The Stained Worlds
The Stained Worlds Sector is the zone of the contemporary Galactic Compact which includes Earth and stretches mainly in the trailing direction of galactic rotation.
The Helix Nebula Transit Agreement, negotiated primarily with the Biolons (who are sometimes called the Wardens of the Stained Worlds), opened up the Stained Worlds Sector to large scale human colonisation in 2087 AF.
The origin of the term "Stained Worlds", like many ancient usages within the Galactic Compact is somewhat murky and mysterious. It is a perhaps flawed translation of the cartographic schema enshrined at Concordia and it may refer to a moral stain rather than to anything physical. A speculative, but widely believed theory is that there is some connection with the Vow of Earth and perhaps with other similar agreements that may have been made in the distant past in this region of the galaxy.
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Galactic Sector
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