Hoc
Location:	Sentry Omega / Milky Way Galaxy
Planet(s):	Jarfor Nemata Virmire Cloroplon Prescyla
Population:	Constantly shifting - Largely under 400-900
Species:	Prothean Krogan Human Quarian Geth
Affiliation:	Prothean Empire Tuchankan Empire Republic of Rannoch Galactic Dominion
Technological tier:	Tier VII
Capital:	Virmire

Hoc is a star system located in the Sentry Omega cluster. Formerly considered perhaps the most "criminally underused system" in the galaxy, Hoc is a star system ripe with potential and opportunity, but few dared to explore it. Virmire, its only habitable planet, has been targetted for colonization for many governments, especially the Council. However, given its proximity near the Terminus Systems border, and the system's vulnerability to pirate or slaver attacks, as well as its distance from Council space, left such potential untapped. During the Eden Prime War, Saren's alliance used the system as a base of operations, and the system was almost entirely ignored by the Reapers during the Reaper War. Before the Post-Apocalyptic War, the Republic of Rannoch and Systems Coalition agreed to establish a multispecies colony there, and this decision is considered by many historians to be one of the many flashpoints that led to the outbreak of the war. By 2251 CE, the Hoc system was a major Dominion hub, and remains so even after the Dominion Civil War.