Ceratos system

This is a system in the southeastern section of the galaxy. It is home to Ceratos III, a popular tradeworld.
== Ceratos I ==
This tidally-locked roaster world is the 1st planet in the system. The sunny side is a nightmarish molten inferno. The night side isn't much better, but there is a single continent in the center. The planet takes a mere 3 days to make an orbit. In general, it has clouds that rain liquid iron, and the air consists primarily of acetylene and hydrogen sulfide.
== Ceratos II ==
The surface of this planet is very craggy and reflective, covered in a layer of condensed vaporized metals and other elements. It has an extremely elliptical orbit which takes it from the frigid edge of the system to just outside of its parent star's Roche limit (any closer and it'd be ripped apart), roasting it and causing crustal upheaval. It is then launched back to the edge again, where it freezes over and contracts. The entire orbit takes 195 days to complete.
== Ceratos III ==
This is the only inhabitable planet in the system. It is a semi-major tradeworld and experiences almost constant daylight for half of its 351-day year.
== Ceratos IV/B ==
This is also called Ceratos B, since it is the second star in the system. It is a small, low-mass brown dwarf star and orbits much like any other planet (it even has moons). It denies Ceratos III its nighttime hours for half of the year, bathing it in red light. It orbits once every 72 years.
== Ceratos V ==
This planet experiences cryonic temperatures for most of its 134 standard-year orbital period. Scientists were amazed when they found small, simple, worm-like creatures burrowing in the ice and feeding on minerals. They are the only known form of life on the otherwise dead planet.
== Ceratos VI ==
This planet is even colder than Ceratos V and has no life or (known) valuable minerals. It orbits its star once every 390 years.
== Ceratos VII ==
The last planet in the system. It is an enormous gas giant and has a mass roughly 41 times that of Jupiter. It is a failed star and would be called Ceratos C if fusion processes had ignited. It has a system of 83 moons, 14 of which are Earth-sized. The innermost moon is the only one not frozen solid, being kept relatively warm (about 25F) due to tidal forces. Ceratos VII is on a 2100-year orbit.
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