Overview

Ara Arcturus is the solar system previously designated AM-7278.

A confederation is a union of sovereign groups, states or planets united for purposes of common action. Usually created via treaty, confederations tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defense, foreign relations, internal trade or currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all its members.

  • Orbital Zones: 11
  • Inhabitable Planets/Moons: 7
  • Sentient Population: Millions (30% Dromite, 30% Duergar, 25% Maenad, 10% Ophiduan, 5% Samsaran)
  • Government: Confederation
  • Capital: Raveg Orbital Platform (Counsel Chambers)

This system is approximately thirty standard days travel from the Astraeus Terminal for a small or medium size ship at maximum conventional thrust.

Discovered by Oryx while surveying STX-97H, this solar system is much larger.

This star system has Blue Giant primary with eleven orbiting bodies.

Triro

Desert Planet

No satellites, extreme temperature shifts as the planet moves through its close elliptical orbit of the primary. Thin but otherwise normal atmosphere.

– Climate: Extreme temperature shifts
– Gravity: half normal
– Moons: None

– Sapient Species: Dromite
– Government: Collective
– Capital:
– Major Exports:
– Major Imports:

Sonoth

Carbon Planet

No satellites, irradiated atmosphere, appears to be the result of a world encompassing war. Ruins indicate a pre-space faring culture once inhabited the planet.

– Climate: Irradiated wastes
– Gravity: Normal
– Moons: None

– Sapient Species: None Known
– Government:
– Capital:
– Major Exports:
– Major Imports:

Mazik

Gas Giant

– Climate:
– Gravity: High
– Moons: One (artificial)

– Sapient Species:
– Government:
– Capital:
– Major Exports:
– Major Imports:

Artificial Moon

Thus far none in the solar system have managed to unlock the purpose of this satellite. It appears much like an undisturbed version of Apostae but less ominous. Attempts to land on the surface have been unsuccessful due to varying gravitational waves as you approach the planet. They operate almost like repulsors pushing would be explorers off course and away from the surface. Rather than press the issue, the rest of the solar system have opted to leave the planetoid alone.

Orilia

Garden World

No satellites, marsh terrain, tidally locked

– Climate: Thick jungle (light side), cold marsh (dark side)
– Gravity: Normal
– Moons: None

– Sapient Species: Ophiduan
– Government:
– Capital:
– Major Exports:
– Major Imports:

Nibos

Ocean World

Electrical storms ring the equator of this planet.

– Climate: Thin Atmosphere
– Gravity: Normal
– Moons: None

– Sapient Species: Maenad (Psi), Woioko (Non-Psi)
– Government:
– Capital:
– Major Exports: Fuel cells, food stuff
– Major Imports:

Raveg

Lava World

One broken satellite in orbit, ruins of an ancient civilization dot the surface of the planet.

– Climate: Flame and blasted wastes
– Gravity: High
– Moons: One (Broken), Capital class stardock (gargantuan station)

– Sapient Species: Duergar, Azer
– Government: Sultanate
– Capital:
– Major Exports: Raw ores, refined metals, ship components
– Major Imports:

Sajik

Hot Gas Giant

No satellites, perpendicular rotation to the solar plane

– Climate: Hostile
– Gravity: Heavy
– Moons: None

– Sapient Species: No Native
– Government: n/a
– Capital: n/a
– Major Exports: Refined power and fuel cells
– Major Imports: Thermal conversion generators, gas skimmers and labor

Hegroth

Lava Planet

High gravity, one great storm ravages the surface of this planet.

– Climate: Tempest winds and fiery wastes
– Gravity: Normal
– Moons: 1 (Forest)

– Sapient Species: Duergar, Salamander
– Government: Sultanate
– Capital: n/a
– Major Exports: Raw ore, refined materials, weapon systems
– Major Imports: n/a

Kubre

Carbon Planet

This planet is mostly arid terrain with significant ice caps at each pole.

– Climate: Arid terrain with significant ice caps at each pole
– Gravity: 1.5 normal gravity
– Moons: One (terraformed)

– Sapient Species: None Known

Garden Satellite – Jolde

– Climate: Temperate
– Gravity: Normal

– Sapient Species: Samsaran
– Government: Ara Arcturus Confederation

The Samsaran are mysterious on a good day and cryptic at all other times. Their origins are unknown, but they have always inhabited Jolde and offered neutral guidance to their neighbors.

When the solar system was threatened by the Dominion millennia ago the Samsaran organized defenses and guided the Confederation to victory.

Outer Asteroid Fields

Through the events of the campaign, the planetoid named Ulara was destroyed to rebuild the security screen that protect the Confederation from idle incursions from outside threats like the Dominion. The only remaining debris from the planetary conversion forms an aptly named asteroid belt; the Ulara Field.

This was also apparently the fate long ago of a celestial body farthest from the primary now labeled the Corix Field. This densely packed asteroid field provides an anchor for the security screen surrounding the solar system.