Welia

Welia is a fairly low-mass stellar remnant within the Melos System and the secondary star of that system. Before its transition off the main sequence and death, Welia was in fact more massive than its partner, and so died first. Unlike its partner, Welia has a large disk of debris, which hosts the majority of the system's population. 
== Physical Characteristics ==
At 0.9 SM, Welia is substantially less massive than Ekla, the other white dwarf within the Telkron Expanse, and so is not large enough to build a practical Nova Engine without waiting for Melos to expand into a red giant. Welia died fairly recently, and its planetary nebula was visible to Ervo Sector civilizations within recorded history. Thus, it has not cooled down the way most white dwarfs have, leaving it substantially hotter than its partner. 
== Orbit and Rotation ==
Welia takes roughly 24.4 earth years to orbit the Melos System barycenter on a low-eccentricity orbit. Due to the conservation of angular momentum, Welia rotates very quickly after its collapse from a red giant. 
== Planetary System ==
Welia hosts a large debris disk, presumably left over from a possible pre-collapse planetary system. It extends out to roughly 0.4 AU, and includes a number of large objects. These objects are often the sites of space habitats of the Krask Hegemony, making Welia the host of most of the system's population. The largest object within the debris disk is the dwarf planet Yentos, which is being slowly torn apart by the white dwarf's gravity at the inner edge of the disk. 
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