As you become the<em>'good girl' </em>they are more open with you.  Especially Melfleur and Doox.  You learn more about them.  The frontier is made up of about 25 systems (some have multiple inhabited planets) and a 'rim' of aboiut 6 worlds.  The four races are about equal in numbers.. and there are a number of races both on the rim (Such as the Osakar which Melfleur is) as well as on other inhabited worlds who are not part of the Frontier.<br/><br/>The goverment is sort of a loose U.N. type...eah world is allowed to run itself with some functions at frontier scale (Spacefleet.. high courts, Star-Law who are sortof like wild west marshalls) but most at the planetary scale.  Some corportions are huge.. Streel being #2.  #1 is called PanGalactic Corporation.. and yes, they invented the common langange<br/><br/>You hear about two wars.. but no one would talk about who the war was with... all you got was 'Sathar'...but you don't know if this is a cult, planet, race, or what.<br/><br/>And finally, one day when no one was aroundm Doox took you near the big window in the lounge and whispered tht Jill left.. she 'ran away'. and was fired.