Cyaphelus Galaxy

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The Cyaphelus galaxy (known to humans as the Large Magellanic Cloud) is a small irregular galaxy, roughly 220 yc distant, which is gravitationally bound to Orranysi. Cyaphelus, named by the Aehr for its blue cloudy appearance, was the first deep space galaxy to be explored by inhabitants of Orranysi, and subsequently the first deep space galaxy to make contact with the GDF.

Cyaphelus has its own galactic government and is acknowledged by the GDF as a sovereign entity. The Federated Interstellar States are a galactic collective of several sophont species, each with a considerable colonial territory. Its capital is the artificially-linked binary planet Atheca, and its comprehensive span is effectively the entire Cyaphelus galaxy as well as the deep space immediately surrounding the galaxy within a radius of approximately one fathom (15 yc).

Locations
The following locations are or were within the Cyaphelus galaxy:
 * Actaen Station
 * Andar Nebula
 * Atheca
 * Auges
 * Eosk
 * Kedu
 * Kuphrell
 * Lieram
 * Mgyr'ck
 * Oluun Nebula
 * Quochsii
 * Whak'wgox
 * Zysresix