Nitram Lutha Hyperboulevard

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The Nitram Lutha Hyperboulevard is named after the infamous Defel anarchist and peace activist, Nitram Lutha. It runs galactic-east from the Aurora system to the Baphomet system, where it angles towards the Corona system before turning slightly galactic-antispinward to head into the Kiaren Sector before angling galactic-north into Wild Space. This first world outside of New Republic control on this trade route Jadis. The Rimma Trade Route intersects this hyperlane in the Corona system inside the Greeop Sector. The Nitram Lutha Hyperboulevard is also notable as it is the only stable hyperlane through both the Aurora and Greeop Nebulae.

Imperial Use

This route is the only way directly into the Greeop Sector from the Imperial-occupied Aurora Sector; the reason for this was due to several stellar anomalies which lie between the two sectors. This makes Imperial incursions into the New Republic-held Greeop Sector very difficult, as they either have to travel via the Nitram Lutha Hyperboulevard or travel quite a ways galactic-spinward or galactic-antispinward to go around the anomalies.

To the galactic-antispinward they have to travel along the Rimma Trade Route and travel coreward through hostile space occupied by the Clans. To the galactic-spinward they have to travel through New Republic space to either the Rimma Trade Route or one of it's regional analogs and travel rimward to the Corona system, where they have to merge onto the Nitram Lutha Hyperboulevard anyways.

Once traveling along the Rimma to the Greeop Sector, there are three key New Republic defense points before the Greeop System: at the coreward border of the sector is the Corona system, while at the rimward border is the Bonro system; 5 light-years coreward of the Greeop system on the Rimma is the Tajir system, which contains the fortress world of Ged. Along all three points there are interdictors stationed which are capable of regulating traffic along the hyperlane, thus making Imperial attack attempts along the Rimma very tricky.

Alternatively, the Imperials could attempt to bypass all of the wall-known stable hyperlanes and take advantage of temporary or unstable courses which are highly difficult to plot and aren't always favorable. Hence, the Nitram Lutha Hyperboulevard remains one of the most strategic hyperlanes in the region.