The Saltash System was a star system in the neighborhood of the Madras Sector of the Solarian League, located just to the galactic south of the Talbott Cluster. (SI1)
Its sole inhabited planet was Cinnamon, which orbited the primary at a distance of about nine light-minutes. Other large bodies included Saltash Delta, the gas giant Himalaya, and the Casper Belt.
The system was disputed between the Republic of Lochore and the Republic of McPhee, two star nations based on Cinnamon, until around 1860 PD when the Solarian League Office of Frontier Security was called in to mediate between the warring parties. Both nations remained technically independent. Under the terms of the peacekeeping agreement the OFS was assigned responsibility for managing the system’s local and interstellar traffic for 35% fee[1] however.
In 1922 PD, the local OFS administration was supported by Battlecruiser Squadron 491 of the Solarian League Navy and the 10347th Independent Battalion of the Solarian Gendarmerie.
In April 1922 PD, the Royal Manticoran Navy entered the system to demand the release of two illegally seized Manticoran merchant vessels. When the OFS governor refused, the Solarian picket was largely destroyed and the hostages were subsequently rescued. (SI3,SI4)
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- ↑ In 1922 PD the OFS representative was Damián Dueñas with courtesy title "governor".