The first records of the galaxy's existence are from the ancient Arlics who told of mutants and magic there. Most later explorers avoided it, complaining about it's awful smell. It is speculated that Devingee caused the galaxy's weird effects when he used a time traveling laboratory to create Weebee, the first bootleg. Even before the bootleg inhabitants first formed an empire, the galaxy gained a reputation for piracy. Bootleg pirates would steal cargo from a major intergalactic trade route nearby. Few could follow the pirates back inside without getting lost in the galaxy's large clouds of gas and dust. This continued for eons through the 1st - 12th empires until trade systems changed and the pirates had to find new ways to get money. The 13th empire saw the construction of the first cas