Farreach
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Core space and the Cinder warzone

The Wardens

The Wardens are the Charter’s armed service. They guard the gates so everyone else can trade.

Agents
Hull types

Doctrinewhat the Charter knows

When the colonies of the Aurelian Reach signed the Charter, they agreed to share the Span gates and to pay for someone to guard them. The Wardens are that someone.

They patrol the gates and stations of Core space and issue every new pilot a charter hull. Out in Cinder they fight the Choir around the clock, with coil guns and seeker boats, front by front.

“Commander Ilse Varga, Warden Charter Office. Every pilot in the Reach starts with me, so let's make you one worth the hull.”
Commander Ilse VargaWarden Charter Office

Cinder · Order rating −0.6 · Active warzone

Holding the line in Cinder

Warden fleets hold the fronts against the Choir around the clock, reinforced by squads slipping in from off-grid.

Fleet6 hull types seen in the Reach

FrigateWarden PatrolCharter fleet · 3 hardpointsCruiserWarden MarshalCharter fleet · 5 hardpointsCruiserWarden LancerCharter fleet · 5 hardpointsBattleshipWarden SentinelCharter fleet · 7 hardpointsBattleshipWarden ArbiterCharter fleet · 7 hardpointsCarrierWarden CitadelCharter fleet · 4 hardpoints

Agentson the Charter Network · press ▶ to hear them

Commander Ilse Varga

Warden Charter Office · Aurelis IV Station · Level 1

orientation
  • GreetingCommander Ilse Varga, Warden Charter Office. Every pilot in the Reach starts with me, so let's make you one worth the hull.
  • Orientation 1 · introYour ship is fuelled and cleared, pilot. Hit Undock and let's see you outside these walls.
  • Orientation 1 · completeClean launch. Every Warden alive started exactly where you're floating now.
  • Orientation 2 · introOpen your Scope, select the Aurelis V Belt and slip. Your ship does the rest.
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  • Orientation 2 · completeSlipstream's behind you. Feels like cheating the first time, doesn't it?
  • Orientation 3 · introLock a Ferrox asteroid and fire up your mining laser. Three hundred units, and the Charter pays you to learn.
  • Orientation 3 · completeThree hundred Ferrox. Vorr would hire you tomorrow. There's a second Pick-2 in your hangar, compliments of the Charter.
  • Orientation 4 · introRaw ore sells for scraps. Dock up and run it through the Refinery.
  • Orientation 4 · completeFresh minerals, straight off the line. Now it's worth something.
  • Orientation 5 · introTake those minerals to the Market and sell. That's LUM in your wallet, honestly earned.
  • Orientation 5 · completeSold. Watch the market long enough and it'll teach you more than I ever could.
  • Orientation 6 · introTime to make that ship your own. Open Fitting and bolt something on. A second mining laser doubles your take.
  • Orientation 6 · completeFitted and ready. A ship is only as good as what you bolt to it, and yours just got better.
  • Orientation 7 · introA Cartel Cutter is squatting in a training hideout in this system. Slip there and remind it whose space this is.
  • Orientation 7 · completeOne Cutter less. Take the Halcyon Aegis-2 Shield Booster. You'll want it once you leave the Core.
  • Orientation 8 · introWork doesn't wait for an invitation. Pick a job from the Contracts board and see it through.
  • Orientation 8 · completeFirst contract done. That board will keep you in LUM long after I've stopped watching over you.
  • Orientation 9 · introLast lesson. Set course for the Veyra Span and jump. Nobody knows who built the gates. We just keep them.
  • Orientation 9 · completeWelcome to Veyra, pilot. You're a Charter Graduate now, and the paint job proves it.
  • SkipConfident, are we? Fine. The Reach is a harder teacher than I am. Fly safe.
  • Orientation · completeMine, trade, fight, take the work. That's all of it. The Reach is yours to hold now, pilot. Hold the line.

Quartermaster Rhea Tal

Warden Logistics · Veyra II Station · Level 1

courier
  • GreetingQuartermaster Tal, Warden Logistics. If it's sealed, manifested and late, it's my problem. Let's make it not late.
  • OfferSealed package, one jump, no detours. Your collateral is held until it's signed for at the other end.
  • Offer 2Big crate, tight window. You'll want a Dray for this one, not your shiny little Wren.
  • AcceptPackage is in your hangar. Don't open it, don't sell it, and don't slip it past a Cartel hideout.
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  • CompleteSigned, sealed, delivered. Collateral released. Good work, pilot.
  • Complete 2Ahead of schedule. I'm putting a gold star on your manifest. Metaphorically.
  • AbandonAbandoned and logged. I'll find another pilot with steadier nerves.
  • FailClock's run out. The collateral stays with the Charter. Get the next one there.
  • FarewellKeep your cargo dry and your jumps logged. Tal out.

Sergeant Bram Holloway

Warden Patrol Sergeant · Solenne III Station · Level 1

bounty
  • GreetingSergeant Holloway, Warden Patrol! Pull up a crate. Core space stays quiet because people like us make it quiet.
  • OfferCouple of Cartel Cutters set up shop near the belt. Small fry, but they're spoiling the view. Go clear them out.
  • Offer 2Hideout's popped up on the patrol sweep. Three frigates, maybe. Nothing a sharp pilot can't handle.
  • AcceptThat's the spirit! Shields up, chin up, and aim for the shiny bits.
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  • CompleteHa! Clean sweep. I'll buy the first round, you buy the next five.
  • Complete 2Site's clear and the traders are smiling again. Proper Warden work, that.
  • AbandonPulling out? No shame in it, lad or lass. Live to shoot another day.
  • FailToo slow, I'm afraid. The Cartel's packed up and moved on. We'll catch them next time.
  • FarewellOff you go, then. Keep your Reactor charged and your guns warm.

Lieutenant Corin Aske

Warden Bounty Office · Kestrel III Station · Level 2

bounty
  • GreetingLieutenant Aske, bounty office. Coffee's cold, the Cartel's busy, and the Wardens are short of hands. Sit down.
  • OfferCartel hideout out past the belt. Cutters, and an Enforcer for company. Clear it and the bounty's yours, with a little extra.
  • Offer 2Another nest just lit up on the Scope. Same deal as always. They shoot, you shoot better.
  • AcceptLogged. Try to come back in one piece. The paperwork for the other kind of ending is murder.
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  • CompleteSite's clean, bounty's paid. Look at that, I didn't even have to write to your next of kin.
  • Complete 2Nice shooting. One more hideout off the board, and the Cartel's a few hulls lighter.
  • AbandonPulling out? Can't say I blame you. I'll write it up as a tactical withdrawal.
  • FailContract's lapsed. The Cartel's still out there, laughing at both of us.
  • FarewellWatch your engagement timer, and your back. In that order.

Commodore Teodor Rusk

Commodore, Frontier Picket · Solenne III Station · Level 4

bountycouriermining
  • GreetingCommodore Rusk, Frontier Picket. Past this station the Charter is a promise, not a fact. I hire pilots who keep it.
  • OfferA Cartel war-band has dug in past the Morrow Span. Cruisers, a battleship, the lot. Break them, and the Charter pays in full.
  • Offer 2The picket needs heavy freight on the Frontier line. Long jumps, hostile space, nobody coming to help. Lose it, and you answer to me.
  • AcceptThen it's done. Report when it's finished, not before.
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  • CompleteClean work. The Frontier is a little quieter tonight. The Charter won't forget it, and neither will I.
  • Complete 2Delivered whole, through hostile space. That's what a Warden calls a good day.
  • AbandonWithdrawn. Better to say so here than out there. Come back when you're ready.
  • FailThe window closed. Out here, late is the same as lost.
  • FarewellFly steady, pilot. Hold the line, and the line will hold you.
  • Writ offerYou've earned a Writ of Keel. Prove your syndicate can build, prove it can fight, and the Wardens will trust you with the plans for a Monarch.
  • Writ stepThat's one part of the Writ honoured. The Wardens are watching now. Don't let them see you stumble.
  • Writ · completeThe relic is home and the Writ is honoured. The Monarch Blueprint is yours. Build something worthy of the Reach.