I'm looking for cannonical references to the Alpha Crucis sector; it seems like this sector is suprisingy undetailed in cannon, compared to its neighbours such as Diaspora and Old Expanses.
So far, I know of the following references:
1) The Solomani Rim subsector maps in S10 - The Solomani Rim give us the names of the four spinward subsectors of the Alpha Crucis sector, which, from the Coreward to the Rimward, are Ximenes, Orichalc, Denebola and Zusudra.
2) Solomani & Aslan gives us two short (two paragraphs each) Solomani Confederacy subpolities set in the Alpha Crucis sector (p.9). It also gives us the star locations (and nothing more) for this sector (p.11).
3) The maps in Hard Times and Survival Margin show the rough course of the Rebellion/Second Civil War in this sector up to 1125.
4) Atlas of the Imperium gives us a sector-map of Alpha Crucis, which doesn't provide full UWPs (or even subsector names), but does provide us with world locations (including hex numbers), Starports, aligance, the presence or absence of water (or the presence of an asteroid mainworld), and the presence of bases.
5) 1248: Out of the Darkness refers to the Alpha Crucis sector a few times. This sector was part of the Hiver intervention (by means of "tame" Vampires) against the Second Rule of Man (SRoM) in the 1160's; The SRoM has sent exploration fleets into this sector in 1206 (p.54); the Hivers organize a rag-tag alliance of local powers in Alpha Crucis to counter the SRoM (p.54); the Terran Commonwealth clashes with the SRoM in Alpha Crucis in 1230 (p.71); the SRoM defeats the Hiver-baked pocket-empires of Apha Crucis in 1234 (p.71).
So far, I know of the following references:
1) The Solomani Rim subsector maps in S10 - The Solomani Rim give us the names of the four spinward subsectors of the Alpha Crucis sector, which, from the Coreward to the Rimward, are Ximenes, Orichalc, Denebola and Zusudra.
2) Solomani & Aslan gives us two short (two paragraphs each) Solomani Confederacy subpolities set in the Alpha Crucis sector (p.9). It also gives us the star locations (and nothing more) for this sector (p.11).
3) The maps in Hard Times and Survival Margin show the rough course of the Rebellion/Second Civil War in this sector up to 1125.
4) Atlas of the Imperium gives us a sector-map of Alpha Crucis, which doesn't provide full UWPs (or even subsector names), but does provide us with world locations (including hex numbers), Starports, aligance, the presence or absence of water (or the presence of an asteroid mainworld), and the presence of bases.
5) 1248: Out of the Darkness refers to the Alpha Crucis sector a few times. This sector was part of the Hiver intervention (by means of "tame" Vampires) against the Second Rule of Man (SRoM) in the 1160's; The SRoM has sent exploration fleets into this sector in 1206 (p.54); the Hivers organize a rag-tag alliance of local powers in Alpha Crucis to counter the SRoM (p.54); the Terran Commonwealth clashes with the SRoM in Alpha Crucis in 1230 (p.71); the SRoM defeats the Hiver-baked pocket-empires of Apha Crucis in 1234 (p.71).
