Gereth

Gereth

(Kepler-97)

Asgardian Alliance

Distance from Sol 1352 ly

System civilian population 652,281

Ascension 19 09 18 Declination +48 40 24

Stars in system (single-star system)

Kepler-97, 0.94 solar masses, 0.98 solar radii, metallicity -0.2 Fe/H, spectral class unknown

Non-CHZ planets

Athostea (Gereth 1), 3.5 Earth masses, 1.48 Earth radii, orbital period 2.59 days, semi-major axis unknown, orbital eccentricity unknown, equilibrium temperature unknown, uninhabited

Non-CHZ moons (none)

CHZ planets

Chudowei (Gereth 2), 344 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 789 days, semi-major axis unknown, orbital eccentricity unknown, equilibrium temperature unknown, uninhabited

CHZ moons

Thidostea (Gereth 2 b), 1.04 Earth masses, 1.02 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 250 K, population 639,573

## History

### Colonization Period

Gereth was originally colonized by the Asgardian Alliance in 3956. It had an initial wave of 60,000 settlers, and the population grew slowly after that.

### Asgardian Period

Gereth was mostly peaceful under Asgardian control, though the UEO sent massive numbers of operatives to the system to prey on traders and attempt to influence the local government. The UEO's attempts to influence the government were successful at first, but in 4024 a new governor, Anthony Irving, was elected. Irving attempted to severely reduce the UEO's influence in the system, ordering the police to conduct raids on UEO surface bases and putting out additional bounties on UEO pilots in the system. These operations achieved limited success, with the estimated number of UEO ships in Gereth dropping by 40% by the end of Irving's term as governor in 4028. He was not reelected, and the next governor, Sandra Vorgans, rolled back the restrictions imposed under Irving. After this election, theories were spread on local news networks that the Asgardian central government rigged the election for Vorgans, since Irving had reacted favorably to other local politicians' propositions that Gereth leave the Asgardian Alliance and form its own navy, as well as potentially apply for membership to the Bandorian Protectorate. Luckily for the citizens, the UEO eventually began to decline in influence in the system by 4150. On 14 June 4169, a referendum was held under the government of Juan Caras-Valles, in which 62% of the citizens voted to leave the Asgardian Alliance, and a further 55% voted to apply for membership in the Bandorian Protectorate. The Bandorian Protectorate accepted Gereth's application for membership on 19 June 4169.

### Bandorian Period

From 19 June 4169 Gereth was officially a member of the Bandorian Protectorate. The Asgardian Defense Forces sent a naval squadron of 19 capital ships and 120 subcapital ships (on board a carrier) to the system in protest, but the Supreme Leader sent the entire First Fleet of the Protectorate Navy (over 250 capital ships and 5,000 subcapital ships) to the system in response, and all Asgardian forces retreated from Gereth by 1 July 4169. Approximately 100,000 citizens also left the system in protest; the total population at the time was roughly 2.4 million.

### 4025 Guide to the Universe

Gereth is a lightly populated Kepler Sector pirate haven. Many pirates and other UEO criminals come to this system and other Kepler Sector systems to escape police investigation for their criminal activities in inner systems closer to Sol. As a result of this, Kepler Sector governors are often angered by the way criminals think they can use their systems as safe bases or hideouts, and sometimes they will tighten restrictions and force the pirates out- but only if they have the firepower to back them up, and apart from Bandorian systems, the firepower is sadly lacking. While the governor of the Gereth system, Anthony Irving, has stated that anyone who destroys a criminal ship in the system will receive additional cash equal to the sum of all other bounties placed on the ship, relatively few bounty hunters have taken him up on his offer, with only a few notable bounty hunters even occasionally coming to the system due to its somewhat distant location and the sheer number of pirates. Most of the UEO forces in the system responded to the official statement by increasing their attacks on traders in the system, reducing the amount of vital supplies reaching the colonists. Some local politicians have proposed even more drastic measures, such as leaving the Alliance and forming their own defense force or applying for membership in the Bandorian Protectorate; the Protectorate has stated that Gereth would be admitted as soon as they applied for membership.