The Tipikos Stellar Cluster

The Tipikos Stellar Cluster is a large, lose cluster of stars which is centered around the Sol system. It bears a large amount of habitable worlds and a large variety of stars and stellar bodies.

It is currently home to the six stellar empires of humanity, as well as a wide variety of non-sentient life. It is connected by a web of hyperlanes, and dotted by star stations and inhabited planets.

The area outside of the local cluster is relatively unexplored, as the priorities of the major powers instead lie on internal improvement, and the mounting tensions between the Imperial Hegemony and the American Federation. Despite this there are a number of private investors who are willing to sponsor exploratory voyages.