Melos System

The Melos System is a binary system between the blue giant Melos and the white dwarf Welia. It produces great amounts of energy for the Krask Hegemony, and has the potential to become a cataclysmic binary in the future as Melos expands into a red giant. The system has no planets, but there is a large debris disk surrounding Welia including the dwarf planet Yentos. 
== Architecture ==
The Melos System is fairly simple: a fairly distant binary (~14 AU of average separation) between a planetless blue giant and a white dwarf with an expansive debris disk. The largest object within this debris disk is the dwarf planet Yentos, roughly 600 km in radius and the main center of population in the system. 
=== Melos ===
Melos is the primary star of the system, and a massive blue giant near the end of its life. It has no planets, and will soon expand into a red giant, possibly with Welia leaching material off of it during this phase. If this happens, Welia may undergo a Type-Ia supernova, destroying both stars, but if it does not, Melos will collapse into a white dwarf as well, puffing off a planetary nebula. 
=== Welia ===
Welia is the secondary star of the system, and the second example of a white dwarf within Krask space. Unlike Ekla, Welia is nowhere near massive enough to assemble a practical nova engine. Unlike its partner Melos, Welia has a large disk of material, including several dwarf planets, where most of the system's population resides. 
* Yentos - A small dwarf planet that is roughly 600 km in radius. It is a lonely frozen world, and the main center of habitat concentrations within the system.
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