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Second Horizons

Second Horizons is a Frontier relocation programme administered by SSC Corporation. Officially, it exists to provide citizens with new opportunities, renewed purpose, and the chance to contribute directly to the expansion of civilisation beyond the Old World.

SSC presents the programme as a path toward personal growth, professional development, and frontier settlement. Public information campaigns describe the Frontier as a place of opportunity where hard work, determination, and civic spirit can help build a better future.

In reality, Second Horizons serves several functions simultaneously. It provides labour for Frontier expansion, supplies new settlements with skilled workers and families, offers a destination for citizens seeking a fresh start, and acts as a means of removing troublesome individuals from the Old World without formally punishing them.

Eligibility

Citizens may enter Second Horizons through several pathways.

Some volunteer for the programme in search of opportunity, adventure, or improved living conditions. Others are encouraged to participate following civic reviews, workplace concerns, or unsuccessful Growth Support Plans.

Common participants include:

SSC treats all participants as volunteers regardless of the circumstances surrounding their recruitment.

Civic Status

Participation in Second Horizons does not affect a citizen's class, civic standing, or legal status.

Participants retain the same rights and responsibilities they possessed in the Old World. Unlike Reclaimants, they remain recognised citizens in good standing and may eventually return to the Old World.

SSC therefore classifies Second Horizons as a relocation programme rather than a disciplinary measure.

Frontier Opportunities

Recruitment materials frequently advertise the benefits of frontier life.

Common promises include:

Many of these incentives are genuine, though often presented in the most favourable terms.

Higher wages are common throughout the Frontier, but living costs are also significantly higher. Housing incentives reduce some expenses, yet most housing remains owned by SSC Corporation. Land grants provide long-term usage rights rather than true ownership, allowing citizens to live on and work assigned land while ultimate control remains with SSC.

Promotion opportunities are often advertised as a benefit of frontier service, though advancement remains subject to the same institutional controls found throughout the Old World.

Frontier Service

Participants perform a wide range of roles across the Frontier.

Common assignments include:

Many positions are more demanding and hazardous than equivalent roles in the Old World.

SSC presents these hardships as necessary sacrifices in service of civilisation's future.

Families

Citizens may relocate to the Frontier with their families.

SSC actively encourages family settlement because stable communities are viewed as essential to long-term expansion. Housing programmes, educational facilities, and civic services are designed to support permanent settlement rather than temporary labour camps.

Children born in the Frontier are encouraged to view it as their home. Educational programmes emphasise the importance of frontier development and frequently portray settlers as pioneers advancing humanity's future.

While Frontier-born citizens retain the right to move elsewhere within SSC territory, the system is designed to encourage them to remain and continue expanding frontier settlements.

Relationship to Reclaimants

Second Horizons is distinct from the Reclaimant system.

Participants retain their civic standing and remain recognised members of society. Reclaimants, by contrast, have lost civic trust and are permanently assigned to the lowest social class.

Although both groups may live and work within the Frontier, their legal status, rights, and future prospects are fundamentally different.

Second Horizons participants may return to the Old World.

Reclaimants cannot.

Public Narrative

SSC Corporation presents Second Horizons as one of the Charter's greatest opportunities.

Citizens are taught that the Frontier represents renewal, purpose, and progress. Through hard work and sacrifice, settlers expand civilisation's reach while creating better lives for themselves and future generations.

According to official doctrine, the Frontier is not an exile.

It is humanity's next horizon.