Nulkron

Nulkron

(BD+20 274)

Alliance of Independent Settlements

Distance from Sol 399 ly

System security rating 3/5

System civilian population 758,994

Number of assigned police squadrons: 20

Number of assigned naval squadrons: 5

System jump gate coordinates 41399502

Ascension 01 43 43 Declination +21 00 19

Stars in system (single-star system)

BD+20 274, 0.8 solar masses, 17.3 solar radii, metallicity -0.46 Fe/H, spectral class K5 III

Non-CHZ planets

Luccagua (Nulkron 1), 1335 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 578 days, semi-major axis 1.3 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.21, equilibrium temperature 691.2 K, uninhabited

Non-CHZ moons

Oatov (Nulkron 1 b), 1.95 Earth masses, 1.8 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 692 K, uninhabited

CHZ planets

Chuter (Nulkron 2), 305 Earth masses, 15.2 Earth radii, orbital period 13056 days, semi-major axis 9.65 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.03, equilibrium temperature 278 K, uninhabited

CHZ moons

Nichuwei (Nulkron 2 b), 1.32 Earth masses, 1.23 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 280 K, population 749,184

Strirelia (Nulkron 2 c), 1.24 Earth masses, 1.13 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 279 K, uninhabited

Jump Gate Station: Level 15, distance from jump gate 1.5 AU

System Details

Nulkron is a moderately safe AIS system with a very low population. It has only recently been colonized, but already has a semi-stable economy and many facilities, including a minor factory of Ursa Systems. Some dangerous wildlife has been discovered on the second moon, so no colonists have been sent there. A power generator for a proposed colony on the second moon was not removed when the project was abandoned, and it remains there along with some armed robots that were intended for defending the colonists from the dangerous animals on the moon. The colonization of the Nulkron system was a project undertaken by the AIS businessman Richard Danvers, who is currently the Chief Executor in the system; he controls virtually everything that happens in the system. Nulkron is surprisingly safe for an AIS system, with many privateers and other civilian defense forces supplementing the system's official defense force. Nulkron has been suggested as a staging site for the AISN in case of invasion, but few military commanders in the AISN agree to this as Nulkron has relatively few stations and repair facilities compared to the systems that are currently used as staging sites. However, Nulkron has been selected as a potential launch site for the new AISN interstellar missiles. These missiles have been a cause of considerable concern for the Bandorian Protectorate, since it wants to maintain military superiority in every area; it is suspected that the Protectorate are scrambling to develop their own interstellar missiles as quickly as possible. Many possible reconnaissance ships have been sighted in Nulkron, presumably Protectorate ships scouting the defenses and potential launch locations. However, these ships also act just like ordinary traders, and the types of ships that are used in these activities are common ships such as the Vadok, Komorov, and Scorpion. The system's defense forces have been instructed to leave these ships alone.