#it's not coincidence that the unobtanium element is called lml

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Galactic Geography at the end of the Dark Age of Capricorn

The Old Worlds: These were once the center of galactic civilization, the homeworlds of the noble civilizations that created the old Oikumene. From Concordia, the Star of the Ten Thousand Worlds, the Blessed Imperatrix oversaw the most brilliant civilization the Galaxy ever saw. After the Collapse they are burned husks of their former glories, haunted by demons and restless souls.

The Terran Sphere: Humans, having discovered harmonics and LML by themselves, expanded into their own sphere of influence over nearby stars, forming a "small" (about 500 ly) sphere, but rich in wealth and history (if not as powerful as they once were before the Collapse), with each world having its own particular culture, including the holiest of holies, Mother Earth herself.

Other Spheres: Much like humans, other species that have developed harmonics by themselves also expanded into their own "core" spheres, and each one of them is as interesting and diverse as the human one, just more… alien… to our eyes.

The Colonies: When harmonic travel became widespread, long-range missions were sent to rich stars (major sources of liquid-matter-light, abandoned megastructures, luxury resources, or just planets that looked promising) beyond explored space. These eventually developed into major industrial and economic centers and created their own spheres, some even surpassed their own homeworlds, with decaying ecumenopolises under towering space elevators and illydic garden worlds, even after the Collapse. However, from their homeworlds' perspective, they will always remain just The Colonies.

Warpover Stars: Everything else in the middle. With galactic travel as dangerous as it is, you can find mostly anything here; dirty mining worlds, quiet rural worlds, bustling trade centers, cursed sorcerer planets, nomadic pirate gleets, abandoned tourist resorts, places that are barely the equivalent of a gas station, abandonded ruins, primitive civilizations, small alien cultures, just about anything… and of course, lots of seedy space bars. The inhabitants in general have a very frontier, proud attitute.

The Wilds: Most of the galaxy has been mapped in times past, but those maps are out of date, and some stars haven't been visited in centuries if ever, in sectors that are so empty that they don't qualify even as Warpover Stars. Nobody knows what lurks there. Inevitably, rumors of realms of lurking demons, hostile civilizations readying to invade, ancients renmants of the Oikumene, treasure systems and space monsters abound. Most of the time it's just empty systems but sometimes, some rumors do prove true… too many for comfort.

The Galactic Core: The Core has always been considered a harsh place for travel. The aetheric currents there are treacherous, and the density of stars and exit points makes navigation extremely difficult. In any case, the thick cloud of stars that surrounds the Galactic Core is not kind to life constantly bathed in radiation and subject to brutal gravitational pulls and asteroid bombardments. On its center lies Twilight, the rotten heart of the Galaxy and the throne world of demonkind, orbiting the black hole to which thousands are sacrificed each day.

The Halo: The lonely stars of the galactic halo, and those lost among intergalactic space, are often resource poor and very hard to reach. A few come here to be alone, to escape the demon infested Core, to contemplate the Galaxy from above, or to prospect for shortcuts and routes, but few people really live here. The ones who do are outcasts, either voluntarily or forcedly.

The Satellite Galaxies and Beyond: It is said that in the Golden Age of the Oikumene, they counted the Magellanic Clouds as part of its realm, and they sent expeditions even beyond, to other galaxies. Whatever this is true is disputed. However, a few treacherous routes do remain to the nearby satellite galaxies, across scattered Halo stars. The civilizations of the Magellanic Clouds and the other Satellites are… strange…