Calypso Deeps

Calypso Deeps
Location:	Local Supercluster
Subregions:	6 Subclusters Encruzilhada Subcluster Golden Horn Hydrus Expanse Magellan Subcluster Pillars of Hercules Senekane Subcluster
Star Systems:	89 Star Systems Core Odyssey Ithaca Cyclops Siren Scylla Charybdis Roche Brujula Gonzalo Atequera Byblos Susa Palmyra Efes Persepolis Hatra Edirne Elcano Carvalho Barbosa Serrao Quesada Mendoza Cartagena Salle Magellan Zheng He Outer Zonda Eyipantla Antillia Cartagena Callao Encruzilhada Cassiterides Bacalao Callwood Haywood Chtonia Tailwind Cyril Hughes Madona Sparrow Solomon Heinlein Lysander Arges Wisla Calla Orontes Argiriye Toros Alashiya Hattusha Cappadocia Efendi Dhala Kalkan Ararat Menouf Bulusma Lale Umut Dersaadet Birlik Huzur Liman Ara Nokta Kizilirmak Manzikert Athena Dionysus Andulela Chelif Tugela Senekane Maloti Zanahary Kalahari Ugunduzi Tubbataha Apasam Kamuy Terminus Pitung Anansi Ba Trieu Ga-Gorib
Organizations:	5 Organizations International Institutions League of Nations Non-Aligned Movement African Union Union of South American States Scientific & Academic Institutions The Champlain Group
Nations:	6 States Andulela-Chelif Callao Callwood Heinlein Senekane Republic of Türkiye

The Calypso Deeps is a cluster of 89 star systems located in the Local Supercluster. The cluster includes 16 colonized systems and contains at least 8 countries. With the notable exception of the Republic of Türkiye, all of the nations of the Calypso Deeps are non-legacy nations.

Astrography

The Calypso Deeps are situated rimward of the Local Cluster, spinward of the Amazonia Cluster and Sea of Clouds, and trailward of the New Canaan Corridor.

Translight Strings

There are a total of 109 charted translight strings connecting the 89 star systems of the Calypso Deeps. 44 of those translight strings are weak and unstable. There are six nexus star systems in the Calypso Deeps, each possessing at least four translight strings converging there: Anansi, Gonzalo, Encruzilhada, Callwood, Menouf, and Sparrow.

Subcluster	Astropolitics	Organizations	Settlement	Notes
Encruzilhada Subcluster	Callao
Golden Horn	Callwood Heinlein
Hydrus Expanse
Magellan Subcluster
Pillars of Hercules
Senekane Subcluster	Andulela-Chelif Senekane
Regional Interstellar Travel
Calypso Deeps - New Canaan Corridor				Menouf - New Canaan
				Ba Trieu - Shi Yang
				Andulela - Dilmun
Calypso Deeps - Sea of Clouds				Encruzilhada - Alpha Hydrus
				Tailwind - Hopewell
				Arges -
Calypso Deeps - Amazonia Cluster				Encruzilhada - Alavares Cabral
Calypso Deeps - Local Cluster				Encruzilhada - Tau Eridanus
				Athena - Daphne
				Terminus - Portunus

Etymology

The Calypso Deeps is named after a nymph from Homer's Odyssey that detained the Odyssey's protagonist, Odysseus, for seven years against his will. Calypso (/kəˈlɪpsoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ, romanized: Kalupsō, lit. 'she who conceals').

History

Pre-Colonization Era

Byblos Civilization

The Byblos Spire is a 4km tall obsidian-hued obelisk located in the Byblos system of the Calypso Deeps. Although the Spire and its surrounding structures are alien in origin, a 23-year long study has concluded that they are not of Scinfaxi origin.

Contemporary Issues

Piracy In The Calypso Deeps

Due to the ongoing threat of piracy in the Calypso Deeps, an estimated 1/3rd of independent captains traveling through the area have outfitted their craft with illegally-obtained armaments and protection systems.

References

1. "Byblos Ruins 'Not Scinfaxi In Origin'". Champlain Group.
2. "Don't Be Fooled. The Corridor Belongs To Türkiye, Not The O.T.O.". Champlain Group.
3. "Piracy Surge In The Calypso Deeps Forces Independent Captains Into Arms Race". Champlain Group.