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Half of the ship crews aboard Hispania decided to leave the ship using the shuttles. They gradually landed on this system, and began the life of harvesting Artifacts, and engaging various acts of piracy. They became the Corsairs, and took this system as their home. Over the years, they have built a further base besides the home world, Planet Crete, and named it Tripoli Shipyard.
One of the jump holes that leads to the Omicron Kappa system exists at here. However, the frequent intervention by Nomads does not invite ships lingering around the area. Over the time that place became one of the trial grounds for the young Corsairs, and gained the infamous nickname of "Graveyard of Innocents".
This system has 2 nebulae. A small Walker Nebula, and a large green nebula which covers half the system. It is worth noting the system's star does not glow very brightly, and looks like a large orange planet.
System Overview
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Astronomical Bodies
Stellar Objects
- Malvada Cloud
- Gredos cloud
- Tenereife Asteroid Field
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Industrial Development
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Faction Presence
Lawful Factions
Corporations & Guilds
Unlawful Factions
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[[Category:
Corsairs]]
Jump Gates and Holes
Planetary Bodies
- The ancestors of the Corsairs that had set adrift from the crippled Hispania made planetfall on Crete shortly after the other Houses arrived in the Sirius Sector.
- Scratching out a living, the Corsairs managed a bleak existence for four centuries. Eventually they developed a strong self-identity, isolated from the rest of the Houses. In 450 AS, that insular world changed. An exploratory expedition headed by Franz Schulman -- financed by Daumann and the Rheinland government -- stumbled into the system while mapping the far reaches of the Walker Nebula. The local inhabitants, sensing a historic opportunity, attacked the landing party en masse, killing all save Schulman, whom they took hostage to gain control of the mother ship Schiller in orbit above the planet.
- No one is entirely sure who first nicknamed them the "Corsairs," recalling the ancient pirate clans of the Mediterranean, but the name came into popular use among the Houses sometime around 500 AS. The Corsairs began attacking unprotected outposts and ships, plundering whatever supplies and equipment they could lay their hands on, before escaping through one of their secret Jump Holes. The systematic expansion of the Houses into the Omega Border Worlds further fueled the Corsair movement, dramatically increasing the quantity and variety of accessible goods.
- The final chapter began in the sixth century AS, when an enterprising, well-armed Liberty freelancer named Jim Bown made his way to Omicron Gamma. He brought various Consumer Goods to trade, but the Corsairs could offer little but Artifacts. A year later, he returned. Those trinkets were all the rage with the elite of Manhattan. He saw a great business opportunity if they could set up a viable trade route to Liberty. The Corsairs were on their way. They grew rapidly in size and sophistication as they built up the Artifact trade.
- The primary smuggling route goes north to Sigma-19, where Artifacts are traded with the Hogosha onboard the Hawaii. They have also opened up a route into Rheinland via the Yanagi Junker base in Sigma-13. In the west the Corsairs invaded Bretonia in order to reach the Junker Trafalgar base in New London.
- The Bounty Hunters Guild has taken advantage of several Freeports in the Edge Worlds to attack the Corsairs' home system. So far they've been more of nuisance than a real threat, but the presence of Zoner-controlled bases so close to Omicron Gamma has provoked intense debate among the Elders of Crete regarding the future of nearby Independent bases.
- Owner Faction: Corsairs
- Location: E/5
- Diameter: 17,609 km.
- Mass: 7.02 x 10e24 kg.
- Terrain: Terrestrial
- Temperature: -2°C to 41°C
- Escape Velocity: 14.01 km/se
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Kalhmera
- A small, icy moon whose low planetary mass was insufficient to keep its atmosphere from bleeding into space over millions of years.
- Location: E/6
- Diameter: 6,322 km
- Mass: 3.97 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: Ice
- Temperature: -123°C to -73°C
- Escape Velocity: 7.23 km/sec
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Planet Cella Dor
- An arid world whose atmospheric composition does not block harmful cosmic radiation, effectively rendering the planet sterile.
- Location: C/4
- Diameter: 17,322 km
- Mass: 5.09 x 10e24 kg
- Terrain: Barren
- Temperature: -84°C to 66°C
- Escape Velocity: 14.39 km/sec
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Nebulae and Asteroids
Malvada Cloud
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- >>>WARNING: NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD<<<
- SCANNING......profiling indicates a massive nebula cloud, but tomographic imaging is unable to ascertain any details of its internal structure.
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Gredos cloud
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- >>>CAUTION<<<
- Part of the Walker Nebula. Scans show a high concentration of lava asteroids.
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Tenereife Asteroid Field
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- A small rock asteroid field containing the Corsair base Tripoli.
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Space Stations
- With their newly-discovered source of income from the Artifact trade, one of the first things the Elders of Crete did was order the construction of a shipyard in Omicron Gamma, close to their home planet of Crete. Tripoli shipyard started as a humble fighter production facility, but has been continuously improved and expanded over the years. The most recent upgrade was the installation of battleship-scale drydocks, allowing the Corsairs to build their own line capital warships worthy of challenging any ship in Sirius, thus removing their reliance on Order capital ship construction facilities for their own vessels. In addition, Tripoli shipyard itself is now the equal of any shipyard, lawful or otherwise, in the sector. While the Corsairs have constructed additional shipyards since then, in the rest of Corsair territory Tripoli remains the heart and soul of their shipbuilding industry, and remains operated by only the best and brightest that the Corsairs have to offer.
- Owner Faction: Corsairs
- Location: D/6
- Class: Unknown
- Gravity: Partial
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Limited
- Population: Unknown
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- Skiros was built in 816-817 A.S. using the technologies that the Corsairs borrowed from The Order and Zoners. It is a heavily armed multi-purpose installation with relatively dense population, containing an industrial module, shipyard module, and biodome. Stationed at a busy location not far from Omicron Theta jump hole, Skiros Station guards the most frequently used entrance into Corsair home Omicron Gamma system.
- Owner Faction: Corsairs
- Location: D/3
- Class: Chania
- Gravity: Complete
- Docking: Yes
- Amenities: Yes
- Population: 1600
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Commodity Mining
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- Remnants of an alien civilization that existed long before humanity crawled from the ocean. The particulars of each individual Artifact vary, but archeologists and scientists have been unable to determine their function; for all intents and purposes they appear to be inert chunks of crystal and metal inscribed with decorative patterns. A thriving market for Artifacts has sprung up over the years among art collectors and the social elite looking for a new status symbol.
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| Artifacts Field
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F/3
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G/3
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- The rapid industrialization that followed the settlement of the Sirius Sector has resulted in large fields of Scrap Metal, the detritus resulting from extensive manufacturing and mining operations. These debris fields present both a navigational hazard and a potential second-stage resource, so a small cottage industry has sprung up among those who collect scrap metal and resell it at smelting plants.
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