Small Magellanic Cloud

Nearby galactic companion to the Milky Way
- Approximately 200,000 ly away
Irregular galaxy with estimated diameter of 7000 ly
- Formerly barred spiral
- Structure disrupted through gravitational interaction with the Milky Way
Much of galaxy saturated with hard radiation from central singularity (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
- Much less inhabited than Milky Way as a result (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  - Class M worlds much less common (TLE Novel: The Sundered)

Known Civilizations