Ursa Minor Expedition

Ursa Minor Expedition

Before the Ancient Gates network was discoverd and activated and before The Golden joined the Union, efforts had been made to explore the Local Group [1] With a distance of 230,000 Light years it was not directly reachable and a Convoy Expedition with 200 ships was sent to Ursa Minor to explore that Dwarf Galaxy. ( Ursa Minor Mission 5018) The Expedition left in 5018 from Ross 128. With an average travel speed of 12,167 SOL the Expedition reached Ursa Minor in 5037 and was greeted by Admiral Saberdi of the 100th Fleet ( Former Golden Fleet) The Expedition took headquarters at Bear Claw (Garden World)  and became the permanent HQ of United Stars - Ursa Minor Division. The Expedition changed into a permanent Science Corps outpost and  continues the survey of the Dwarf Galaxy The Mission was under the Command of Admiral Tze Tong until 5048. The Mission discovered five new space faring species ( 4 are in the process of becoming Union) surveyed 47,000 star systems 417,000 planets and other objects so far. The remnants of 2 very advanced space faring cultures were found as well [2]

[1] primairly to find the breeding ground of the Y'All. [2] The Mighelli