Stellar Mass: 0.97 Sol Masses
Stellar Class: G
Luminosity: N/A
Planets: 2
Laena - ("cloaked") is a methane-clouded hothouse planet. Its lack of a metal-rich core and significant magnetosphere allows for an easy scan, which reveals mining equipment on its surface. It can be deduced that this mining occurred within the last five years — any longer and the machines would have been worn to nothing by the excessive heat and dust storms of hot iron oxide.
Orbital Distance: 1.4 AU
Orbital Period: 1.7 Earth Years
Keplerian Ratio: 0.949
Radius: 6,197 km
Day Length: 36.2 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure: 37.64 atm
Surface Temp: 365 °C
Surface Gravity: 1.0 g
Mass: 0.937 Earth Masse
Sanctum
Sanctum is proof of the old spacer adage, "just because it's called a garden world doesn't mean it's a picnic." Freezing ice storms cover the poles and temperate zones, leaving a narrow strip of habitable land at the equator. Dry but windy, this area is home to Sanctum's minimal terrestrial plant life. The planet has yet to develop land-based animals, though invertebrates grow quite large in its pelagic seas.
Mining, referred to as "ice cracking" at anywhere but the equator, is a common employment on Sanctum. The planet is rich in platinum and palladium deposits, as well as boron, which is locally used in semiconductor doping.
TRAVEL ADVISORY: Carbon dioxide levels on Sanctum can reach 5,000 parts per million during thermal inversions. Travelers should carry a breath mask at all times and consult the Sanctum World Weather Service for warnings.
TRAVEL ADVISORY: Piracy is at a fourteen-year global high on Sanctum. Visitors should take appropriate security precautions.
Sanctum is known for the freezing ice storms which sweep across its poles and temperate zones, with only a thin strip of habitable land along the equator. Because of those harsh living conditions, Sanctum attracts only the most gruff and hardy, from miners to mercenaries to company men. Mining, referred to as "ice cracking" anywhere but the equator, is the backbone of Sanctum's economy. The planet is rich in platinum and palladium deposits, as well as boron, which is locally used in semiconductor doping.
Orbital Distance: 2.6 AU
Orbital Period: 4.2 Earth Years
Keplerian Ratio: 0.996
Radius: 6,651 km
Day Length: 69.4 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure: 0.4 atm
Surface Temp; −50 °C (mean), 4 °C (equator)
Surface Gravity: 1.2 g
Mass; 1.295 Earth Masses
Colony
Capital: Vulpes
Colony Founded: 2169
Population: 257,300