The Terran Fringe is a play by e-mail science fiction RPG campaign using the SPI Universe system. Set in the 24th Century, the action takes place in the Gateway star system on the edge of settled human space where tradeships travel to the regions of the alien shapeshifting Sh'k'tpl. This is a sparsely populated region with a few hardy human colonists, as well as scientists, miners, traders from both species, and less honorable folk such as pirates and the like.