Iriat

The Iriat Galaxy is a small dwarf irregular galaxy orbiting the Flower Galaxy, located roughly 10 million ly from the Via Lactea. It has a small number of intelligent species, only one of which has achieved interstellar travel, the Free Coalition of Aligned Dra'Konia. Because of this relative scarcity of intelligent life, the Iriat Galaxy is not very well known. However, the Coalition lends it some fame by being the main inventor of the Spike Drive, a very efficient and very fast method of traveling huge distances, which has led to its adoption throughout the Flower Galaxy.

Due to its proximity to the Flower Galaxy, the outer shell of the galaxy is lightly colonized by various powers in the Flower Galaxy. The Mid Shell and the Core are reserved for the developing civilizations there.