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- Ra and Ratérplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRa and Ratér
Ra (RAH) and Ratér (rah-TAIR) are mutually-orbiting binary planets in the Cronox System. The two are both marginal for human life but were settled many millennia ago. Rivalry and conflict between the two throughout their history laid the foundation for a series of accords for mutual co-operation, which was the foundation for the - were most likely formed in the early solar system by a collision between two large proto-planetary bod... each other. The local day is therefore determined by their mutual rotation, giving the worlds an usual... worlds have a monthday of full, hot sun, followed by an equal period of cold, moonless night. On the inner faces, at night the world is lit by moonlight which waxes and wanes throughout the da
- Hyperdriveplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHyperdrive
Most modern interstellar space travel is achieved using variations on the tachyon transference drive (TTD), variously called the tachyon drive or hyperdrive. This circumvents the laws of mass and energy by “flipping” a vessel travelling at speeds approaching the speed of light into tachyonic particles. These particles have no mass in the convention sense, as they are incapable of interacting with sub-luminal matter. They also travel at the speed of light within their own point of … - ve. This circumvents the laws of mass and energy by "flipping" a vessel travelling at speeds approach... their departure. The tachyon "flip" is achieved by a tachyon field effect, a burst of energy which k... ing. Larger transit ships get around this problem by accelerating to upwards of 70% of C, but constant... ance, and the same is true for tachyons projected by a TTD burst. Solid objects decohere over long di
- Bandar (non-humanoid species)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBandar (non-humanoid species)
The bandar are a highly advanced non-humanoid civilisation native to the heavy gravity world, Bantmitual. Though gregarious amongst their own kind and having advanced technological abilities, few bandar leave their world of birth, and no bandar has ever left their home system. They give their name to the - Early attempts at space flight, or even ascension by space elevator, caused internal haemorrhage, brai... ity to modify their internal and external biology by force of will, though this takes time. This has a... . In nature, bandar gender changes are triggered by social dynamics and pheromone-like scent markers.... hatches, after which they continue to be nurtured by the group. Nest sites were the start of civilisat
- Official Naming Conventionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOfficial Naming Convention
Official Naming Conventions are common interstellar agreements about the naming of stars, systems and planets. Planetary names in particular can be highly politicised, because long-established worlds may have a variety of local names used by different groups or nations, names applied to them by other planets in the same system, and yet other names applied by cultures in distant systems or by colonial powers. - hed worlds may have a variety of local names used by different groups or nations, names applied to them by other planets in the same system, and yet other names applied by cultures in distant systems or by colonial powers. Each system therefore is asked to agree an offici
- Bantmitual (planet)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBantmitual (planet)
Bantmitual, also called Bandar Prime, is the principle inhabited planet of the Bandar System. It is the homeworld of the bandar, a highly advanced yet retiring tetrapodal species who are spacefaring, but have never ventured much beyond their home system. - al shelf with only 30% of the surface being deep abyssal ocean. The pressure of the ocean bottom is so... their own garden grazing space and neighbours nearby. There are few metropolises in the human sense, c... r-changing political landscape. This is moderated by a world government in which the administration of
- Meseriond crystalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMeseriond crystal
Meseriond is a synthetic crystal with almost total internal refraction, used to store information. They are particularly used to transport highly sensitive information which must not be intercepted.
During final processing of the crystal, a stream of data is injected, whilst simulataneously finalising the properties of the crystal so that it infinitely refracts within the crystal structure. The data is held within the crystal as a static stream. The data can only be retrieved… - s a static stream. The data can only be retrieved by introducing a flaw in the crystal, which releases... nt can be absolutely certain it has not been seen by anyone else. Various encryption methods are used
- Bandar Gulfplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBandar Gulf
The Bandar Gulf is a region of nearly empty space between two strands of the local galactic arm, about 40 light years at its widest point, and nearly 100 light years long. The only star in this void is the sun of the Bandar System, home to the bandar race, a highly advanced and cultured race who have never ventured beyond their home system, despite having the ability to do so. - nclear whether the space was pulled apart perhaps by passing black holes, or pushed apart by some object within the gulf. The fact that only star within t
- Kondrayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKondray
Kondray is the fifth planet of the star Cordes in the Cronox System, a massive ice world of frozen gas and dust. The surface is a crust of frozen gas and water, marked by mountains and crevasses of ice, sitting on a liquid layer warmed by pressure and gravity, surrounding a cold rocky core. - urface is a crust of frozen gas and water, marked by mountains and crevasses of ice, sitting on a liquid layer warmed by pressure and gravity, surrounding a cold rocky co
- Cronox Systemplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCronox System
Planets of the Cronox-Cordes system
Terrestrial planets of Cordes, to scale
Position of Cronox in Syndicate space
Cronox [CRON-ox] is a S-type detached-binary star system consisting of the stars 1GD.Pa-Cordes and 1GD.Pb-Arjos. The two orbit a common barycenter at a sufficient distance for each to have its own independent planetary system. The two stars' orbital planes are at 83 degree angle from each other, which suggests that the two stars originally formed independently o… - - **[[Nomez]]** - a glowing hot world scorched by the sun - **[[Ahtrey]]** - barren desert - *
- Nomezplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNomez
Nomez [NOM-ez] is a heavy, dense planet orbiting closest to the sun Cordes, in the Cronox System.
Its surface is molten and constantly active, almost half of its surface being a sea of liquid sulphur and mineral salts. It has a toxic atmosphere of gaseous chlorine, bromine, sulphur, and phosphorus belched from the ever-active volcanoes, with clouds of light metals like lead and arsenic. This atmosphere is constantly eroded away by solar wind, leaving a glowing, flare-like trail in … - senic. This atmosphere is constantly eroded away by solar wind, leaving a glowing, flare-like trail i
- Bandar Systemplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBandar System
The Bandar system is an isolated solar system in the midst of the Bandar Gulf, an empty region of space approximately 40 LY across. Its single star is an orange subgiant.
Astrography of the Gamma Delta Quadrant
This is in a series of articles about stars, planets, civilisations and technologies of the wider - he entire system has been reshaped and remodelled by bandar technology. Consequently the system has o
- Ma'agahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMa'agah
Ma'agah (1GD.Pa9) is the ninth, outermost planet of the star Cordes in the Cronox System. It is a small, cold, dark world of rock and ice with an elliptical orbit, with the planet being pulled towards the binary star Arjos. At aphelion it is twice as far from the sun as at perihelion. - re is occasionally subjected to warming, possibly by gravitational effects. Most of the surface is ic
- Do'ahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDo'ah
Do’ah (DOE-ah) is a small, lilac-white gas giant, the eighth planet of the star Cordes in the Cronox System. It is much smaller than its huge and tempestuous brother Kwato'or (0.26 Jovian-masses).
Do'ah is most likely the only survivor of a number of medium-sized gas world that once circled Cordes, the others having been sucked into the hungry maw of Kwato’or. The planet has storm belts, but since Do'ah is relatively cool, they are simple convection storms coloured blue, red and purple… - system, the inner being separated from the outer by the three largest of its 12 moons. {{tag>planets
- Al-Narplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAl-Nar
Al-Nar is a planet in the Myrilus system. As a Tritavi world it is one of the most secretive and technologically advanced in the region, protected by a gravitational invertion layer. - t secretive and technologically advanced in the region, protected by a gravitational invertion layer.
- Kwato'orplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKwato'or
Kwato’or (KWAT-oh-oor) is the six planet of Cordes in the Cronox System.
It is a gas supergiant, violent and beautiful, with titanic eternal storm systems coloured white and all shades from pale lilac to deep purple. It is a true giant, approximately 2.4 Jovian masses, so big that it causes the - that it causes the [[helevos:storm tides]] on nearby [[helevos:Helevos]]. The name derives from "four