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A grouping of systems, forming a chain of worlds, all reachable by a Jump-1 capable [[starship]].  
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A [[Main]] is a grouping of systems, forming a chain of worlds, all reachable by a Jump-1 capable [[starship]].  
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* Please see '''[[Rift]]''' for a related article.
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* Please see ''[[Rift]]'' for a related article.
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* Please see ''[[Astrography]]'' and ''[[Charted Space]]'' for related information.
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== Description ==
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
 
This grouping provides a sort of “corridor” allowing jump-1 capable ships to travel to any world along the chain without ever exceeding jump-1.
 
This grouping provides a sort of “corridor” allowing jump-1 capable ships to travel to any world along the chain without ever exceeding jump-1.
  
 
* Usually a [[Main]] encompasses 50 or more systems.  
 
* Usually a [[Main]] encompasses 50 or more systems.  
 
* For ease of reference the main may be broken into ''arms'', or ''branches''.  
 
* For ease of reference the main may be broken into ''arms'', or ''branches''.  
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* Smaller groups of systems, between 5 and 50, all reachable by jump-1 are referred to as a ''trace'' or ''cluster''.
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* Smaller groups of systems, between 5 and 50, all reachable by jump-1 are referred to as a ''trace'' or ''cluster''.  
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== History & Background ==
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Many such groupings of worlds exist in the Imperium.
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=== Listing of Mains: 1116 ===
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'''Greater Mains''' Star systems on long (50 or more stars) mains. Most multi-sector and single-sector mains are greater mains. High economic and trade activity (interstellar traffic).
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Prominent examples include:
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* [[Antares Main]] originating in the [[Antares Sector]]
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** [[Fornast Branch]]
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* [[Aslan Main]]
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* [[Dagudashaag Main]]
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** [[Asimidiske branch]]
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* [[Liasdi Main]]
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* [[Rim Main]]
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** [[Alpha Crucis Spur]]
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** [[Diaspora Branch]]
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** [[Magyar Spur]]
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* [[Spinward Main]] in the [[Spinward Marches Sector|Spinward Marches]]
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** [[Bowman Arm]]
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** [[Collace Arm]]
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** [[Deneb Branch]]
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** [[Foreven Branch]]
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** [[Glisten Arm]]
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** [[Sisters' Reach]]
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** [[Trin Arm]]
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* [[Sylean Main]] in [[Core Sector]]
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* [[Vilani Main]] centered in the [[Vland Sector]]
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* [[Vland Main]]
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** [[Shurgi Main]]
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** [[Vilani Run]]
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'''Lesser Mains''' Star systems on short (10 - 50 stars) mains. Many subsector mains are lesser mains. Moderate economic and trade activity (interstellar traffic).
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Other examples include:
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* [[Corridor Main]]
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* [[Deneb Main]]
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** [[Sabine Backwater]] (Trace)
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* [[Drinsaar Loop]] (Main)
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* [[Florian Main]]
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** [[Florian Corridor]]
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** [[Hierate Route]]
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** [[Nora'a Spur]]
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* [[Gushemege Main]]
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* [[Laraa Main]]
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* [[Libert Main]]
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** [[Alurzan Loop]]
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* [[Lishun-Menden Main]]
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* [[Medurma Main]]
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* [[Mendan Main]]
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* [[Sabinar Main]]
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* [[Sindalian Main]]
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** [[Florian Route]]
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* [[Ushamla Main]]
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'''Arms, Branches, Traces, Clusters & Others''' Star systems with few if any significant connections to any main. May be subsets of larger mains. Most of these astrographic features are located in just one or two subsectors. Low economic and trade activity (interstellar traffic).
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Other routes attached to mains include:
  
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:{| class="wikitable sortable"
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'''Arms & Branches:'''
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|+ Fundamental Astrographic Features
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* [[Asimidiske branch]]
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* [[Bowman Arm]]
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! Type
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* [[Collace Arm]]
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! # Systems
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* [[Glisten Arm]]
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! Definition
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* [[Gram Arm]]
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! Remarks
 
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|-
 
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| Main
 
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| 51+
 
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| A very large grouping of systems
 
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| None
 
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|-
 
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| Trace or Cluster
 
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| 5 to 50
 
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| Smaller groupings of systems
 
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| None
 
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|-
 
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|}
 
  
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=== [[Cluster]] vs [[Trace]] Definitions ===
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'''Traces & Clusters:'''
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There are many ways to define various collections of stars and their associated jump routes, which include:
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* [[Aramis Trace]]
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# Astronomical Designation: (clusters and traces based upon star formation upon creation and growth of the galaxy and often differentiated by star quantity within the [[Astrographic Feature]])
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* [[As on As cluster]]
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# Economic Designation: (trades routes based upon interstellar economic trade activity and often named by colors such as red, green, etc.)
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* [[Azaremiid Cluster]]
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# FTL Range Designation: (jump routes such as J-1, J-4, etc.) 
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* [[Berg Cluster]]
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* [[Darrian Cluster]]
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* [[Dodds Cluster]]
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* [[Esperance Cluster]]
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* [[Five Sisters Cluster]]
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* [[Gagaridir Trace]]
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* [[Iiradu trace]]
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* [[Jewell Cluster]] AKA [[Jewells]]
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* [[Katarulu Cluster]]
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* [[Kinorb Cluster]]
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* [[Near Boötes Cluster]]
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* [[Nimluin Cluster]]
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* [[Ninlakim Trace]]
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* [[Palique Cluster]]
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* [[Pilgham Cluster]]
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* [[Querion Cluster]]
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* [[Riverland Cluster]]
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* [[Shegimuud Trace]]
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* [[Towers Cluster]]
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* [[Vincennes Cluster]]
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* [[Zukalis Cluster]]
  
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Obviously there is overlap between the various definitions. And while similarities exist, so do differences. The original [[main]]s were named after continuous chains of stars within one parsec of each other traversable by the early J-1 jump engines. Modern jump routes and jump bridges may be as far as six parsecs apart, allowing some merchant craft with greater ranges to use these longer trade routes. Modern trade routes or jump routes in [[1115]] [[TI]] designate these routes with a jump distance indicator of J-1 to J-6 indicating the farthest jumps on the route in parsecs.
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'''Other:'''
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* [[Alurzan Loop]]
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* [[Askigaak Corridor]]
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* [[Darrian Group]]
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* [[Florian Corridor]]
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* [[Florian Route]]
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* [[Gold Road]]
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* [[Grudovo Pendant]]
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* [[Hierate Route]]
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* [[J-4 Gn'hk'r Jump Bridge]]
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* [[J-5 Trans-rift Hierate Route]]
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* [[Khipge Line]]
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* [[Massilia Spur]]
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* [[Metal Worlds]]
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* [[Midway]]
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* [[The Network]]
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* [[Outback (Solomani Rim)]]
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* [[Outrim Void]]
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* [[Pact-Remnants Mainbridge]]
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* [[Rhamsteppe-Mongrebi Access]]
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* [[Rimward Link]]
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* [[Sabine Backwater]]
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* [[Saris-Yenisei Bridge]]
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* [[Scandia Cluster]]
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* [[Scotian Nexus]]
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* [[Sisters' Reach]]
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* [[Spinward Hinters]]
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* [[Verge Connector]]
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* [[Vilani Run]]
  
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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== Worlds & Sectors ([[Astrography]]) ==
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Many such groupings of worlds exist in the [[Charted Space]].  
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No information yet available.
  
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=== Mains of Charted Space ===
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=== Transportation Mains of Charted Space: 1116 ===
 
<imagemap>
 
<imagemap>
 
Image:mains.png | Charted Space map
 
Image:mains.png | Charted Space map
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rect 192 80 255 159 [[Ziafrplians Sector|Ziafrplians]]
 
rect 192 80 255 159 [[Ziafrplians Sector|Ziafrplians]]
 
rect 192 160 255 239 [[Foreven Sector|Foreven]]
 
rect 192 160 255 239 [[Foreven Sector|Foreven]]
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rect 192 240 255 319 [[The Beyond Sector|Beyond]]
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rect 192 240 255 319 [[Beyond Sector|Beyond]]
 
rect 192 320 255 399 [[Touchstone Sector|Touchstone]]
 
rect 192 320 255 399 [[Touchstone Sector|Touchstone]]
 
rect 192 400 255 479 [[Afawahisa Sector|Afawahisa]]
 
rect 192 400 255 479 [[Afawahisa Sector|Afawahisa]]
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rect 448 160 511 239 [[Vland Sector|Vland]]
 
rect 448 160 511 239 [[Vland Sector|Vland]]
 
rect 448 240 511 319 [[Dagudashaag  Sector|Dagudashaag ]]
 
rect 448 240 511 319 [[Dagudashaag  Sector|Dagudashaag ]]
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rect 448 320 511 399 [[Zarushagar Sector|Zarushagar]]
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rect 448 320 511 399 [[Zarushagaar Sector|Zarushagaar]]
 
rect 448 400 511 479 [[Daibei Sector|Daibei]]
 
rect 448 400 511 479 [[Daibei Sector|Daibei]]
 
rect 448 480 511 559 [[Magyar Sector|Magyar]]
 
rect 448 480 511 559 [[Magyar Sector|Magyar]]
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rect 768 80 831 159 [[Gn'hk'r Sector|Gn'hk'r]]
 
rect 768 80 831 159 [[Gn'hk'r Sector|Gn'hk'r]]
 
rect 768 160 831 239 [[Gh!hken Sector|Gh!hken]]
 
rect 768 160 831 239 [[Gh!hken Sector|Gh!hken]]
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rect 768 320 831 399 [[Numbis Sector|Numbis]]
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rect 768 320 831 399 [[Kaa G!'kul Sector|Kaa G!'kul]]
 
rect 768 400 831 479 [[Extolian Sector|Extolian]]
 
rect 768 400 831 479 [[Extolian Sector|Extolian]]
 
rect 768 560 831 639 [[Lorspane Sector|Lorspane]]
 
rect 768 560 831 639 [[Lorspane Sector|Lorspane]]
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===Key===
 
===Key===
 
<ul>
 
<ul>
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<li><font color=#A0A000>Yellow</font> Dots: Star systems on long (51 or more stars) mains.
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<li><font color=#A0A000>Yellow</font> Dots: Star systems on long (50 or more stars) mains. High economic and trade activity.  
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<li><font color=#0000A0>Blue</font> Dots: Star systems on short (11 - 50 stars) mains.  
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<li><font color=#0000A0>Blue</font> Dots: Star systems on short (10 - 50 stars) mains. Moderate economic and trade activity.  
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<li><font color=#00A000>Green</font> Dots: Star systems not on any main (0 - 10 stars).
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<li><font color=#00A000>Green</font> Dots: Star systems not on any main. Low economic and trade activity.  
 
<li><font color=#A00000>Red</font> Lines: borders. Political borders.
 
<li><font color=#A00000>Red</font> Lines: borders. Political borders.
 
<li><font color=#0000C0>Bright Blue</font> Grid: sector borders. Organizational borders.
 
<li><font color=#0000C0>Bright Blue</font> Grid: sector borders. Organizational borders.
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</ul>
 
</ul>
  
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
 
{{Metadata}}
 
{{Metadata}}
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{{Intermediate}}
 
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{{Detail}}
 
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=Imperial Encyclopedia|page=31}}
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|S1= {{MT}} [[Imperial Encyclopedia]]
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|S2= {{Ludography cite|name=Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag|page=233}}
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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|S3=
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|S4=
 
}}
 
}}
  
  
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{{LE|Astrography}}
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{{LE|M|Astrography}}
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{{LEN|Arm|Main}}
 

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