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- 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 - e to the [[Bandar Gulf]], a region of empty space some forty light years across, in which Bantmitual's... reduced to stripes or faint discoloration, though some have vestigial thick knobbly skin. Vestigial ... h a breeding season that occurs three times every solar year. There is little sexual dimorphism betwee... h a smoother skin. Gender fluctuates with age and social circumstances, though bandar tend to be femal
- 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 - twin planets were most likely formed in the early solar system by a collision between two large proto-... mpacting body was large enough, and the collision so violent, that rather than forming one moon, it sp... s of time the water has gradually leached away by solar activity, and by several violent impacts. It ... n deep chasms, caverns and cool shadowed heights, so that life still exists, but most of the surface i
- 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. - byssal ocean. The pressure of the ocean bottom is so crushing that exotic structures of phased ice for... tion is relatively rare for modern bandar, though some opt to do so in specialised polar retreats, considering it to be a spiritual experience. The major... for industrial exchange, and gathering points for social, cultural and political activities. Bandar ci
- 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 … - e is true for tachyons projected by a TTD burst. Solid objects decohere over long distances, so that if a ship jumps too far, when it recoheres the molec... e state at the point of transition (storing it in solid-state memory). This had not only prohibitive ... was merely a copy of their own. This problem was solved with a drastic modification to the tachyon bu
- 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 - is a true giant, approximately 2.4 Jovian masses, so big that it causes the [[helevos:storm tides]] on... ourth sphere" in the most ancient language of the so-called Godmen of Helevos, since it was once seen ... Rahtair as one). ===== Tides ===== Kwato'or is so massive it has significant gravitational effects on the inner and outer solar system, with planetary orbits being inclined s
- 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. - eir home system, despite having the ability to do so. {{page>infobox:1gd}} The formation of the gulf ... erhaps by passing black holes, or pushed apart by some object within the gulf. The fact that only star
- 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. - er to its sun and thrown into the outer system at some point in its formation. Its surface suggests t... of the surface is ice many kilometres thick, but some areas are clear of ice, with gaseous atmosphere
- 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… - aneously finalising the properties of the crystal so that it infinitely refracts within the crystal st
- 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. - avity, surrounding a cold rocky core. Kondray is so large that the water and gaseous ice exist in a v
- 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 … - ic. This atmosphere is constantly eroded away by solar wind, leaving a glowing, flare-like trail in 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 - stem ====== The **Bandar system** is an isolated solar system in the midst of the [[Bandar Gulf]], an
- 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… - eir history. The system has numerous spacefaring societies, planets, moons and orbital structures, fo
- 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. - Delta quadrant]]. Worlds within the syndicate are sovereign and self-governing, but agree to standards