The Blue Constant - A Far Off Galaxy

The Blue Constant is the name typically given to the 27th Era of Galactic Time, the era in which we currently reside. The era has been defined by intense colonization of the "Outer Regions" - the Galactic border lands - and the hegemony of the Galactic Federation over the Galaxy. We have been living in The Blue Constant for aleady around 5 centuries, with it's official starting date seen as 4679 AMW, the year in which the Federation managed to overcome and defeat the Morowwian Order, ending the 19 year-long Morowwian War.
==A Short Overview Of The Galaxy==
===The Politics===
Galactic Border Map.png|A map of the Galactic political borders in the Year 5185 AMW of the 27th Era of Galactic Time (The Blue Constant).
Galactic Border and Star Map.png|A map of the Galactic political borders and star systems in the Year 5185 AMW of the 27th Era of Galactic Time (The Blue Constant).
In the Year 5185 AMW of the 27th Era of Galactic Time, the Galaxy is divided into many smaller and larger states, the largest one being the Galactic Federation, which also currently holds the title of Galactic Hegemon. The Galactic Core is dominated by the Galactic Federation and it's sattelite territories, while more to the west the Hangel Triangle and Medell State dominate, while the Unclaimed Lands and Criminal Hub lie to the north and south of them. The Criminal Hub is dominated by mostly independent one-star political entities run by crime syndicates and crime lords, with the only two-star state in the region being the once criminal ruled - now ruled by an elected non-criminal president - Lestria, though the richest and most important star systems in the Hub are Domina, Lestros, Kalo and Gosan.
Moving southwards, we find ourselves in the most settled and centralized part of the Galaxy outside the core, with such nations as the Xunjang Territory - a militant state founded by the Xunjang people -, Divres, the Southern and Northern Xecor Empires - the remnants of the old Xecor Empire which collapsed into a civil war and following it was split in two during the 4900's AWM -, the Kormian Trade Federation - a federation of multiple different trading organisations based on the Kormian Route, one of the major routes connecting the Galactic Core to the Galactic Far Southeast -, Drowser's Empire, the Lengsak Roddtih, Listian Republic and finally the Manzor Gard - A ultranationalist and ultrareligious, militarised state founded by the Manzorites and their Shadow Council - along with it's satellite state to it's south, the Ozmond Gard.
Next to the west are the few nations of the Near Southwest, such as The Southern Zone - a occupied territory of the Galactic Federation -, the Rafar Trade Empire, Brosmer Accord, Lostramer Territories, and the Gustrundal Union. Most of these states are based around trade and expansion in the region, with many also being unions of multiple people groups and star systems. Moving even more south, one will find themselves in the Colonization Region, home to the disorganised Blogan civilization, The Yofals, a few star systems owned by the Outer Galactic Administration and most importantly, the Wessfolian Federation, which is the largest independent power in the Colonization Region - though it is allied with the Galactic Federation -, possesing a grand army and a strong economy. It was formed through peaceful means and slow cooperation over multiple centuries, ranging back to even before the 27th Era of Galactic Time. 
FInally moving to the Eastern Lands and Northern Plains regions, we find a sparsely populated and most poorly explored part of the Galaxy, with the territories around the Galactic Federation being home to the states of the Gretoria Imperium, Xhancjag Order, Gossinian Realms, Dorem Order and the Green Syndicate, with a few OGA (Outer Galactic Administration) controlled star systems scattered throughout the regions. The Northern Plains are mostly home to a spread out star systems, though most of them are inhabitated, while the Eastern Lands has a massive amount of uninhabited star systems beginning a bit beyond the borders of the OGA and Yesin and Kobart union state, which have been dubbed as the "Galactic Dead Zone", with only Krasdel on the very other side of the zone and at the western edge of the Galaxy being inhabited by The Krasdelai. 
===The Regions===
Galactic Region and Star Map.png|A map of the Galactic regions and star systems in the Year 5185 AMW of the 27th Era of Galactic Time (The Blue Constant).
Galactic Region and Star and Path Map.png|A map of the Galactic regions, star systems and star paths/routes in the Year 5185 AMW of the 27th Era of Galactic Time (The Blue Constant).
In the 5185th Year AMW of the 27th Era of Galactic Time, the Galaxy is split into ten different regions. The most influential of these regions is The Core, considered as the birth place of modern Galactic civilization, with the current Galactic Hegemon - the Galactic Federation - being situated and based in The Core. The Near Eastern Lands, Near Southwest and Southeast and parts of the Criminal Hub are also sometimes considered as part of The Core, as they have seen a fair share of Federation interference and colonization, most visible in The Near Southwest with The Southern Zone - a Galactic Federation occupied territory - , which is the most dominant power in the region, with their only true competitor for this title being the Rafar Trade Empire. While most times either shown as their own regions or as part of The Core, the Near Eastern Lands, Near Southwest and Southeast can also be sometimes shown as part of The Eastern Lands, The Colonization Region and The Southern Territories, respectively.
Looking to the other two remaining small regions, we find The Federation Sector and The Criminal Hub. The Federation Sector describes the part of Northern Galactic Space which is controlled by the Galactic Federation and seen as the seperation between The Northern Plains and The Unclaimed Lands, though on many maps you will find shown as belonging to either of the two regions instead of being it's own regions, though an even rarer sight can be found in early maps from the 49th Century, where it will sometimes we shown as being a part of The Core due to it's then recent colonization by the Galactic Federation. Meanwhile, The Criminal Hub is always shown on maps as it's own region due to it's strong identity and distinct criminal culture, which sets it apart from any other Galactic region. The region first appeared on Galactic maps all the way back in the 23rd Era of Galactic Time, when the region began to be settled by multiple different trade federations and criminal enterprises, gaining a status among the rest of the Galaxy as the "Galactic Wild Zone", lived in by mysterious creatures and uncontacted tribes while being used as a hub by the criminals of the Galaxy.
The remaining regions can be grouped into one singular category known as the "Outer Regions" or the "Galactic Border Lands" due to their only recent discovery and rapid colonization. The first of these regions to be discovered was The Unclaimed Lands, soon followed by The Northern Plains, as both lied not too far north from The Core, allowing for their early exploration and documentation. Next would be charted and explored The Southern Territories, being settled by multiple different people groups from The Core, which would slowly either replace or mix with the local population, putting the region into the clear sphere and under the influence of The Core civilizations - in the 27th Era of Galactic Time that being the Galactic Federation, though the region has also been home to many fallen governments and entities trying to escape from The Core following a defeat in a major Galactic war or other disaster. 
The most recently explored regions in the Outer Regions are The Eastern Lands and The Colonization Region, one due to it's far and mysterious nature, while the other was simply too far from The Core to easily explore with it's lack of major star routes and small amount of star systems. Following discovery, The Colonization Region would come under Federation hegemony, with the Outer Galactic Administration setting up bases in multiple star systems in the region along with wider attempts at colonization and influencing of the region, most succeeding and leading to the regions swift takeover by the Galactic Federation and it's allies, though this rule is very much indirect, with many planets for now retaining de facto independence and the region not being actually too highly settled with the exclusion of the Wessfolian Federation. The final region we have to discuss is The Eastern Lands, which has mostly remained unexplored even to this day, with it being suspected that only about half of all star systems in the region have been already discovered, with yet another half remaining in hiding for now. The region is mostly known for the many weird creatures and space anomalies residing in the region, such as the mythical "Star Holes" and Argkheshan - a large dragon like being with massive claws and a "star system shattering roar", though most of these things are probably simply made up or imagined by the explorers who returned from these lands. The Eastern Lands are very sparcely inhabited to current knowledge, with most planets found in the region being located within the "Galactic Dead Zone", a part of Galactic space completely devoid of any life, the only planet in the Far Eastern Lands to actually be inhabited being the far away Krasdel on the other side of the Dead Zone.
===The Star Paths/Routes===
Star Paths, alternatively also known as Star Routes, are the main way of travel from one star system to another in the Galaxy. They function through a use of Red Energy, a for now mysterious substance in the Galaxy allowing for faster than light speed travel. While the substance for now remains mysterious and poorly understood by even the most intelligent scientific minds in the Galaxy, a few discoveries have been made about it and the Star Paths. These discoveries include such things as the paths shifting by a few rocks every century, their overusage sometimes leading to holes in the Galactic fabric being formed, which lead to other galaxies and so on. The first paths were discovered all the way back in the 4th Era of Galactic Time by the ancient Jomzhan Federation, though they would only begin to be fully used and explored two eras later by the Astromonian Trade League and their allies.
====First Layer Star Path/Routes====
First Layer Star Paths are the most important of all the Star Paths. They were the first Paths to be discovered and explored, with the earliest exploration attempts being around the Kormian, Almikon and Joskmia Routes, as their starting points were near The Galactic Core and and were the most stable Star Paths at the time, as the Xecor Route had barely formed and stabilized while The Triangle Route was near collapse and would later be by forced kept together, though at the same the Gormian Route - a route which in the modern day has been replaced by the Lemsian Run - was near collapse and would soon splinter. After discovering how to "control" and stabilize the Star Paths around the end of the 13th Era of Galactic Time, all still existing Star Paths - including the First Layer ones - would begin to be fully mapped and stabilized. Over the centuries and eras, the FL Star Paths would only grow in importance as the more outer parts of the Galaxy began to be settled, with planets on said Paths becoming highly wealthy at astonishing rates, many of them uniting to form trade federations to monitor trade flow in the regions around the routes, bringing themselves even more profit. In the modern era, the FL Star Paths have become the backbone of Galactic travel and trade, with the planets right on them being extremely wealthy and beacons of stable, democratic governments, helping project peace and stability through trade to other parts of the Galaxy as well.
====Second Layer Star Path/Routes====
Second Layer Star Paths are less stable and well defined as FL Star Paths, with many gaps forming in their foundations. They mainly branch off from or in some way connect to FL Star Paths, together with them making up the Galactic Route System - the system of Star Routes on which travel in the Galaxy is mainly based upon, connecting all corners of it to The Core and back. The three main SL Star Routes are The Southern Run, Northern Run and Lorinsian Run, which surround most of the Galactic Core and are the main point from which all other Second Layer Paths diverge from, while they themselves connect to the First Layer Star Paths. Most of these "Runs" were discovered during the 10th Era of Galactic Time and fully explored and stabilized during the following four Eras, slowly becoming the centers of smaller, yet still important Trade Federations and other political entities. In the modern day the Lorinsian Run and parts of The Northern Run are mostly under the influence of the Galactic Federation, while The Southern Run is mostly home to small and independent states with the exclusion of the Rafar Trade Federation and Manzor Gard. The other, smaller Star Routes are also either under Federation influence or one-planet polities, being far more decentralized and less stable than the more central Paths, also being poorer and home to less people as the central ones.
====Third Layer Star Path/Routes====
Third Later Star Paths are the least stable and most regularly changing of the three Star Path types, with gaps forming almost every decade as the Star Paths violently and unpredictably move around, causing major disruption in Galactic trade and travel. The oldest and most stable of the TL Star Paths is the Aslomian Route which has existed for around 10 Eras without any too large changes, though it hasn't seen as much use as other Routes due to it's location on the Galactic boundary making it useless for most of Galactic history. This pattern continues with the Aurosian Route and The Criminal Run, both also being located in the Galactic Border Lands and having remained unused for most of their history, with The Criminal Run being the first to see wide usage as The Criminal Hub established itself as a serious and strong Galactic Power. The Galactic Core meanwhile is made up of many tiny Star Paths, which are most times merged together to form larger Path Systems. The most major of these are the Doffor Path, Dimo Path and Mondemian Run, which were also some of the earliest Routes to be discovered and explored, with the Doffor Path being first identified in the 4th Era of Galactic Time. All together, Third Layer Star Paths mostly simply serve as connections between other layer Star Paths, lacking any strong independent commercial activity, with most of it simply being tied to the trade happening on FL and SL Star Paths, making most Galactic Superpowers ignore them and focus on the most important Star Paths and regions instead.
===The Historical Development===
The History of the Galaxy is divided into the Pre-Era Period, which takes place before any political entities or independent thinking cultures emerged, all instead following the will of The Guardians, a unknown, long gone race of mystical and probably mythical people who could create Planets, Star Systems, animals, plants, water, people and even control the many Star Paths of the Galaxy, some even believing that they made the Paths themselves. Following the mysterious disappearance of The Guardians, begin the Era of Emptiness or the 0th Era of Galactic Time, sometimes also known as the Intermediary Period, which lasted for around 500 years and saw almost no activity, as the people of the Galaxy were still not developed enough to venture out of their Star Systems or even Planets. After the Intermediary Period begins the Modern period or Period of Eras, which is defined by it's characteristic of being further subdivided into Eras of Galactic Time. This period, which lasts up to the modern day, has been defined by the growth of large Galactic Empires and Superpowers, with many advancements in tech made by the many peoples of the Galaxy, some believing they will even reach the level of The Guardians by the 35th Era of Galactic Time and disappear just like they once did, though this seems to be simple superstition and hopeful euphoria caused by the current state of the Galaxy.
=== Pre-Era Period ===
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