05-21-2017, 10:21 PM
Gallic News Service - 740 AGS
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Time’s Up For Maine Star
The long abandoned system of Maine may face annihilation in the deathrows of its primary star according to astronomic projections. Troubling signs were first detected in early 738 AGS when a standard system scan registered increased material accumulation within the star, the initial stage of a process known as nuclear thermal runaway, which alerted astronomers to the potential of a supernova and allowed authorities to enact a system-wide evacuation before disaster struck.
Nuclear thermal runaway is a process of uncontrolled thermal reaction that can occur in binary systems when a white dwarf star begins to collect material from its red giant partner. This increase in density and temperature within the stellar core causes the ignition of carbon fusion, a similar process used in Gallic reactors, which builds up until the white dwarf reaches critical mass resulting in a supernova explosion that completely destabilises the star.
Of the many titanic undertakings during the Maine Crisis, few compare to the displacement of the 430 million strong population of Planet Le Mans. A non-stop cycle of troop transports, liners, and retrofitted ore haulers ferried civilians for months, gradually relocating all those willing to leave. This feat has been estimated to cost the Royal treasury billions of francs, and even more from the local nobility.
During this time, several key facilities were also relocated from Maine. Cryocube production lines were divided amongst a number of industrial centers, the remainder of which became fully operational last month. Larger spaceborne facilities that were considered too costly to move en masse had their vital sections disassembled and incorporated elsewhere into similar stations. Most notably, Laval Shipyard components have been successfully integrated into Haute-Seine in Picardy.
Mortagne Production Facility was left unsalvaged, as it had been destroyed by terrorists in late 738 AGS, following the announcement of evacuation earlier that year. In order to prevent further attacks against departing transports or the Picardy jump gate, Battleship Nogent-le-Rotroi was stationed at that exit and poised much of her fleet to protect the Le Mans orbital.
Unfortunately, not all the inhabitants of Le Mans agreed to the evacuation. Almost 2.8 million souls chose to stay behind, many of whom refused to leave their ancestral homes or simply refused to heed the warning. Outside speculators also theorize that some of those who remained did so to profit from the wealth of abandoned settlements, supplies, and technology.
Despite the rationale, leading astrophysicists agree that any naturally formed anomalous connection to the Maine system would have been rendered unstable approximately two months after the sealing of the Maine jump gate in Picardy, leaving the fate of those 2.8 million blowing in the stellar winds.
EFL Oil and Machinery subsidiary Solar Engineering further warns against any reliance upon spacecraft utilizing gravitational anomalies, which are inherently unstable hazards. These precarious wormholes are an utmost danger to health and safety, and must be avoided■
Nuclear thermal runaway is a process of uncontrolled thermal reaction that can occur in binary systems when a white dwarf star begins to collect material from its red giant partner. This increase in density and temperature within the stellar core causes the ignition of carbon fusion, a similar process used in Gallic reactors, which builds up until the white dwarf reaches critical mass resulting in a supernova explosion that completely destabilises the star.
Of the many titanic undertakings during the Maine Crisis, few compare to the displacement of the 430 million strong population of Planet Le Mans. A non-stop cycle of troop transports, liners, and retrofitted ore haulers ferried civilians for months, gradually relocating all those willing to leave. This feat has been estimated to cost the Royal treasury billions of francs, and even more from the local nobility.
During this time, several key facilities were also relocated from Maine. Cryocube production lines were divided amongst a number of industrial centers, the remainder of which became fully operational last month. Larger spaceborne facilities that were considered too costly to move en masse had their vital sections disassembled and incorporated elsewhere into similar stations. Most notably, Laval Shipyard components have been successfully integrated into Haute-Seine in Picardy.Mortagne Production Facility was left unsalvaged, as it had been destroyed by terrorists in late 738 AGS, following the announcement of evacuation earlier that year. In order to prevent further attacks against departing transports or the Picardy jump gate, Battleship Nogent-le-Rotroi was stationed at that exit and poised much of her fleet to protect the Le Mans orbital.
Unfortunately, not all the inhabitants of Le Mans agreed to the evacuation. Almost 2.8 million souls chose to stay behind, many of whom refused to leave their ancestral homes or simply refused to heed the warning. Outside speculators also theorize that some of those who remained did so to profit from the wealth of abandoned settlements, supplies, and technology.
Despite the rationale, leading astrophysicists agree that any naturally formed anomalous connection to the Maine system would have been rendered unstable approximately two months after the sealing of the Maine jump gate in Picardy, leaving the fate of those 2.8 million blowing in the stellar winds.
EFL Oil and Machinery subsidiary Solar Engineering further warns against any reliance upon spacecraft utilizing gravitational anomalies, which are inherently unstable hazards. These precarious wormholes are an utmost danger to health and safety, and must be avoided■
Science Journalist, Jean Leture
Tags: Maine, Disaster, Supernova, Evacuation, Science, Astronomy