Anchor star

The term Anchor star refers not so much in the sense of a gravitational anchor (as is the case of a star system's parent star) rather it is in the sense of a "political anchor". It means that most members of a galactic governmental entity have a star that not only marks the distance that all other stars belonging to this entity, but also the fact that "jump zero" is located near the star (100 AU, at the heliopause).

Major anchors

 * Cyrannus - Galactic Federation
 * Helios - Interspecies Republic
 * Osse - Coalition of Independent Systems