Pearl star system

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

## Summary

Pearl has been the site of many battles against Vonari and humans alike. Perhaps only second to Orion or Rucker itself, the eternal warfront of the Alliance and Federation. During the Arvoch conflict it was a major target of the Vonari that struck from Arvoch and their allied rebels and during the Arvoch Alliance it was a major battleground between the Federation and the Vonari which planned to retake Arvoch.

The fascinating story of Pearl has long faded and no transponders survived the centuries of battle. However, their many and uncountable wreckages in space and on the planets tell of heroes long forgotten and horrors unseen.

As a system itself Pearl is as close to a perfect capital as one can find. It has decent planets, many economic structures, well developed infrastructure, tons of stellar resources with rich asteroids and nebulae and a gas giant. Only Thuban can truly rival Pearl and both are now in the hands of the Alliance. Alas, Thuban took a lot more damage than Pearl ever did and will still take a long time to return to its former glory after it got sacked by the Alliance warfleets.

The main trade partner of Pearl is Rucker. It is a main crossroad and delivers the needed machines without need of ore supply. Pices can do the same, but in turn needs deliveries from the rich metal veins of Pearls first to turn them into machines for the reimport.

Among the losses of Pearl in the Insanity War are the two central stations of the system which were tactical and industrial outposts, in itself nothing of value.

However, the hidden high-tech world in the southeast has vanished entirely. If it was destroyed in a military operation by the invading Vonari coming from Andromeda or if it decided to cloak itself and disappear from the galactic conflict is unknown. There are no public records of the **incident**.

## Location

The **Pearl star system** lies at the north of the Pearl region and is part of the Outer Rim.

## Attributes

* Nebula Prevalence: High
* Asteroid Prevalence: High
* Local Ship Abilities: High
* Military Carriers: 0
* Economy Classes: A, B, E, G, T
	+ Fulcrum distance
* Control: Alliance

## History

### During Legends

Pearl is a large system consisting of several planets and is the site of the Arvoch Conflict that took place a few years ago and caused the now adopted planets Arvoch Prime, Arvoch Beta and Serene to end up in the Pearl system. Abundant resources and numerous opportunities make Pearl a system with some of the wealthiest and best equipped mercenaries in all of Evochron. Even though resources are readily available, shipping them in this system is extremely risky, so premium prices are paid for even the most basic supplies and equipment. Survival here depends on skill, wealth, and a powerful ship. Rumors suggest there is a remote research facility in this system on a distant world providing advanced and experimental technology.

Faction Details:

* Energy Companies - Strong presence, dominate political and economic force.
* Navy/Military - Moderate presence, primarily protects energy interests.
* Rebels - Light presence, primarily opportunistic explorers who remain reclusive.
* Guilds/Clans - Uncertain presence, rumored to patrol low traffic areas.
* Miners - Moderate presence, works with energy companies and for own interests.

### During Mercenaries

The remaining rebels and sympathizers of the Vonari have been quashed and the local populace now accepts law and order again.

Miners - Moderate presence, works with energy companies.

### Arvoch Alliance

Pearl was one of the primarily invasion grounds for the Vonari in an attempt to split up the Alliance and the Federation. Their attempt to break the back of the Federation failed when the A.C.S. Nova acquired a newly upgraded Vonari fighter and used it to scan their new cruisers and capital ships. This knowledge helped the two powers to crush the Vonari in the Fourth War.

### After the Insanity War

With Pearl directly connected to Sol in a one-way route through the developed Sol wormhole, the system had little chance to stand against a full onslaught of the Alliance if the entire economy of Sol would bear down on it. The fact that most installations remain intact after the takeover, however, implies a quick and efficient special operation and blitz when the Federation fleet was engaged elsewhere. Perhaps a pincer invasion through the Sapphire wormhole into Al's Quay was done as well while most Federal forces were tied down in Aquila.

The Federation likely lacked information on the secret wormhole project of Sol and thus dedicated most of their fleet to defend against the push on Thuban and on Qauila and mayhaps Al's Quay. With this maneuver the Alliance was able to secure one of their four core system with most resources intact and the Federation now surrounded and in a pincer with no lack of supplies for the Pearl bridgehead.

This tactical achievement falls in line with former ingenuity and cunning of the Alliance High Command which used any means possible to defeat their enemies. A fully developed and undamaged bridgehead in the heartland of the Federation with direct supply line from Sol was as close to a deathblow as they could deal.

After the devastation of Outer Sol (be it by Vonari or Federation hands) and the conquest of Thuban, the weakened Sol system had to give way to the will of the Alliance High Command that moved its operations to the new warfront in Sapphire with the military headquarter in Alpha Centauri and the civilian government that now slowly moved to Pearl and closer to their actual new empire. Sol remains the capital of the empire, but the colonies are directed from Pearl.

## Trade Routes

Rich asteroid fields made of pure platinum is only one of the splendors of Pearl. Only short on machines by lack of industry, Pearl is perfectly autarch in all other regards. The rich ore of Pearl can be mined and transported to Pices to create machines which then can be reimported. There is little Pearl can not do.

## Stellar Bodies

Local Stars: 1

* Pearl A
	+ Coordinates: (3500 0 -1799)

Local Planets: 6 (formerly 7)

* Pearl
	+ Coordinates: (3500 0 -1800)
	+ Distance: 1 Sector
	+ Economy: General
	+ Population: One capital, two settlements
	+ Terrain: Mixed
	+ Conditions: Water with clouds, plants, animals, methane atmosphere
	+ Special Status: Ringworld

* Arvoch Prime
	+ Coordinates: (3500 0 -1797)
	+ Distance: 2 Sectors
	+ Economy: Agriculture
	+ Population: One capital, one settlement
	+ Terrain: Desert
	+ Conditions: Water with clouds, plants, oxygen atmosphere
	+ Special Status: Multiringed, "Adopted" planet, Earth-like world

* Arvoch Beta
	+ Coordinates: (3500 0 -1796)
	+ Distance: 3 Sectors
	+ Gas Giant
	+ Special Status: Ringless, "Adopted" planet

* Oasis
	+ Coordinates: (3497 0 -1802)
	+ Distance: 4 Sectors
	+ Economy: Technology
	+ Population: One capital, one settlement
	+ Terrain: Ice
	+ Conditions: Water with clouds, methane atmosphere
	+ Special Status: Ringworld

* Tranquil
	+ Coordinates: (3503 0 -1802)
	+ Distance: 4 Sectors
	+ Economy: Energy
	+ Population: One capital, one settlement
	+ Terrain: Ice
	+ Conditions: Water with clouds, plants, hydrogen atmosphere
	+ Special Status: Multiringed, Earth-like world

* Serene
	+ Coordinates: (3504 0 -1797)
	+ Distance: 4 Sectors
	+ Economy: Biology
	+ Population: One Capital, two settlements
	+ Terrain: Ice
	+ Conditions: Clouds, plants, oxygen atmosphere
	+ Special Status: Multiringed, Adopted planet

* [Redacted]
	+ Former Coordinates: (3588 0 -1828)
	+ Economy: Technology
	+ Special Status: Blacksite, **Destroyed**

PearlArvoch Prime (Well-defended)Arvoch BetaOasisTranquilSerene
## Stations and Carriers

### Stations

* Serene Station (3504 0 -1797)
	+ Alliance

* Research Alpha (3504 0 -1800)
	+ Alliance

* Tranquil Station (3503 0 -1802)
	+ Alliance

* Pearl Station (3500 0 -1800)
	+ Alliance

* Arvoch Command (3500 0 -1797)
	+ Alliance

* Oasis Station (3497 0 -1802)
	+ Alliance

## Jump Gates

* Arvoch (3500 0 -1790)
	+ Destination: (3500 0 -1500)

* Pices (3500 0 -1800)
	+ Destination: (1802 0 -301)

* Rucker (3498 0 -1801)
	+ Destination: (1800 0 -2000)

## Stellar Resources

### Asteroids

* Asteroid Mine: (3504 0 -1800)
	+ Metal = Med / Diamond = Med / Platinum = Med

* Asteroid Field: (3502 0 -1798)
	+ Platinum = High

* Asteroid Cave: (3502 0 -1798)
	+ All resources

* Asteroid Field: (3501 0 -1801)
	+ Metal = Med / Diamond = Med / Platinum = Med

* Asteroid Mine: (3500 0 -1800)
	+ Metal = Med / Diamond = Med / Platinum = Med

* Asteroid Field: (3499 0 -1798)
	+ Metal = Med / Diamond = Med / Platinum = Med

* Comet: (3500 0 -1799)
	+ 19% Diamond / 41% Platinum / 40% Water

### Nebula

* Fuel Refinery: (3504 0 -1800)
	+ No storms or interference

* Dark Nebula: (3503 0 -1797)
	+ Dangerous storms and interference

* Dark Nebula: (3499 0 -1798)
	+ No storms or interference

## Unknown

### Scrapyard Mines

* Unknown Battleship
	+ Arvoch Prime (78k -4.9k 44k)
	+ No data log, but scrapyard mine inside

* Asteroid Cave (left and right arm)
	+ Sector 3502 0 -1798

* Nebula
	+ Near Arvoch Prime / 10.5k 10.5k -8.5k

* Unknown Destroyer
	+ Pearl (on planet)
	+ No data log, but scrapyard mine inside

* Nebula
	+ Malcom Nebula (Research Alpha) 14.4k 0 -11k
	+ Debris Field with scrapyard mine inside

### Data Beacons

* Nebula
	+ Near Arvoch Prime / -1k -1k -1k
	+ Anti-Missile System

* Tranquil
	+ -30k 0 8.8k
	+ Canon Relay System

* Nebula
	+ Malcom Nebula (Research Alpha) 14.9k -1k -14.9k
	+ Repair System C3

### Wreckages

* S80 Command-Carrier
	+ Sector 3502 0 -1798 / -10k 0 -10k
	+ Noticed the asteroid field contains pure platinum before being destroyed
	+ Affilitation: S80 might imply Sol (wormhole) or Sapphire (Al's Quay wormhole). The carrier was likely destroyed during the Pearl invasion when the local station got destroyed and is from the Alliance. A local Federal carrier would know about the ore type.

* O40 Transport
	+ Oasis (on planet)
	+ No data log, but also no scrapyard mine
	+ Affiliation: Olympus or Orion. Could be from any war, but the Federation did evacuate Olympus during Arvoch Alliance before the Vonari assault with help of the Alliance. May have crashed on descent or during attack by Vonari.

* 048 Command-Carrier
	+ Oasis (72k -4.9k -43k)
	+ No data log, but also no scrapyard mine
	+ Affiliation: Olympus or Orion based carrier of the Federation. May have died defending Pearl in the Insanity War or during the Arvoch Alliance against Vonari.

## Colonized Sectors

* Sector 3504 0 -1797 | Serene Sector - Scanned / No Unknown
* Sector 3500 0 -1797 | Arvoch Prime Sector - Scanned / 1 Unknown
* Sector 3500 0 -1800 | Pearl Sector - Scanned / 1 Unknown
* Sector 3497 0 -1802 | Oasis Sector - Scanned / 2 Unknown
* Sector 3503 0 -1802 | Tranquil Sector - Scanned / 1 Unknown
* Sector 3504 0 -1800 | Malcom Nebula (Green) Sector - Scanned / 2 Unknowns

## Important Sectors

* Sector 3588 0 -1808 | Andromeda Exit Sector - Scanned / No Unknowns or signs of the Unknown
* Sector 3503 0 -1797 | Serene Nebula Sector - Scanned / No Unknown
* Sector 3502 0 -1798 | Asteroid Cave Sector - Scanned / 3 Unknown
* Sector 3501 0 -1801 | Pearl Asteroid Field Sector - Scanned / No Unknown
* Sector 3500 0 -1799 | Pearl A Sector - Scanned / No Unknown
* Sector 3500 0 -1796 | Arvoch Beta Sector - Scanned / No Unknown
* Sector 3499 0 -1798 | Arvoch Nebula Sector - Scanned / 2 Unknown