Gerkessil

Gerkessil

(HD 132406)

Bandorian Protectorate

Distance from Sol 232 ly

System civilian population 59,812,367

Ascension 14 56 55 Declination +53 22 56

Stars in system (single-star system)

HD 132406, 1.09 solar masses, unknown solar radii, metallicity +0.18 Fe/H, spectral class G0 V

Non-CHZ planets (none)

Non-CHZ moons (none)

CHZ planets

Yonrone (Gerkessil 1), 1783 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 974 days, semi-major axis 1.98 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.34, equilibrium temperature 209 K, uninhabited

CHZ moons

Sobos (Gerkessil 1 b), 1.39 Earth masses, 1.28 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 254 K, population 26,781,395

Secury (Gerkessil 1 c), 1.27 Earth masses, 1.2 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 252 K, population 32,376,299

Chabinope (Gerkessil 1 d), 0.97 Earth masses, 0.99 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 209 K, uninhabited

## History

### Colonization Period

Gerkessil was originally colonized by the Bandorian Protectorate in 3680. Sobos' terraforming was completed in 3712, while terraforming on Secury was completed in 3693.

### Bandorian Period

Gerkessil was mostly peaceful under Bandorian control, with the exception of a battle during the Second Kroll War in which Toraki forces entered the system. The aliens were driven out with heavy casualties on both sides. In 3726 Gerkessil was appointed as the official staging center and base for the Fifth Fleet of the Protectorate Navy, after construction of several large naval space stations, orbiting close together in the outer regions of the system, had been completed. In 3745 the Protectorate Space Forces established a base on Chabinope for the training of Space Marines and other special forces training in low atmosphere combat and operations. In 3908 a Starconnect hub was established in Gerkessil, as the local tourism industry began to boom, and it was quite safe.

### 4025 Guide to the Universe

Gerkessil is a minor industrial center that has an exceptionally good civilian defense force, with thousands of subcapital support ships and fighters. Gerkessil is also a tactical staging center for the Fifth Fleet of the Protectorate Navy, commanded by Grand Admiral Jacob Brown; the fleet is based at several larger naval space stations orbiting in the outer regions of the system. Chabinope is the location of a training center for Bandorian Space Marines and special forces training in lower gravity combat scenarios with no atmosphere, as the atmosphere of Chabinope is practically non-existent and the moon’s surface is quite cold. The other two moons in the system have been terraformed and are inhabited primarily by civilians. Secury has tall mountain ranges, extraordinarily higher than most other mountain ranges on moons. These mountain ranges are major tourist attractions for explorers and mountain climbers; as many people from Mystic climb mountains on their home planets, they come to this system for a fun vacation. There is a Starconnect hub in this system, so you can get good passenger contracts to deliver passengers to this system; these contracts can be extremely profitable if you take passengers back and forth from Mystic to this system, since both of these systems are very safe and have Starconnect hubs, as well as being relatively close to each other compared to other major tourist destinations.