Crokeshank

Crokeshank

(Gliese 221)

Alliance of Independent Settlements

Distance from Sol 65 ly

System civilian population 2,634,519,095

Ascension 05 53 00 Declination -05 59 41

Stars in system (single-star system)

Gliese 221, 0.64 solar masses, unknown solar radii, metallicity -0.07 Fe/H, spectral class K7 V

Non-CHZ planets

Aiclite (Crokeshank 1), 6.2 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 3.87 days, semi-major axis 0.04 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.48, equilibrium temperature 720 K, uninhabited

Non-CHZ moons

Maunus (Crokeshank 1 b), 1.27 Earth masses, 1.09 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 724 K, uninhabited

CHZ planets

Nuanides (Crokeshank 2), 41 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 125 days, semi-major axis 0.45 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.24, equilibrium temperature 226 K, uninhabited

CHZ moons

Coeclite (Crokeshank 2 b), 1.25 Earth masses, 1.18 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 230 K, population 1,259,678,991

Phinda (Crokeshank 2 c), 1.2 Earth masses, 1.14 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 234 K, population 1,373,802,194

## History

### Colonization Period

Crokeshank was originally colonized by a UN program in 2099. It became independent on 15 March 2145, during the First Interstellar War.

### Independent Period

Crokeshank declared its independence on 15 March 2145. The UN navy couldn't do much at the time, as it was trying to maintain blockades in Asgardian and Bandorian star systems, so the UN issued an official condemnation but took no other action. During this time Crokeshank was mostly peaceful, and became a strong industrial system, with the company UAP Shipyards (named for Usher-Alphonsus-Philips, the last names of its three founders) being founded here. The Crokeshank local government set up a volunteer task force to assist the Imperial Alliance during the Perth War and built some additional ships to contribute to the Alliance as well.

### AIS Period

Crokeshank was one of the founding members of the Alliance of Independent Settlements on 4 March 3516. It was mostly peaceful under AIS control, with no major conflicts.

### 4025 Guide to the Universe

Crokeshank is the headquarters of UAP Shipyards, the largest shipbuilding company in the AIS. This system is heavily protected by AISN fighter squadrons, as well as a rotating complement of AISN capital ships. This system is a major trading center of the AIS, as well as the headquarters of the AIS Intelligence Service. The system’s inhabited moons are notable for being fairly cold for bodies with a large population. Phinda is remarkable for having some of the most extreme mountain ranges of any known habited world; some of the mountains are over ten miles high. Piracy is very rare in Crokeshank, largely due to the major police presence and the fact that Crokeshank is rated first for local hospitality since local ships will almost always help interstellar ships that are under unprovoked attack by criminal ships. Trading in Crokeshank is highly profitable; bring in metals, ship system modules, and other industrial products needed for shipbuilding and take out a hold full of compressed gases. The gas giant in the habitable zone, with its two inhabited moons, is the center of most traffic in this system not related to the jump gate. The AISN have a base in orbit of the gas giant, and it is rumored that they may be experimenting with new plasma weaponry using rare gases from the atmosphere of the gas giant (Nuanides). The AISN capital ships that sometimes come into this system always head to this station, reinforcing this theory.