Milky Way Galaxy

## Description

The Milky Way Galaxy is a large centralized celestial body in the Known Universe that houses many of the recorded alien species and planets. It is situated near the Andromeda, Pinwheel, and Whirlpool Galaxies, though contact with these other galaxies has been limited due to astronomical distances between the galaxies.

## Astrography

Due to its prodigious size and scale, much of the Milky Way remains undiscovered. Even the parts that are discovered are simply small collections of planets that are slightly close to each other, and only a millionth of the stars of the Milky Way have been charted and named. The various black holes, supernovas, and other celestial phenomenon also make traversing the Milky Way particularly difficult, despite this the Ancient Galactic Powers were able to mitigate some of these effects to organize the galaxy to their liking.

### Verses

The Milky Way is divided into several sectors known colloquially as Verses, of which there are currently 45 established verses. The verses, though arbitrary in their borders, were originally established as a treaty agreement between the Great Empires of the Milky Way, known as the Covenant of Demarcation, which drew borders around established sectors of territory presided over by the various empires.

The list below lists all of the known verses and their location:

#### Orion Spur

Alphaverse- Orion Spur

Betaverse- Orion Spur

Chiverse- Orion Spur

Deltaverse- Orion Spur

Digammaverse- Orion Spur

Epsilon- Orion Spur

Etaverse- Orion Spur

Gammaverse- Orion Spur

Iotaverse- Orion Spur

Sanverse- Orion Spur

Lambdaverse- Orion Spur

Magnaverse- Orion Spur

Maxiverse- Orion Spur

Megaverse- Orion Spur

Omegaverse- Orion Spur

Teraverse- Orion Spur

Traverse- Orion Spur

Ultraverse- Orion Spur

Xiverse- Orion Spur

Zetaverse- Orion Spur

#### Perseus Arm

Gigaverse- Perseus Arm

Gigantoverse- Perseus Arm

Hiverse- Perseus Arm

Kappaverse- Perseus Arm

Koppaverse- Perseus Arm

   Kryptoverse- Perseus Arm

Ksiverse- Perseus Arm

Nuverse- Perseus Arm

Phiverse- Perseus Arm

Tauverse- Perseus Arm

#### Sagittarius Arm

Morteverse- Sagittarius Arm

Necroverse- Sagittarius Arm

Omicron- Sagittarius Arm

Paraverse- Sagittarius Arm

Praeverse- Sagittarius Arm

Psiverse- Sagittarius Arm

Sigmaverse- Sagittarius Arm

Supraverse- Sagittarius Arm

Titanoverse- Sagittarius Arm

Upsilon- Sagittarius Arm

#### Scutum-Centaurus Arm

Rhoverse- Scutum-Centaurus Arm

Thetaverse- Scutum-Centaurus Arm

#### Outer Rim

Muverse- Outer Rim

Synverse- Outer Rim

### Planets

Due to the preeminence of the Great Empires and their wide territories, many planets within the galaxy are habitable due to them, answering the long asked question on how such an unusually large amount of planets discovered were already habitable upon discovery. Due to the tens of thousands of years that had passed since the disappearance of the Great Empires, many relics of their existence are scant or eroded to time, hence why the question persisted until the top minds throughout the galaxy came to such a conclusion. As such, entire systems can be populated entirely by habitable worlds and at times multiple species, leading to the wide range of diversity amongst the sapient species of the Milky Way Galaxy.

## Faster-than-Light Travel

FTL (Faster than Light) travel is the primary mode of transportation within the Galaxy. It is unknown who originally pioneered the technology of FTL travel, but it is theorized that after the technology of Rift Portals, which was created by the Zunni and Memrisk Empires, was lost, that the Ayar Empire and other factions began to develop it as an adaption to the loss of Rift Core technology. Utilizing what is colloquially known as a Hypercore, FTL is achieved by electromagnetic pulses emitted from hundreds of small bolts called Atomic Plugs, which generate the electromagnetic energy combined with atomic energy. The plugs are fed by Helium fuel, which is the primary ingredient in ship fuel.

When the Helium is funneled into the plugs, an atomic strip coil “strips” the Helium atoms of their electrons and then funnels them into a small magnetic battery at the peak of the Atomic Plug. This new energy is commonly referred to as Hyper Emissions. After Hyper Emissions have been created, they are then funneled into iridium tubes, as iridium is an excellent conductor of electromagnetic energy and ionized gas, and then into the main FTL Thruster, a powerful device, often ovular in shape, that propels the ship at tremendous speeds, thus creating FTL travel. As the Hyper Emissions are discharged out of the FTL Thruster, the excess energies, the ionized gas, is then dispersed across the Kinetic Shielding of the spacecraft, creating a protective bubble of energy that distorts space as the ship moves through Hyperspace. This distortion creates a light blue and purple hue commonly referred to as Warplight, hence one of the common terms for FTL travel being referred to as Warpspeed going through Warpspace.

When the ship exits out of Warpspace, the ionized gas is discharged, creating a massive blue and red pulse, signaling that a ship has just entered back into realspace. The excess heat created by the Atomic Plugs is then vented out of a nitro-coolant system, ensuring that the thermal buildup does not discharge into the ship itself, which would fry all of its inhabitants alive. This horrible accident is often weaponized during naval combat, where ships target the hypercore and FTL thrusters, causing excess heat and electromagnetic energy to disperse through the ship, burning it from the inside-out. In addition, if a Hypercore is damaged and one of its Atomic Plugs becomes loose, it can cause the ship to malfunction and prematurely send part of or all of the ship into FTL travel, ripping it apart and teleporting it into oblivion. Additionally, while travelling at unmitigated Warpspeed, the ionized gas will not spread across the kinetic barrier, causing the Warpspeed to become so great that it reduces the ship into nothingness.

The passage of time in Realspace is identical to the one of Warpspace, as both happen simultaneously.