====== Gulf of Cetus ======

The Gulf of Cetus is a titanic emptiness, a matter-sparse void between the [[:Orion Arm|Orion]] and [[:Saggitarius Arm|Saggitarius]] Arms of the Milky Way galaxy. It stretches all the way from the galactic core, and ends only at the relatively matter-rich clump that lies around the [[Saggital Bridge Sector]]. This is actually just a convenient fiction - the Gulf of Cetus and its counterpart, the [[Libran Rift]] are in reality one entity, merely interrupted in a small area by an errant globule of stars and dust.

===== Sectors =====

The Gulf of Cetus is vast, and extends far beyond known space, spiralling towards the galactic core. The parts of it close enough to inhabited space have been divided into sectors. As with all rifts, Cetus Gulf sectors are distinguished with a letter in the ancient Terran Greek alphabet, increasing with their distance from the [[:system:Sol]] System. The Gulf has had five sectors designated from it, which would likely increase as exploration pushed outwards towards the distant Crescent Nebula.

==== Cetus Alpha Sector ====

**Position:** -2x, 3y\\ 
**Faction Presence:** [[:Free Union]]\\ 
**Systems of Note:**\\ 
  * [[:system:Thern]]

==== Cetus Beta Sector ====

**Position:** -3x, 2y\\ 
**Faction Presence:** [[:Free Union]]\\ 
**Systems of Note:**\\ 

  * [[:system:Nomsindo]]

==== Cetus Gamma Sector ====

**Position:** -3x, 3y\\ 
**Faction Presence:** None\\ 
**Systems of Note:**\\ 

==== Cetus Delta Sector ====

**Position:** -3x, 4y\\ 
**Faction Presence:** None\\ 
**Systems of Note:**\\ 

==== Cetus Epsilon Sector ====

**Position:** -4x, 3y\\ 
**Faction Presence:** None\\ 
**Systems of Note:**\\ 

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