An open cluster on the near edge of the Perseus Fade that has been known to be inaccessible to explorers, due to FSD lock-on failures. This appears to have changed over time: In November 3301, an expedition successfully reached and surveyed the stars in the cluster, finding nothing out of the ordinary there. However, since September 3302 explorers have reported that the sector is unreachable once again.

The cluster itself stars from just 120 ly below the galactic plane, and extends to about 720 ly below it. Travellers making their way deeper into the Perseus Fade can easily bypass the sector by flying in the middle of the galactic plane (source).

In August 3303, the Aronnax Expedition surveyed the borders of NGC 2286 Sector, looking for signs of spacefaring activity as well as outdoor worlds and 'green' systems with all the materials needed for FSD boosting. A suitable location for a 'Forward Base' was scouted just over 200 LY from the border: Phaa Aed FL-Y c6 which is home to an Earth-like World and has several 'green' systems nearby. On the border itself another Earth-like World was found in a green system, Phroea Hype RA-A c3-8, along with numerous other systems of interest, including four containing an Ammonia World, six more 'green' systems, a system with four water worlds and one with four co-orbiting high-metal content worlds that are all candidates for terraforming.

The detailed report on this region can be found in the expedition journal.

Links:

• Updated Permit List
• Galactic Mapping Project