- "According to the Asgard computer we're in a galaxy they called "Vennix", better known to us as NGC 300."
- — David Conrad
The Vennix Galaxy, known to the Federation as NGC 300, is a galaxy on the edge of the Sculptor Group, located about seven million light years from the Milky Way. It has a diameter of 70,000 light years and is estimated to contain around 65 billion stars, it has one gravitationally bound satellite galaxy, named Koyila.
It was the galaxy where a group of Ancients resettled at the same time that Atlantis headed for Pegasus. The galaxy is also one of several galaxies known to possess a functional Stargate system, including; the Milky Way, Pegasus, NGC 3109, and the Alteran Home Galaxy.
History[]
Ancient's use[]
Rise of the Ashellian[]
The Bration War[]
- Main article: Bration War
Arrival of the Achilles[]
Races native to the galaxy[]
Astrography[]
The Vennix Galaxy had a diameter of 70,000 light years, containing some 65 billion stars, the majority of which were believed to possess planets capable of supporting life, with life actually evolving on many of them, a process aided by the Ancients terraforming efforts. A binary black hole system lies at the center of the galaxy.
Known planets in Vennix[]
- Ashellia
- Enharea
- Haven
- Natal Prime
- New Aramis
- Rakar
- Sarif
- Tersi
- Tohola
- V3H-762
- V3J-980
- V4R-233
- V5K-793
- V6A-673
- V9X-632
Government and politics[]
Various governments ruled within the galaxy over the centuries, the earliest known galaxy-spanning government being the Enharean Domain. Currently the political landscape of the galaxy is dominated by the two superpowers; the Ashellian Empire and the Confederate Systems, alongside numerous smaller star nations. Significant political powers, both past and present, within the galaxy include:
- Ashellian Empire
- Colonia Expedition
- Confederate Systems
- Enharean Domain
- M'havi Imperium
- Refugee Worlds
- Star Kingdom of Merailia