The Provence system is the big system of the Gallia space.
System Overview
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Astronomical Bodies
Stellar Objects
- Medium Blue Green Sun
- Medium Blue Sun
- Mer Mediterainee
- Luberon Asteroid Field
- Camargue Dust Field
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Industrial Development
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Faction Presence
Lawful Factions
Corporations & Guilds
Unlawful Factions
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Planetary Bodies
- Planet Marseille is possibly the only planet in Gallia that was colonized earlier than the Crown sanctioned. Several ocean platforms were set up before the government greenlit construction of permanent oceanic settlements. Not much is known about whom those communities belonged to or if they are still operational. In 619 AGS, the first legal resort platforms appeared planetside. The planet was initially designed to serve as a high class resort with high prices and even higher quality standards. Most Gallic nobility consider Marseille the number one choice as a resort destination. While it was never officialy confirmed, it is rumored that Gallic monarchs themselves visited Marseille incognito multiple times beginning in 630 AGS and onwards.
- The planet itself is an unspoiled oceanic paradise, with no landmass rising over 12 meters above sea level. The climate on the planet is relatively mild, with polar regions only slightly cooler than the equatorial regions that receive most of the sunlight. The thick atmosphere and deep oceans are in constant motion, forming an immensely complex hydrologic cycle that contributes to the unique climatic conditions. The planet's ocean life is abundant, with numerous species unlike any other organic life forms found elsewhere in Sirius. Creatures similar to Earth's echinoderms are very widespread in the upper oceanic layers. Several species of that group contain the symbiotic bacteria that generate the substance from which Nox is derived. The bacteria extracted from their hosts are shipped to drug laboratories in frozen form, which is the only way pure Nox can be extracted. So far, there have been a number of attempts to cultivate Nox-producing species elsewhere, but without much success. The bacteria cannot survive for long without their hosts, and symbiotic echinoderms require a very complex environment to live in throughout their life cycle.
- Marseille is home to over four dozen resort settlements. This is not a large number compared to some of the other resort planets, but on Marseille they were intended to be large and versatile, providing multiple types of entertainment concentrated in a single place. The planet is also home to a large shipyard that produces cruise liners, yachts, and a wide variety of service ships necessary to ensure safe and reliable operation of the planet's facilities. While safety and comfort are the number one priority for companies in charge of operating Marseille's resorts, it is not unknown that Junkers, Unione Corse, and other "undesirable" elements frequent some of the planet's resorts. Apparently, a number of ships and even oceanic platforms exist planetside without any lawful regulations. For an unknown reason, the Royal Police will not move in to seize these facilities or somehow regulate the situation. Those ships and platforms are apparently the locations where Nox-producing bacteria are prepared to be shipped closer to its consumers, and where large amounts of Nox itself is produced. While no drug production may exist within the legitimate resorts, it is widely known that Nox is easily accessible anywhere on Marseille, and a fair amount of visitors go to the planet in order to acquire cheap Nox or to try out the "original" form of the infamous drug.
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Location: C/3
Diameter: 12,374 km
Mass: 5.52 x 10e24 kg
Terrain: Terrestrial
Temperature: -12°C to 41°C
Escape Velocity: 10.41 km/sec
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- Avignon is a huge gas giant and one of the most well-known sights in the Provence system. Its gravity has a prominent impact on the orbits of other planets and asteroid belts in the system. Avignon has one large moon, Cavallion, and a large number of smaller, irregular moons.
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Location: C/2
Diameter: 30,068 km
Mass: 4.81 x 10e25 kg
Terrain: N/A
Temperature: N/A
Escape Velocity: 16.52 km/sec
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- Cavallion is a rocky world known for its peculiarly high geological activity. Several large active volcanoes are constantly erupting on the planet, and gases from those eruptions form an extensive atmosphere that protects the surface from minor asteroid impacts.
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Location: D/2
Diameter: 3,618 km
Mass: 3.01 x 10e24 kg
Terrain: Barren
Temperature: -165°C to 94°C
Escape Velocity: 6.71 km/sec
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Planet Aix
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Planet Istres
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Planet Nice
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La Turbie
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La Trinite
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Nebulae and Asteroids
Mer Mediterainee
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- Mer Mediterainee is a huge blue nebula comprised of methane and water ice. It stretches far outside the area of gravitational influence of Provence's primary star, being a part of a much larger interstellar nebula that mostly lies outside of the human-inhabited worlds. The Mer is a beautiful place both when seen from inside and outside, with its cloud shapes changing form under the gravitational influence of Provence's sun and planets. The unmatched beauty of the cloud makes it one of the prime tourist attractions in Gallic space.
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Luberon Asteroid Field
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- A field of rock and ice asteroids without any valuable resources. Sometimes reckless youth from the Cannes Resort Station make use of the fled as a racing course.
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Camargue Dust Field
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- A small field of light asteroids and space dust, caught in the gravitational pull of Planet Marseille.
Jump Gates and Holes
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Kingdom of Gallia
