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The [[Cauda Rift]] is a [[Shadow Rifts|Shadow Rift]] located within [[Omicus Sector]], within the [[Empty Stars]].
 
The [[Cauda Rift]] is a [[Shadow Rifts|Shadow Rift]] located within [[Omicus Sector]], within the [[Empty Stars]].
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* It is a feature of the [[Empty Stars]].
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* It is an [[astrographic feature]] and a [[rift]].
  
 
== Details / Specifications ==
 
== 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 often referred to as the Basilisks Tail Rift.
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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.
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=== Astrographic Features ===
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* [[Sutter's Bridge]]
  
 
== History ==
 
== 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.
 
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.
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== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
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This [[astrographic feature]] is primarily found in the following areas: <br>
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''[[Uncharted Space]] - [[Empty Stars]]:''
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* [[Hollow Sector]]
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** [[Closure Subsector]]
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** [[Unnamed Subsector]]s
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* [[Omicus Sector]]
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** [[Unnamed Subsector]]s
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=== World Listing: 1105 ===
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The following [[system]]s and [[world]]s are associated with this [[astrographic feature]]:
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{{ClusterWorlds2}}
  
 
== References & Contributors / Sources ==
 
== References & Contributors / Sources ==
 
{{Intermediate}}
 
{{Intermediate}}
{{Detail}}
 
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
 
|S1= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
 
|S1= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
 
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S4= 
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
  
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[[Category: Rift]]
 
{{LEA|Where The Stars End}}
 
{{LEA|Where The Stars End}}

Latest revision as of 14:16, 6 March 2019

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

Details / Specifications[edit]

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[edit]

History[edit]

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)[edit]

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

World Listing: 1105[edit]

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

No world articles for Cauda Rift


References & Contributors / Sources[edit]

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.