NOVA SECTOR NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

The term "Nova Sector" was originally used to define the area of space in which the Home Fleet found itself after transit from Imperial space.  It was originally assumed that the spatial anomaly through which the battered Madron Fleet had escaped simply led to a hitherto unknown sector of the Terran galaxy.  However, not long after the completion of the journey, it soon became apparent that the Home Fleet was in a completely new galaxy, one that lay billions of light years away from its own.

It took some time for Terran science teams to calculate that the galaxy they now occupied was one that had been identified several hundred years previously by Terran astronomers on Earth itself.  The galaxy had never been named, simply numbered as 2765, and the information filed.

The term "Nova Sector" has since come to represent the entire Galaxy, and as such is something of a misnomer since the "Sector" itself covers many hundreds of standard "Sectors".

The map below indicates the relative locations of the spatial anomaly and the eventual settling place for the newly-designated Nova Fleet, the location of Andromeda Base.  In order to protect the main base and the anomaly through which they came (in case it should even reactivate itself), the Terran commanders imposed an exclusion zone around an area of space that encompassed both regions, and this is rigorously defended against any attack.  Any enemy incursion into the zone is counter-attacked without mercy.  This defence also takes the form of pre-emptive patrols or attacks against observed Madron warships operating close to the "border".

The TEZ is split into several sub-sectors that follow the standard Terran protocols for galactic navigation.  The Zone essentially occupies three planes denoted as #X, #Y and #Z.

Within each plane, grids further define a location.

Thus a ship's location within a sub-sector might be given as #Y, C, 4.

The planet named New Centrus lies within sub-sector #Y, D, 3, roughly in the centre of the TEZ.

This map shows a close-up of the TEZ and the major battles within the zone.  All locations are roughly along the #Y Axis.

KEY:

1)    Location of Spatial Anomaly.  2)  System containing New Centrus, location of Andromeda Base.  

3)  Assembly Area for RRF1.  4)  Assembly Area for RRF2.  

5)  Battle.  02/11/3002.  6)  Battle.  10/12/3002.  

7)    Battle.    04/06/3003.  8)    Battle.    10/06/3003.  

9)    Battle.    12/06/3003.  10)    Battle.    10/09/3003.  

11)    Battle.    21/09/3003.