a diffuse nebula home to several dozen colonies, staging areas and military depots, most of which were established by the Covenant during the war. While largely considered a remote backwater up until now, in the post-war era, the Jjaibii Shroud Nexus' consolidation of power in the spaceport known as the Rift, as well as the gradual opening up of trade to the human sphere, have made the area considerably more significant than before as a center of commerce. The Shroud's lack of well-established power structures, especially in the wake of the Great Schism, also made it easier for the Nexus to seize control of major infrastructure in the nebula.

Located in the Siakar Expanse