Shattered Planets
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Overview
The nine known shattered planets are simultaneously one of the best-known stories and yet deepest mysteries in New Eden. These destroyed worlds are testament to the massive destructive power that caused what is now known as The Seyllin Incident, a disaster that focused huge amounts of solar material, heat and radiation directly into the first planet of nine A0 Blue class stars, burning and boiling them away into space. On Seyllin I alone, nearly 500 million perished.
This datacore is an attempt to catalog the worlds and what is known about each. There are still many mysteries to be resolved around the causes and impacts of the Seyllin Incident, many of which are being directly investigated by the Arek'Jaalan Initiative and the associated Project Tesseract. Capsuleers are encouraged to contact and work with Arek'Jaalan if interested in pursuing and assisting with these efforts.
What is a Shattered Planet?
In the context of the datacore included here, the term "Shattered Planet" refers specifically to the nine known non-Jovian decimated planets, seven in k-space and two in w-space. These worlds have been, in effect, boiled away to almost nothing, turned molten as a whole, and are uninhabitable by humanity. Four other worlds that are somewhat more controversial are herein referred to as "Associated Worlds" and are covered at the end of this datacore.
CONCORD Definition
<span style="background:"Shattered worlds were once terrestrial planets, torn asunder by some immense cataclysm. All such worlds in the New Eden cluster are products of the disastrous stellar events that occurred during the "Seyllin Incident". However, reports continue to circulate of similar planets discovered in the unmapped systems reached exclusively through unstable wormholes. How these met their fate, if indeed they exist at all, is unknown."
-CONCORD Aura Database"
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The CONCORD statement is an old one, from just after the Seyllin Incident (see below). It highlights a key item - namely that the worlds "in the New Eden cluster" - that is to say non-Jovian k-space - are Seyllin-Incident-related. The others, particularly the wormhole worlds, may or may not be related.
Factual Details
There are nine known, reachable shattered planets:
- Seyllin I, Essence
- 3HQC-6 I, Outer Ring
- SL-YBS I, Great Wildlands
- 35-RK9 I, Syndicate
- T-IPZB I, Delve
- EAWE-2 I, Stain
- Z8-81T I, Immensea
- J164104 I, C3 Wormhole
- J115422 I, C5 Wormhole
The shattered planets all have the following key things in common:
- A0 Blue Stars: The systems are all centered around an A0-Blue class star. This is also true of all of the "Associated Worlds". These stars have some properties, currently under investigation by Project Tesseract (see below), that make them a key component of everything that has happened.
- Planet I: The shattered planets are all first in their system, closest to the star. This is also true of all but one of the "Associated Worlds".
- Decimated Mass: The planets had significant volumes of rock become so superheated that the interiors of the planets boiled away into space. A great deal of material was shed by these planets, a portion of which can be seen orbiting above each of them in an asteroid-belt-like ring. While the worlds still appear spherical, the measurements available suggest that the remaining planet is composed largely of pumice formed when the anomaly turned the planet into a rapidly-boiling mass – leaving a hardened structure of “air bubbles” much like a sponge - a simple shell of air pockets and blasted charcoal. This means that the planets have dramatically low mass and escape velocity for their size. The escape velocities for the majority of the shattered planets are almost unbelievably low given their size. To put this in context:
- These planets are in general a bit smaller than the average terrestrial world, 4150-8250 Km in radius.
- The mass on the shattered worlds is so gutted that the escape velocity on 5 of 9 of these worlds is so low that a ship designed for in-atmosphere flight can achieve escape velocity.
- On a typical world, to use the Gallente grade-school jumping analogy, a person can jump half a meter, or roughly eight meters on the average moon. The shattered worlds’ gravity are the equivalent of a large asteroid, where the asteroid Ceres (radius 487 Km), where you could jump 45 meters, or the height of a 14-15 story building.
- The biggest statistical commonalities across the 9 shattered worlds are:
- Orbit Radius (7 of 9 are between 0.556 and 0.581 AU)
- Surface Temperature (5 of 9 are between 530 and 600 Kelvin).
- Average Size: On average they are small-to-midsize planets (avg 5,564 Km radius), with the exception of the two extremes of 2,860 (T-IPZB I) and 8,250 (3-HQC6 I).
The Shattered Planet Ring
It is a common misconception in the capsuleer community that the shattered planets form a ring around the Eve Gate in the New Eden system. Based on the known, proven list of shattered planets, this is not far off in terms of cosmic distances but is still clearly incorrect, as the picture above shows. The true center of this ring is not in a jump-capable location, but is somewhere in the Tash Murkon region. The entirety of the Amarr Empire is encompassed within the ring.
Statistics
Planet | Seyllin | 35-RK9 | 3-HQC6 | EAWE-2 | SL-YBS | T-IPZB | Z8-81T | J164104 | J115422 |
Planets in System | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Density | 38.63 g/cm³ | 69.51 g/cm³ | 3.46 g/cm³ | 6.31 g/cm³ | 71.47 g/cm³ | 76.25 g/cm³ | 83.25 g/cm³ | 39.04 g/cm³ | 7.75 g/cm³ |
Eccentricity | 0.047 | 0.001 | 0.293 | 0.020 | 0.128 | 0.271 | 0.068 | 0.128 | 0.156 |
Escape Velocity | 0.610 km/s | 0.956 km/s | 0.363 km/s | 0.369 km/s | 1.145 km/s | 0.591 km/s | 1.344 km/s | 0.847 km/s | 0.399 km/s |
Mass | 1.20e+22 kg | 3.30e+22 kg | 8.1e+21 kg | 6.4e+21 kg | 5.6e+22 kg | 7.5e+21 kg | 8.4e+22 kg | - | - |
Orbit Period | 35.1 days | 116.1 days | 7.6 days | 6.6 days | 10.8 days | 7.7 days | 10.6 days | 10.8 days | 11.4 days |
Orbit Radius | 0.558 AU | 0.799 AU | 0.675 AU | 0.560 AU | 0.556 AU | 0.302 AU | 0.581 AU | 0.566 AU | 0.577 AU |
Pressure | Very Low | Very Low | Very Low | Very Low | Very Low | Very Low | Very Low | Very Low | Very Low |
Radius | 4150 km | 4850 km | 8250 km | 6220 km | 5730 km | 2860 km | 6230 km | 5730 km | 6060 km |
Surface Gravity | 0.045 m/s² | 0.094 m/s² | 0.008 m/s² | 0.011 m/s² | 0.114 m/s² | 0.061 m/s² | 0.145 m/s² | 0.063 m/s² | 0.013 m/s² |
Temperature | 337.29 K | 189.77 K | 550.51 K | 672.33 K | 539.73 K | 597.47 K | 439.11 K | 539.73 K | 530.07 K |
Historical Context
The Seyllin Incident
On March 10, YC 111, the A0-Blue class star of the Seyllin system sent a massive wave of energy and plasma through a magnetic channel, blasting the barren planet Seyllin I to molten shards and opening the wormhole network. Between seven and ten total anomalies were recorded on that day, leaving additional destroyed planets - henceforth known as "shattered planets" - in their wake. On Seyllin I alone, more than 400 million souls perished as a result of this disaster.
Years later, we know little more about exactly what caused it, though an isotope known as Isogen-5 is suspected to have played a role. We know that the anomalies occurred, but not how they occurred together in seeming synchronization, nor with absolute certainty how many events there were.
To make matters even more concerning, the governments of the Empires, and CONCORD in particular, have been remarkably silent on these matters.
A handful of direct historical reports were produced during the incident. Some of these reports (particularly the supposed CONCORD video) are of uncertain veracity.
- Official CONCORD Historical Record of March YC 111
- Assembled report of events during the day of the Seyllin Incident (World on Fire chronicle)
- Supposed Video Capture of CONCORD Monitoring Station. This video clearly shows the 10-anomaly issue (see below for detail on this issue). Of particular note is the system 5-CSE3 visible at the 0:34 mark, which does not in fact have a shattered planet.
The Seyllin Conferences
On the one-year and two-year anniversaries of the Seyllin Incident, Julianus Soter organized conferences of capsuleers met to discuss the incident and what had been learned in the intervening time.
- The Seyllin Report. This report was built by Dr Amira for the First Seyllin Conference. This also notes 10 anomalies, presumably based on the "CONCORD video" above. Includes detailed factual data, analysis and speculation.
- Logs of the Seyllin Conferences
The Shattered Expedition and Shattered Planets Datacore
Around the time of the Second Seyllin Conference, a new capsuleer by the name of Rhavas partnered with Boundless Creation to explore a number of things, eventually becoming focused on the shattered planets and the Seyllin Incident, as well as its place in galactic politics. Rhavas chronicled his journeys and compiled his findings, as well as suppositions and conjectures, upon their completion. The document you are reading was initially based upon his work.
- The Shattered Planets Datacore (analysis and account of visits to all shattered planets and several related), by Rhavas. This Datacore link includes findings and analysis across all of the specific expedition entries noted below. Systems in [brackets] are referred to but not visited. Specific expedition reports are linked below:
- Part 1: Research. Introductory information.
- Part 2: Gates. New Eden (Eve Gate), Dead End (Monolith), Vitrauze, J140332.
- Part 3: Immolation. Seyllin, J164104 (C3 Shattered), EAWE-2.
- Part 4: The Case Against Jamyl Sarum and Sansha Kuvakei. Sarum Prime (Mekhios), Tash-Murkon Prime.
- Part 5: Saminer. Saminer, J125016 (Cataclysmic Variable).
- Part 6: Table Talk. FDZ4-A, Roua.
- Part 7: Synchronicity. 35-RK9, 3HQC-6, J123432 (Red Giant).
- Part 8: The Silence of the Grave. SL-YBS, Z8-81T.
- Part 9: Scene of the Crime. T-IPZB, J112948 (Black Hole), J140135 (Pulsar).
- Part 10: Loose Ends. Geztic, Barkrik, [Vellaine], [Crielere]. Also references to particle accelerators.
- Part 11: CONCORD's Fine Print. Y0-BVN, [5-CSE3], [R79-I7]. Also letter "from CONCORD" regarding the 10-anomaly issue.
- Part 12: The Hidden Fire. J115422 (C5 Shattered).
Additional Sources
A handful of other explorers have also written significantly on the Seyllin Incident. Mark726 chronicled these worlds as part of his grand exploration and charting of New Eden's unusual landmarks, and the Ladies' Deep Space Astrogation Auxiliary is the first known documentation of visits to all of the k-space shattered planets.
- Related visits and analyses by Mark726 of Eve Travel:
- Shattered Planets (Seyllin, SL-YBS and 35-RK9)
- T-IPZB (T-M0FA) Graveyard
- Journal of the Intaki Ladies' Deep Space Astrogation Auxiliary memorial Shattered Planets tour
Arek'Jaalan and Project Tesseract
On July 7, YC 113 Hilen Tukoss, then of Zainou Biotech, left for the Minmatar Republic to start the Arek'Jaalan Initiative. Tukoss declared understanding of the Sleepers and wormhole space as his primary scientific objective for the Initiative.
Naturally, this announcement drew those already interested and invested in these pursuits, including Julianus Soter, Mark726 and Rhavas, all of whom took research positions in the Arek'Jaalan Multidisciplinary Division.
Rhavas announced Project Tesseract specifically for the purpose of compiling data and getting sound scientific answers to the numerous mysteries surrounding the Seyllin Incident, A0-class blue stars, and Isogen-5. As these results are uncovered, they will be posted here and on the project page.
K-Space Shattered Planets
Seyllin I
System | Seyllin | |
Constellation | Thoulde | |
Region | Essence | |
Sovereignty | Gallente Federation | |
System Status | Low Security | |
Planets in System | 8 | |
Density | 38.63 g/cm³ | |
Eccentricity | 0.047 | |
Escape Velocity | 0.61 km/s | |
Mass | 1.20e+22 kg | |
Orbit Period | 35.1 days | |
Orbit Radius | 0.558 AU | |
Pressure | Very low | |
Radius | 4150 km | |
Surface Gravity | 0.045 m/s² | |
Temperature | 337.29 K | |
Seyllin I was infamously immortalized in the moment when over 400 million perished in radioactive flame, most trapped beneath the surface as it boiled away.
The wormholes all capsuleers are familiar with first appeared on the day of the Seyllin Incident, a side effect of that horrific event. Because of this well-known event, Seyllin is far and away the best-documented of the shattered planets, as noted above. Seyllin is also the only shattered world in low security space - the rest are all in null security or wormhole space. |
35-RK9 I
System | 35-RK9 | |
Constellation | MK7-AO | |
Region | Syndicate | |
Sovereignty | Intaki Syndicate | |
System Status | Null Security | |
Planets in System | 8 | |
Density | 69.51 g/cm³ | |
Eccentricity | 0.001 | |
Escape Velocity | 0.956 km/s | |
Mass | 3.30E+22 kg | |
Orbit Period | 116.1 days | |
Orbit Radius | 0.799 AU | |
Pressure | Very low | |
Radius | 4850 km | |
Surface Gravity | 0.094 m/s² | |
Temperature | 189.77 K | |
On the day of the Seyllin Incident, 35-RK9 I officially reported only an electromagnetic pulse that knocked out an Intaki station and nearly resulted in its destruction. |
3HQC-6 I
System | 3HQC-6 | |
Constellation | Sword | |
Region | Outer Ring | |
Sovereignty | Outer Ring Excavations | |
System Status | Null Security | |
Planets in System | 8 | |
Density | 3.46 g/cm³ | |
Eccentricity | 0.293 | |
Escape Velocity | 0.363 km/s | |
Mass | 8.1e+21 kg | |
Orbit Period | 7.6 days | |
Orbit Radius | 0.675 AU | |
Pressure | Very low | |
Radius | 8250 km | |
Surface Gravity | 0.008 m/s² | |
Temperature | 550.51 K | |
STUFF |
EAWE-2 I
System | EAWE-2 | |
Constellation | SB3-IH | |
Region | Stain | |
Sovereignty | Sansha's Nation | |
System Status | Null Security | |
Planets in System | 6 | |
Density | 6.31 g/cm³ | |
Eccentricity | 0.02 | |
Escape Velocity | 0.369 km/s | |
Mass | 6.4e+21 kg | |
Orbit Period | 6.6 days | |
Orbit Radius | 0.56 AU | |
Pressure | Very low | |
Radius | 6220 km | |
Surface Gravity | 0.011 m/s² | |
Temperature | 672.33 K | |
STUFF |
SL-YBS I
System | SL-YBS | |
Constellation | V-4QJC | |
Region | Great Wildlands | |
Sovereignty | Thukker Tribe | |
System Status | Null Security | |
Planets in System | 8 | |
Density | 71.47 g/cm³ | |
Eccentricity | 0.128 | |
Escape Velocity | 1.145 km/s | |
Mass | 5.6e+22 kg | |
Orbit Period | 10.8 days | |
Orbit Radius | 0.556 AU | |
Pressure | Very low | |
Radius | 5730 km | |
Surface Gravity | 0.114 m/s² | |
Temperature | 539.73 K | |
STUFF |
T-IPZB I
System | T-IPZB | |
Constellation | D5-S0W | |
Region | Delve | |
Sovereignty | Capsuleer (Variable) | |
System Status | Null Security | |
Planets in System | 11 | |
Density | 76.25 g/cm³ | |
Eccentricity | 0.271 | |
Escape Velocity | 0.591 km/s | |
Mass | 7.5e+21 kg | |
Orbit Period | 7.7 days | |
Orbit Radius | 0.302 AU | |
Pressure | Very low | |
Radius | 2860 km | |
Surface Gravity | 0.061 m/s² | |
Temperature | 597.47 K | |
STUFF |
Z8-81T I
System | Z8-81T | |
Constellation | MY-QQI | |
Region | Immensea | |
Sovereignty | Capsuleer (Variable) | |
System Status | Null Security | |
Planets in System | 10 | |
Density | 83.25 g/cm³ | |
Eccentricity | 0.068 | |
Escape Velocity | 1.344 km/s | |
Mass | 8.4e+22 kg | |
Orbit Period | 10.6 days | |
Orbit Radius | 0.581 AU | |
Pressure | Very low | |
Radius | 6230 km | |
Surface Gravity | 0.145 m/s² | |
Temperature | 439.11 K | |
STUFF |
W-Space Shattered Planets
J164104 I
J115422 I
The "Ten Anomaly Controversy"
As noted above, there are nine proven shattered worlds, only seven of which are in jump gate-enabled systems.
However, there is some reliable evidence that there were ten “main sequence anomalies” on the day of the Seyllin Incident. This could imply that there should logically be ten shattered planets in k-space (and potentially another ten in w-space). It could also be that there is something unique or different about the planets that survived (e.g. reduction of force over distance or protection from a planetary magnetosphere not present on the others).
The additional three systems in the video are 5-CSE3, Y0-BVN and R79-I7. While often anecdotally reported, the only hard evidence comes from two sources: The Seyllin Report and the leaked video that appears to be a CONCORD disaster control overview, both linked above. If accurate, this changes the shape of the overall layout to less of a ring around the Amarr Empire than a “double wave” of systems. That said, the outliers are for the most part provably without shattered planets and this may be a false lead, whether accidental or otherwise.
Rhavas also claims to have also obtained an unauthorized an letter from a potential CONCORD employee, with an explanation that reconciles this conflict. It states, among other things:
In other words, the anomalies in those three systems were not actually in those systems, but in unlinked systems nearby. The entirety of this letter can be found in Shattered Part 11: CONCORD's Fine Print.
Project Tesseract intends to investigate the veracity of the ten-anomaly controversy based on systemic evidence and analysis of these data sources.
Associated Worlds
5-CSE3 I
PE1-R1 VII
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