Chikri-Merkaa Strand

loosely defined as the region of stars between and in vicinity of the Chikri and Merkaa systems, of which the latter is purely a historical inclusion as that system has not had any major significance for hundreds of years since the civil conflict known as the First Discordance at Siakar. The Merkaa system's primary world, Jai Shua, was once a key center of culture and military power to rival the CMC's current capital world, Radiant Zenith, but they had the misfortune of having picked the wrong side in the war - eventually leading to the world's utter ruination. Now only sand-blasted ruins of past glory remain, and not many set foot on the world as it is rumored to be haunted.