Complete Drifter's Guide coverage for the South Reach corridor. 52 new entries from hop 3 (Travessia) to hop 8 (Punta del Sol), plus updated gttr-south.md index with all 53 south systems. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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THE DRIFTER'S GUIDE TO THE REACH — THE SOUTH REACH
The southern arm extends through Lacaille 9352's checkpoint and into the corridor that the Commission's Sirius framework division has not formally reviewed in living memory. The systems beyond the checkpoint operate under working interpretations of regulations that were written for the core zone, applied at the edge by officers who have developed their own understanding of what compliance looks like at this distance from headquarters. The Guide's correspondents in the South Reach have found this environment professionally stimulating.
The Inner South (Hop 3)
| System | Rating |
|---|---|
| Altair (GJ 768) | Last Stop. Act Accordingly. |
| Lalande (GJ 411) | Passing Through. Everyone Is. |
| Travessia (GJ 1156) | Fluent in Three Frameworks, Honest in None. |
The Mid South (Hop 4)
| System | Rating |
|---|---|
| Caparica (GJ 1002) | Self-Sufficient by Necessity, Comfortable by Discipline. |
| Crux Station (GJ 1061) | Essential. Legally Speaking, Optional. |
| Zenzele (GJ 1111) | Built to Last, Reluctant to Explain. |
| Koeberg (GJ 1245B) | Quiet on Purpose. |
| Carvalhais (GJ 234A) | The Shortest Path Between Two Better Places. |
| 96 Piscium (GJ 33) | Perfectly Good. Conspicuously Empty. |
| Morales' End (GJ 412A) | Far Enough. No Further. |
| Ribeiro's Star (GJ 54.1) | Five Gates. Everything Else, Ask the Guild. |
| Confluência (GJ 566B) | The Right Idea, Rigorously Sustained. |
| Kruger 60 (GJ 860A) | Four Hundred Years of Getting It Done. |
The Upper South (Hop 5)
| System | Rating |
|---|---|
| Kaapse Baai (GJ 213) | Irreplaceable by Definition. |
| Karoo (GJ 222A) | Comfortable. Do Not Examine Why. |
| The Lantern (GJ 388) | Five Gates, Zero Accountability. |
| Dzimbahwe (GJ 4053) | Permanent by Design. |
| Inhambane (GJ 54) | Fed Everyone Else First, Still Has Enough. |
| Moçâmedes (GJ 644C) | Eight Thousand People Who Know Something Nobody Else Does. |
| Mwangaza (GJ 693) | Made Something the Universe Didn't Have Before. |
| GJ 695A (GJ 695A) | Everything In Order. Not Sure What Order. |
| Ribeirão (GJ 752A) | Settled Three Centuries Ago. Still Working On It. |
| Porto Fechado (GJ 785) | Closed in Name, Open to Nothing Unexpected. |
| Matamba (GJ 884) | Four Centuries of Being Right, On the Record. |
| Isibaya (GJ 905) | Twice-Yearly. Worth the Trip. |
The Outer South (Hop 6)
| System | Rating |
|---|---|
| Nascente (GJ 2097) | Old Enough to Know What It Isn't Saying. |
| Várzea (GJ 299) | The Flood Does the Work. The Water Doesn't Ask Permission. |
| Entroncamento (GJ 3323) | Three Lines Cross Here. Two of Them Are Mapped. |
| Vuurkloof (GJ 35) | Technically Habitable. Memorably So. |
| Groombridge 1830 (GJ 451A) | Kept the Catalog Name. Earned It. |
| Passagem (GJ 473A) | Four Centuries of Being the Last Place Anyone Asks Questions. |
| Retiro (GJ 536) | Deliberately Quiet. Successfully So. |
| Mavela (GJ 644A) | On the Way. That's Enough. |
| Solandar (GJ 827) | Hard to Reach, Worth Reaching. |
| Posto Avançado (GJ 829) | Forty Years Old and Still in the Draft. |
| Farol (GJ 83.1) | The Edge, Beautifully Excavated. |
| Nowa Huta (GJ 896A) | Every Drill in the South Reach Has Our Name On It. |
The Far South (Hop 7)
| System | Rating |
|---|---|
| Espinho (GJ 1075) | Quiet Stars. Louder Than They Look. |
| Okahandja (GJ 27) | Three Hundred Years of Oruuano. Not for Sale. |
| GJ 325B (GJ 325B) | Rich in Theory. Empty in Practice. Busier Than It Looks. |
| Encrucijada (GJ 393) | Five Gates, One Answer: Someone Had to. |
| Quilombo (GJ 423B) | Has Been Governing Itself Since Before You Were Born. |
| Velha Guarda (GJ 4A) | Four Hundred Years. Still Here. Always Will Be. |
| Fragua (GJ 567) | Eight Generations of Knowing Exactly How It Fits Together. |
| Aguas Bravas (GJ 688) | Wild Waters, Deep Records. |
| Kumasi (GJ 86) | What You Needed When You Needed It. No Further Questions. |
| GJ 902 (GJ 902) | Three Hundred Years of Good Real Estate, No Offers. |
| GJ 92 (GJ 92) | Vacant. Reason Withheld. |
The Deep South (Hop 8)
| System | Rating |
|---|---|
| Puerto Último (GJ 197) | Found by the Reach. Still Deciding How to Feel About It. |
| Rionegro (GJ 3250) | Still Here. Will Be, For a While Longer. |
| Mirante (GJ 435) | Seen Everything. Kept Most of It. |
| Roça Nova (GJ 67) | New Ground, Old Knowledge, Forty Years In. |
| Punta del Sol (GJ 737B) | The Right Light. The Right Sea. Three Hundred Years of Knowing Both. |