Spindle System

The Spindle System was a star system in the Talbott Cluster. 
In 1921 PD, it became the capital system of the Star Empire of Manticore's Talbott Quadrant.
== Star Geography ==
The system was located near the center of the Cluster. It featured one inhabitable world, Flax, and one gas giant, Everest. It lay 60.6 ly from the Split System and over 120 ly from Montana. (,)
The system was a binary system and Flax orbited the G0 Spindle-A component of the pair. ()
== History ==
The system served as the seat of the Constitutional Convention, and was to be the center of government once the annexation was completed. The Royal Manticoran Navy's Talbott Station was headquartered in Spindle. ()
In Febuary 1922 PD, the Solarian League Navy's Task Force 496 under the command of Fleet Admiral Sandra Crandall entered the system and demanded its surrender, but was defeated by the Royal Manticoran Navy in the Battle of Spindle. ()
== Military ==
Spindle was protected by the Spindle Space Navy. ()
== References ==
Category:Systems
Category:Manticoran Systems
Category:Talbott Cluster