03 - Notable Planets
Created by Commander Morgan Tarin on 24 Oct 2023 @ 6:47am
Table of Contents:
- 3.1 Alpha Centauri
- 3.2 Earth
- 3.3 Enus V
- 3.4 Kreanus
- 3.5 Lyshan III
- 3.6 Remidia
- 3.7 Rigel VII
- 3.8 Setisar VI
- 3.9 Vulcan
3.1 Alpha Centauri
Name: Alpha Centauri Ab (Velestus)
Type: Class M - Terrestrial
Survey Status: Charted
System Location: Habitable Zone
Relative Position (x,y,z): (14, 2.8, 6.5) M km
Age: 4.8 B years
Mass: 0.91 Earths
Diameter: 11,718 km
Density: 6.45 g/cm3
Velocity: 32.7 km/s
Temperature: 18.43 C
Composition: Water, Iron, Silicate
Atmosphere: Nitrogen, Oxygen
Satellites: None
Rings: 2 (A, B rings)
Orbital Radius: 0.98 AU
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.09 (9%)
Orbital Period: 1.07 years
Rotational Period: 38.1 hours
Rotation (x,y,z): (16.5, -10.1, 62.9) degrees
DESCRIPTION
- Velestus (Alpha Centauri Ab) is the second planet (out of 5) in the Alpha Centauri system. However, to off-worlders the planet comes by a far more recognizable name, “Alpha Centauri.” It was the name Humans gave their system years before they had even achieved space travel – and somehow, it stuck.
- It is an M-class planet. It is slightly smaller than Earth, and does not have any moons, but does have two sets of rings (A & B). 79% of the planet’s surface covered in water. It has a relatively temperate average temperature of 18.43 degrees Celsius and very long days of 38.1 hours. There are no true continental landmasses; instead, the planet’s surface is dotted with many archipelagos and islands of varying land mass. The land is verdant and lush – full of varied flora and fauna. However, as a water world, it can be prone to powerful large storms.
- The planet is home to approximately 6 billion Centaurans (or as Velestians as they like to call themselves). However, it is also home to a large contingency of Humans. Sometime between 2078 and 2119, Humans founded an outpost on the planet Alpha Centauri. Among its residents in this formative period was Zefram Cochrane, who moved to the system from Earth after 2069. He left the system circa 2119 for an unknown destination. The Human outpost grew and founded Alpha Centauri City. It is the largest human-majority city on the planet
3.2 Earth
Name: Sol III (Earth)
Type: Class M - Terrestrial
Survey Status: Charted
System Location: Habitable Zone
Relative Position (x,y,z): (-25.1, 145, -0.22) M km
Age: 4.54 B years
Mass: 1.00 Earths
Diameter: 12,742 km
Density: 5.52 g/cm3
Velocity: 29.8 km/s
Temperature: 17.8 C
Composition: Water, Iron, Silicate
Atmosphere: Nitrogen, Oxygen
Satellites: 1 moon
Rings: None
Orbital Radius: 1.00 AU
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.016 (~1.5%)
Orbital Period: 365 days
Rotational Period: 23.9 hours
Rotation (x,y,z): (23.5, 0, 0) degrees
NOTABLE ORBITAL FACILITIES
- Starbase 001 (Stardock-class)
- McKinley Station
- Orbital Office Complex
- Luna Shipyards
- Lunaport
NOTABLE PLANETARY FACILITIES
- Starfleet HQ (San Francisco, CA)
- Starfleet Academy (San Francisco, CA)
- Advanced Starship Design Bureau (New York, NY)
- San Francisco Fleet Yards (San Francisco, CA)
DESCRIPTION
- Earth is the homeworld of the Human race, an industrialized and flourishing Class M planet also known as the 'Blue Planet' due to its large proportion of surface water. It's axis is tilted approximately 23.5 degrees which gives it four major seasons - Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Temperatures vary significantly across the planet depending on the region and the season, making the world a very diverse place for all types of plant and animal life. Earth has one moon, Luna, which orbits outside of its Roche limit and is tidal locked to the planet. Unlike other moons, Luna is extremely large in proportion to its planet (about 27% the size of Earth) which means its gravity heavily influences both weather and water tides on Earth.
- Earth has suffered several catastrophic 'World Wars' during its existence as the result of warring Human factions, and has also been heavily mined and exploited. Radiation and carbon dioxide levels were once dangerously high across most of the planet at the end of the 22nd century, but innovation, technology, and lifestyle changes have returned those levels to normal in the 24th century. Earth has a large population of almost 8 billion, mostly Humans but also many other races from the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. The planet is the home of Starfleet Command and the capitol of the United Federation of Planets.
3.3 Enus V
Name: Enus V (Sobek)
Type: Class O - Pelagic
Survey Status: Charting in-progress...
System Location: Habitable Zone
Relative Position (x,y,z): -0.61 AU, 9.47 km, 1.75 AU
Age: 2.86 B years
Mass: 2.38 Earths
Diameter: 16,583 km
Density: 5.81 g/cm3
Velocity: 21.9 km/s
Temperature: 12 C
Composition: Water, Iron, Silicate
Atmosphere: Nitrogen, Oxygen, Methane
Satellites: 1 moon
Rings: None
Orbital Radius: 1.85 AU
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.02 (2%)
Orbital Period: 2.52 years
Rotational Period: 27.1 hours
Rotation (x,y,z): (35.7, -69.8, 251) degrees
DESCRIPTION
- Enus V is a water world whose land surface area accounts for less than 10 percent of the planet's diameter. Similar to Earth, the planet is located within the habitable zone of a Spectral Class G star and meanders through its rotational period alongside four inhospitable and rocky worlds within the inner-most portion of the solar system.
- Remarkble from orbital views, Enus V is even more stellar below its aquatic surface. A robust native ecosystem permeates its oceans and reveals signs of advanced subaquatic evolution. Its underwater life displays many symptoms of pre-warp capable societies. A strong thermal layer separates one portion of the underwater ecosystem from another; life near the surface proliferates while life below thrives on scarcity and opportunity.
3.4 Kreanus
Name: Kreanus
Type: Class R/M - Rogue Terrestrial
Survey Status: Charted
System Location: No parent solar system
Relative Position (x,y,z): N/A
Age: 6.32 B years
Mass: 0.9 Earths
Diameter: 10,507 km
Density: 3.528 +/- 0.006 g/cm3
Velocity: 2.558 km/s
Temperature: -23 C
Composition: Water, Iron, Silicate
Atmosphere: Nitrogen, Oxygen
Satellites: 3 moons
Rings: None
Orbital Radius: N/A
Orbital Eccentricity: N/A
Orbital Period: N/A
Rotational Period: 12.65 hrs
Rotation (x,y,z): (12.6, 3, 0) degrees
DESCRIPTION
- Kreanus is covered in water approximately 100 km deep, half of which is ice and the other half still liquid due to the extreme volcanism and high amount of magnetic movement of the core. Thermal vents dot the remaining ocean floor with a high-temperature fluid/rock interaction forms reduced gases (H2S, H2, and CH4) that dissolve in hydrothermal fluid. Representative redox reactions that produce H2S-rich community of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic communities along with remaining communities of other organisms. Since there is no sun, the primary producer of food chain source is a sulfur reducing bacteria. Thermolysis and radiolysis decomposition of the liquid water are thought to provide the necessary oxygen still remaining in the atmosphere and provide oxygen for the remaining communities of organisms.
- Kreanus is a rogue planet which means it has no parent star(s). It was most likely ejected from its solar system several billion years ago, and has been floating free within the Paulson Nebula ever since. Because the planet lacks a primary solar radiation source such as a sun to heat its surface, the terrestrial world has frozen over many eons ago. Despite its predicament, however, the planet was once a Class M world and still retains many life-supporting features. Below the plants thick ice surface lies multiple liquid oceans, volcanic activity, and a still-spinning molten core which provides the world with a strong atmosphere. Life cannot sustain itself on Kreanus' surface due to the extreme cold temperatures, but beneath enough layers of ice and rock, there is still a habitable world to be found.
3.5 Lyshan III
Name: Lyshan III
Type: Class K - Adaptable (Terraforming in progress)
Survey Status: Charted
System Location: Cold Zone
Relative Position (x,y,z): (-25.2, 243, 4.86) M km
Age: 3.87 B years
Mass: 9.34 moons
Diameter: 6,942 km
Density: 3.94 g/cm3
Velocity: 23.2 km/s
Temperature: -17.9 C
Composition: Water, Iron, Silicate
Atmosphere: Nitrogen, Argon, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
Satellites: 1 moon
Rings: None
Orbital Radius: 1.63 AU
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.09 (9%)
Orbital Period: 2.07 years
Rotational Period: 1.23 days
Rotation (x,y,z): (27.1, 0.5, 0.1) degrees
DESCRIPTION
- A Mars-like planet located in the Lyshan system, Lyshan III is a small mineral-rich world located just outside of its stars' habitable zone. Due to its small size and the cold temperature afforded to it by its relative position in the solar system, Lyshan III has a naturally thin atmosphere because atmospheric particles do not have enough gravity to keep them contained in orbit of the planet. Terraforming efforts have been underway over the past five years which have restored the once-dry oceans, atmospheric oxygen levels, and slightly raised the surface temperature, however the process is ongoing and the planet is currently uninhabitable without special environmental protection. Lyshan III has one small barren moon which is tidal locked.
- Initially discovered as a barren, dry, and dusty world, it was soon discovered that Lyshan II contained a plethora of uridium ore deposits several kilometers below the surface crust. The planet is strategically located along the Federation-Cardassian border, and has proven to be an invaluable source of uridium which is used for Cardassian starship construction. Lyshan III is a join-mining colony composed of UFP and Cardassian Union laborers, and it represents the latest post-Dominion War trade cooperation agreements between the Cardassian Union and the UFP.
3.6 Remidia
Name: Remidia I (Remidia)
Type: Class L - Marginal
Survey Status: Charted
System Location: Habitable Zone
Relative Position (x,y,z): (21.3, 3.8, -26.8) AU
Age: 2.24 B years
Mass: 0.78 Earths
Diameter: 9,939 km
Density: 5.35 g/cm3
Velocity: 10.6 km/s
Temperature: 8.53 C
Composition: Water, Nickel, Silicate
Atmosphere: Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon
Satellites: None
Rings: None
Orbital Radius: 34 AU
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.07 (7%)
Orbital Period: 88.8 years
Rotational Period: 11.8 hours
Rotation (x,y,z): (37.3, 0, 0) degrees
DESCRIPTION
- Remidia I is the sole terrestrial planet located inside its solar systems and conveniently orbits its sun within the inner portion of the solar system's habitable zone. A relatively young planet by comparison to other exoplanets, it is in its early stages of organic life development and is classified as an ideal terraforming and colonization candidate provided future studies and surveys discover no anomalies of interest. No animal life currently exists on the world yet the planet blooms with robust deciduous flora across its diverse geographic landscape. The atmosphere is breathable for most humanoid species but contains significant levels of argon which require breathing apparatus for prolonged exposures lasting more than several hours. Nevertheless, the world is large and tectonically stable and contains several untapped mineral deposits.
- The defining visual characteristic of Remidia I is its thick, purple atmosphere and flora; larger-than-normal concentrations of argon within the planet's atmosphere create this unique colorful glow when the gas' electrons are bombarded by sunlight. Plant life on the surface has adapted to these distinctive conditions and possess large amounts of anthocyanin which masks the green coloration usually produced by chlorophyll during photosynthesis. The planet is composed of three major continents; two small oceans account for 25% of the entire world's surface area. Mountains, plains, steppes, tundras, deserts and temperate zones constitute the majority of Remidia's climate zones.
NOTABLE ORBITAL FACILITIES
- Regula I (Class 2 Complex)
3.7 Rigel VII
Name: Rigel VII (Orion)
Type: Class M - Terrestrial
Survey Status: Charted
System Location: Habitable Zone
Relative Position (x,y,z): (137, -28.2, -0.39) M km
Age: 3.9 B years
Mass: 1.27 Earths
Diameter: 13,799 km
Density: 5.6 g/cm3
Velocity: 31.8 km/s
Temperature: 18.4 C
Composition: Water, Iron, Silicate
Atmosphere: Nitrogen, Oxygen
Satellites: 1 moon
Rings: None
Orbital Radius: 0.89 AU
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.02 (2%)
Orbital Period: 361 days
Rotational Period: 32.8 hours
Rotation (x,y,z): (-6.72, 16.8, 111) degrees
DESCRIPTION
- Rigel VII is the seventh planet in the Rigel system, a very populated solar system with several habitable worlds and moons. Rigel VII is also known as the Orion homeworld and was one of the first Orion colonies established after the First Migration from the original homeworld in the Orion system almost a thousand years ago. A large Class M planet about 120% the size of Earth, it has a relatively warm average temperature of 18.4 degrees and long days lasting almost 33 hours. Rigel VII has one small moon which orbit outside of its Roche limit and keeps the night sky very bright with its reflection of solar light. Like most moons, including Luna, it is tidal locked.
- A world inhabited primarily by Orions of all complexions, Rigel VII is a booming cultural and commerce center within the Beta Quadrant. It is famous for its elegant beaches and castle-like architecture. It's capital city, Vajripam, is the largest and most exquisite population center which supports close to 7 million inhabitants and is home to a plethora of planetary trading ports. Because Orions trade and deal in all types of commerce -- even the illegal kind -- there are often many ships and personnel coming and going from Vajripam, making it a very transient and culturally diverse area. Rigel VII is an Orion colony and is therefore not a chartered world of the UFP, and their independent sovereignty has allowed the world a great deal of economic, social, and cultural growth.
3.8 Setisar VI
Name: Setisar VI
Type: Class M - Terrestrial
Survey Status: Charted (USS Galileo in 2389)
System Location: Habitable Zone
Relative Position (x,y,z): (-25.1, 145, -0.23) M km
Age: 4.1 B years
Mass: 0.84 Earths
Diameter: 12,233 km
Density: 5.5 g/cm3
Velocity: 31.1 km/s
Temperature: 12.2 C
Composition: Water, Iron, Silicate
Atmosphere: Nitrogen, Oxygen
Satellites: 2 moons
Rings: None
Orbital Radius: 1.04 AU
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.02 (2%)
Orbital Period: 388 days
Rotational Period: 29.5 hours
Rotation (x,y,z): (10.8, 0.9, 1.2) degrees
DESCRIPTION
- Setistar VI is a primeval Class M world located within the Setisar system deep within the Setisar Nebula. Its existence, as well as that of its solar system, was unknown to Federation scientists until it was discovered by USS Galileo in late 2389. Slightly smaller in size than Earth, Setisar VI orbits its sun once every 388 days and has an average surface temperature of 12 degrees Celsius. Due to its slightly slower axial rotation, a day on Setisar VI is approximately 30 hours long.
- The planet has no rings, but has two moons which orbit outside of its Roche limit. Both of these moons are tidal locked, meaning they always display the same face towards the planet (similar to Earth's moon, Luna). Setisar VI has an axial tilt of only 10.8 degrees, which means it only has two seasons: fall and spring. Because of the relatively low tilt, both seasons are mild and the weather across the planet is generally very stable and pleasant, albeit slightly chilly.
3.9 Vulcan
Name: Vulcan (T'Khasi)
Type: Class M - Terrestrial
Survey Status: Charted
System Location: Habitable Zone
Relative Position (x,y,z): (20, 0.02, -65.9) M km
Age: 4.0 B years
Mass: 2.20 Earths
Diameter: 16,006 km
Density: 6.12 g/cm3
Velocity: 37.3 km/s
Temperature: 40 C
Composition: Water, Iron, Silicate
Atmosphere: Nitrogen, Oxygen
Satellites: None
Rings: None
Orbital Radius: 0.46 AU
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.02 (2%)
Orbital Period: 138 days
Rotational Period: 56.3 hours
Rotation (x,y,z): (0.2, -32.2, 89.2) degrees
DESCRIPTION
- Vulcan has no moon, however, shares an orbit around a common center of gravity with T’Khut, “The Watcher,” the third planet in the system. Vulcan and T’Khut are tidally locked and are a mere 150,000 km apart from one another. The sister planet is only visible from one side of Vulcan, filling the sky above Vulcan’s Forge (the large desert that runs along the equatorial line of the planet). T’Khut goes through a full set of phases every day and fills thirty degrees of the sky when at full phase, reflecting forty times as much light as Earth’s moon. The interaction between these two worlds results in significant tidal forces on both planets leading to persistent vulcanism (no pun intended) on both worlds. On Vulcan, this generates a number of impressive lava spectacles, such as the Fire Plains, Mt. Tarhana, or the triple peaks of T'raan, T'riall and T'regar.
- The environment on Vulcan is harsh and unforgiving. It is a desert world with only approximately 25% of its surface area covered in water. Its atmosphere is thinner than Earth’s and most off-worlders visiting will need supplemental oxygen or scheduled doses of a medication called tri-ox to obtain enough oxygen through respiration. Given the thin atmosphere, solar radiation is much higher than compared to Earth. The Vulcan people have adapted to this by having highly efficient lungs and nictating membrane (third eyelid) to protect their eyes from the intense light.
- The planet has three primary continents called: Na’nam, Han-shir, and Xir’tan. Its geology and desert environment produce starkly up-thrust craggy and inhospitable mountains, with jagged and steep formations cut out by wind swept sand. The first two continents, Na’nam and Han-shir, are enormous land masses which hold the majority of the Vulcan population and are divided into numerous provinces (generally carved out along clan lines). The third, Xir’tan, is the smallest of the three continents (somewhat larger than Australia for reference). It is the most tectonically unstable landmass and is host to frequent earthquakes along with ~ 40 active volcanoes. It is considered too unstable for permanent settlement and has no major cities but has a Vulcan presence as it is an important mining source for several precious metals and minerals.
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