The Hydra System

The Hydra system is the name for the material gravitationally bound to the G-class Star Hydra. The inner six planets as well as the ninth planet are terrestrial planets (by Talan science, under Earth classifications Rea and Xra are moons and Dwarf planets respectively. Both will be called Planets in this article and wiki.) The largest terrestrial planet is Var at only slightly larger than Mars. The seventh, eighth and tenth planets are small gas giants (comparable in size to Neptune or Uranus). Over all the body's of the Hydra system far smaller than the Solar System. Past the orbit of Lusoi lies the Hydran Ice shield, an asteroid belt comprising of mostly Rock and Ice. It contains the majority of left over material from the formation of the system. Unlike the Solar system there is no asteroid belt near the frost line like the there is between Mars and Jupiter.

## Planets

### Inner Planets

#### Ro

Ro is the inner most object of the system not including Hydra its self. The planet's surface is covered in craters and is the smallest planet in the system but other than that there isn't much to say about the planet.

#### Tara

Tara is the second planet in the system and is identified by its intense vulcanism caused from pressure destroying the crust millions of years ago. This is expected to continue for millions of years until the crust cools and the process starts over again. The planet has no moons

#### Milizia

Milizia is the third planet in the system and the middle planet in terms of size for the Inner planets. The majority of the planet is covered in an Ocean five-hundred meters deep on average. Most land that remains between 70° North and south is very arid and sparsely populated. However the areas north and south of 70° is much more temperate and is inhabited by Talan species including Drockswains, Humans and Korsekeyans. It is still completely unknown as to how the 'Milizians' managed to get to Milizia.

#### Tala-Rea

Tala is the second largest terrestrial planet in the system and has the largest population being only one of four body's in the system that harbors life in massive quantities and being one of two body's that experience plate tectonics. Tala is locked in a binary orbit with the small planet Rea. Both body's are tidally locked with one another and orbit each other once every twenty-six earth hours. Tala also uniquely has a small ring made of Iron around orbiting just outside of the atmosphere being the only terrestrial planet to have a ring.

It is believed that Tala's ring formed after a moon began to orbit to close to the planet and was torn apart by Tala's Roche's limit.

Rea is believed to have originated as a planet orbiting Hydra in the star's habitable zone billions of years ago before getting caught in Tala's gravity. Oara is thought to have originated as an asteroid that was caught in tala's gravitational pull and brought into orbit.

#### Var

Var is the fifth planet and further planet from the star in the inner section of the system. It is tidally locked with Hydra and the furthest out planet that contains life. The most habitable areas on the planet are between the Near and Far side, and the area's just west of the Subhydran point (where Hydra is highest in the sky) a massive glacier covers the majority of the anti-Subhydran point. It is unknown how but the habitable parts of Hydra are filled with Talan flora and fauna.

### Outer Planets

#### Chouria

Chouria is the largest gas giant but is only about as big as Narla and Lusoi which are all Neptune sized.