped into other settings with various degrees of tweaking, making it more broadly useful. Frontiers of Space is a decent supplement and it can be found by clicking here.
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