The Milky Way Galaxy

The Milky Way Galaxy is the home galaxy to Humankind and the other races living in it. It is estimated to be at least 100,000 light years across and contains around 400,000,000,000 stars. Although the galaxy rotates and stars move, its movement was slow enough to warrant its mapping.

After the creation of FTL travel and communication, numerous probes were launched to determine the thickness of stars in certain areas of the Milky Way. Stellar density probe data produced a density map, similar to a height map, in 2897. The brighter the color, the thicker the stars are.

## Civilizations

The galaxy is a large place. The number of species that achieve spaceflight increases occasionally, but few survive and thrive long enough to start a nation-state that engages in trade and diplomacy with other galactic nations. Listed below are all interstellar states currently recognized by the galactic community at large.

### Human Systems Group

Abbreviated as HSG, the Human Systems Group is the collective name for all human systems with representatives on the council station in orbit of the planet Revant in the Kyandor System.

The leadership of the group is tiered, each tier having more control than those below them.

At the top are the planetary representatives, each having the final say over the general laws of their worlds, and deciding the laws as they apply to all human colonies that are allied to the group.

Second are the country leaders. They have control over the laws of the nations, but must still follow the laws set by the planet's leader.

Below them are the district leaders, and below them are city leaders.

The group does not only have human worlds, despite the name. A client world by the name of Yaart, which is home to the Yemun, is also considered to be in the group despite the lack of a representative on the council.

 Kyandor
 New Sol
 Rangel 1
 Rangel 2
 Rangel 3
 Shinkyo
 Yami-Kido
 Normaa

### Authiik Bastion

The Authiik Bastion is the last planet controlled by the authiika race, a remnant of a much larger state. While their level of technology is superior to that of all other known races, most (if not all) of their physical examples and digital copies of these pieces of technology are many millennia old.

Their fleets are in a state of serious disrepair, their weaponry is all but nonfunctional. Despite this, it is still far more potent than the current weapons available to the other species. They do trade with humans, yemun and the bomure to acquire new vessels and technology, but it is unlikely their fleet will ever be returned to its former glory.

The most widely accepted theory as to why they were unable to maintain their equipment is a lack of useable materials on their world.

### Neyanta Controlled Systems

The Neyanta Controlled Systems is a pair of stars not too far away from earth. They were originally around during the time of the authiika, but due to a war with a race whose location is currently unknown they were reduced to a single world, left without any advances starships, and many superstitions about life elsewhere.

They returned to space before humanity did. Sometime around the year 1800 CE. They watched us for several centuries, hiding themselves from detection until the Lunar Impact Event. An asteroid traveling at near lightspeed collided with the moon.

Ever since their assistance, they have been close allies with humanity.

 Mauhu

### Bomure Occupied Stars

The BOS is, as far as the other races know, a trio of stars with worlds most humans would find uncomfortable. Humanity had their first contact when a scouting vessel of theirs crash-landed on the surface of Clesti. They seemed to be interested in colonizing the system.

The surviving scouts were returned to their colony in the Neyun system and relations with humanity has been neutral since. They do have a particularly powerful hatred for the neyanta, as one of their enemies in the war that occurred nearly 50k years ago. The neyanta do not deny responsibility, but have tried to foster goodwill between their two species.

 Neyun
 Revun

### The Lambdan Alliance

The Lambdan Alliance is a compact formed between the denizens of the Lambda System. It consists of four worlds orbiting a single star.

They are relative newcomers to the galaxy, and are viewed as children by the older races, humans included. They are assisted in simple matters, and are largely dismissed as a threat.

## Inhabited Locations

* Sol
* Kyandor
* Lambda
* New Sol
* Midway
* Yami/Kido
* Rangel
* Rangel 2
* Rangel 3
* Shinkyo
* Normaa
* Awera
* Prrkane
* Mauhu
* Unferia
* Neyun
* Revun