1830, Unknown Regions
This is the king's final argument. ——Fourth Empire Royal War Museum At the entrance, a shrunken cannon statue has these words engraved on it.
Milky Way, Unknown Regions.
In a flat star map, this is a vast star region located on the west side of the Milky Way, occupying approximately a quarter of the Milky Way. Of course, the Milky Way is three-dimensional and rotating, but this star region always maintains this relative position.
In every star map of the Milky Way, Unknown Regions is blank. But this gap is relative. In fact, for Unknown Regions, all galaxies and planets have been detected, but they are just inaccessible. The total mass of stars Unknown Regions is equivalent to about 15% of the entire Milky Way.
By the way, there are still many areas in this galaxy that cannot even be detected by detection, such as Wild Space. In that star area, there are more secrets hidden, and there are also more deadly dangers.
In fact, even before the rise of Galactic Republic, civilizations including Kilik Swarm, Infinite Empire, etc. had all explored Unknown Regions, but basically had little success.
What prevents them from exploring Unknown Regions in depth is the chaotic hyperspace network within Unknown Regions. Astronomers vividly call this tangled hyperspace network the tangle.
To put it simply, the hyperspace channels in other parts of the galaxy basically have obvious lines to follow, one after another, with few intersections. Even if there is any overlap, it will be clear and will not interfere with each other.
Such a hyperspace channel is actually a unique environment.
In this galaxy, the reason why there are many backward political systems but extremely abundant resources and abnormal development of science and technology is because of the existence of hyperspace channels. This allows all civilizations that have mastered hyperspace jumping technology to expand their scope of action from within their own planet to the entire galaxy almost overnight!
Even the primitive hyperspace engine can allow a spacecraft to travel across the entire galaxy within a year! This is equivalent to millions of times the speed of light!
It is conceivable that the civilization developed in this way is completely a deformed form that is both powerful and backward. Xu Draon Planet was already running around the galaxy even during the slavery stage.
But now, this set of things has hit a wall directly in Unknown Regions.
Because the hyperspace network called the 'tangle' is really a network - you can't even call them channels! Starting from this point, you have no idea where you will be after leaving hyperspace! It may be next to a planet, or it may be next to a star, or even if you are not lucky, it will appear directly from the inside of the planet, and then be crushed into particles in an instant!
Countless astronomers in the Milky Way have conducted extensive research and discussion on this phenomenon of Unknown Regions, but they have never been able to come up with a truly useful result.
Some people believe that the emergence of Unknown Regions is related to dark matter energy, but they cannot explain why this galaxy has such a completely different hyperspace environment while maintaining normal rotation.
And this is really completely different! For example, Tingel Arm (Tingel Arm), one of the major cantilevers in the Milky Way, is a very typical existence - half of Tingel Arm is inside Unknown Regions, and the other half is outside Unknown Regions.
Then this cantilever showed a strange phenomenon that half of the cantilever can use the hyperspace channel normally, but the other half is in the middle of Unknown Regions and cannot be navigable at all. What's even more peculiar is that even if two different hyperspace environments are presented, the operation of this cantilever has no effect at all!
According to the basic research on dark matter tides by Milky Way astronomers, if it is really due to dark matter, it is likely to destroy the spiral shape of Tingel Arm. So the theory was disproven.
In addition, there is also the theory of hyperspace ripples, the theory of man-made barriers from ancient super civilizations, etc., there is a miscellany of everything. However, there is no theory that can explain the strange phenomenon of Unknown Regions, so the exploration of this star field has not yielded much results.
Of course, things are not so absolute. In Unknown Regions, there are still some relatively stable areas that can be navigated using hyperspace jumps. But these channels are still unable to pass through larger fleets, and they are very hidden. Even those who know about them will not tell anyone else.
So at least what is currently known, including Taung, Kilik Swarm, the ancestor of the Mandalorian, Rakatan of the Infinite Empire, and other remnants of the loser civilization are still lingering in Unknown Regions.
The largest exploration of Unknown Regions was the 'Outer Rim Exploration Program' organized when Palpatine had just been elected as Chancellor of the Galactic Republic and one year after the end of Battle of Naboo.
This plan was funded by Vice Chancellor Mas-Amedda, who was still ambitious at the time, and was a large-scale exploration led by Jedi Master Jolus Serbaos. Including a formation of Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser and 200,000 crew members.
The reason why Jolus Serbaos had the confidence to start this exploration was because he invented a skill that can carry out hyperspace navigation through the Force, which allows the powerful Jedi Master to lead the fleet and sail in Unknown Regions.
But this expensive plan still failed. Not a single member of Outer Rim Exploration Program, including Joe Luce-Master Tholme, came back.
Unknown Regions's mysterious veil adds even more terror here.
However, Galactic Republic did not give up the exploration of Unknown Regions. After Chancellor of the Republic Palpatine finally passed "Military Creation Act" and established Grand Army of the Republic, they divided a total of 20 legions, among which Seventh Army was dedicated to exploring Unknown Regions.
Duchy of Dawn located at Southwest Territory also attaches great importance to the exploration of Unknown Regions.
Because Unknown Regions is right behind Duchy of Dawn. Once anything happens there, Duchy of Dawn will be the first to suffer!
After reaching Peace Accord with the Galactic Empire, Duchy of Dawn also launched its own exploration plan.
At this moment, a beautiful, streamlined, big bird-like spaceship is flying in the void. This spacecraft is approaching an asteroid with a diameter of more than 90 kilometers.
On the bridge, a communication is being sent. "This is SSV Normandy, Captain Shepard. I have found an abnormal point in the signal, and I am approaching..."