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At 2.6 AUs, the jungle world of Arboria is the innermost of the temperate worlds of Origin. Arboria is a world of life, and practically 95% of surface land on Arboria is wrapped in thick dense rainforest. Verdant river valleys cut long fingers into the dark jungle, and mist and steam are constantly rising out of the humid forests. A swelteringly hot world, it is nonetheless habitable, and in fact contains a population of almost 45,000 freed slaves, industrial station staff, and planetological surveyors.  
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At 2.6 AUs, the jungle world of Arboria is the innermost of the temperate worlds of Origin. Its diameter is 13,524 kilometres, and its mass gives it slightly higher surface gravity then Renaissance, as well as an atmosphere twice as dense. The world boasts an active tectonic system, and its core is likely a spinning dynamo of iron, given that it is protected by an electromagnetic field. These conditions give rise to surface water, and to life.  Arboria is a world of life, practically 95% of surface land on Arboria is wrapped in thick dense rainforest. There are no deserts, no tundras, and few plains. The world is almost entirely vegetated. This is accomplished by virtue of the planet's dense water vapour rich atmosphere. Storms are frequent, and it rains nearly constantly in some areas. Verdant river valleys cut long fingers into the dark jungle, and mist and steam are constantly rising out of the humid forests, adding moisture back into the air to begin the cycle again. Arboria is hot, but it is within the upper ranges of human tolerance. The daytime temperatures of 45 C can frequently be dangerous due to the density of the air however, and most inhabitants of the world only go outside at night, when the temperatures fall to a more tolerable 25 C. More dangerous then the temperature though, is the wildlife. Arboria features an impressive ecosystem, with creatures of every scale occupying any available ecological niches. The effect of this is that there are a lot of large predators to which a human is seen as a decent meal. The fact that our biologies and those of the planet are compatible does not help this matter. Having never encountered humans before, the wildlife is often not afraid of us, and this has caused major issues within the settlement. These though are thought to be minor setbacks in the colonisation of Arboria. The world already hosts a population of 245,388 colonists, freed slaves, and scientists studying the planet. The colonies though are fairly constrained by the dangerous wildlife, and most of the population is forced to live within fenced in regions that have been cleared of predators.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:24, 16 June 2014

Origin (J120442) is a system in class 2 Wormhole space. The system is currently home to the Alexylva Paradox Corporation and is in the process of being settled and colonized.


Stellar Primary K3 (Yellow Small)
Planets 9
System Class 2
System Locus J120442
System Status Occupied
Population 2,396,000

History

Origin was originally colonized by Far Eastern WH, an exploratory corporation that occupied the system and placed slave colonies on the surface of all nine of the planetary bodies in system. The system was held with the aid of the Amarr Militia, who maintained a capital presence in the system in the form of a Revelation Dreadnaught. Far Eastern WH was evicted in July YC115 by Anomalous Existence, Alexylva Paradox, and Re-Awakened Technologies. Alexylva Paradox would go on to lay claim to the system and liberate the colonies. In December of YC115, the Alexylva Paradox would found its own permanent colony in Origin, and state their desire to form a lasting civilisation within the system.

Celestial Bodies

The system of Origin has one star, nine planets, twelve moons, and two static wormholes.

Isis

Isis is the stellar primary of Origin, a K3 Yellow Small type star. The common yellow dwarf is unremarkable in many ways. It is expected to shine for another 3.9 billion years.

Perihelion

Perihelion from orbit

Perihelion is the first planet in Origin, a sun scorched ball of iron orbiting only 0.5 AUs from Isis. The planet is covered in mountainous tectonic features formed as a result of the intense heat the planet experiences from its host star. Despite its small size, with a diameter of only 6,937 kilometres, Perihelion is dense. The small world is composed almost entirely of iron. The core of the world is an ocean of liquid iron on which a rocky crust rides. Volcanic eruptions occur every few months on Perihelion, creating mountain ranges of heavy metals. Perihelion lacks a persistent atmosphere, though it often sports a temporary one. Despite the volcanic activity releasing large quantities of sulphur, methane, carbon dioxide, and other gasses, Perihelion's proximity to Isis ensures the vast majority of its atmosphere is quickly lost to space, blown away on the solar winds. The remaining atmospheric gasses cling to the lowland areas, and even there, the atmosphere is less then .1% the density of Renaissance.

Gypsy

Gypsy from orbit

Gypsy is a airless ball of dead rock orbiting 1 AU from Isis. At only 9,488 kilometres in diameter, the small world is long dead. The atmosphere of Gypsy is only 1% as dense Renaissance, and composed mostly of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. The planet has no tectonic activity, and its likely that it has not for at least a billion years. The geologic features have been smoothed by the faint wind, over the course of eons, and most of the surface land features have been eroded and covered over by seas of dust and sand. There is a possibility that Gypsy may have once contained liquid water on its surface, but that water and atmosphere, if the ever existed, were likely lost to space as the planet's core cooled, slowly killing its protective magnetic shell from the solar wind.

Eureka

Eureka from orbit

1.6 AUs out from Isis, floats Eureka, and its single moon, Archimedes. Eureka is a young world, wreathed in oceans of cooling magma and sulphurous gases. Eureka is a fairly large world at 18,366 kilometres across, and its hot, the surface is a blistering 820 C, precluding the formation of liquid water. Eureka is aflame in constant volcanism, with several active supervolcanoes releasing cubic kilometres of material each year. The atmosphere of Eureka consists mostly of sulphur and carbon dioxide, and is almost thirty times denser then that of Renaissance. Oceans of liquid rock pour out across the surface, and frequent pyroclastic outbursts blast volcanic ash high into the atmosphere, turning the sun a dusky red even at midday, and it is frequently obscured entirely for months at a time, clouded over by ash and sulphur dioxide. Despite its hostility, the planet is coveted for its abundant metal and crystal in easily accessible surface deposits. The world is the site of several industrial colonies, and hosts a population of 21,000 hearty souls.

Arboria

Arboria from orbit

At 2.6 AUs, the jungle world of Arboria is the innermost of the temperate worlds of Origin. Its diameter is 13,524 kilometres, and its mass gives it slightly higher surface gravity then Renaissance, as well as an atmosphere twice as dense. The world boasts an active tectonic system, and its core is likely a spinning dynamo of iron, given that it is protected by an electromagnetic field. These conditions give rise to surface water, and to life. Arboria is a world of life, practically 95% of surface land on Arboria is wrapped in thick dense rainforest. There are no deserts, no tundras, and few plains. The world is almost entirely vegetated. This is accomplished by virtue of the planet's dense water vapour rich atmosphere. Storms are frequent, and it rains nearly constantly in some areas. Verdant river valleys cut long fingers into the dark jungle, and mist and steam are constantly rising out of the humid forests, adding moisture back into the air to begin the cycle again. Arboria is hot, but it is within the upper ranges of human tolerance. The daytime temperatures of 45 C can frequently be dangerous due to the density of the air however, and most inhabitants of the world only go outside at night, when the temperatures fall to a more tolerable 25 C. More dangerous then the temperature though, is the wildlife. Arboria features an impressive ecosystem, with creatures of every scale occupying any available ecological niches. The effect of this is that there are a lot of large predators to which a human is seen as a decent meal. The fact that our biologies and those of the planet are compatible does not help this matter. Having never encountered humans before, the wildlife is often not afraid of us, and this has caused major issues within the settlement. These though are thought to be minor setbacks in the colonisation of Arboria. The world already hosts a population of 245,388 colonists, freed slaves, and scientists studying the planet. The colonies though are fairly constrained by the dangerous wildlife, and most of the population is forced to live within fenced in regions that have been cleared of predators.

Crucifix

Crucifix from orbit

Only .1 AUs beyond the orbit of Arboria lies its dark twin Crucifix, and her two moons, Ghost and Shade. At 2.7 AUs, Arboria and Crucifix sometimes come so close to each others orbits as to begin effecting weather conditions. If Crucifix had any weather conditions to effect. Some geological evidence suggests that Crucifix may have once been temperate and habitable, before some catastrophe befell the world, leaving it blackened and bruised with lakes of magma and colossal impact craters. The two moons orbit Crucifix in an imbalanced pirouette that will eventually see one or both of them thrown either into the planet or across the system. Theories as to the cause of the disaster that befell Crucifix are varied, ranging between rogue moons, and some deliberate action on the part of the sleepers. However, the event, whatever it was, occurred nearly six million years ago, so evidence is scarce on the ground one way or the other. Despite this, the planet is occupied, housing a large research colony, industrial facilities, and the first privately funded school in Origin, the Akheteru Institute for Theology.

Renaissance

Renaissance from orbit

Orbiting at 3.7 AUs, Renaissance has been called the Jewel of Origin. The verdant world is covered in tall forests, green waving fields, deep azure sees, and filled with all manner of alien life. Hosting a permanent population of 36,000 people, Renaissance has been designated the capital planet of Origin. The first true city in system, Foundation, began being constructed in December of YC115 on the surface. The two moons of Renaissance, Apophenia and Synesthesia, house the trunk routers for the system intranet bands, and The moon planet system is a constant buzz of activity.

Eidolon

Eidolon from orbit

4.8 AUs from Isis, lies the dead terrestrial world of Eidolon, and its three small moons, Sky, Feather, and Wisp. The cratered world of Eidolon is in many ways a mirror to Renaissance. Despite being another hive of intrasystem activity, the 24,000 strong population of Eidolon lives exclusively under atmospheric domes. Eidolon has no atmosphere to speak of, it is a dead rock floating in the hard vacuum. The world seems to have never developed an atmosphere in the first place, and its surface is marred by numerous impact craters.

Serendipity

Serendipity from orbit

At nearly 7 AUs from Isis, the presence of liquid water on Serendipity is something of a mystery. The world is cold, bitterly, its few landforms buffeted by constant wind off the nearly globe spanning ocean, despite this, the world has thus far avoided snowballing, and its oceans are filled with a wide variety of strange life. Possibly even odder then the seas though is the foliage, the local autotrophs rely on chemical processes to extract nutrition, instead of photosynthetic processes. The result of this is that the forests of Serendipity are white during the day and glow at night with a pale and strange chemical luminescence. Its two moons, Kismet and Destiny, play host to the first zero-gravity spa to be constructed in system.

Terminus

Terminus from orbit

Over 11 AUs stand between the warming light of Isis, and Terminus, with its moon Aurora. The prospects for life on this twilight world seem bleak and uninviting, however, the opposite may be true. Despite the distance between it and its parent star, Terminus is warm and alive, with wide seas and continents. The strange world is bathed in the eternal night of deep space, with stars constantly visible around the edges of the sky, the sun scarcely more then a bright light among them. How this world has remained through the eons has been a mystery for any who venture to it in exploration, but its thick atmosphere is the most oft quoted reason.