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NoTS: Star Systems; An Encyclopedia
Topic Started: Feb 24 2008, 01:32 AM (303 Views)
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--- A guide to the main 'Nations of the Stars' role-play designed to give information on the stars in which you can travel to. ---

Aquila: A Star of Splendor:

Planets: 0 (None)
Dwarf Planets: 1 (Discovered)
Asteroid Chains: 7 (6 Discovered)
Habitability: 0%

By far the brightest star in the local bubble, but not the largest in diameter. Aquila is a very young, extremely hot blue-white Super-giant star that emits more energy in five minutes than most stars emit in over a year. From some locations in the bubble, its brightness is so intense that when its glow shines down on a planet, you could read by its light at night.

The blue gem star as it is widely known, is one of the three most prominent stars in the Giant belt that runs from the Scutum-Crux spur to the Sagittarius arm, along with Arancione and Dragao.

Its intensely fierce solar winds and violent eruptions prevented any large planets from forming around its orbit, however, several asteroids and a small dwarf planet do orbit around the star.

Aquila, like all stars of its class, is destined to die young. Within a few million years -- a mere drop in time for most stars -- it will have exhausted its fuel supply and ending incredibly violently in a supernova, leaving a spectacular Nebula behind, as well as an extremely hot core remnant the size of a terrestrial planet.

Arancione: A star of Love:

Planets: 4 (3 Discovered)
Dwarf Planets: 2 (0 Discovered)
Asteroid Chains: 4 (2 Discovered)
Habitability: 8%

One of the many stars believed in folklore of many worlds to be a star of affection. Arancione is a white star and one of the three brightest in the local bubble, it strongly illuminates a small patch of nebulosity around it, giving it a very faint orange hue.

The star has many objects orbiting it, including gas giants and smaller rocky bodies. Its most spectacular attraction is a massive comet that orbits the star once every one hundred and fifty years.

As the third luminous and one of the more powerful stars in the local bubble with a lack of planets within the habitable zone, it would be difficult to permanently terraform any of the planets, but the systems extreme wealth in heavy elements could be mined for substantial profit and production.

Arnait: A star of Memory:

Planets: 8 (4 Discovered)
Dwarf Planets: 6 (0 Discovered)
Asteroid Chains: 3 (0 Discovered)
Habitability: 28%

Arnait is a small, metal-rich star, similar to Sol in its young life. With its luminous yellow glow gently warming the eight planets that orbit it, this star is the closest in structure to the ancient home-world of Humanity yet discovered.

Four of the eight planets that orbit Arnait are gas giants, all of which are on the outer regions of the system, while the four terrestrial planets are on the inside. One of them lies within the habitable zone, but its intensely thick carbon atmosphere and choking with sulfuric acid makes it currently uninhabitable, but a Grade A candidate for terraforming.

Baltas: A star of Hope:

Planets: 4 (4 Discovered)
Dwarf Planets: 0 (None)
Asteroid Chains: 3 (3 Discovered)
Habitability: 94%

One of the five new star systems humanity have manipulated for permanent dwelling, the others being Legion A, B, C and D. Baltas is a is a yellow-orange star, of reasonable luminosity and radius to be considered somewhat larger than the average yellow star.

Baltas is location of four planets, all with permanent names; Kureyis, the Gas giant. Smiltis, the sand planet. Auglu Darzh, a lush human home-world. And Atkritumi, a planet literally rusting away.

The star itself is about three billion years old, and is rich in precious metals and home to heavy elements that are precious to human mining corporations. The planets are some of the single-most richest in the known universe, surpassed only by multiple star systems with more planets.

Dragao: A star of Shadow:

Planets: 3 (1 Discovered)
Dwarf Planets: 1 (0 Discovered)
Asteroid Chains: 19 (5 Discovered)
Habitability: 0%

One of the most desolate star systems in the known universe. Dragao is by far the largest star in diameter and second most luminous in the local bubble. Its very presence in the night sky of distant planets seems to have connotations to evil, or something dark and amiss.

However many planets once orbited here, only three leave their remains; The rest is a heap of asteroids and debris. The closest planet to the star is nearly destroyed, with an entire quarter of the planet missing-- blown apart by a force in this system that is not well understood.

The second was once a gas giant, its atmosphere blown away in such a violent manner that a rocky, solid core is all that remains. The third, is a planet reminiscent of a hell in space, covered in crags and craters. The star itself, is in its final death throes, and will be lucky to survive another ten thousand years. It regularly suffers extremely violent eruptions on its surface, spewing fireballs of matter millions of times the size of planets.
Edited by Eleytheria-Duo, Jun 25 2008, 07:41 PM.
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Erastos: Stars of Sisterhood:

Planets: 5 (5 Discovered)
Dwarf Planets: 0 (None)
Asteroid Chains: 1 (1 Discovered)
Habitability: 25%

Erastos, a binary star system consisting of a G class and M class star, holds exploration potential, the three confirmed planets that orbit Erastos A and the two that orbit Erastos B are completely of unknown composition.

Judging by their angular diameter, however, indicates at least one in each system is a large, gas giant planet. Observing the eccentric orbit of Erastos B would be a spectacular sight to behold on any solid planet in either system.

From Erastos A, the smaller red dwarf companion would go from being barely visible to the naked eye, to as bright as the nearby luminous star, Toulat, before slowly fading back into the distance for another nine years.

Gral: A star of Gold:

Planets: 6 (2 Discovered)
Dwarf Planets: 1 (0 Discovered)
Asteroid Chains: 2 (0 Discovered)
Habitability: 3%

Gral is quite literally a star of Gold, a yellow class star that is high in Metallicity, the six planets that orbit it are extremely rich in heavy metals and other valuable minerals. None lay within the habitable zone, however, one lies close enough to be suitable for permanent inhabitation with atmospheric terraforming.

At least two are Jovian planets, and likely have a number of moons. If calculations are correct, and conditions are ideal, one of the moons themselves could be terraformed and maintained as a permanent home; If maintenance on the atmosphere is constant.

Kaen: Stars of Crimson:

Planets: 5 (0 Discovered)
Dwarf Planets: 3 (0 Discovered)
Asteroid Chains: 2 (0 Discovered)
Habitability: 2%

Kaen is a pair of Red stars that orbit one another as they journey through the Milky Way Galaxy together. The larger of the two is an older star close to the end of its life, the other is a small M-class dwarf who's orbit tightly hugs its larger neighbor.

All the planets here are rocky bodies, but none of them are suitable for Human life, all suffer wild temperature extremes, and they have an abominable landscape by most people's standards.

Its location, however, is extremely important if any Humans discover, and wish to return to their ancestral home-world, desolate be it may.

Legion: Stars of the Empires:

Planets: 11 (11 Discovered)
Dwarf Planets: 4 (4 Discovered)
Asteroid Chains: 13 (13 Discovered)
Habitability: 82%

By far the most exotic location in the Local bubble, Legion is a star of absolute stunning capacity. Consisting of Legion A, B, C and D, this massive star system is home to arguably the most power, advanced Empire in the universe, the vast realms ruled from a single planet; Constantia.

The system is almost impossibly stable, the minor red dwarf stars orbiting Legion Prime (A) much like a planet would its parent, just at much greater distances. Planets here are rich in resources and minerals, and their close proximity makes this the most valuable star system in the known Universe.

Membakaar: A star that Sings:

Planets: 1 (0 Discovered)
Dwarf Planets: 1 (0 Discovered)
Asteroid Chains: 2 (0 Discovered)
Habitability: 16%

A lone yellow star, close to Aquila, that has large variabilities in luminosity. These instabilities makes the star look like it is "winking" or "singing" when viewed from a distance. Only one planet orbits the star.

The strong differences in the stars luminosity and solar activities makes the sole planets weather extremely variable, and highly unpredictable. During solar lows, temperatures can plummet, and during solar highs, they sky rocket.

--- To be Continued (Not Complete) ---
Edited by Eleytheria-Duo, Jun 25 2008, 07:41 PM.
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