Transsagittarian Hyperlane Network

The Translactean Hyperlane Network refers to a series of hyperlanes in the Milky Way galaxy controlled by the United Federation of Star Systems which acts as the primary backbone of transgalactic travel within the Milky Way.

History

During the era of the Lactean Confederacy, as human presence became more widespread throughout the galaxy, singular hyperlanes became less and less sufficient to maintain the needed trade and especially military transit between the main regions surrounding Sol and the peripheral regions, especially those on the other side of the core. While the concept of a transgalactic route has been floated as early as 5,000, it wasn't until 12,800 when such proposals were seriously considered and a number of feasibility studies conducted.

Around this time, new developments in space-clearing technology significantly reduced the cost of hyperlane construction and enabled longer single hyperlane jumps, from just over 100 light-years to nearly 1,000. This significantly changed the calculations for the construction of such a transgalactic lane, as this meant that it could be constructed for an order of magnitude less in cost. Soon enough, a route which circumnavigated the difficult core region was accepted as the going plan, and several existing hyperlanes were integrated into the plan.

Route

There are two main types of routes within the network, rim-core and the loop. The loop route circles the Core Systems just slightly outside of the bump in density, while the rim-core routes link the loop to the four termini systems.