Astrography

Direction
The four main directions for stellar travel are as follows: Of course, these four directions are only accurate if a vessel is moving on a two dimensional plane, but the Milky Way disk is, on average, a thousand lightyears thick, so two more directions are used for the three dimensional plane. Lastly, while they have long been sparsely explored, the Galactic Halo is navigated similarly, save for the "rimward" direction. When navigating the Galactic Halo, "rimward" means towards the rim of the galactic disk, while "Edgeward" is used to describe movement towards the edge of the Galactic Halo.
 * Coreward- Pertaining to movement towards the galactic core
 * Rimward- Pertaining to movement towards the galactic rim
 * Spinward- Pertaining to movement in the same direction as the galactic spin
 * Trailward- Pertaining to movement in the opposite direction as the galactic spin
 * Vectorward- Pertaining to movement upwards along the z-axis of the galactic plane
 * Rayward- Pertaining to movement downwards along the z-axis of the galactic plane

Area Nomenclature
The Milky Way is divided up, largely based on the number of stars in a given area, though this does vary between stellar nations. For example, a Brakian Sector will be very different in size to a United Systems Sector.

The names for each region, listen in descending order, are as follows:
 * Milky Way- The entire galaxy
 * Arm- One of the spiral arms of the Milky Way
 * Sector- A select area of an arm, size depends on the dominate power in the area.
 * Region- A select area of an arm
 * Constellation- A group of star systems within a region, most commonly between 20 and 25 star systems
 * System- Parent star(s) and planets
 * Belts- Regions within a star system, usually one of three kinds (Inner Belt Worlds, Outer Belt Worlds, Cloud Belt Worlds)

Planetary Belts
The terminology most commonly used in the United Systems to describe the distances between planets and their parent star(s).
 * Inner Belt Worlds- Usually where habitable worlds are found, worlds within 2AU from their parent star(s)
 * Outer Belt Worlds- Worlds between 2AU and 15000AU from their parent star(s)
 * Cloud Belt Worlds- Worlds between 15000AU and 1 lightyear from their parent star(s)