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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 - for a series of accords for mutual co-operation, which was the foundation for the [[Cronoxi Syndicate]], the pan-stellar political institution which now governs the system. ~~TOC~~ ===== Formation... nsed into spherical bodies of roughly equal mass, which eventually settled into a stable orbit about a co... on, giving the worlds an usual day-night cycle in which each day is the also a thirty-four standard-day m
- 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 … - eved by a tachyon field effect, a burst of energy which kicks all particles within the field to a higher ... ===== The tachyon drive has a number of issues which limit its range. Firstly, the amount of energy r... ir brains reinjected with a synthetic personality which was merely a copy of their own. This problem was... p. It also required building ships and equipment which could endure for millennia, since a ship in regul
- 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… - ly used to transport highly sensitive information which must not be intercepted. During final processing... e retrieved by introducing a flaw in the crystal, which releases the data stream. Data from a crystal can... onsider a foolproof method of sending information which, when it arrives intact, the recipient can be abs
- 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. - ificial bodies, orbitals, habs and space stations which are the extent of bandar space colonisation. Give... scape. This is moderated by a world government in which the administration of infrastructure and responsi
- 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 - of empty space some forty light years across, in which Bantmitual's sun is the only star. ~~TOC~~ ====... are for the egg until the nestling hatches, after which they continue to be nurtured by the group. Nest s
- Cronoxi Syndicateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCronoxi Syndicate
The Cronoxi Syndicate is political and trade alliance of various worlds and polities in the Gamma Delta quadrant. Worlds within the syndicate are sovereign and self-governing, but agree to standards of peace and liberty, open trade and mutual defence. - sting of polities in a looser political alliance, which have mutual defence treaties with the Syndicate w
- 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… - al planes are at 83 degree angle from each other, which suggests that the two stars originally formed ind
- 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 … - rrestrial world. Liquid sulphur turns into vapour which forms clouds in the atmosphere, raining liquid su
- 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 - t moons and a sparse ring system of rock and ice, which is not dense enough to be visible from the inner
- 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. - e is asked to agree an official naming convention which appeases both local and trans-stellar interests.