About Hicanpaav
Hicanpaav is galaxy 99 of 256 in No Man's Sky, a lush galaxy. Better odds of lush, living worlds. The game calls them Halcyon, Inspiring, Serene or Tranquil galaxies, under a green hologram.
Travellers arrive here from the centre of Apmaneessu. From the centre of Hicanpaav, the road goes on to Akvasanta.
This atlas holds 383 charted regions and 23 star systems of Hicanpaav, each with its portal address.
A hybrid nut
Hicanpaav opens on a real and rare word: the hican, a cross between a pecan and another hickory, and the nut it gives. The name itself is a hybrid, hickory plus pecan.
Hicanpaav is a lush galaxy, which suits a nut tree.
Half pecan, half hickory, all galaxy.
Image: Carya illinoinensis, Bruce Marlin,CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, sepia toned and resized.