Rigel star system

The **Rigel star system** is a pre-charted primary star system and gate network in Evochron Legacy.

## Summary

Rigel is small system with little resources and limited economic variety. To its further dismay it lies directly at the frontline of the smoldering conflict between the two factions and will likely suffer repeated economic setbacks. The proud era under the Richton sphere and its fierce independent nature have given way to the harsh realities of the Insanity War. Today it is just another frontline under the Alliance of Sol with little say in the matter.

## Location

The **Rigel star system** lies in the west of the Rigel region.

## Attributes

* Nebula Prevalence: None
* Asteroid Prevalence: None
* Local Ship Abilities: Medium
* Military Carriers: 0
* Economy Classes: G, I
	+ Fulcrum distance
* Control: Alliance

## History

### During Legends/Mercenaries

The Rigel system is the primary trading center between Sirius and Emerald. It is free of most Federation regulation, so many mercenaries from Emerald enjoy travelling to Rigel for tax free trade with local companies and other mercenaries from Sirius. Rigel is fiercely independent and does not identify itself as an Alliance territory or a Federation territory, so stations and planets here often charges docking fees and other fines to any outside mercenary regardless of where they came from. Most mercenaries agree that the minor cost in fees is easily offset by the higher market values found here.

Faction Details:

* Energy Companies - Moderate presence, controlled by industrial factions.
* Navy/Military - Moderate presence, defends local interests, protects local traders.
* Rebels - Moderate presence, hostile and well equipped, against Energy companies.
* Guilds/Clans - Moderate presence, generally united with rebels, oppose navy.
* Miners - Limited presence, works with energy companies.

### After the Insanity War

The era of Richton is long gone and the Federation that could guarantee its independance or at least autonomy barely holds on to Emerald and Iota nowadays. As such the Rigel system has come under full sway of Sol with little recourse or redress and has to serve as a warfront to both Iota in the northeast and Emerald in the north.

Iota destroyed the jump gate somewhere between 2840 and 2850 to hold the advance of the Alliance after Rigel fell. An effort to rebuild the gate was made in 2852 with a projected completion in 2854. This effort was actively sabotaged, allegedly by Federation pilots.

Nowadays the gate has been rebuild, but the Federation has recovered from its fatal retreat after the fall of Thuban. As such the Iota frontline enjoys consistent supplies from Emerald to hold the line despite the new gate and even uses the gate to field counter incursions into Rigel. For most military maneuvers the gate has been made obsolete by jump caster technology.

## Trade Routes

Rigel offers little opportunities to a trader and is on the crossroads to two hostile systems. There are no stellar resources to exploit outside of planets.

## Stellar Bodies

Local Stars: 1

* Rigel A
	+ Coordinates: (-3199 0 -2499)

Local Planets: 3

* Rigel
	+ Coordinates: (-3200 0 -2500)
	+ Distance: 1 Sector
	+ Economy: General
	+ Population: One capital
	+ Terrain: Ice
	+ Conditions: Water with clouds, storms, oxygen atmosphere
	+ Special Status: Ringworld

* Revoloch
	+ Coordinates: (-3203 0 -2499)
	+ Distance: 4 Sectors
	+ Economy: Industrial
	+ Population: One capital, two settlements
	+ Terrain: Ice
	+ Conditions: Clouds, oxygen atmosphere
	+ Special Status: Ringless

* R120 - Ridschl
	+ Coordinates: (-3198 0 -2503)
	+ Distance: 4 Sectors
	+ Economy: Industrial
	+ Population: Uncolonized
	+ Terrain: Ice
	+ Conditions: Clouds, methane atmosphere
	+ Special Status: Multiringed
	+ Name: Original Arabian name for Rigel

RigelRevolochR120 (Ridschl)
## Stations and Carriers

### Stations

* Rigel Station (-3200 0 -2500)
	+ Alliance

* Outpost 5 (-3203 0 -2499)
	+ Alliance

## Jump Gates

* Iota (-3195 0 -2495)
	+ Destination: (-2500 0 -1500)

* Emerald (-3202 0 -2498)
	+ Destination: (-3201 0 -552)

* Sirius (-3197 0 -2502)
	+ Destination: (-2300 0 -3700)

## Colonized Sectors

* Rigel Sector
	+ Unknown on the surface of Rigel - Transport Wreckage R38 (18 May 2852)
		- Delivered materials for the reconstruction of the Iota gate network for the Alliance High Command (did the Federation destroy it to prevent a continued supply for an invasion when Thuban fell?)
* Revoloch Sector - Scanned / No Unknowns
* Ridschl Sector
	+ Unknown 18k -4.9k 40k (Blueprint Deploy Constructor)
		- Target of the main story quest