Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri

(Alpha Centauri B)

Asgardian Alliance

Distance from Sol 4.37 ly

System civilian population 11,435,627,289

Ascension 14 39 36 Declination -60 50 08

Stars in system (trinary system)

Alpha Centauri A, 1.1 solar masses, 1.23 solar radii, metallicity +0.2 Fe/H, spectral class G2 V

Alpha Centauri B, 0.91 solar masses, 0.87 solar radii, metallicity +0.23 Fe/H, spectral class K1 V

Proxima Centauri, 0.12 solar masses, 0.14 solar radii, metallicity unknown, spectral class M5.5 V

Non-CHZ planets

Arobe (Alpha Centauri 1), 1.13 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 3.24 days, semi-major axis 0.04 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.00, equilibrium temperature 1068.3 K, uninhabited

Opskat (Alpha Centauri 2), unknown Earth masses, 0.92 Earth radii, orbital period 20.4 days, semi-major axis unknown, orbital eccentricity 0.24, equilibrium temperature unknown, uninhabited

Non-CHZ moons (none)

CHZ planets

Syher (Alpha Centauri 3), 1.58 Earth masses, 1.05 Earth radii, orbital period 195 days, semi-major axis 0.65 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.01, equilibrium temperature 265 K, population 11,412,928,375

CHZ moons

Sieso (Alpha Centauri 3 b), 0.05 Earth masses, 0.4 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 260 K, uninhabited

## History

### Colonization Period

Alpha Centauri was originally colonized by UN settlers in 2099.

### UN Period

The UN nominally maintained control over the system, although massive immigration from non-aligned colonies soon disrupted the UN's rule; in elections in 2105, the UN government lost power and was replaced with a government favorable to the Asgardian Alliance.

### Independent Period

From 2105 to 2119, the system was nominally independent, but supported the Asgardian Alliance's interests, and there was an even greater influx of immigrants from Asgardian colonies in Sol. In 2119, the government officially joined the Asgardian Alliance.

### Asgardian Period

The Asgardian Alliance was rightly pleased at acquiring such a strategically valuable system, and proceeded to install many military bases there. In the First Interstellar War the system was one of the major systems in the coalition and was blockaded by UN forces from 12 March 2144 to 2 June 2145; the Asgardian forces here heroically defended the system, and were a key part of the colonists' victory against the UN. The system has remained under Asgardian control ever since. The system's two jump gates were completed in 2415 and 2968 respectively.

### 4025 Guide to the Universe

Despite its two jump gates, Alpha Centauri is still listed as one of the top three worst systems for outbound traffic congestion at the jump gate, with the non-priority wait times exceeding three hours on some days. Alpha Centauri is also a center of illegal business transactions between wealthy Asgardian and AIS business agents and UEO crime bosses. Because of the extremely high levels of UEO activity in the system, it has been given a slightly lower security rating. However, most of the UEO ships in this system will not attack without provocation, unless you are an Andolian or have a history of attacking UEO ships. Consequently, this system is a good place for bounty hunting if you have a powerful enough ship, as some of the bounties on UEO crime bosses who regularly come to this system reach into the billions; you can get rich beyond your wildest dreams with a single kill. However, the UEO would be very likely to send assassins after you, so most of that money would be spent on hiring Andolian mercenaries to guard you, since no Asgardian or AIS mercenary would guard someone who was on a UEO hit list. Trading in this system is somewhat easy; bring in food, water, metals, tools, and ship system modules and go out with research materials. Alpha Centauri is the headquarters location of Macdona Shipyards, so you can get a 10% discount on ships made by Macdona Shipyards at any station in this system. This system is also the location of major factories of Eclipse Shipyards, UHW Shipyards, and Military Grade Industries. The UHW has a significant presence in this system.