Chandra

Chandra

(HD 5608)

Bandorian Protectorate

Distance from Sol 184 ly

System civilian population 112,094,397

Ascension 00 58 14 Declination +33 57 03

Stars in system (single-star system)

HD 5608, 1.55 solar masses, 5.5 solar radii, metallicity +0.06 Fe/H, spectral class K0 IV

Non-CHZ planets (none)

Non-CHZ moons (none)

CHZ planets

Hyraukon (Chandra 1), 445 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 793 days, semi-major axis 1.9 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.19, equilibrium temperature unknown, uninhabited

CHZ moons

Toariel (Chandra 1 b), 1.67 Earth masses, 1.59 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 269 K, population 45,982,312

Antae (Chandra 1 c), 1.55 Earth masses, 1.53 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 262 K, population 62,364,117

## History

### Colonization Period

Chandra was first colonized in 2167 by an Bandorian 200-light-year colonization ship, an older design equipped with a warp drive, antimatter reactor, and enough fuel to last for 200 light-years. The Interstellar Miners' Guild followed it with several uncrewed mining and exploration ships in 2170.

### First Bandorian Period

Chandra was relatively peaceful under the Bandorian Protectorate's rule, and transferred power to the Galactic Empire without any conflict at the end of the Second Interstellar War.

### Imperial Period

From 2196 to 3506 Chandra was part of the Galactic Empire. During this time two major battles took place here: one during the Perth War and one during the Empire-Union War; the battle in the Empire-Union War resulted in a decisive defeat of a medium-sized Union task force consisting of 15 capital ships by the system defense force and the Imperial battlecruiser *Slavonia*. The Empire also constructed Chandra's first jump gate, the Oldgate, which was completed in 2762.

### Second Bandorian Period

After the fall of the Galactic Empire in 3506, the system government's control was passed to the Bandorian Protectorate. Since the Bandorians retook control of the system, there have been no major battles here. In 4027 the system's second jump gate, the Newgate, was completed.

### 4025 Guide to the Universe

Chandra is a typical Bandorian system, with the exception of the beautiful giant K class star. Chandra was one of the first systems to be colonized when the Protectorate developed the 200-light-year colonization ships, which used warp drives. Some ships even today use warp drives to get to systems not connected to the jump gate network. All naval and police capital ships are required to have warp drives, even if they do not use them often. The system's jump gate is of an older design; it takes slightly longer to adjust and charge the accelerators than on newer jump gates, with the result that there are often long queues of outbound traffic at the jump gate. A newer jump gate is being constructed on a 1.5 AU orbit, which means that it will be much easier to get to the planet once the new jump gate is constructed. However, the authorities have decided to keep the old jump gate operational, so the new one will have different coordinates, and you will have to specify the destination by jump gate as well as by system when you are making a request for travel to Chandra from another system, as you have to do with all systems with multiple jump gates. As for trading, Chandra is a favorable system due to its safe spacelanes and typically good prices. For miners, the system's asteroid belts are very thick, with dense concentrations of asteroids between 0.8 and 1.25 AU and 4.0 and 6.0 AU. The Interstellar Miners' Guild has a base in the outer asteroid belt; note that if an asteroid has an IMG beacon on the surface, that asteroid has been claimed by the IMG, and you are not allowed to mine it unless you are a member. This is considered a law by the local governments in the vast majority of Bandorian and AIS systems. However, for 1000 credits a year you can be a member of the IMG; then you are allowed to mine whatever asteroids you want, with very few exceptions.