Although often called the "Slipspace Highway" by civilian pilots, the similarity of the SF-Space Network to a physical road system is only analogous. Shaw-Fujikawa Space is dangerously unpredictable even to the most tenured astrophysicists, and the physical laws that govern its existence are difficult to comprehend even in eleven-dimensional mathematics. Even the difficulty of entering and exiting the dimension makes travel potentially catastrophic, and requiring much pre-planning. For this reason, the UNSC Departments of Astrophysics and Astronavigation established the Shaw-Fujikawa Space Network in 2340 as a means both of making interstellar travel more affordable and safer, and of bringing it under closer scrutiny to prevent its abuse. Since then, the expansion of humanity has grown to