The Galaxy

The Galaxy
While the galaxy is huge, as old pre-war satellites show, much of the Galaxy is left unexplored, this is because of 2 main things.

First of all, the most important part, The Carpenters, a race, no, a group of ancient precursor robots that control nearly all of the Galaxy, slowly closing in on the small chunk of the galaxy that sentient life still has left.

Secondly, border disputes, The many factions that live in either Shattered Space or in the small chunk of space still left is either owned by the Corporations or by a small government, Forces like The Ugomaas Council and the Republic constantly skirmish over minor systems and City Ship refueling Stations.

Factions

 * The Republic
 * The Ugomaas Grand Council
 * The Baasoh Alliance
 * The Ulmako-Don Empire
 * The Natot Empire
 * The Tzeltosan Alliance
 * The Tuolshiki Caravan
 * The Duol-Damen Empire
 * The Skiir Tribal Council
 * The Pompeian Empire
 * The Tol Confederation

City Ships
One of the most important facets of Non-Carpenter Space are massive starships known as City-Ships, (Or Lifebarges for the factions of Shattered Space). Mostly built by the Corporations, these ships contain the Species unable or Unwilling to live on planets. Now why would an entire species be unable or unwilling to live on planets you may ask? Well, that is where the Precursor Nanites come in, being present on nearly all worlds, and even coating some in seas of writhing Silver, the nanites kill any life with even traces of Mana in it, these traces of Mana are contained in the souls of living things. However, some lifeforms (Humans, Jotun-Tar, Natot, and Uu for example) all lack souls, and are able to live perfectly normal lives on worlds corrupted by Nanites. The Main Producers of City-Ships are Tesla, Boeing, and Clear Skies.