The Halo

The Halo, also known as the Monoceros Ring by Humans, Kal Zek (Bright Band) by the Ezaki, the Tenkeru (Light's Edge) by the K’tarn and the Ohraso (Aura) by the Oraeph, is a stream of stars and gasses around the Milky Way galaxy that is divided between the territories of the Haze and the Imperial Federation of Worlds, the latter of which claim to own a large arc of it. Politically, however most of the Halo is actually Freespace.

The ring wraps around the galaxy several times and is formed from the Canis Major Overdensity, a small, irregular satellite galaxy ripped apart by the gravity and tidal forces of the Milky Way and this process continues to this day.

The space between the Milky Way and the Halo is called the Void Arc or the Starless Sea, although stars and systems do exist within, are few and far between.

The Halo is not to be confused with the Dark Matter Halo.