Invicta System

Early, not-to-scale map of the Invicta System

The **Invicta System** is a unary star system discovered sometime in the 2080s CE by the New Steps Colony Fleet after travelling with fried navigation systems for numerous months. The system was named after its capital planet, Invicta. Currently, it is the capital system of the Invicta National Assembly. As of 2200, there are 13 independent nations within the system, all operating on Invicta.

## Discovery, Exploration and Colonisation

### Discovery

On the -- of ----- 2081 CE, the New Steps Colony Fleet, carrying 7.3 million colonists departed the Sol Shipyards, beginning the third stage of the Invicta Colonisation Program. This fleet, and its cargo, were designated the 'Cultural Heritage' branch and were intended to diversify the population of Earth's interstellar colonies as well as transport numerous culturally important artifacts and data to enrich the colonies' knowledge and connection to the homeworld. However, only a few weeks into the journey, all communication was suddenly lost with the fleet. In the wake of the shock of such a complete ceasing of contact, the program was halted pending investigation into a possible cause and solution to re-establish contact with the lost colonists. After over 3 years of searching, Earth declared the fleet officially lost and the planet, and its colonies, grieved a loss unheard of since the turn of the century.

However, the New Steps Colony Fleet had not been destroyed but had in fact been temporarily disabled by travelling through an uncharted cosmic dust cloud. The fleet ran on emergency power for approximately 17 days before restoring its systems. Despite this success, all communications, emergency, and navigational data had been wiped, leaving the fleet stranded in deep space with no way to reach their intended destination or to return home. The fleet continued to travel forwards in the hope that they'd either find their intended system by chance, an Earth outpost, or another potentially habitable system. As they would eventually realise, the latter turned out to be their reality. The fleet detected a K-type star with multiple planets and moons within its habitable zone and, in their increasing desperation, took the risk to investigate closer. In honour of the strength and determination of the fleet, its leaders, and its settlers, the system and the planet they came to colonise, was named Invicta, meaning "invincible", "undefeated," or "unconquered".

### Initial Colonisation

Without the resources to maintain and protect their population in a single settlement, the fleet stuck to its original colonisation plan. The colony vessels, already split into ethnic and cultural groups by continent of origin, spread out across multiple sites on Invicta. However, a number of vessels developed critical system and mechanical failures and were forced to land in regions and climates not ideal or familiar to their population.

## Astrography

The Invicta System is a unary star system consisting of the main sequence star **Invicta**. It consists of 6 major planets and 4 moons and an asteroid belt.

#### Invicta

Invicta is the primary star of the Invicta System. It is a K-Class main sequence star, or 'orange dwarf', a relatively common star type in the universe. They are stable of the main sequence for up to 30 billion years, meaning that worlds orbiting them have a longer than average window to evolve and support life. its planetary system consists of 6 planets, 4 moons and an asteroid belt:

#### San Cristobál

San Cristobál is the closest planet to Invicta. It is a barren and rocky world with a thin or non-existent atmosphere.

#### Tengma

Tengma is the only moon of San Cristobál. It is a rocky moon with with a highly active tectonic system that leaves it with oceans and lakes of free-flowing molten lava.

#### Nitala Belt

The Nitala Belt is a thin asteroid belt dividing Invicta, San Cristobál and its moon from the rest of the system. It is the largest collection of asteroids and other space debris in the system. It is home to the asteroid, or dwarf planetoid of E44-3254.

#### Tautovu

Tautovu orbits closely to the Nitala Belt. It is a barren, rocky world with a thin atmosphere. Due to its proximity to the Nitala Belt and its own gravity, Tautovu has grown to a significantly large size, much larger than most rocky planets. It is one of three supermassive planets in the Invicta System.

#### Bounty

Bounty is the only moon of Tautovu. It is a rocky world with an atmosphere currently experiencing a runaway greenhouse effect and is being choked by lethal gases and rainstorms.

#### Concord

Concord is the first gas giant of the Invicta System. Alike most gas giants, its stormy atmosphere composes primarily of hydrogen and helium.

#### Xianyang

Xianyang is the first moon of the gas giant Concord. It is a barren, rocky world with a thin atmosphere. It is the sister moon to Invicta.

#### Invicta

Invicta is the second moon of the gas giant Concord and is the sister moon to Xianyang. Despite being outside of its host star's habitable zone, Invicta is able to support life due to its proximity to Concord. It is a rocky world with an active and stable hydrosphere with large continents and island archipelagos separated by oceans of liquid water. It has large climate variations depending on latitude, precipitation and distance from the equator. It is home to 13 independent nations: the Republic of Namazi, the Federation of Kulubesar, the Republic of Unity Lake, the Federal Republic of Urganchi, the Ang Tasom Republic, the New Pacific Union, the United Kingdom of Hagar el'Asal, the Republic of Oseni, the Rosemount Republic, the Astor-Qasim-Kravann Commonwealth, the Independent State of Juma, the Republic of Laterra, and the United Tenglu Commonwealth. It is the homeworld and capital world of the Invicta National Assembly.

#### Daallo

Daallo is the fourth planet from the star Invicta. It is a barren, rocky world with a thin atmosphere. Alike the barren world of Tautovu, Daallo is a supermassive planet. It is the second of the three supermassive planets of the Invicta System.

#### Invhiyu

Invhiyu is the fifth planet from the star Invicta. It is a barren, rocky world with a thin atmosphere. Alike Tautovu and Daallo, it is also a supermassive rocky world. It is the third of the three supermassive planets of the Invicta System.

#### Al-Karak

Al-Karak is the furthest planet from the star Invicta. Alike most gas giants, its stormy atmosphere composes primarily of hydrogen and helium.