Sol (star system)

Sol

(Sol)

Neutral

Distance from Sol 0 ly

System security rating 5/5

System civilian population 15,896,743,211

Number of assigned police squadrons: 120

Number of assigned naval squadrons: 25 Bandorian, 20 AIS, 10 Asgardian, 5 UHW, 5 Duskhan League, 5 Santonian Order, 3 LABS, 1 Knights of the Golden Circle, 1 Interstellar Mining Guild, 1 UN (76 total)

System jump gate coordinates 00000007 (Gate 1), 00000009 (Gate 2), 00000014 (Gate 3)

Ascension/Declination neutral, as Sol is at the center of this coordinate system

Stars in system (single-star system)

Sol, 1.0 solar masses, 1.0 solar radii, metallicity +/- 0.00 Fe/H, spectral class G2 V

Non-CHZ planets

Mercury, 0.06 Earth masses, 0.38 Earth radii, orbital period 88 days, semi-major axis 0.39 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.2, equilibrium temperature 409.6 K, uninhabited

Venus, 0.82 Earth masses, 0.95 Earth radii, orbital period 225 days, semi-major axis 0.72 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.00, equilibrium temperature 737 K, uninhabited

Ceres, 0.0001 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 1681 days, semi-major axis 2.76 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.12, equilibrium temperature 168 K, population 7,502

Jupiter, 318 Earth masses, 10.97 Earth radii, orbital period 4333 days, semi-major axis 5.2 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.05, equilibrium temperature 165 K, uninhabited

Saturn, 95 Earth masses, 9.14 Earth radii, orbital period 10756 days, semi-major axis 9.54 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.06, equilibrium temperature 134 K, uninhabited

Uranus, 14.53 Earth masses, 3.98 Earth radii, orbital period 30687 days, semi-major axis 19.19 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.05, equilibrium temperature 76 K, uninhabited

Neptune, 17.15 Earth masses, 3.87 Earth radii, orbital period 60190 days, semi-major axis 30.1 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.00, equilibrium temperature 72 K, uninhabited

Pluto, 0.002 Earth masses, 0.18 Earth radii, orbital period 90553 days, semi-major axis 39.5 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.25, equilibrium temperature 44 K, population 12,093

Eris, 0.003 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 203830 days, semi-major axis 67.78 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.44, equilibrium temperature 42.5 K, population 12,506

Sedna, unknown Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 4161000 days, semi-major axis 506.8 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.85, equilibrium temperature 12 K, population 14,792

Non-CHZ moons

Europa, 0.008 Earth masses, 0.25 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 102 K, population 14,592

Ganymede, 0.025 Earth masses, 0.413 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 110 K, population 16,739

Callisto, 0.018 Earth masses, 0.378 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 134 K, population 29,349

Titan, 0.022 Earth masses, 0.4 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 93.7 K, population 8,105

Enceladus, unknown Earth masses, 0.04 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 75 K, population 1,025

Iapetus, unknown Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 110 K, population 875

Titania, 0.0005 Earth masses, 0.12 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 70 K, population 1,265

Triton, 0.03 Earth masses, 0.21 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 38 K, population 980

Charon, 0.0002 Earth masses, 0.09 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 53 K, population 1,784

CHZ planets

Earth, 1.0 Earth masses, 1.0 Earth radii, orbital period 365.25 days, semi-major axis 1.0 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.01, equilibrium temperature 288 K, population 8,984,607,199

Mars, 0.11 Earth masses, 0.53 Earth radii, orbital period 687 days, semi-major axis 1.52 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.09, equilibrium temperature 250 K, population 6,158,836,169

CHZ moons

Luna, 0.012 Earth masses, 0.27 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 260 K, population 702,240,639

Jump Gate Station: Level 15, distance from jump gate 0.1 AU (Gate 1), Level 15, distance from jump gate 0.25 AU (Gate 2), Level 15, distance from jump gate 0.5 AU (Gate 3)

System Details

Sol is the birthplace and capital system of humanity. This system sees more traffic in a single day in and out of its three advanced jump gates than some distant systems see in a whole Galactic Standard year. This system has more historical and cultural significance to humanity than any other system, with the possible exception of Mystic. Many capital ships from various powers are based in Sol, including the now almost defunct, but once powerful, United Nations. Sol has seen the rise and decline of the Martian colonization effort, which has resulted in a planet of cramped, sprawling cites such as Covenant City, which was once a small cluster of biodome habitats but is now a huge metropolis; it was the birthplace of the Bandorian Protectorate, although few Bandorian citizens live there now. The original Asgardian space station was in orbit around Earth, but was later moved to the Asgard star system. Some sections of Sol are safe and easy to trade in or just ferry passengers, but other areas are very dangerous, especially for less powerful ships. For example, you should have at least a Koala Class Hauler if you want to go out near Pluto; you’ll have to go through the asteroid belt, and past Neptune, where pirates are known to hide. Inside of the asteroid belt, however, Sol is very safe. You can make huge profits ferrying important business officials between Earth and Mars without even having to arm your weapons. Starconnect has a hub here located in orbit around Mars. Gate 1 is located between Earth and Mars, Gate 2 is located just on the other side of the asteroid belt, comfortably far away from Jupiter but close enough to the asteroid belt that you can commonly see pirates lurking in the vicinity. Gate 3 is located on the same orbit as Pluto about 5 AU behind it in its orbit. Gate 1 is the safest gate, although Gate 3 is still quite safe, because four squadrons of Bandorian Navy fighters, two squadrons of AISN fighters, and a UHW squadron are based at the jump gate station for Gate 3, giving incoming pilots a good deal of protection. Note that Sol is your default starting system unless you choose otherwise. Some incredible sights can be seen in Sol, such as the rings of Saturn; while they look somewhat similar to the rings of other gas giants, there is always the fact that when you look at them, you are perhaps seeing the same thing your distant ancestors did as they looked to the skies and dreamed of other worlds beyond the stars. The ice giants Uranus and Neptune are also worth seeing if you are in Sol just for the sights. Earth is another ancient planet, and the homeworld of humanity. Both Earth and Mars are nice to see on a sights tour of Sol. Piracy is a fairly large problem in Sol, especially in the asteroid belt, so if you are going through the ‘belt, make sure you take a few escorts or a powerful ship. A Dominator with heavily upgraded systems could potentially make it through, but you really could do it with several cheaper ships such as the Korolev Class Interceptor or P9 Interceptor. The ship manufacturers Albedo Shipyards, Inc. and Ceres Space have their headquarters in Sol.