Amitu System

The **Amitu System** was a solar system notable for being where the Shravana made contact with N-Space. It was where the Aremh originated, and due to its extreme isolation was not visited by aliens for an unusual amount of time.

## Characteristics

The Amitu star was relatively standard, being a smaller-than-average cool star when the Aremh lived in the system, which was noticeably darker and larger by the time the Seventeenth Doctor visited.

Orbiting the star was four habitable terrestrial planets, two gas giants and a variety of other debris including the large Wei asteroid.

### Eres

Eres was a tiny red planet, too close to the sun to support native life, however it housed vast valuable mineral deposits, and so was visited frequently by miners. It had several very small moons, with gravity too low to realistically stand on.

### Sicia

Sicia, a tame, dry and rocky planet, was where a small portion of life, including the Aremh themselves, evolved. Considerably larger than Eres, Sicia also had a more habitable atmosphere, rich sandy soil and some small oceans. Being the home of the Aremh, it was maintained as their home base as they explored the solar system. However, after the Aremh died out it was effectively abandoned, almost never visited by anyone as the habitability deteriorated over the millenia.

Sicia's slightly eccentric orbital path occasionally led to it being further away from the sun than Li-Toma, the neighbouring planet which was sometimes visible in the Sician sky.

### Li-Toma

Li-Toma, the third but sometimes second planet from the sun, was the most habitable planet in the system. Generally cool with lush greenery and varied animal life, it was the natural place for human colonists to settle on. The planet had natural grey rings around it, making space flight a pain but the views into the sky absolutely beautiful.

### Bynan

The largest planet by far, Bynan was a huge gas giant. Orange-brown with streaks of cream, the dusty atmosphere hid a tiny metal core, effectively making it the smallest *solid* planet in the system.

### Caspi

Caspi was the second gas planet. Smaller than Bynan, Caspi was deep blue and had light turquoise and white rings. Similar to Sicia, it had an elliptical orbit, this time taking it from between Bynan and Kamdo to about 3 billion miles away from the latter.

### Kamdo

Kamdo, the furthest planet from the sun, was a small, hostile planet with unbearably low temperatures during the night. It was where the entrance to the Shravana's domain was hidden, and as such became a place of legend in both Aremh mythology and later in tales passed down by space pirates. It had one moon.

### Wei

The Wei asteroid orbited the sun in an orbit taking it from deep space, between the inner planets and back out again. A rock 1,500 miles in diameter covered in a thick layer of ice (when away from the sun), it had a cave containing an enormous Golden Egg Plant. (TV: *All Hail the Sky Demon, The Sky Demon Can Wait*)

## History

Millennia before life in the universe began, the Shravana made full contact with reality by punching a hole in space in the surface of Kamdo. This resulted in the formation of a large volcano-like structure, the observable interior simply being a blinding white glow.

The history of the system prior to the development of the Aremh species is almost entirely unknown. However, the bovine species documented their own history in extreme detail. They developed a rich and peaceful organised society on Sicia, revolving around a religion based upon psychic waves picked up from the Shravana. As soon as the technology became feasible, they made it their duty to explore every corner of the isolated solar system and track down the Shravana itself.

Space travel became an integral part of their already well established religion in time, with aspects of exploration and discovering the "secrets of the whispers of the moons" becoming essentially day to day life factors for the highly devoted culture. They set up colonies on Li-Toma and made excursions to Eres.

Within time, the planet Kamdo's secrets were revealed. Almost an entire hemisphere of the planet was affected by mysterious properties; unexpected thunderstorms, random earthquakes and often hushed whispers of unintelligible words. Soon the source was found, a portal leading into the Shravana's Domain. The Shravana quickly became the centre of the Aremh religion, with a routine pilgrimage of a single individual to the Shravana Domain taking place every few months.

During the pilgrimage of Melri, an expedition to the Wei asteroid left Sicia in search of further wonders. The three-Aremh crew discovered an elaborate cave system winding deep inside the asteroid, all culminating in a chamber containing an enormous example of the Golden Egg plant. This specific organism was several thousand times larger than the usual specimen and was extremely ripe, ready to spread its seeds within days. Fearing the sheer quantity of toxic dust the plant would give off after it bursts, the trio relayed a message to their home planet warning the entire collective species to evacuate the solar system until the danger had subsided. However, due to complications regarding a lack of both time and technical ability, not one animal managed to escape the cloud of deadly seeds, aside from Melri, who at the time was sealed in solitude with the Shravana.

Following this, the solar system stayed essentially untouched for millions of years. New life forms evolved and died out, climates changed, but the Aremh civilisation had left its mark. When a ragged group of human travellers landed on Li-Toma, their population soon expanded into the hundreds of millions. They also developed an organised society and rudimentary space travel, exactly like the Aremh from millions of years before.

However, political unrest slowly drove the humans into an uncoordinated mess, and the small clique of pirates that had developed expanded rapidly to what could almost be described as an industry. It was estimated that 20% of the population of the system were involved in full-time piracy by the time the Seventeenth Doctor arrived.

After being kidnapped by pirates on Li-Toma, the Doctor was taken to the Shravana's Domain on Kamdo. Teddy, Amy-Mae, and Xavier followed him, stopping on Sicia on the way. (TV: *The Sky Demon Can Wait*)

## See Also

* Captain (All Hail the Sky Demon)
* The Shravana