coreward adj.
toward the center of a galaxy; cf. core n.
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1979
Had the battle gone the other way, the loss of both Yres and Menorb (the encounter ocurring midway between those two locations) would have forced the evacuation of Efate and meant the collapse of the entire coreward end of the Regina subsector.
Kinunir 38 -
1982
Because the sector system is rigid and geometrical, it is sometimes less than perfect in dealing with the real universe, and the Imperial government makes appropriate adjustments. For example, the Reft Sector lies astride the Great Rift, splitting its major population areas into two distinct regions. The rimward section has closer ties to the center of the Imperium, and is administered through the Verge sector; the coreward section is more colonial in nature, and is administered through the Deneb sector.
Traveller, Supplement 11 7 -
1991
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Baird Searles
The story begins with the murder of an alien diplomat from the Coreward Alliance.
On Books in Asimovβs Science Fiction Mar. 186/1 -
2002
Tanya Huff
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He wants me on the next coreward shuttle. There'll be transportation arranged once I reach MidSector but he doesnβt actually say where I'm going.
Better Part of Valor i. 8 -
2011
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Gareth L. Powell
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They were planning to ship out from the Quay together, as crewmembers on a Blue Star Trading vessel taking a run up the coreward stars to Nolton Relay, on the very edge of explored space.
Recollection xxix. 222
Research requirements
any evidence 1979
Earliest cite
Marc Miller, 'Traveller' game handbook
Research History
Suggested by Randy HoffmanDouglas Winston submitted a 2002 cite from Tanya Huff's "The Better Part of Valor".
Douglas Winston submitted a 2000 cite from Scott Westerfeld's "Evolution's Darling".
Richard P. Scott submitted a cite from an undated UK reprint of a game sourcebook "TRAVELLER - Supplement 11": Loren K. Wiseman confirmed the cite in its first publication of 1979.
We would like to see further cites of any date from other sources.
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