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Description
The known space covers about a quarter of the Galaxy, between 35,000 and 50,000 light years from Earth in the direction of the Galactic rim.
Most, but not all, of the states shown on the map claim their origin in the Solar Celestial Empire. A state created some 1500 years ago by the union of Earth and Ruhus, of Humans and Rahal.
Earth, although no longer the head of known space, remains the most important cultural centre of all space, and the centre from which all galactic distances are measured (although, locally, there may be different measurements).

Coloured states are states of great importance, having within their borders more than 1,000 habitable worlds. The white ones are the so-called minor nations, where the inhabited systems are less than 1000, and in general less than 700.

The dots on the map are the most important systems of each nation. The one with the capital letters, represents the capital.
They represent regional capitals, secondary administrative seats or federal entities.

-- HISTORY OF THE KNOWN SPACE --
Cosmic Age 0 Year: Earth met the Rahai empire somewhere during the XXI century, when a Rahal vessel crashed on earth, somewhere in Syria.
The two species liked eachother and during the following centuries forged a common civilizations spanning in the Orion arm.

150 CA: The great war between the Rahai-Earth Commonwealth and the Shosha Collective, a race of intelligent plantoid forming an alvear mind.
With the defeat of the Shoshan fleet near Mirfark star system, the Commonwealth reigned supreme.

201 CA: Economical crisis, too stretched borders and excessive military spending brings to the first crisis. Admiral Mikhail Zell took Ruhus, the capital of the Commonwealth and proclaim himself Captain-General of the United Stars.

295 CA: The third Captain-General, Ahlan Zell proclaimed himself Overlord of the United Stars Empire .

531 CA: Admiral Fean Numa, overthrown Zell Dynasty and took the throne. She was crowned Empress of the Solar Celestial Empire on Earth, which become the Capital.

531-900 CA: The expansion of the Empire, more than 30.000 worlds are colonized, discovered or habitaformed.
Machines and computers becomes so advanced that was impossible distinguish between humans and robots.
New races are met, or created (like maninals, created by animals).
Earth, Ruhus and other originary cultures of the Orion's Arm are diluited and shattered across the space.

875 CA: The Great Civil War. The Houses Roldin and Atticus rebel against the imperial central power.
For the first time in the history of the empire, this is not a coup d'état, but an attempt at outright secession.
A tired and over-extended empire struggles to contain separatism and warlords and local leaders appear here and there to challenge imperial power.

875-1000 CA: The Long decline. For about a century, the empire is shaken by civil wars and coups d'état, while the more distant provinces separate.
However, the expansion does not stop. Imperial ships encounter a large and powerful state near the core. The Darendan empire inhabited by two related species, Issarians and Darendans, probably descendants of a common older civilisation. They rely on a type of strange science that can only be called Magic, from the technological cultures of the Solar Celestial Empire.
Caused by unknown causes, the empire's problems are compounded by the migration of the Tnarxians, a race of green-skinned humanoids, who leave the Saggittarius arm, beyond the galactic core, and take refuge in both the Darendan and Solar empires.

ca. 900-1045 CA: Intermittent core wars, between Solar and Darendan. Boundary fluctuation.

1028-1044 CA: Solar Empire reaches the outer rim, under the leadership of the Dominus of Nauria, a semi-autonomous entity pushing to extend its borders.
Here, they find a race of low, stocky humanoids known as Nar, who are renamed Dwarves, by the humans.
Despite the rather large military effort, the fortress worlds of the Nar do not fall, and the Battle of Agrin marks, just before the great disaster, the end of the war with the defeat of the empire

1045 CA: Suddenly all intelligent machines, AI; robots, advanced computers shut down or show signs of heavy malfunctioning.
It becomes not only impossible to travel between worlds, but also to manage the administration and habitation of planets.
Darendan's magic, on the other hand, is not affected so much by this event.

1046: From beyond the galactic nucleus emerges the so-called Machine Empire of Saggittarius (SME). These are very advanced robots, programmed to eradicate all biological life. Their invasion is terrible and destroys many worlds.
Collapse of Solar Celestial Empire's technological civilization.

1046-1497 CA: The Dark Age. Many worlds collapse, both by the destruction caused by the machine empire of Sagittarius, and by the lack of resources and trade. Yet the spread of Issarian and Draedanian magic counterbalances the exterminating robots. There are now few centers of culture and civilization.

1168 CA: For reasons not entirely clear, civil war is waged between the Issarians and the Draedans within the Darendan empire. The empire collapses and the Issarians leave the galactic core and with a journey of about 60 years, they reach the periphery where they create their own state.
Thanks to this journey, magic spreads across the galaxy and helps contain the machine empire, which eventually simply stops working.

1229 CA: Evolution of techno-magic. Union of Issarian magic with human technology and rahai.
It is discovered how to create the "Void Jade", the material that allows the return of energy in the machines and the restoration, at least partially, of the technological era. You return to travel among the stars with frequency. "Void Jade" is extracted in black holes or neutron stars.

1456-1496 CA: 1st Demonic War. While trying to extract the "Void Jade", Ikonos Corporation inadvertently opens a portal on the demonic plane. The demon lords are trying to conquer the galaxy.
War is brutal and bloody. Both sides feel right and do not hesitate to use magic or terrible technologies.
As long as a group of adventurers doesn’t take a trip inside the demonic plane to end the war.
In the depths of the hell astral plane they find, chained, the Ancient Gods and free them.

1497 CA: Heiras Venera, the leader of the expedition, becomes emperor of the new and reborn empire of Polaris.

1497-1505 CA: Crown War. Heiras is not recognized by everyone as the new emperor of the Galaxy.
His armies bring not only his right to the throne, but also the new faith, the worship of the Eightfold Path Gods.

1518 CA: Heiras dies. The empire passes to his son Solmon.
Although he was able to be recognized as emperor by all the neighboring states, and to annex others, Heiras failed to reunify the Known Space.
Empire capital on Polaris Prime, one of the largest military bases that survived the collapse of technology.

1629 CA: Heiras III dies without direct heirs. Empire collapse in the war of succession.
Many provinces become independent or are annexed by other states.
Alabastro becomes the hegemonic state among the successors of the empire of Polaris.

1680 CA: Kaven IV Ramshand, king of Alabastro, declares war on the captaincies of Sakhra, Mahees and Aldebaran and prepares to march on Polaris.
Already feeling the imperial crown on his head.

1683 CA: Adular Los Ler, Captain of Eagle, gathers around him numerous followers and moves against Kaven.
The war has alternate phases, but it is short. As Kaven calls to fight on his side militias Vreshan. The Vreshan are a people of reptiles, scattered on many worlds of the outer rim, where probably stood an empire of great power and military strength. They are known to have no compassion for mammals.
Kaven’s mercenaries commit numerous atrocities, which favours Adular, who eventually defeats the Alabastro fleet at Mahees.

1684 CA: Adular is crowned Emperor of Polaris by the High Ierophant of the Eightfold Path.

1684-1758 CA: Restoration of the Empire. The Los Ler restore the borders of the Polaris Empire, also making themselves bearers of the restoration of the Solar Celestial Empire.
They conduct many military operations throughout the central area, defeating the enemies that stood against them.
Only the invasion of Zardod, a Va'rn state fails spectacularly.

1759-1765 CA: Adular III dies without heirs. The war of succession opens.
This is the largest war since the 1st Demonic War. Polaris Empire avoids union with the Naurian Dominion, but is forced to give up several captaincies to the outer rim.
For their part, the two great enemies of the empire, Shan and Alabastro, must also surrender different worlds.
Gareth’s Captain, Thann Tejian, assumes the title of King of Melodia.

1846 CA: A coup in Zardod overthrows Rikyuso Den'tar and raises his brother Zehlla. The 2nd Demonic War begins.

1846-1853 CA: The second demonic war inflames the known galaxy. The Allied worlds, one of the largest independent Issarian settlements, line up against Zardod, but the Hegemony of Draedaar, the successor state of the Darendan empire, sides with Zardod. Despite the opening of the demonic plan and the arrival of the Crimson Host, it does not change the cards on the table. Mostly because the supreme magicians of the Allied Worlds evoke, from the suns and planets, the spirits of the elemental plane. Drozans appear.
Den'tar returns to the throne, banishes his brother, closes the portals and isolates Zardod from the rest of the Galaxy.

1902 CA: After a long era of peace, the end of the Rashand dynasty of Alabastro provoked the War of the Alabastro Succession.
Coychak Kyabic, Prince of Celeste, becomes king of Alabaster.
The Polaris Empire intervenes.

1902-1912 CA: War is a disaster for Polaris empire.
The elective emperors, who were chosen after Adular III were unable to rule the empire. Imperial armies are defeated on virtually every battlefield.
Alabastro earns 6 captaincies, plus the prefecture of Celeste.
The empire loses not only part of the Captaincy of San Sarvesh in favor of Shan, but especially 5 captaincies in favor of the ecclesiastical state that assumes the nomenclature of the Holy Throne.

1918 CA: Valoald Tolkarr, one of the best generals in the Polaris Empire marches on Polaris Prime, dissolves the Electoral College and is crowned Emperor of Polaris by the Primate of the Sisterhood of the Five Gods (a schismatic church of the eightfold path, in which the clergy is formed by women).

1934-1942 CA: 2nd Core War. Polaris, Mesarn-ain and Serdan attack the Draedaar Empire.
Although Draedaar puts up strenuous resistance, the imperial armies are eventually victorious. The border returned 15,000 light years from Earth. Mesarn-ain gains territory in the core and proposes itself as successor to the ancient Darendan Empire.

1942-1968 AC: A series of small local wars brought the borders to their present situation.

1960 CA: Zaironda Tolkarr becomes empress in place of her father Solmon X. Peace policy of the Empress, who marries Lady Maletta Jalam. Although there is no social stigma to same-sex marriage, a possible child, also generated through technomagic through cloning, would be considered illegitimate.

1969 CA: Now

NOTE 00: I have changed some names to avoid confusion of other projects. Orion's Arm Empire become Solar Celestial Empire. Orion Empire, become Polaris Empire.
Note 0: This is a scifi-fantasy setting. Not unlike as Fading Suns, or Starfinder. Primary built to be a setting for a Fabula Ultima rpg campaign, but evolved in a thing for its own. So magic here is a thing, as planes, demons and gods.
Note 1: Base map taken on Wikipedia
Note 2: I tried to avoid as much as possible the cliché of space nations modelled on a single culture. Therefore, no known space state has a name that refers directly to an Earth civilisation. I have used fantasy names or mix-ups of various cultures. The names almost all come from Chatic Shiny, Language Confluxer or Perchances.
Note 3: Gradually, as I have begun to do, I will post flags describing each state of known space and sooner or later also the various species inhabiting the galaxy.
Note 4: I added the red line. The border of the known space. Behind that line, no charts and maps exist.
Note5: I added some new systems in some nations, where i feel top void areas.

Description
The known space covers about a quarter of the Galaxy, between 35,000 and 50,000 light years from Earth in the direction of the Galactic rim.
Most, but not all, of the states shown on the map claim their origin in the Solar Celestial Empire. A state created some 1500 years ago by the union of Earth and Ruhus, of Humans and Rahal.
Earth, although no longer the head of known space, remains the most important cultural centre of all space, and the centre from which all galactic distances are measured (although, locally, there may be different measurements).

Coloured states are states of great importance, having within their borders more than 1,000 habitable worlds. The white ones are the so-called minor nations, where the inhabited systems are less than 1000, and in general less than 700.

The dots on the map are the most important systems of each nation. The one with the capital letters, represents the capital.
They represent regional capitals, secondary administrative seats or federal entities.

-- HISTORY OF THE KNOWN SPACE --
Cosmic Age 0 Year: Earth met the Rahai empire somewhere during the XXI century, when a Rahal vessel crashed on earth, somewhere in Syria.
The two species liked eachother and during the following centuries forged a common civilizations spanning in the Orion arm.

150 CA: The great war between the Rahai-Earth Commonwealth and the Shosha Collective, a race of intelligent plantoid forming an alvear mind.
With the defeat of the Shoshan fleet near Mirfark star system, the Commonwealth reigned supreme.

201 CA: Economical crisis, too stretched borders and excessive military spending brings to the first crisis. Admiral Mikhail Zell took Ruhus, the capital of the Commonwealth and proclaim himself Captain-General of the United Stars.

295 CA: The third Captain-General, Ahlan Zell proclaimed himself Overlord of the United Stars Empire .

531 CA: Admiral Fean Numa, overthrown Zell Dynasty and took the throne. She was crowned Empress of the Solar Celestial Empire on Earth, which become the Capital.

531-900 CA: The expansion of the Empire, more than 30.000 worlds are colonized, discovered or habitaformed.
Machines and computers becomes so advanced that was impossible distinguish between humans and robots.
New races are met, or created (like maninals, created by animals).
Earth, Ruhus and other originary cultures of the Orion's Arm are diluited and shattered across the space.

875 CA: The Great Civil War. The Houses Roldin and Atticus rebel against the imperial central power.
For the first time in the history of the empire, this is not a coup d'état, but an attempt at outright secession.
A tired and over-extended empire struggles to contain separatism and warlords and local leaders appear here and there to challenge imperial power.

875-1000 CA: The Long decline. For about a century, the empire is shaken by civil wars and coups d'état, while the more distant provinces separate.
However, the expansion does not stop. Imperial ships encounter a large and powerful state near the core. The Darendan empire inhabited by two related species, Issarians and Darendans, probably descendants of a common older civilisation. They rely on a type of strange science that can only be called Magic, from the technological cultures of the Solar Celestial Empire.
Caused by unknown causes, the empire's problems are compounded by the migration of the Tnarxians, a race of green-skinned humanoids, who leave the Saggittarius arm, beyond the galactic core, and take refuge in both the Darendan and Solar empires.

ca. 900-1045 CA: Intermittent core wars, between Solar and Darendan. Boundary fluctuation.

1028-1044 CA: Solar Empire reaches the outer rim, under the leadership of the Dominus of Nauria, a semi-autonomous entity pushing to extend its borders.
Here, they find a race of low, stocky humanoids known as Nar, who are renamed Dwarves, by the humans.
Despite the rather large military effort, the fortress worlds of the Nar do not fall, and the Battle of Agrin marks, just before the great disaster, the end of the war with the defeat of the empire

1045 CA: Suddenly all intelligent machines, AI; robots, advanced computers shut down or show signs of heavy malfunctioning.
It becomes not only impossible to travel between worlds, but also to manage the administration and habitation of planets.
Darendan's magic, on the other hand, is not affected so much by this event.

1046: From beyond the galactic nucleus emerges the so-called Machine Empire of Saggittarius (SME). These are very advanced robots, programmed to eradicate all biological life. Their invasion is terrible and destroys many worlds.
Collapse of Solar Celestial Empire's technological civilization.

1046-1497 CA: The Dark Age. Many worlds collapse, both by the destruction caused by the machine empire of Sagittarius, and by the lack of resources and trade. Yet the spread of Issarian and Draedanian magic counterbalances the exterminating robots. There are now few centers of culture and civilization.

1168 CA: For reasons not entirely clear, civil war is waged between the Issarians and the Draedans within the Darendan empire. The empire collapses and the Issarians leave the galactic core and with a journey of about 60 years, they reach the periphery where they create their own state.
Thanks to this journey, magic spreads across the galaxy and helps contain the machine empire, which eventually simply stops working.

1229 CA: Evolution of techno-magic. Union of Issarian magic with human technology and rahai.
It is discovered how to create the "Void Jade", the material that allows the return of energy in the machines and the restoration, at least partially, of the technological era. You return to travel among the stars with frequency. "Void Jade" is extracted in black holes or neutron stars.

1456-1496 CA: 1st Demonic War. While trying to extract the "Void Jade", Ikonos Corporation inadvertently opens a portal on the demonic plane. The demon lords are trying to conquer the galaxy.
War is brutal and bloody. Both sides feel right and do not hesitate to use magic or terrible technologies.
As long as a group of adventurers doesn’t take a trip inside the demonic plane to end the war.
In the depths of the hell astral plane they find, chained, the Ancient Gods and free them.

1497 CA: Heiras Venera, the leader of the expedition, becomes emperor of the new and reborn empire of Polaris.

1497-1505 CA: Crown War. Heiras is not recognized by everyone as the new emperor of the Galaxy.
His armies bring not only his right to the throne, but also the new faith, the worship of the Eightfold Path Gods.

1518 CA: Heiras dies. The empire passes to his son Solmon.
Although he was able to be recognized as emperor by all the neighboring states, and to annex others, Heiras failed to reunify the Known Space.
Empire capital on Polaris Prime, one of the largest military bases that survived the collapse of technology.

1629 CA: Heiras III dies without direct heirs. Empire collapse in the war of succession.
Many provinces become independent or are annexed by other states.
Alabastro becomes the hegemonic state among the successors of the empire of Polaris.

1680 CA: Kaven IV Ramshand, king of Alabastro, declares war on the captaincies of Sakhra, Mahees and Aldebaran and prepares to march on Polaris.
Already feeling the imperial crown on his head.

1683 CA: Adular Los Ler, Captain of Eagle, gathers around him numerous followers and moves against Kaven.
The war has alternate phases, but it is short. As Kaven calls to fight on his side militias Vreshan. The Vreshan are a people of reptiles, scattered on many worlds of the outer rim, where probably stood an empire of great power and military strength. They are known to have no compassion for mammals.
Kaven’s mercenaries commit numerous atrocities, which favours Adular, who eventually defeats the Alabastro fleet at Mahees.

1684 CA: Adular is crowned Emperor of Polaris by the High Ierophant of the Eightfold Path.

1684-1758 CA: Restoration of the Empire. The Los Ler restore the borders of the Polaris Empire, also making themselves bearers of the restoration of the Solar Celestial Empire.
They conduct many military operations throughout the central area, defeating the enemies that stood against them.
Only the invasion of Zardod, a Va'rn state fails spectacularly.

1759-1765 CA: Adular III dies without heirs. The war of succession opens.
This is the largest war since the 1st Demonic War. Polaris Empire avoids union with the Naurian Dominion, but is forced to give up several captaincies to the outer rim.
For their part, the two great enemies of the empire, Shan and Alabastro, must also surrender different worlds.
Gareth’s Captain, Thann Tejian, assumes the title of King of Melodia.

1846 CA: A coup in Zardod overthrows Rikyuso Den'tar and raises his brother Zehlla. The 2nd Demonic War begins.

1846-1853 CA: The second demonic war inflames the known galaxy. The Allied worlds, one of the largest independent Issarian settlements, line up against Zardod, but the Hegemony of Draedaar, the successor state of the Darendan empire, sides with Zardod. Despite the opening of the demonic plan and the arrival of the Crimson Host, it does not change the cards on the table. Mostly because the supreme magicians of the Allied Worlds evoke, from the suns and planets, the spirits of the elemental plane. Drozans appear.
Den'tar returns to the throne, banishes his brother, closes the portals and isolates Zardod from the rest of the Galaxy.

1902 CA: After a long era of peace, the end of the Rashand dynasty of Alabastro provoked the War of the Alabastro Succession.
Coychak Kyabic, Prince of Celeste, becomes king of Alabaster.
The Polaris Empire intervenes.

1902-1912 CA: War is a disaster for Polaris empire.
The elective emperors, who were chosen after Adular III were unable to rule the empire. Imperial armies are defeated on virtually every battlefield.
Alabastro earns 6 captaincies, plus the prefecture of Celeste.
The empire loses not only part of the Captaincy of San Sarvesh in favor of Shan, but especially 5 captaincies in favor of the ecclesiastical state that assumes the nomenclature of the Holy Throne.

1918 CA: Valoald Tolkarr, one of the best generals in the Polaris Empire marches on Polaris Prime, dissolves the Electoral College and is crowned Emperor of Polaris by the Primate of the Sisterhood of the Five Gods (a schismatic church of the eightfold path, in which the clergy is formed by women).

1934-1942 CA: 2nd Core War. Polaris, Mesarn-ain and Serdan attack the Draedaar Empire.
Although Draedaar puts up strenuous resistance, the imperial armies are eventually victorious. The border returned 15,000 light years from Earth. Mesarn-ain gains territory in the core and proposes itself as successor to the ancient Darendan Empire.

1942-1968 AC: A series of small local wars brought the borders to their present situation.

1960 CA: Zaironda Tolkarr becomes empress in place of her father Solmon X. Peace policy of the Empress, who marries Lady Maletta Jalam. Although there is no social stigma to same-sex marriage, a possible child, also generated through technomagic through cloning, would be considered illegitimate.

1969 CA: Now

NOTE 00: I have changed some names to avoid confusion of other projects. Orion's Arm Empire become Solar Celestial Empire. Orion Empire, become Polaris Empire.
Note 0: This is a scifi-fantasy setting. Not unlike as Fading Suns, or Starfinder. Primary built to be a setting for a Fabula Ultima rpg campaign, but evolved in a thing for its own. So magic here is a thing, as planes, demons and gods.
Note 1: Base map taken on Wikipedia
Note 2: I tried to avoid as much as possible the cliché of space nations modelled on a single culture. Therefore, no known space state has a name that refers directly to an Earth civilisation. I have used fantasy names or mix-ups of various cultures. The names almost all come from Chatic Shiny, Language Confluxer or Perchances.
Note 3: Gradually, as I have begun to do, I will post flags describing each state of known space and sooner or later also the various species inhabiting the galaxy.
Note 4: I added the red line. The border of the known space. Behind that line, no charts and maps exist.
Note5: I added some new systems in some nations, where i feel top void areas.