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Typhon

Y-CLASS BROWN DWARF
HYADES CLUSTER
CLASSICATIONY/XOVII.PEC
ESTIMATED AGE: 12-13.7 B.Y.O.

Catalogued by Dr. Hieng's expedition of 2031, Typhon is actually a brown dwarf - neither a star nor a planet! Chemically peculiar and unspeakably ancient, Typhon roars with ferocious storms of Fadeev-Popov anomalous anhydrous evaporate (faae)- the same wondrous "Plasma" found by the Apollo missions on earth's own Moon, the super fuel that brought Humanity to the stars! Typhon sits at the barycenter between a binary pair of Hyades sisters, but is far, far older - perhaps even a primordial relic from the earliest ages of the universe.

Pendus

IRON PLANETOID
EXTREME RADIATION
EXTREME TIDAL FORCES
EXTREME BOLIDE ACTIVITY

L1 Stations: NT-Ο

This broken world hangs just above typhon's grasp, where it undergoes heavy bombardment from both inner ring impactors and the plasma dwarf's own intense radiation. Tidal forces are activeiy tearing away at the inward-facing surface. Amidst these lethal hazards, NanoTrasen and Thinktronic jointly operate the automated observatory at Outpost Omicron. Monitoring Typhon's corona and surface since 2047, the ""Watchful eye"" sensor array provides frontier facilities with early warnings of hazardous plasma flares and ion storms."

Fortitudo

CHTHONIAN PLANET
EXTREME RADIATION
EXTREME TEMPERATURE
EXTREME GRAVITY

L2 Stations: NT-18
Surface Outposts: NT-Φ

The core of a hot sub Jovian planet, its atmosphere blown away long ago. What remains is a strange orb full of metallic hydrogen, exotic super-dense metals and radioactive isotopes. Surface features include vast flood plains of steel, eerie peaks of cerenkite, and deep incandescent rifts. Thanks to advances in experimental materials and automation, Nanotrasen's new extraction Outpost Phi ("The Pancake") is the first structure strong enough to withstand the crushing surface gravity and hazards here.

Antistes

CARBON PLANET
MODERATE RADIATION
HIGH TEMPERATURE
NOXIOUS ATMOSPHERE

L3 Stations: NT-Λ
Surface Outposts: CAER WYDYR (HHI)

An inhospitable planet with dense clouds of choking smog, black lakes of scalding tar, and blade: Like tectonic ridges of diamond and silicon carbide. Hafgan heavy Industries (HHI) was granted extraction rights to Antistes in The Frontier Charter of 2033. Hydrocarbon capture and blast-excavation are conducted by great lumbering robotic mining vehicles. Far from the blasting pits, the gleaming halls of Hafgan's "Wydyr" colony (pop. 100+) house a small contingent of mechanics, quartermasters, engineers and other support staff.

Quadriga

ABLATED PLANET CORE
MODERATE RADIATON
ELECTROMAGNETIC FLUX
DIMENSIONAL HAZARDS

L2 Stations: NT-10
Surface Outposts: PIEDRA DE ORO, NT-Δ

Near the entrance to the Channel, the bare metallic core of a shattered planet remains in orbit, trailing a procession of rocky debris and ionized part-icles in a wide torus around it. Interactions with the plasma dwarf's immense magnetic field produce major electrical and radiation hazards. A narrow cone of safe approach leads to the sheltered port of "Piedra de Oro" (pop.300 +) which serves a rugged community of prospectors and industrial workers, including NanoTrasen's relay Outpost Delta

Fatuus

STEAM PLANET
HIGH HUMIDITY
FREQUENT STORMS
HOSTILE FAUNA

L5 Stations: NT-Ι
Surface Outposts: NEW MEMPHIS, NT-Γ, NT-Σ, NT-Χ

A shallow boiling sea dominates the bright side of Fatuus, constant storms bring rain to secluded impact basins in the twilight regions. The first colonists of "Old New Memphis" (est. 2032) were shocked to find flooded cenotes, coal forests, and carboniferous swamps teeming with earthlike life awaiting them. Deeper in the basin, the modern colony of New Memphis (pop.500+) hosts the famous Bonktek shopping pyramid and the three outposts of NT's life sciences directorate. This orbital path has a grim habit of collecting shipwrecks as they drift across the frontier.

Domus Dei

EXOTIC MOON
SURFACE HAZARDS UNKNOWN
ALL SIGNALS BLOCKED
LANDINGS PROHIBITED

L1 Stations: NT-Ν

The opaque skies of Domus Dei occlude the full electro-magnetic spectrum, including radio, radar, lidar, x-rays and visible light. To date, no probes, manned, or unmanned craft have ever returned once lost beneath the cloud waves. NT's gravitational observatory Nu maintains a public memorial to the lost "Al-Idrisi Survey" charter mission of 2034 and of the subsequently lost rescue/salvage ships NTRs "Huron", NTRs "Ontario", the Xiang-Geisel lightship "Beiyushan" and the Frontier council's research cruiser "Utrecht"

Mundus

MINI-TERRAN PLANET
HIGH HUMIDITY
POOR VISIBILITY
LOW BREATHABILITY INDEX

L2 Stations: NT-Ζ
Surface Outposts: SPACE QUEBEC, NT-Β

A dim, misty world with the oldest surviving ground settlement in the Frontier. Traders and explorers from a Quebecois separatist movement established the colony of 'Space Quebec'(Pop. 1000+) here in 2032. Nanotrasen's own venerable Outpost Beta supports the colony's terra-forming goals. Moderate success has been achieved in cultivating hardy trees, shrubs, lichens and mosses. The ample glacial meltwaters produce in-situ hydroelectricity as well as supplementary oxygen. Enjoy a bottle of Decirprevo's finest glacial water or visit the tundra's famed hunting lodges.

Iustitia

SILICATE MOON
SECURE AREA
FRONTIER COUNCIL HQ

Surface Outposts: PORT ROERICH, IUSTITIA COSMOTHEQUE, NT-Α

Established in 2033, "Port Roerich" (pop. 400+) was built by the joint US-Soviet fleet to facilitate diplomatic efforts, cultural exchange, and mutual defense against extra-solar threats. Attache outpost Alpha has represented NanoTrasen's legal and financial interests from the earliest days here. As exo-solar threats subsided and old grudges returned, the joint mission withdrew in 2036 and the facilities were given over to the Frontier council. From here they oversee public services including system traffic control, space weather alerts, legal disputes, code enforcement, and ship licensing.

Iudicium

SILICATE MOONLET
SECURE AREA
NANOTRASEN

Surface Outposts: NT-Λ, NT-Ξ

Various military facilities, clinics and prisons managed by the joint fleet were auctioned off to the frontier charter signatories after decommissioning in 2036. When the Frontier charter collapsed in 2040 and the corporate wars began in earnest, many of the older outposts on Iudicium were destroyed in fierce ground fighting. NanoTrasen's Ainsley staff retreat center (medical outpost lambda) remained operational until 2052. Nt tactical operatives, pod pilots, and security chiefs meet for regular training here at instructional outpost xi.

Rota Fortuna

MAJOR ASTEROID
HIGH TRAFFIC AREA

L2 Stations: NT-13, NT-14
L3 Stations: NT-15

The orbital resonance between this object and many of the inner and outer planets made this an important early stopover and refueling point for cross-system shipping and travel. Due to its strategic value, this area became a fierce battlefield during the "Pod Wars" between NanoTrasen's brave pilots and entrenched syndicate forces. Though nearly destroyed in the fighting, the public way-station has since been rebuilt and re-opened by enterprising freelance salvagers. In the years following the battle of Old Fortuna, NanoTrasen has invested heavily in this sector with the construction of orbital stations 13, 14 and 15

Amantes

CONTACT BINARY
HIGH CRIME AREA

L2 Stations: NT-12
Surface Outposts: BUTTES JUNCTION, NT-K, CLOWN TOWN (?)

Contact binary high crime area this peanut-shaped object' serves as another waypoint and landmark for pilots, merchants and travellers heading to and from the outer orbits. Two major asteroids have conjoined together. Nt's ships-service outpost kappa assists long-range shuttles and missions. On the bright faces, sublimating ices and methane hydrates are harvested by prospectors and refiners. Hidden from both space hazards and prying eyes, "Buttes junction" (pop. Unknown) is a shanty town of grounded ships and flightless hulks. Uncharted rockworm tunnels are said to host fugitives, smugglers, and a rumored "Clown town."

Magus

ACID PLANET

Surface Outposts: NADIR EXTRACTION SITE

A viciously toxic planet with sleet-storms of sulfuric acid and a frigid sub-surface ocean of aqua regia and fluoro- sulfuric acid. Despite the obscenely corrosive enviro- ment, industrially-valuable reagents have been cautiously siphoned for years by heavily- armored high-altitude bulkers. In early 2052, frontier materials sciences finally yielded corrosion-resistant probes capable of descending below the ice into the super-acid seas. The exotic materials found in the deeps prompted the beginning of nanotrasen's ambitious "Nadir" extraction project.

Regis

SILICATE MOONLET

L2 Stations: NT-Ρ

Once the forward-operating base of the us-soviet expeditionary fleet, the moon of regis is still littered with crashed derelicts and wreckage from the mortian counter-attack of 2034. Due to the presence of nuclear fallout, abandoned artillery infra- structure and unexploded ordinance, salvaging and surface exploration is forbidden by frontier council edict 2036- cerulean. But don't worry! The outpost rho war museum provides a fine orbital view of the old battlefields and missile silos for academics, history buffs and re-enactors. Make sure to say hi to the museum's host, the original beepsky (retired)

Regina

CAPTIVE COMET

Surface Outposts: NT-Μ

After the outer rings battles subsided in 2036, various agricultural, ornithological, archaeological, mineralogical and philosphical organizations began to use regina as an anchorage for their craft and facilities. Few of the early sites have survived the predations of time and outer ring impactors, derelicts drifting along in the tail of the comet. The anchorage itself largely used as a flea market and truck stop nowadays. Don't forget to stop by agricultural outpost mu for some of the finest hydroponic produce grown this side of the channel.

Mors

CORELESS DWARF PLANET
TRECHEROUS TERRAIN
HAZARDOUS SENTIENCE

L? Stations: NT-Ρ

A rusty, porous mars-like silicate dwarf lacking a metallic core and magnetic field. Below the thin atmosphere, deep fissures and canyons plunge dozens of kilometers downwards into vast caverns and warrens of yet indeterminable depth. Unknown numbers of telepathic "Mortians" live in the deeps with the last entombed remnants of their lost surface seas. In spite of their morphological differences, captured mortan genetic sequences are disquietingly similar to our familiar martian adversaries.

Flaminica

METHANE | UNINHABITED
COLD SUBNEPTUNIAN
EXTREME COLD
LETHAL WINDSPEEDS
ELECTRICAL STORMS

Frigid supersonic winds and titanic lightning storms make this royal-blue gas dwarf extremely challenging for any exploration attempts. Radar and gravity scans indicate the presence of dense geometric structures deep below the clouds, a subject of intense exo- archaological speculation.

Senex

CARBON DIOXIDE | OUTPOSTS
ICE MOON
EXTREME COLD
HAZARDOUS TERRAIN
HOSTILE FAUNA

Surface Outposts: NOVAYA VOSTOK, NT-Θ

A frozen, desolate moonscape with fractured carbon-ice glaciers encasing a water-rich mantle. Cryovolcanism replenishes the thin atmosphere and produces freouent snowstorms of dry ice. Few attempts have ever been made to establish permanent structures here and even fewer have withstood the environment. Rumors abound of vicious wildlife, disappearances, and strange energy signatures below the ice.

Estella

EXO-ATMOSPHERE | OUTPOSTS
ICE PLANET
EXTREME COLD

L? Stations: NT-Ω

With the highest surface albedo among its' peers, estella's titanium-rich surface shines bright in the frontier skies with reflected light from the two companion stars, a natural beacon in the dark, nt's last stop in the typhon orbits, orbital outpost omega served as the final staging point for the nss clarion and nss destiny missions towards the blue and red stars. Isolated by such distance from trade routes, outpost omega is maintained primarily by cyborgs and ai instead of human staff.