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Pennsylvania was originally settled by Zoners. Liberty's interest in the system gradually grew and House influence increased steadily until the System was heavily patrolled by the Liberty Police and Liberty Navy and was declared an independent system under Liberty protection. Thought dissent is prevalent among Zoners, any real resistance is beyond practical possibility.
System Overview
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Astronomical Bodies
Stellar Objects
- Medium White Sun
- Green Dwarf Sun
- Planet Erie
- Planet Bruin
- Planet Dudley
- Planet Hallam
- Planet Sayre
- Planet Tyrone
- Planet Tremont
- Clarion
- Bradford
- Susquehanna
- Lansdale
- Appalachian Asteroid Field
- Hallam Nebula
- Ralston Ice Field
- Meadville Ice Asteroid Field
- Scranton Asteroid Field
- Driftwood Ice Asteroid Field
- Wilkes-Barre Asteroid Field
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Industrial Development
- Water
- Helium
- Hydrocarbons
- Silver Ore
- Platinum Ore
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Faction Presence
Lawful Factions
Corporations & Guilds
Unlawful Factions
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Jump Gates and Holes
Planetary Bodies
- The green world of Erie was discovered in 679 A.S. Although the Pennsylvania system is located relatively close to New York, it took some time before Liberty became interested in its exploration. Erie was the only planet in the system with environment suitable for human colonization. Ecosystem of the planet was exceptionally rich with various land and water species, and in some way resembled Earth of Triassic period. At first, Liberty considered Erie to be suitable place of colonization for undesired elements from Manhattan. Later, however, it became known that some of microorganisms that inhabit Erie can infect humans, and numerous predators pose significant danger. Since Liberty was not ready to provide socially undesirable colonists with expensive medical supplies or weaponry to defend themselves, plans to colonize Erie have been delayed.
- In 761 A.S., a group of Zoner colonists landed planetside. Awared of the dangers posed by local wildlife, they drained swamps in a few selected areas to eliminate insects that were major carriers of local diseases. Later, well-developed settlements were built in the drained territories. Settlements grew into cities, and many Zoners started to consider this planet as their new home, much like to Gran Canaria. Liberty, of course, was aware of their progress, unwilling to allow an independent colony to arise within its borders. Liberty Security Force agents on the planet have secretly bribed a group of high-rank Zoner councellors who controlled most of the planet's economy and space transit. At about the same time, Liberty Rogues and Xenos have found jump hole paths into Pennsylvania and established bases of operation there. While the Zoners had enough firepower to fight back the intruders and protect their convoys, some of the councillors overestimated the threat, attempting to cause panic between pilots and civilian population. In the end, government of Erie made an ambiguous decision to invite Liberty Police Inc. to protect their Pennsylvania bases and trade routes.
- Most of the local Zoners reacted negatively to this decision, and some even started to assemble resistance detachments in order to start a guerilla war in case Liberty will overstep its bounds. Liberty officials were witty enough to see economical benefits that the presence of Zoners provided, and avoided the fighting. Declaring Pennsylvania an independent system under Liberty protectorate, they offered Zoners economical and political freedom. Moreover, Liberty has built a system of trade lanes to allow safer and faster travels between Pennsylvania stations and New York. While the system is supervised by Liberty governor, the Zoner cities on Erie are self-governed and enjoy complete autonomy, unlike former Zoner space stations that have completely been taken under control of LPI. Zoners, of course, are not fully satisfied with their agreement with Liberty; however, they have to admit that any attempts to overthrow the Liberty reign will result in a war with the nearby House, leading to destruction of their new world.
- Location: E/4
- Diameter: 10,921 km
- Mass: 6.67 x 10e25 kg
- Terrain: Terrestrial
- Temperature: -53°C to 65°C
- Escape Velocity: 10.54 km/sec
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Planet Bruin
- The large desert world of Bruin is one of the largest planets in Sirius that don't fall into the category of gas giants. Its thick atmosphere, however, doesn't contain nearly enough oxygene to support organic life, and strong gravitational field makes any terraforming attempts impossible right from the start.
- Location: D/3
- Diameter: 14,717 km
- Mass: 10.69 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: Desert
- Temperature: -71°C to 60°C
- Escape Velocity: 14.86 km/sec
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Planet Dudley
- A relatively small gas giant that proved to have a surprisingly compact silicon core. No traces of usable resources were found in the atmosphere.
- Location: D/2
- Diameter: 7,820 km
- Mass: 2.54 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: N/A
- Temperature: N/A
- Escape Velocity: 5.89 km/sec
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Planet Hallam
- An icy planet with thin cold atmosphere. Mineral resource deposists have recently been discovered on the surface, but neither Zoners nor Liberty companies showed interest in establishing a mining colony.
- Location: E/6
- Diameter: 15,302 km
- Mass: 6.35 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: Ice
- Temperature: -94°C to 15°C
- Escape Velocity: 10.12 km/sec
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Planet Sayre
- Sayre is a huge gas giant with beautiful purple atmosphere surrounded by an extensive system of rings that were considered to be the largest in all Sirius until the discovery of Planet Tonnerre. A single large moon named Bradford orbits the planet.
- Location: C/5
- Diameter: 27,916 km
- Mass: 15.02 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: N/A
- Temperature: N/A
- Escape Velocity: 16.45 km/sec
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Planet Tyrone
- A hot barren world with huge lava flows planetside that are visible even from space. High temperatures render any exploration attempts redundant.
- Location: E/3
- Diameter: 12,826 km
- Mass: 9.11 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: Barren
- Temperature: 112°C to 185°C
- Escape Velocity: 12.70 km/sec
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Planet Tremont
- While this yellow gas giant is much larger than Sayre in size, it has a much smaller ring system. Clarion is known to be the only large moon that orbits the planet.
- Location: E/5
- Diameter: 35,576 km
- Mass: 12.87 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: N/A
- Temperature: N/A
- Escape Velocity: 16.79 km/sec
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Clarion
- A rocky airless moon with no appreciable resources.
- Location: F/5
- Diameter: 6,000 km
- Mass: 3.38 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: Barren
- Temperature: -20°C to 56°C
- Escape Velocity: 4.21 km/sec
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Bradford
- A cold lifeless moon on the outskirts of Pennsylvania system. It has a small ring system of its own, comprised of elements dragged away from the vast ring system of planet Sayre.
- Location: C/5
- Diameter: 5,524 km
- Mass: 4.92 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: Ice
- Temperature: -97°C to -22°C
- Escape Velocity: 7.36 km/sec
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Susquehanna
- Named after the longest river running through the state of Pennsylvania on ancient Earth, Susquehanna is a small moon orbiting Planet Bruin.
- Location: D/3
- Diameter: 4,275 km
- Mass: 4.40 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: Desert
- Temperature: -50°C to 99°C
- Escape Velocity: 4.17 km/sec
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Lansdale
- A desolate moon located deep within the Driftwood Asteroid Field.
- Location: H/6
- Diameter: 6,230 km
- Mass: 4.66 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: Barren
- Temperature: -75°C to 8°C
- Escape Velocity: 5.07 km/sec
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Nebula and Asteroids
Appalachian Asteroid Field
 Appalachian Asteroid Field - Appalachian Asteroid Field is a place where New York Jump Gate in Pennsylvania is located. The gate and nearby trade lane made this area popular with pirates, most notably Liberty Rogues. It is rumored that a Rogue base is located in one of the remote regions of this large field. Despite the dangers, Appalachian is an asset of value for freelancers and small shipping companies: central part of the field is rich with hydrocarbons that can be mined from asteroids without much effort. Quantities of hydrocarbons are not sufficient for industrial extraction, and larger companies did not show interest in using local deposits.
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Hallam Nebula
- A beautiful and complex nebula that contains the Ralston Ice Field.
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Ralston Ice Field
- Ralston Ice Field is located within the Hallam Nebula. The field is notable for significant amounts of helium trapped in the asteroids that form the field. Extremely low temperatures within the nebula do not allow to use asteroid miners in the field, however, standard cargo tracking equipment installed on most ships allows to mine out this element in small quantities.
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Meadville Ice Asteroid Field
 Meadville Ice Asteroid Field - Meadville is a medium-sized field of ice asteroids with no traces of valuable resources. It is rumored that one of the largest asteroids has been converted into a base by one of the Liberty pirate factions, most probably Xenos. Meadville also contains a jump hole leading from Pennsylvania into Texas system, but explorers should be aware that its exit is located within the hazardous Pequena Negra nebula.
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Scranton Asteroid Field
- A medium-sized field of rock asteroids. Barely explored, this field is located in one of the most remote regions of Pennsylvania and often serves as a hideout for Rogues and other dangerous criminals chased by Bounty Hunters or Police patrols.
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Driftwood Ice Asteroid Field
 Driftwood Ice Asteroid Field - A large field of ice asteroids on the outskirts of the Pennsylvania system. Xeno activity is significant within the field.
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Wilkes-Barre Asteroid Field
 Wilkes-Barre Asteroid Field - A desolate medium-sized rock asteroid field. Traces of valuable metals have been found by initial surveys conducted by Zoners, but no further research has been made due to increasing pirate activity in the Pennsylvania system.
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Space Stations
- While Liberty government showed no interest in Pennsylvania and allowed Zoners and civilian companies to populate the system, the settlers established first cities on Planet Erie and turned to building space stations. Philadelphia became the first of them, completed in 764 A.S. More components were attached to the station later, including a large manufacturing plant and biodomes. As new bases were built in Pennsylvania and economical activites were rising, piracy started to increase as well, and Zoners had to use the help of Liberty government to keep unlawful presence under control. Nowadays, Philadelphia became the center of Liberty government in Pennsylvania, lead by governor, Sebastian Guillemot, formerly a lawyer and high-ranked employee of Ageira Technologies. Station is controlled by Liberty Police Inc., with more than 2000 civilians, personnel and corporate representatives residing in the station's living quarters. Manhattan intentionally decided to keep Liberty officials away from Planet Erie to give the colonists an impression that they are truly independent.
- Location: D/3
- Class: Discovery
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 2K
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- Bethlehem is a Zoner installation built in 780 A.S. Unlike larger Philadelphia, it remained independent from Liberty civilian authorities after the House took Pennsylvania under its control.
- Location: E/3
- Class: Endeavour
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 600
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- Battleship Gettysburg was stationed in Pennsylvania after the local factions asked Liberty for protection against local pirates. Since then, the crew of Gettysburg faithfully fulfils the duty, trying to halt crime rise that has been characteristic for this system during the recent decade.
- Location: E/4
- Class: Sheridan
- Crew: CLASSIFIED
- Armament: CLASSIFIED
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- Junkers were part of the original populace who settled in Pennsylvania. After arrival of Liberty Rogues, Junkers were most ready to trade and exchange resources with them. Zoners demanded that the Rogues should not be allowed into Erie, however, Junkers ignored the request, and the current relations between Junkers and local Zoners are quite tedious.
- Location: C/5
- Class: Lakeshore
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 800
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- Pennsylvania houses a large populace of Liberty Rogues, many of whom are family members of other Rogues who operate in more dangerous areas of Liberty. Niverton guarantees safety for all of them, since Navy or Police patrols rarely venture in the area, and asteroid field doesn't allow capital ships to operate efficiently.
- Location: C/4
- Class: Unknown
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 2K
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- Relative safety of Pennsylvania and presence of barely defended civilian convoys has attracted a significant Xeno population. Some of them are struggling for survival, while some have built a fortune after hijacking a couple of especially valuable Zoner shipments.
- Location: D/5
- Class: Unknown
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Limited
- Population: 200
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- Harrisburg is a large installation built in close orbit of Planet Erie in 807-812 A.S. It houses over three thousand colonists, mainly Zoners and representatives of Liberty corporations, and consists of multiple station modules with factories, living quarters, storage facilities, and two biodomes. While Zoners form the majority of its population, the station is controlled by Liberty Police Inc. and was built using the money of Liberty corporations that now participate in its operation. Harrisburg is a remarkable sign of economical growth that Pennsylvania system is experiencing.
- Location: E/4
- Class: Pittsburgh
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 3K
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Mineable Commodities
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination - Dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) is odorless, tasteless, transparent, and absolutely essential to human life. Roughly 75% of the human body is composed of Water. Deprived of Water, most humans can only live three days. The process of dehydration is a painful one, as tissues shrivel and vessels shrink in a desperate bid by the dying body to preserve its remaining vital functions.
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination - Helium is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert monatomic chemical element that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table and whose atomic number is 2. Its boiling and melting points are the lowest among the elements and it exists only as a gas except in extreme conditions. Accumulated in a number of ice asteroid fields around Sirius, helium is required for a number of industries along with neon, and is mined in small to medium quantities by independent suppliers.
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination - Hydrocarbons are a class of organic compounds composed only of hydrogen and carbon molecules, resulting in a wide variety of substances that have important industrial applications. While hydrocarbons naturally occur in a gaseous state almost everywhere in the known universe, frozen deposits present the most easily exploited form of the substance. Hydrocarbon mining is key to the industrialization of the Sirius Sector as it provides the raw materials for the creation of the Ship Hull Panels and Optronics, upon which modern society depends.
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination - Ore is a type of rock that contains minerals such as metals which can be extracted through mining and refined for use. The ores must be processed to extract the metals of interest from the waste rock and from the ore minerals. Many organizations prefer to receive unsmelted ores in order to keep the additional cost of their production and finish within the local economy, as opposed to paying markups to foreign laborers to do the work for them.
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Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination - Ore is a type of rock that contains minerals such as metals which can be extracted through mining and refined for use. The ores must be processed to extract the metals of interest from the waste rock and from the ore minerals. Many organizations prefer to receive unsmelted ores in order to keep the additional cost of their production and finish within the local economy, as opposed to paying markups to foreign laborers to do the work for them.
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