SporeWiki:Fiction Universe/First Gigaquadrant

The First Gigaquadrant (sometimes called the First Universal Square), is a major political division of the known universe, which has a volume of 1 billion square light years, in correlation with the Local Supercluster. However, the Gigaquadrant is also a political system, not extending physically throughout the whole supercluster but sprawling over inhabited clusters that had become connected to each other.

Origins
Although the ancient First Ones and Grox had spread across the First Gigaquadrant billions of years before, the galaxies slowly moved into their current positions, old stars disintergrated, new stars formed.

The modern Gigaquadrant began over a century before, when the Seven Starr Alliance began to explore neighboring galaxies. But during the War of Ages, the Xhodocto invaded much of the Gigaquadrant, destroying everything in their path, from the direction of the Virgo, eventually reaching the Tigris galaxy, also colonized from the east by the Krassio Host. It was in the Milky Way sector where the Tigris war began, and soon a great deal of new alliances were made and technology was shared, but the war soon expanded over most of the Gigaquadrant. After its ending, the region needed rebuilding, but many wars and alliances sprang up in consequence, and everyone expanded outwards, reaching new galaxies and finding new races. More organizations, like the Great Eight and Onuris Alliance were forged. It wasn't long before the Gigaquadrant took shape as it is now.

Annihilation
When the Xol'Neta, an omnipotent race, were born, the Ayrai'Shikua became suddenly alarmed by this. As a result, the majority of the First Gigaquadrant were destroyed. However, hope was not lost for its inhabitants and large parts of it were saved by a variety of Godraces and various other powers both divine and otherwise. Known locations to have survived the Annihilation are the Milky Way Galaxy, Cyrannus Galaxy, the Quadrant Galaxies, Tigris and possibly many more continue to exist.

Definition
The term "First Gigaquadrant", although coined by the Universal Trade Union, has its roots with the Original Seven Starr Alliance, originating in the Milky Way galaxy (that is why it appears nearby the coordinates 0,0,0 in the division). The First Gigaquadrant concentrates less on the astrophysical terms and more on the political interaction between galaxies (being based on connected clusters rather than spread all throughout the Local Super Cluster, split by voids and uncharted regions). Other Quadrants exist, but if they become politically connected to this one they will eventually merge into one. These are like the uncharted regions. Some galaxies are thought to exist in the Quadrant, such as the Grox strongholds like Ardenta, the Cognatus galaxies and Tokzhalan cluster, but their locations are unknown. Much of the space is still unexplored or unchartable, due to cosmic hazards.
 * What is a Quadrant? Whats the difference betweeen its astrometrics and its political connections?
 * Are there other quadrants?
 * Uncharted regions and Extragigaquadrants

Astrometrics
Note that these maps are updated constantly.