The Nifleheim Cloud sector of Aragoth is one of the most unusual sectors and it is also the one of the most dangerous. As with all sectors in that system it carries the name that comes from Norse Mythology. The exact meaning of all the elements of this sector can be found here: Personalities Associated with Norse Mythology
Though the exact history of this sector is not known from studying the landmarks and it's inhabitants we can try and piece together some information.

The Nifleheim Cloud is a area of space that surrounds the brown dwarf named Modi. A brown dwarf is a celestial body that is too small to be a star, yet too large to be a gas giant planet. In Modi's orbit sits three major objects. The first being a round crater and canyon moon named Modi's Fist and two smaller oval shaped bodies called Modi's Eye and Modi's Blade. Both Modi's Eye and Modi's Blade resemble large asteroids. Surrounding the brown dwarf is a set of rings that extend out several K's. The sector also has several ore rich mining fields through out the sector.

Native Life to the Nifleheim Cloud:

Being an extremely hot area not much natural life can survive near Modi. The main species of the sector is called the Naglfar. The Naglfar is a gentle creature that spends much of its time floating around with not apparent place to go. The creatures are extremely large which explains their very slow and graceful motions. Many pilots have been known to call them space cows. The Naglfar has a very unique defense system. When under attack it turns away from the aggressor and releases waste from it's internal systems. Most say it simply looks as if it is going to the bathroom at you.

In addition to the Naglfar two other life forms exist that are the most mysterious in almost all the known galaxy. The first of those being a comet named Modi's Heart, the second being a crystal life form called Modi's Child (seen above).  Modi's heart seems to have an elliptical orbit around Modi. The comet seems to give birth or release Modi's Child, a crystal lifeform from it's tail. Once born it seems to float in space with no particular purpose only to disappear a short time later. Attempts to contact or contain Modi's Child have gone unsuccessful. It seems to pose to threat to humans unless provoked.

Modi's Heart

There are two other main groups of life in the sector Vindis and Einherjar's. Both groups are very unfriendly and aggressive when approached by any humans. Both have  singular units that operate alone and units which have a form of grouping to work together. One notable behavior of the Einarjar is that they seem  to wormhole in the general vicinity of the Research Platform, yet no pilot has yet to see any land or take off. No  communications has been successful with these either the Einharjar or the Vindis srones.  The exact origin of either group is not known.

Left: Vindis Warrior / Right: A Einherjar Ship

From survey of the sector we can tell that the sector at one time had a Progen presence. Just on the eastern side of Modi their are ruins of a Progen ship called the Pax Thesues. Exactly what happened to the ship is not known, only that some violent force blew a hole right though the core of the ship. Near the ship float the remains of a giant biological creature. What this creature was is unclear as the remains are too far destroyed to take any samples for analysis. Their have been rumors of a Progen called Polybius that appears to pilots every so often. When he appears he has only been known to speak a few very cryptic words.

To the north of the Pax Thesues wreckage is the Vindis shipyard (seen to the left). It's architecture and layout very much resemble the types of structures you would find in all areas of the Progen Republic. The Vindi's Drones seem to be created at the Ship Yards, and it must have an extraordinary stockpile off off the shelf goods as it makes these vessels at an incredible rate. It is assumed that the Vindis are actually Progen in origin. Vindis Drones Seem to posses a Rudimentry Intelligence and work together in Groups.

It has been suggested that Vindis is actually short for Vindicator and that the drones are the result of a secret Progen project gone wrong. The current most popular theory has it that the Progen Republic constructed the gate into The Nifleheim Cloud to set up a training ground for a new breed of fighter drone pilots. The sector is far enough out of the way that most wouldn't stumble upon it. Plus having only one way in and one way out would make access easy to control. The theory goes on to suggest that the Progens were a little to successful in creating the ultimate drone and their AI was so advanced that they turned on their creators. This theory is further supported by the message that Polybius has stated when he has appeared. "Attempts to exceed power beyond the limits of law and nature leads from perfection to despair." Some think he is referring to giving the drones life and the talk of perfection is referring to the Progen Goal of perfection.

Another less popular yet entirely possible theory is that the Progens were ambushed by the Einherjar for violating their sacred space. The theory goes on to suggest that the Einherjar are a race that bring back warriors from the dead to be trained for a battle that will bring the end of the universe. It continues to explain that in ancient times the Einherjar went to the space near Modi due to it's very remote location and hostile environment. There they built a research station (seen to the right) to perfect the process of reviving warriors killed in battle and provide a training ground to keep their fighting skills in the best of shape. As Modi was so remote and so hostile they had little worry about anyone finding them and disturbing their training.  When the Progens came and built their robotic drone testing grounds the Einherjar launched a massive assault killing every living Progen. With the Progens running the program dead, the Vindis Drones became free and very aggressive against anything that approached. The theory then suggests that the Einherjar took the bodies of the warriors they killed and used them for research purposes even having some of them revived to add to their army. It then closes out by saying the the Einherjar continue their research on warriors of all three races and with each day their army gets larger. This theory was largely ignored until recently a Terran Admiral from a top secret EarthCorps unit appeared in the very distant Antaries Frontier. She was in a ship that seemed to resemble the Einherjar vessels. When pilots approached the ship to investigate they were confronted by Morgan Thorne and told to warn EarthCorps leader Diago Herrera that the old admerials were returning soon. This very odd occurance gave evidence that the Einherjars could very well be an army of dead warriors.

At this point in time either theories could be correct or incorrect. Surveys of the sector are being done to find further evidence to unlock the true history of the sector.