Fiction:Lyan Galaxy

"The hatred, the rich addicted to excess while the poor were crushed beneath...it's a horrible place."

- Anonymous Mushrum

Lyan Major, also known simply as Lyan, is a dense spiral galaxy in the Xanthrus Megaquadrant of the First Gigaquadrant. The galaxy is famous for its endless period of warfare, barbarism, and decadence that has spanned billions of years. In its most ancient periods it is thought to have been in the domains of the Raev Imperium, but all trace of this cvilization in the galaxy other than the Imperium's stellar contructions was destroyed around five billions years ago. The subsquesent governments in Lyan were idealist republics and confederations, who eventually learned the lesson of the hardness of life personally. Even the galaxy's name speaks of billenia of injustice and prejudice; it is a corruption of the Goldem Lyyr'rian, which means divided. The current galaxy is torn netween warring barbarian factions, ancient and dying civilizations and ruthless economic powerhouses that only spur the severe social segregation in the galaxy. Its central territories are all that exists of modern civilization, with over half the galaxy officially owned by the Goldem Imperium corporate empire and its dark corners all but descending into madness.