Welcome, far-sailor, to the astral port town of Sláncuan!

Many a 'Stroid Salt have docked their vessels here, be it after a nasty solar storm, a nasty run-in with some pirates in the Vesta Quadrant, or just a nice place to rest after a rough hyper-space jump. Like most of the first rate far-sailors in the Astral Sea, most citizens here are Gith, though with the denizens of the material plane discovering the art of plane hoping, folks have started to see some strange folks wandering through the Magadh (market) district. Humans are the most bizarre and troubling, willing to stick anything and everything into their mouths as they wander the bright stalls. If you see a human reaching for "free samples" in the market, stop them; not every colorful dust and crop is edible. Our infirmaries can only hold so many curious fools. When not keeping an eye on humans, one can eye the vibrant mosaics built into the streets and walls.

The Coordinate Needle stands high above the small but prosperous town. The top dome has the largest hologram projection of the explored Astral Sea, known as simply the Map. Here, the greatest captains of the Gith from all across the Astral Sea have coded their discoveries into the Map. Some voyagers visit the Chart to determine their next course, but the boldest far-sailors examine the Map to chart a course into the unknown.

On Bode's island, now in its southeast location during its orbit, holds a structure once known as Columba Monestary. After centuries of housing wayward voyagers, the monks transformed their home into the Circinus Tavern, relocating to the Corvus Spire beside it. On the most rowdy nights, when even the monks are three sheets to the cosmic winds, you can hear the tavern's rolling shanties from even the Magadh stalls.

So friend: rest idle in Sláncuan till the gales of the Astral Sea call to you once more!