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The Empty Stars is a vast expanse of wilderness sectors lying to spinward-rimward of Terra.

Description

The Empty stars covers three distinct Astrographic regions:

Astrographic Surveys

The University of Tal Varisa Deep Sky Program and the University of Selasia Spinward Survey run parallel programs to survey and publish concise astrographical surveys of the systems that lie within the Empty Stars. The region is believed to be unpopulated except for occasional worlds with NILs.

The region is considered to have approximate dimensions of around 250 parsecs coreward-rimward and around 400 parsecs spinward-trailing.
The most coreward-trailing part of Ledge Sector lies around 420 parsecs from Terra, while the furthest spinward-rimward part of Denison Sector lies around 780 parsecs from Terra. The Demon's Eye, at the heart of the Distant Fringe, lies some 600 parsecs from Terra.

Sectors

The greater Empty Stars region covers 67 sectors and contains 9,608 star systems.

Empty Sectors

Void Sectors

Inhabited Sectors

Other Astrographic Features

Clusters & Traces

Rifts & Voids

Major Rifts

Shadow Rifts

Nebulae

Received Signal Sources

Demographics

Native Sophonts

No sophonts are known for certain to exist within the Empty Stars. The presence of anonymalous signals originating from its distant systems may indicate the presence of advanced NILs. Most authorities concede that there are likely to be many as-yet uncontacted intelligent beings, probably existing at relatively low technological levels, inhabiting its many worlds.

The Kineda Cluster is believed to be the domain of the Slavers.
Those sectors of the Empty Stars lying directly to coreward-spinward of the Distant Fringe – specifically the Phanic Group – are believed to be the current location of the Voyagers.

Human Settlement

The Distant Fringe – the last bastion of Terran humanity – occupies the Demon Cluster.

It is likely that, in the many centuries following the Destruction of Terra, the Vilani Imperium have occupied at least some of the worlds in the far trailing parts of the Empty Stars during their pursuit of the Last Armada.

Historians argue that there are very probably human-settled worlds beyond the confines of the Distant Fringe, within the Empty Stars region. These outposts are most likely within its rimward parts, populated by descendants of the Cripple Fleet (to trailing) or the Dissident Fleet (to spinward).

The vessels of both the Cripple Fleet and the Dissident Fleet had healthy and viable crews and carried settlers and pioneers in long-term cold sleep, large numbers of Artificial Gestation Units, vast banks of embryos, and substantial quantities of supplies. It would be extremely unlikely that all of the vessels were lost without being able to settle one or more worlds. To date, none of these supposed lost settlements have made any form of contact.

Though the ultimate fates of the vessels of the Cripple Fleet and the Dissident Fleet remain unknown, they have given rise to many tales and legends:
- The mythical realms of Lon Beon and the Empire of Thrax are supposed to lie within Lon Beon and Thrax Sectors respectively, within the Centrum Cluster.

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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

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 === Native Sophonts ===
-No [[sophont]]s are known for certain to exist within the Empty Stars. The presence of anonymalous signals originating from its distant [[system]]s may indicate the presence of advanced [[NIL]]s. Most authorities concede that there are likely to be many as-yet uncontacted intelligent beings, probably existing at relatively low technological levels, inhabiting the worlds of the Empty Stars.
+No [[sophont]]s are known for certain to exist within the Empty Stars. The presence of anonymalous signals originating from its distant [[system]]s may indicate the presence of advanced [[NIL]]s. Most authorities concede that there are likely to be many as-yet uncontacted intelligent beings, probably existing at relatively low technological levels, inhabiting its many worlds.
 * The [[Kineda Cluster]] is believed to be the domain of the [[Slavers]].
 * Those sectors of the Empty Stars lying directly to coreward-spinward of the [[Distant Fringe]] – specifically the [[Phanic Group]] – are believed to be the current location of the [[Voyagers]].