Skarr Girdle

The Skarr Girdle are a loose, secular alliance of roughly two dozen star systems located in the Siakar Expanse's spinward-coreside fringe.

Seen as something of a grouping of outcasts and a borderline Outlier statee, some of the colonies in the Girdle were founded by the descendants of rebels who fled the purges of the Second Illumination. The Girdle's member worlds are mainly inhabited by Kig-Yar, Unggoy, Jiralhanae, and Yanme'e, and are only loosely aligned through trade and non-aggression pacts. While they control several secondary trade route nodes, they have few strategic ambitions, although they have embroiled themselves in several border-wars with nearby independent worlds in the Jarhil Dispersion and Qleshan Twilight.

The Skarr Girdle is notoriously disorganized, and their tenuous government institutions have struggled to control growing criminal activity within their space. While this makes them unlikely to attempt any serious advances towards the Human Sphere, this allows elements sympathetic to minor factions, such as the Keepers of the One Freedom, the Conflagrant Host, and the Guardians of the Consecrated Chalice to gain root.

Notable worlds

 * Tawolun system — Links to several outlier systems.
 * Kols — A gas giant home to Kols-Hikja, or the expansive Kols moon and ring system
 * Rhosmot system
 * T'seb — Yanme'e-governed colony and minor trade node.
 * Charpat system — Trade route hub; also links to Outlier systems in the Jarhil Dispersion, including the fairly prominent Oquru's Exile. Second-most populous system of the Skarr Girdle.
 * Chu'raat — Home to the Mobish Enclave
 * Balamai — Significant agricultural world
 * Genesh system
 * Varre
 * Rashivaan
 * Rilthar system — Local node system, with links to several nearby worlds, including Lonaan of the Tempered Accord. Most populous system of the Girdle.
 * Shimmering Shores — Former Covenant base world
 * Muurotq — Kig-Yar-governed colony and trade center; home to the Sullen Cove
 * Gorwhen system — One of the major systems of the Girdle.
 * Rhath
 * Bin Lhazar
 * Kiradu system
 * Gathel Hai'id