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The little known Nagano System is a remote area on the borders of Kusari space reached only through the newly developed Okinawa System and a system known only to the Blood Dragons. Because of its remote location and sparse resources there has been no commercial development to date. Farmers Alliance sources claim to have a base there, but this claim has not been independently verified.
System Overview
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Astronomical Bodies
Stellar Objects
- Medium White Sun
- Medium Blue Green Sun
- Medium Blue Sun
- Midori Cloud
- Takasaki Dust Field
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Industrial Development
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Faction Presence
Lawful Factions
Corporations & Guilds
Unlawful Factions
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Jump Gates and Holes
Planetary Bodies
Planet Kodo
- The gas giant Kodo is a wonder of Sirius evolution. Home to a very resourceful species of alien organism, Kodo is mainly composed of Nitrogen and Carbon, with sparse traces of Oxygen. Despite the abundance of useful resources the high cost of construction and security coupled with the difficulty of extracting the gases from the planet's massive gravity well quickly abolished any hopes of an operation in Kodo's orbit.
- Location: F/6
- Diameter: 17,308 km
- Mass: 6.55 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: N/A
- Temperature: N/A
- Escape Velocity: 13.99 km/sec
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- Early in 815 A.S., after the Gas Miners Guild project in Okinawa was released to the public, Samura received several messages with coordinates for two previously-unknown jumpholes leading to a sparse solar system. Samura has not revealed who was responsible for releasing this data, but some theorize that the information may have come from less-than-legitimate sources.
- When Samura first surveyed Planet Tomioka they found it to be similar to Planet Kyushu, an even mix of land and water, with a large variety of primitive sea life. Many of the land masses on the planet are natural paradises which have already become popular locations for the vacation homes of Samura executives and government officials. Most of the areas have been converted into rice and other crop fields. The remaining land was used for the building of resorts in order to generate additional income.
- At the start of 818 A.S. Samura began harvesting the sea life on Tomioka. Various species were considered delicacies by the vacationers staying at the resorts, so Samura began exporting them as specialty food. Upon further examination, one of the species being exported was found to contain chemicals that could boost adrenaline in the human body. Samura immediately restricted the exportation of these fish and sent samples to Nansei Research Station for testing and development.
- While both Samura and the Kempeitai keep a tight leash on the transportation of the Marinburusakana, roughly translated as "marine blue fish", smuggling still happens, and the other houses are eager to get their hands on these fish to conduct their own experiments.
- Due to the haste in which Planet Tomioka was colonized, very little security is in place, and what does exist is ineffective. As a result the black market is widespread on the planet in the distribution and sale of recreational drugs to visiting tourists.
- Owner Faction: Samura Industries
- Location: G/5
- Diameter: 6030 km
- Mass: 6.35 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: Terrestrial
- Temperature: -14°C to 54°C
- Escape Velocity: 6.29 km/sec
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Planet Shirane
- Little more then a large planetoid, Shirane is a lifeless rogue planet captured in the massive combined gravity well of the Nagano stars. Parts of the planet were ripped apart by the conflicting stars' gravity wells, resulting in the formation of a dense asteroid field that remains caught in the planet's weak gravity. Its current orbit is erratic, and it is likely the planet will either be flung into deep space, or be consumed in a collision with one of the stars within the coming century.
- Location: D/4
- Diameter: 5,308 km
- Mass: 4.51 x 10e22 kg
- Terrain: Barren
- Temperature: N/A
- Escape Velocity: 4.51 km/sec
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Nebula and Asteroids
Midori Cloud
- The Midori Cloud is the youngest nebula in human knowledge. The Midori Nebula is really nothing more than a small pocket of Ionized Hydrogen pulled into the Nagano system when the Rishiri-Nagano jump gate was activated. Having orbited the system's three suns, the cloud gradually settled around a previously-unknown jumphole to Tohoku. Once caught in the jumpholes gravity, the cloud regained an elliptical shape as it spun around it.
- With the increasing presence of Kusari Naval Forces' patrols in the system and less need for the Farmers Alliance to act as a sort of civilian militia, Shibukawa Depot was towed into the cloud for cover and secrecy from a now less "understanding" State Police. From here, the Farmers Alliance keeps vigil over the jumphole, and the Blood Dragons that attempt to enter the system through it.
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Takasaki Dust Field
- Surveyed in 815 A.S. by Farmers Alliance scouts, the Takasaki Dust Field is a rocky blanket over the majority of the Nagano system. Held in place by the massive gravity well of the Planet Kodo, the Takasaki holds claim to two planets. The Planet Kodo, being a gas giant, cannot be inhabited by humans, but a rare species of alien organism does indeed thrive in the upper atmosphere of the planet, unaffected by the intense atmospheric pressure. The Planet Tomioka, though, is habitable to humans, and is a pristine planet of wide green fields and deep blue oceans.
- Because of the extreme cost of building in the field, due to both the remote location, Samura Industries abandoned all thought of colonizing the system until 817 A.S. After hearing of the fertility of planet Tomioka, the farmers of Kyushu lobbied for Samura to fund settlement of the field late in 818 A.S. due to an extreme decrease in the selling price of Kyushu rice. With promises of militia security, Samura began the colonization project. The Farmer's Alliance lived up to it's promise, and policed the field on their own, until the project neared its conclusion and the Naval Forces took over defense.
- While the planet is held in an iron grip by Samura, the Farmers Alliance, and is a substantial market for the Hogosha's illicit goods, the Takasaki Field is not peaceful. Uncharted entrances to the system still allow the Golden Chrysanthemums and Blood Dragons the ability to slip into the system and attack the new colony's trade corridors. While the attacks came too late to hamper the planetary construction, it has delayed the completion of the system's single trade lane. Being forced to use their cruise engines, resulting in a much longer flight to the planet and back to the jump gate, the transports coming to Tomioka and Mackinac particularly vulnerable to the continuous raiding by both revolutionary groups.
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Space Stations
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination - Shibukawa Depot is a small Farmers Alliance installation established in 817 A.S. as a base of operations for the group's patrols in Nagano, Rishiri, and Okinawa. Funded by Samura, the depot was a defensive outpost established for the purpose of defending Planet Tomioka and the Takasaki Dust Field. The base served it's purpose well, as the Farmer's Alliance maintained almost complete control over the field until Samura construction began in 819 A.S.
- Having successfully blocked any Gas Miners Guild, Chrysanthemum, or Blood Dragon expansion into the system, Samura was able to move in with little opposition, followed swiftly by the Kusari Naval Forces who took over maintaining the peace. Now Shibukawa safeguards the Blood Dragon's main entrance to the system; The recently-discovered Tohoku jumphole.
- Owner Faction: Farmers Alliance
- Location: F/4
- Class: Maebashi
- Gravity: Partial
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Limited
- Population: 200
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- Due to Samura's prejudice against foreign companies in Kusari, Orbital Spa & Cruise was forbidden from building any facilities on Planet Tomioka's surface. However Samura did allow for a luxury liner in orbit, where its passengers could observe the solar system's beauty or take shuttles to one of Samura's planetary resorts.
- Luxury Liner Mackinac caters mostly to tourists from the other houses who were unable to secure reservations planetside, as Samura holds native Kusarians at a higher priority, making it both more expensive and more difficult for foreigners to gain living quarters on the planet.
- The Mackinac has been a frequent target of blackmail and extortion, as well as rampant drug dealing by the Hogosha in Nagano. This extra overhead and the reduced income caused by the Hogosha and Samura has caused many ranking OS&C executives to question its economic viability, but with the Shetland retreating from Edinburgh in the face of Gallia's invasion, Orbital Spa & Cruise has been forced to accept any possible money-making locations for their liners, regardless of the risk and problems that come with them.
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Commodity Mining
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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D/4
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Kusari Empire
