Antares System

The Antares System

Map of the Antares System - 210 A.L.

The **Antares System** is a trinary star system discovered in 2159 CE / 0 A.L. by the colonists of the Earhart Colonization Program. The Antares System is named after the Old Antares System. Currently, it is the capital system of the Antares Confederacy.[1] As of 210 A.L. there are eleven nations spread over six planets in the Antares System.

## **Discovery, Exploration and Colonization**

### Earhart Colonization Program

On the 1st of March 2159 CE, 6 million colonists departed Earth's orbit as part of the Earhart Colonization Program. These colonists were intended to become the second wave of settlers in the newly sufficient Antares Colonies. The colonization flotilla entered the artificial wormhole without incident. However, when the scheduled check-ins were missed and 30 months passed with no sign of the flotilla, Earth declared the flotilla lost, mourning the largest loss of life in the modern era.

However, the Earhart Flotilla had not been destroyed in the transition but had instead arrived in an unknown star system. This system, while unsurveyed, contained several worlds that appeared capable of supporting human life. In honour and memory of their original destination, the colonists of the Earhart Flotilla named the system Antares.

### First Colonization Campaigns

Without the means to sustain their population in a single settlement, and fearful of alien diseases, natural disasters or other calamities the flotilla spread itself across 19 sites in the Antares system, in the hopes that some, if not all, would survive. The flotilla colonized Dakarai, Ariane, Lindiwe, Hai, Alhaji, Vinh and Ziva. Independent records from multiple republics make mention of a colony on Nakiska, but both the Antares Confederacy and the Antares Assembly before it have dismissed such records as mere conjecture.

## **Astrography**

The Antares System is a trinary system consisting of the main sequence stars Abeni, Dejen and Nakato.

### Abeni

Abeni is the primary sun of the Antares System. It appears to be an F-class star, substantially hotter, brighter, and more massive than the Sun and a potent source of ultraviolet radiation. It is home to the great gas giant Bao, the largest planet in the system, and the Diego Asteroid Belt. While many objects are in some kind of orbit, the eight largest celestial bodies are:

#### Madalitso

Madalitso is the celestial body orbiting closest to Abeni. It is a barren, rocky planet without an atmosphere.

#### Aberash

Aberash orbits near Abeni, combined with a highly active tectonic system leaves the world covered in lakes of semi-liquid lava.

#### Fatsani

Fatsani is the largest moon of Aberash, and is comperable to the moon of Old earth in size and lack of atmosphere.

#### Hai

Orbiting on the inner edge of the habitable zone of Abeni, Hai is covered in a vast ocean - dotted with a collection of smaller islands, which have been largely occupied by the The Federation of Rhumdara - and a single massive continent housing The Republic of Chengatai. The planet is known for its vast storms.

#### Dalitso

The largest moon of Hai, Dalitso is a round and rocky-grey moon roughly a third of the size of Hai proper

#### Ariane

The world of Ariane orbits near center in the Habitable zone of Abeni, and has a stable climate and geography similar to that of Old Earth. The original colonists sent to Ariane perished due to abnormal cancers caused by a weak magnetic field, and starvation set about by the incompatability of Old Earth crops with the existing idylic ecosystem.

#### Bao

The gas giant Bao is the third largest celestial body in the Abeni subsystem, and is placed on the cooler side of the star's habitable zone.

#### Lindiwe

Lindiwe is the most notable moon of Bao, the location of The Republic of Alfjari-Vet, the The Republic of Maltuan, and the The Republic of Mandakir. WIthin the Republic of Alfjari-Vet is the city of Sagallo, the capital of the Antares Confederacy. With several modest continents similar to those of Earth, it has a climate which is fairly similar.

#### Nakiska

Nakiska is the sixth planet orbiting Abeni, a cold but not entirely inhospitable world of great mountain chains and vast alien forests. Independent records from many republics suggest that it was one of the planets colonized during the First Colonization Campaigns, but there are no humans on the planet today. Nakiska has one large, habitable moon — Kimberley. Nakiska and Kimberley are both currently under the Nakiska Exclusion Zone.

#### Masozi

Masozi is the seventh planet orbiting Abeni. It has no major moons.

#### Kanika

Kanika is the eighth planet orbiting Abeni. It has no major moons.

#### Kito

Kito is the ninth planet orbiting Abeni. It has no major moons, but is orbited by several Confederate helium mining stations.

#### Diego Asteroid Belt

The Diego Asteroid Belt in distant orbit of Abeni is the largest collection of asteroids and other debris in the entire Antares system. The primary headquarters of the Antares Pioneer Corps, known as "The Lighthouse" is located deep within the belt. A number of jobs, offered by United Mining, were available as General Intendant of Station Operations on mining stations across the belt.

### Nakato

Nakato is one of the three stars of the Antares System. It appears to be a K-type star, smaller and cooler than Abeni but likely to live much longer. Nakato is orbited by five planets:

#### Thanh

Thanh is the first planet orbiting Nakato. It has one major moon — Kane.

#### Adaeze

Adaeze is the second planet orbiting Nakato. It has no major moons.

#### Dakarai

Dakarai is the third planet orbiting Nakato. Nakato was one of the planets colonized during the First Colonization Campaigns. The Federation of Jut Fareed and the Republic of Retiva are based on Dakarai. As of 210 A.L. the population of Dakarai is 633,794,079, making it the most populated planet in the Antares System.

#### Jatau

Jatau is the fourth planet orbiting Nakato. It has one major moon - Mbalenhle.

#### Morana

Morana is the fifth planet orbiting Nakato. It has no major moons.

### Dejen

Dejen is one of the three stars of the Antares System. It appears to be an M-type star or "red dwarf", small and dim even in comparison to Nakato but vastly longer lived. Dejen is orbited by seven planets:

#### Njeri

Nejeri is the first planet orbiting Dejen. It has no major moons.

#### Vinh

Vinh is the second planet orbiting Dejen. It has one major moon - Ziva. Vinh and Ziva were both colonized during the First Colonization Campaigns. The Commonwealth of Embasora is based on Vinh. In 210 A.L. the population of Vinh is 6,281,731, making it the 6th most populated world in the Antares System. The Sabmadi Republic and the Tehnali Republic are based on Vinh's moon, Ziva. In 210 A.L. the population of Ziva is 24,334,262, making it the 5th most populated world in the system.

#### Alhaji

Alhaji is the third planet orbiting Dejen. Alhaji was one of the planets colonized during the First Colonization Campaigns. The Union of Thanh-Jenal is based on Alhaji. As of 210 A.L. the population of Dejen is 83,726,918, making it the 4th most populated world in the Antares System. Alhaji has no major moon.

#### Chiemeka

Chiemeka is the fourth planet orbiting Dejen. It has no major moons.

#### Mandla

Mandla is the fifth planet orbiting Dejen. It has no major moons.

#### Konjit

Konjit is the sixth planet orbiting Dejen. It has no major moons.

#### Faraji

Faraji is the seventh planet orbiting Dejen. It has no major moons.

## Maps

Current and past maps of the Antares System

Map of the Antares System in 210 A.L.
## References

1. ↑ https://www.templin.institute/news/2020/10/16/an-update-on-stellaris-invicta-season-ii
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/LeYU\_F0pT8Q?t=11
3. ↑ https://youtu.be/LeYU\_F0pT8Q?t=49
4. ↑ https://youtu.be/LeYU\_F0pT8Q?t=97
5. ↑ https://www.templin.institute/news/2020/10/16/an-update-on-stellaris-invicta-season-ii
6. ↑ https://youtu.be/w7xTkcqFciY?t=574
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-type\_main-sequence\_star
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://www.templin.institute/news/2020/11/13/front-page-of-the-sagallo-courier-november-13th-210al
9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojawefbUhsk
10. ↑ https://www.templin.institute/news/2020/11/13/front-page-of-the-sagallo-courier-november-13th-210al
11. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-type\_main-sequence\_star
12. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red\_dwarf