LINES Navigational Forecast

The Velan Ascendancy is creating, storing, and updating star charts. The Lighthouse Integrated Navigation & Exploration System (LINES) is used by many ships in the sector. Updates to LINES can be acquired either as package deal or through a subscription service. Hiring a Navigator of the Velan Ascendancy usually comes with a free update to LINES. Updates to LINES are distributed via the Sector wide Network of Obelisks.

LINES also provides a free monthly navigational forecast for the Acheron Rho sector, that gets distributed by PRISM as widely as possible. All information in this forecast is to be used by Velan-trained Navigators in conjunction with LINES star charts.

The format of the navigational forecast is always the same. It is prefaced by a general summary for the sector and then lists each system with the following criteria (explained in more detail below):

* Name of System
* Velan Sector Catalogue Number
* K-Index
* Coronal Mass Ejections
* Cosmic Radiation
* Chance of Local Anomalies
* Drive Space Turbulence

## Criteria

### Velan Sector Catalogue Number

When first mapping the sector, House Vela had to find a way to number the different sector regions in an easy to understand manner. The House's navigators came up with a simple system of combining two number pairs to be able to translate drive space into a simple 2D representation. These numbers are known as Velan Sector Catalogue Numbers (VSCN) or Hex Numbers (Hex#).

### K-Index

A measure of geomagnetic "wind" or "storms." More commonly known as "stellar wind," a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of stars. They can be felt through most of the stellarsphere, causing a termination shock when a star ship enters or leaves the stellarspheric current sheet.

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### Coronal Mass Ejections

A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a significant release of plasma and magnetic field from the corona of a star. They often follow star flares and are normally present during a prominence eruption. The plasma is released into the stellar wind, and can be observed in coronagraph imagery.

CME is measured in number of coronal mass ejections in a number of days. 1 in 9 would indicate 1 ejection every 9 days, while 6 in 2 would indicate 6 ejections in only 2 days.

### Cosmic Radiation

Cosmic rays are high-energy radiation, mainly originating outside of star systems and even from distant galaxies. Composed primarily of high-energy protons and atomic nuclei, they are of uncertain origin.

Cosmic radiation can range from **Very Low to Very High**.

### Chance of Local Anomalies

Cosmic weather can be disrupted by temporary local cosmic anomalies that increase the difficulty of navigation.

The chance of local cosmic anomalies can range from **Very Unlikely to Certain**.

### Drive Space Turbulence

Turbulence within drive space is especially dangerous for navigators.

Drive Space Turbulence (DST) is measured on a table of increasing severity:

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## Monthly Forecasts

### 3200, Month 1

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### 3200, Month 2

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## The Fall of The Velan Ascendancy

Following the attacks on Orpheus, agents of the Velan Ministry of Merits under influence of the Conclave, together formed the organization [REDACTED] and justified the events on Orpheus and after, by naming the series of events Operation Kali Yuga. The formation of [REDACTED] inevitably triggered the Velan end time plans: **T.I.A.M.A.T** (Transit Infrastructure And Mass Archive Termination). They destroyed all of Vela’s core services by first wiping servers and then blowing up the physical facilities.