Destiny

Destiny is the new homeworld of Humanity.

**Location: Milky Way Galaxy/Alpha Centauri System**

**Planet Class: Garden World**

"When all hope were dying, when our beloved homeworld was on the verge of being destroyed, A new world showed us hope, showed us that we can survive, that it was our final DESTINY."

- President Woodrow Anderson

Destiny is the third planet orbiting star Alpha Centauri A in the Alpha Centauri System. It is a habitable Earth-like planet with a mean temperature of 33 °C and radius and mass similar to Earth. Although it is an arid world, life thrives in its oceans.

Destiny is the first world to be properly colonized by Humans and the first place that humanity found alien life. The Planet is poor in rare resources, and therefor Humanity started colonizing other bodies in the system several decades after its initial colonization.

The planet was the former capital of the First Republic and the current capital of the Commonwealth of Man.

## Discovery

During the 2030s, observations showed that a gamma ray burst were heading straightly towards the Solar System. In late 2041, scientists found out that Earth will be hit by this event. Following this discovery, Earth space agencies, fearing of an apocalypse, put heavy investment on finding a suitable world in nearby stars considering Mars may be in danger too. Although moving to other star systems seemed impossible at the time, it was backed by wealthy governments of Earth. It was during this era that Destiny was discovered in 2048 by HWS Telescope and its striking similarities to Earth sent a shockwave through scientific communities.

## Physical Characteristics

### Geology

Geologically, Destiny is very similar to Earth. The total surface area of Destiny is about 486 million km2, Of this, 67.3% is below sea level. Below the ocean's surface are much of the continental shelf, mountains, volcanoes, oceanic trenches, submarine canyons, oceanic plateaus, abyssal plains, and a globe-spanning mid-ocean ridge system.

The area not covered by water has terrain that varies greatly from place to place and consists of mountains, deserts, plains, plateaus. The elevation of the land surface varies from the low point of −322 m at the Hope Point, to a maximum altitude of 9,217 m at the top of Mount Watson. The mean height of land above sea level is about 682 m.

The planet's magnetic field is mostly produced at its active core, and produces 15% shielding compared to Earth.

### Atmosphere

The atmospheric pressure at Destiny's sea level is 1.03 atm, almost identical to Earth. with a scale height of about 10.5 km, a dry atmosphere is composed of 80.1% Nitrogen, 19.8% Oxygen, and 0.1% other gases, mostly helium and Water vapor content varies between 0.01% and 7%.

### Orbit and Rotation

Destiny rotation period relative to Earth is slower due to tidal forces imposed on it by its moons, especially Forge which is larger than Luna. Destiny orbits the star Alpha Centauri A at an average distance of about 175 million km, slightly more than the distance of Earth to the Sun. Although Destiny is farther, it has a warmer temperature because ACA is hotter than the Sun.

The axial tilt of Destiny is approximately 29.58378°,which is more than Earth, and therefore the planet has a more extreme seasonal change compared to Earth.

### Day/Night Cycle

Destiny receives significant light from Alpha Centauri B (ACB). As a result, Destiny's nights are never dark during half of the year, but instead are more like Earthly dusk. At the closest point in its orbit, ACB is about 2,300 times as bright as Earth's full moon; at its furthest point, it is still one hundred and seventy times as bright. True nights only exist during the other half of the year when ACB is in the daytime sky.

When ACB shares the daytime sky with ACA, at its closest it adds about half a percent to the total illumination. When the 2 stars are close together in the sky, the effect of ACB's more orange light is unnoticeable. But, as they separate over the years, an orange tint may be seen in areas shadowed from ACA's direct illumination. At its most distant, ACB is about 2,700 times dimmer than ACA and does not produce noticeable lighting effects. However, it still appears as a blindingly-bright tiny orange disk in the sky.

## Natural Satellites

### Forge

* Main Article: Forge

Forge is the largest of the two moons orbiting Destiny. At 2,217 km radius it is larger and more massive than Luna and therefore has a higher impact on its parent planet Destiny. Forge has an atmosphere mainly composed of Carbon Dioxide and is a treasure trove for mining valuable metals.

### Hope

* Main Article: Hope

Named after Gaea's sister Ark, Hope is a small moon with no atmosphere and huge amounts of water ice in its darker areas. Hope is the site of the first Helium-3 mining of Humanity.

## Biosphere

A planet's life forms inhabit ecosystems, whose total forms the biosphere. Destiny's biosphere can mainly be found at seas and oceans. Although there is life on the land as well it is very limited compared to what Earth had.

Life in the oceans of Destiny is more diverse than Earth, and can be found in all shapes and sizes, from microbial organisms to the Leviathans, which are larger than Earth's Blue Whales.

## Colonization

In 2050s, it became obvious that Earth's days are numbered, and therefore powerful nations of Earth united in funding means to save life. Several plans were proposed, but only one accepted, this plan was to send colonists to Destiny, known at that time as ACA d.

For this endeavor to succeed, a new type of starship engine was designed, named Odyssey, to carry colonists to Alpha Centauri, and cryosleep technology were developed during 2060s and 2070s. Two Arks named Gaea and Hope also constructed, harboring the new achievements of human technology.

The Arks left Earth in 2100 with 50,000 colonists total, but only Gaea arrived at Destiny in 2112 with 25,000 colonists, and the colonization officially began.

## Economy

### Trade

Interstellar Trade is one of the most important parts of the economy of Destiny as most planets gathered resources to be sent back to Destiny. This can be seen with Harvest, as they exported to Earth; mineral water, livestock and vegetables and fruit goods. As well, colonies like Horizon exported out metals like Titanium and Unobtanium, to Destiny. There are six orbital elevators on Destiny that can allow for products to move off and on the planet.

## Military

Destiny is one of the, if not the most heavily defended planets in the human space as it was the capital of the Commonwealth. Nova Constantinople contains the Naval Command Facility Bravo-6, the CIN's headquarters, which was nicknamed 'The Hive'.

### Military Assets

There are over three hundred operational Orbital Defense Platforms. As well, there was the Commonwealth Home Fleet that would help defend Destiny and any other Alpha Centauri system colonies. Large amounts of Marines, ODSTs, and Army Troopers are as well on Destiny or in system.

After the war with the Second Republic, the Home Fleet was reformed into a new formation called Battlegroup Dakota that consisted of the CISV *Infinity* plus several newer CIN Starships.