Cauda Rift

The Cauda Rift is a Shadow Rift located within Omicus Sector, within the Empty Stars.

• It is a feature of the Empty Stars.
• It is an astrographic feature and a rift.

Details / Specifications

The Rift has approximate dimensions of around 25 parsecs coreward-rimward and around 20 parsecs spinward-trailing. It dominates the coreward-trailing quadrant of Omicus Sector. It is occasionally referred to as the Basilisks Tail Rift.

Astrographic Features

• Sutter's Bridge

History

The Cauda Rift was first charted by ultra-long-range scans performed by vessels from the Last Armada sometime around 2255AD. Its exact position and dimensions were plotted by the University of Tal Varisa Deep Sky Program between 5520AD and 5550AD.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This astrographic feature is primarily found in the following areas:
Uncharted Space - Empty Stars:

• Hollow Sector
  • Closure Subsector
  • Unnamed Subsectors
• Omicus Sector
  • Unnamed Subsectors

World Listing: 1105

The following systems and worlds are associated with this astrographic feature:

No world articles for Cauda Rift

References & Contributors / Sources

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science