Corscan Galaxy

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The Corscan Galaxy is a galaxy of type Sb. The galaxy is about 120,000 Light years across, or 37,000 Parsecs. It is a member of the Trifecta.

Contents 1 History 2 Astrography 2.1 Deep Core 2.2 Core Worlds 2.3 Colonies 2.4 Inner Rim Territories 2.5 Expansion Region 2.6 Mid Rim 2.7 Outer Rim Territories 2.8 Beyond the Outer Rim 2.8.1 Tingel Arm 2.8.2 Unknown Regions 2.8.3 Wild Space 2.9 Traffic Routes 3 Government and politics 4 Economy 5 Races and species 6 Speech

[edit] History

Before recorded history, the first known galaxy-spanning political entity was the Infinite Empire of the Rakata, which ended long before the forming of the official so-called "galactic civilization".

The galaxy as an official entity began to exist millennia later, when Humans discovered hyperspace travel and met other sentient races. When several worlds and species came to know each other, they formed a loose affiliation that accepted common laws and currency, and the Galactic Republic became the "official" galactic government. The smaller Sith Empire rivaled the Republic, and the beginnings of that rivalry were religious—the understanding of the Force. The Sith were defeated and re-emerged several times.

Finally, after a millennium of hiding, the Sith managed to restore their Empire, after dissolving the Republic and replacing it with the short lived Galactic Empire. The Empire lasted for two decades of tyranny, but after the Galactic Civil War, eventually the Republic was restored. Despite this, the remnants of the Empire would continue to resist the new government for over a decade before finally signing a peace treaty.

Not long after that, an extragalactic species known as the Yuuzhan Vong launched an invasion of the galaxy. Their invasion devastated much of the galaxy, including Coruscant, though they were eventually defeated.

[edit] Astrography

Corscan is divided into several regions. They are listed here in ascending order of distance from the core. These regions are further divided into various sectors, systems, and planets.

[edit] Deep Core

At the very heart of the galaxy, the Deep Core (a.k.a. Core Systems) is a small region that hides unusual worlds. Due to the gravitational pull of the vast number of stars, local space-time is severely warped, making hyperspace travel difficult at best. The region was thought to be inaccessible until Palpatine's Galactic Empire found several safe hyperlanes into the region. The area remained an Imperial stronghold almost twenty years after the Battle of Endor.

[edit] Core Worlds

An ancient region bordering the outlying areas of the Deep Core, the Core Worlds are some of the most prestigious, well-developed, well-known, and heavily populated planets in Corscan. The Core Worlds are the original areas of Human occupation. The Galactic Republic and subsequently all galaxywide governments were born in the Core Worlds and spread out over the galaxy. The Humans are supposed to have originated from this region.

[edit] Colonies

The Colonies is the name given to a region of Corscan between the Core Worlds and the Inner Rim. It is among the first areas outside the Core to be colonized, and the worlds here are typically heavily populated and industrialized.

During its reign, the Galactic Empire was very forceful in controlling the Colonies, and as a result, the New Republic gained support quickly there.

[edit] Inner Rim Territories

The Inner Rim is a region of Corscan between the Colonies and the Expansion Region. It was originally just called "The Rim", as it was expected to be the farthest extent of the known galaxy for centuries, but the Expanded Rim (later renamed the Expansion Region) was opened within a hundred years of the Inner Rim.

During the reign of Palpatine, the Galactic Empire ruthlessly controlled the Inner Rim. Rather than rebel, many residents chose to flee to the Outer Rim Territories.

After the Battle of Endor, the Empire, despite its unpopularity, held the region far longer than expected; many later resented the New Republic's sluggishness in liberating the region. Many worlds, despite joining the New Republic, were openly afraid that the government was not strong enough to maintain power. Their concerns were born following the return of Palpatine, when the Empire reclaimed most of the Inner Rim.

[edit] Expansion Region

The Expansion Region was an experiment in corporate-controlled worlds, with powerful corporations exploiting and profiting heavily from the planets for their raw materials, metals and ores. Inhabitants were oppressed while the corporations stripped entire stellar systems of all their resources. Eventually civil unrest spread from system to system. The Galactic Republic eventually took control of the system due to mounting pressure from its denizens by limiting or evicting corporate interests. Expansion Region worlds continue to be producers of raw materials and ores; however, most natural resources were exhausted by the Imperial era.

[edit] Mid Rim

With fewer natural resources (and therefore a smaller population) than many neighboring regions, the Mid Rim is a territory where residents work hard for everything they have. Several planets have built up impressive economies, and pirate raiders often hide in the relatively unexplored spaces far from major trade routes.

[edit] Outer Rim Territories

The Outer Rim Territories was the last widely settled expanse before Wild Space and the Unknown Regions. It is strewn with obscure worlds, and rugged, primitive frontier planets. Due to its distance from the Core, the region was home to many supporters of the Rebel Alliance.

[edit] Beyond the Outer Rim

There are several sectors beyond the Outer Rim, on various arms of Corscan. It is believed that a turbulent energy field surrounds the galaxy and prevents inter-galactic travel.

[edit] Tingel Arm

The Tingel Arm is an exterior spiral arm of Corscan. It contains the Corporate Sector Authority, a political entity which is semi-independent of the Galactic Republic and the Galactic Empire. Under the Galactic Empire, the sector expanded from a few hundred to thirty thousand systems.

[edit] Unknown Regions

The term "Unknown Regions" most commonly refers to the large, unexplored region between Bakura and the Imperial Remnant, which is largely dominated by the Chiss. The Unknown Regions comprise only a few billion stars, out of a galactic total of 400 billion. For reasons yet to be demonstrated there is a lack of reliable hyperspace routes through the region. The "Unknown Regions" designation includes uncharted areas in dense nebulae, globular clusters, and the galactic halo.

[edit] Wild Space

Wild Space is the frontier of galactic society, separating the known parts of the galaxy from the Unknown Regions. One of Palpatine's last acts was to open up much of the region to more extensive exploration. Wild Space differed from the Unknown Regions in that some of Wild Space has been explored, though not extensively; the Unknown Regions remain mysterious.

[edit] Traffic Routes

Various established "ways" like hyperlanes pass through the sectors. These routes were explored and established by spacers known as hyperspace explorers. Astromech droids have the responsibility of guiding spaceships through these routes.

• Rimma Trade Route
• Perlemian Trade Route
• Hydian Way
• Corellian Run
• Corellian Trade Spine
• Kessel Run
• Ison Trade Corridor
• Sisar Run
• Myto's Arrow
• Daragon Trail

[edit] Government and politics

Various governments have ruled within the galaxy over the millennia, the earliest known galaxy-spanning government being the Infinite Empire. Other significant political powers within the galaxy included:

• Bothan Space
• The Centrality
• Chiss Ascendancy
• Confederacy of Independent Systems
• Confederation
• Corporate Sector Authority
• Cronese Mandate
• Empire of the Hand
• Hapes Cluster
• Hutt Space
• Imperial Remnant
• Juvex Sector
• Senex Sector
• Ssi-Ruuvi Imperium
• Tion Cluster
• Tion Hegemony
• Vagaari Empire

[edit] Economy

The galactic economy is a very complex and diverse economy. The main currency of the Galactic Republic was the credit, divided into ten decicreds. After the formation of the Universal Alliance, the main currency became the Alliance Dollar, although credits were still accepted throughout the galaxy for quite some time afterward.

[edit] Races and species

Life developed in 10% of the livable planets, while sentient life developed in 1/1000 of those (about 20 million sentient species). It is estimated that they together totaled 100 quadrillion beings.

In classical history, the dominating species have been Humans. Possibly originating from the Core Worlds, Humans have been the basis of the major governments. Sentients other than Humans were simply known as 'aliens'. Aliens were also distinguished as humanoid or not.

Although not considered a race for obvious reasons, droids formed a significant part, helping and coexisting with the population.

[edit] Speech

The lingua franca of the galaxy is the Human language that evolved into Galactic Basic. Its origins are the vernacular speech of Humans and was partially derived from several ancient Humar languages. Humans being the dominant species of the galaxy, Basic has been adopted by many alien species as well.

The second most common language is Huttese, expanded through the criminal and financial activity of the Hutts, and has been as well adopted by other races that are in close cooperation with them, like the Rodians.

It is possible for droids to have fluency in millions of forms of communication, and based on them, could also understand and improvise in even more. Protocol droids are essential in interracial relations as translators and interpreters.