Darkstar

Darkstar

(HIP 79431)

Bandorian Protectorate

Distance from Sol 47 ly

System civilian population 2,581,493,779

Ascension 16 12 42 Declination -18 52 32

Stars in system (single-star system)

HIP 79431, 0.49 solar masses, unknown solar radii, metallicity +0.4 Fe/H, spectral class M3 V

Non-CHZ planets (none)

Non-CHZ moons (none)

CHZ planets

Sulnetania (Darkstar 1), 668 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 111.7 days, semi-major axis 0.36 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.29, equilibrium temperature 146.8 K, uninhabited

CHZ moons

Uzaitune (Darkstar 1 b), 1.3 Earth masses, 1.2 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 250 K, population 2,103,456,287

Lilnyke (Darkstar 1 c), 1.23 Earth masses, 1.15 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 250 K, population 473,597,462

Unkone (Darkstar 1 d), 1.08 Earth masses, 1.04 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 290 K, population 29,627

## History

### Colonization Period

Darkstar was originally colonized by a joint UN-Bandorian program in 2098, with an initial colonization wave of 50,000 settlers. It was under the control of the UN at first, but declared its independence during the First Interstellar War and formally joined the Protectorate at the conclusion of the war. During the time of the First Interstellar War, Darkstar had a navy of 26 capital ships and approximately 300 subcapital ships. Darkstar sent five capital ships to Sol to assist in forcing the UN surrender at the end of the war.

### Bandorian Period

Darkstar's jump gate was completed in 2250, and was later upgraded to a superaccelerator jump gate in 3647. Darkstar was notable for being the system to which Vasily Spiakov fled at the end of the Second Interstellar War, and the capitol in exile of the Protectorate during the time of the Galactic Empire. Darkstar was later invaded by the Perth during the Perth War in a massive battle that lasted over a year, mainly taking place on the surface of Lilnyke. The surviving Perth forces eventually retreated from Darkstar after Bandorian Grand General Viktor Komarov had completed a successful campaign against their ground troops, but over 400 million Bandorian citizens, approximately 390 million of whom were civilians, were killed in the battle. This was roughly 80% of the system's population at the time. The Perth lost approximately 25 million soldiers in their invasion of Darkstar, as well as thousands of ships and massive numbers of aircraft, ground vehicles, and artillery systems, and Darkstar is widely considered to be the turning point in the Perth War because of the Perth's losses here. After the liberation of Darkstar, Viktor Komarov was awarded the title of Hero of the Protectorate, the highest title given to a Bandorian citizen. Irina Sovkhan, the Supreme Leader of the Protectorate at the time, also established the Eternal Requiem, a yearly parade in Darkstar to commemorate those who lost their lives during the battle. After the Empire-Union War when the former Imperial territories were reunited with the Protectorate and the seat of the Bandorian central government was transferred back to Mystic, Supreme Leader Mi Xinchiang gave Darkstar the title of Hero System for the sufferings and achievements of its citizens during the Perth War.

### 4025 Guide to the Universe

Darkstar is an important system to the Protectorate in more ways than one; it has a superaccelerator jump gate, allowing travel to any system within 100,000 light-years, with construction also beginning on another jump gate, which when finished will be an accelerator jump gate, allowing travel within 25,000 light-years. Two jump gates are really needed in a system with this population level to ease outbound traffic congestion. This system is also home to many major factories of ship manufacturers and other manufacturers, and it is also rumored to be the location of a training base for the Nocturns, a force of elite Bandorian assassins; while this has not been confirmed, a military training base does exist on Unkone, the third moon of Sulnetania. Given this system's military and strategic importance, it is not surprising that it has such a large system defense force. It also has an asteroid belt, which has been heavily mined for metals to build the two jump gates but still has many gemstones and precious metals. Darkstar is also notable because the plants growing on the inhabited moons have adapted to use infrared and ultraviolet light instead of visible light, which is in short supply in this system, as its name suggests.