Local Cluster
SOL
Mercury
A handful of solar power stations exist on “peaks of eternal light” at the north and south poles of Mercury. The difficulties imposed by the planet’s proximity to the sun and high orbital velocity have limited development.
Population: 340
Orbital Distance: 0.39 AU
Orbital Period: 88 Earth Days
Radius: 2440 km
Day Length: 58.7 Earth Days
Atmospheric Pressure: Trace
Surface Temperature: 430 Celsius
Surface Gravity: 0.38 G
Earth
For detailed information, please refer to the standard issue Alliance Galactic Codex. Earth orbit is riddled with debris generated by “bootstrap” space development; use of kinetic barriers is recommended at altitudes over 85 km.
Population (Surface): 11.4 billion
Population (LY and LS stations): 250,000
Orbital Distance: 1 AU
Orbital Period: 1 Earth Years
Radius: 6378 km
Day Length: 23.9 Earth Hours
Atmospheric Pressure: 1 Earth Atmospheres
Surface Temperature: 23 Celcius
Luna
An early source of helium-3, Luna is now mined for materials used in space habitat construction. Two dozen major stations have been constructed at Earth’s L4 and LS Lagrange points, all from lunar resources.
Colony Founded: 2069
Population: 4.1 million
Capital: Armstrong
Orbital Distance: 384,403 km (from Earth)
Orbital Period: 27.3 Earth Days
Radius: 1737 km
Day Length: 27.3 Earth Days
Atmospheric Pressure: Trace
Surface Temperature: -53 Celsius
Venus
With its molten temperatures, sulphuric acid clouds, and crushing carbon dioxide atmosphere, Venus has only a handful of aerostat research outposts.
Population: 800
Orbital Distance: 0.72 AU
Orbital Period: 224.7 Earth Days
Radius: 6052 km
Day Length: 243 Earth Days
Atmospheric Pressure: 90 Earth Atmospheres
Surface Temperature: 465 Celsius
Surface Gravity: 0.88 G
| With its molten temperatures, sulphuric acid clouds, and crushing carbon dioxide atmosphere, Venus has only a handful of aerostat research outposts. Population: 800 Orbital Distance: 0.72 AU Orbital Period: 224.7 Earth Days Radius: 6052 km Day Length: 243 Earth Days Atmospheric Pressure: 90 Earth Atmospheres Surface Temperature: 465 Celsius Surface Gravity: 0.88 G |