Balor News: Terraforming of the large (and heavily populated) moon, Caleston, has begun.
Balor
Overall fame/aspect title: the habitable, vegetation adorned, gas-giant moon, Caleston.
Abstract; summation of all major producing planets within this system:
Bres (lithium).
Overall fame/aspect title: the habitable, vegetation adorned, gas-giant moon, Caleston.
Abstract; summation of all major producing planets within this system:
Bres (lithium).
System: Balor
Solar System Collectives
Hierarchically Descending
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4
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1
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1: (unnamed)
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1
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1: (unnamed)
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Balor (year) A
J
49,231 km
#.### Earth Masses
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N/A
(N/A) # °C
(N/A) #.# g
0.86 atm
0.07 AU
31.0 Earth Days
17.0 Earth Hours
Yes; year
No; N/A
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2: Caleston, (unnamed)
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0
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0
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N/A
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2: Caleston, (unnamed)
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0
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0
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N/A
Balor (year) A1
F (with vegetation)
6,600 km
1.275 Earth Masses
(N/A) #.##
N/A
30 °C / 86 °F
1.2 g
0.9 atm
(N/A) #.# AU
21.5 Earth Days
21.5 Earth Days
Yes; year
No; N/A
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0
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0
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0
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N/A
Colonized:
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0
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0
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0
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N/A
Balor (year) B
D
975 km
0.004 Earth Masses
1.106
N/A
-146 °C / -230.8 °F
0.173 g
0.00 atm
2.9 AU
4.9 Earth Years
23.3 Earth Hours
Yes; year
No; N/A
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0
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0
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0
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N/A
Colonized:
Terraformed:
---[Moons]---
0
---[Rings]---
0
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0
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N/A
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0
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0
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0
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N/A
Colonized:
Terraformed:
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0
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0
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0
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N/A
Yes; year
No; N/A
Balor (year) C
D (with heavy atmos.)
1,812 km
0.008 Earth Masses
0.299
N/A
-72 °C / -96.7 °F
0.1 g
43.34 atm
5.5 AU
23.6 Earth Years
57.3 Earth Hours
Note
The hostile moon Caleston is the largest satellite of the gas giant Cernunnos. An ancient asteroid strike deposited major loads of element zero within the molten sulfur mantle. Eldfell-Ashland Energy's mining operations have made it the largest source of starship drive core material in the Attican Traverse, which threatened Caleston's native biodiversity with industrial waste.
Caleston is wracked with volcanism due to tidal stresses from Cernunnos. Because of the weak solar output, plant-like life on Caleston is not carbon-based and photosynthetic but silicon-based and thermo-synthetic, requiring heat rather than sunlight to power its chemical reactions. These organisms flourish in volcanic vents and during solar flares when Balor, Caleston's sun, can double or triple in luminosity. Oxygen-breathing habitation is not possible outside its domed cities.
The hostile moon Caleston is the largest satellite of the gas giant Cernunnos. An ancient asteroid strike deposited major loads of element zero within the molten sulfur mantle. Eldfell-Ashland Energy's mining operations have made it the largest source of starship drive core material in the Attican Traverse, which threatened Caleston's native biodiversity with industrial waste.
Caleston is wracked with volcanism due to tidal stresses from Cernunnos. Because of the weak solar output, plant-like life on Caleston is not carbon-based and photosynthetic but silicon-based and thermo-synthetic, requiring heat rather than sunlight to power its chemical reactions. These organisms flourish in volcanic vents and during solar flares when Balor, Caleston's sun, can double or triple in luminosity. Oxygen-breathing habitation is not possible outside its domed cities.
Note
A member of the Fomor Belt, Bres is a dwarf planet with no atmosphere. It is, however, rich in lithium, which is integral to the heat sinks of starships and hand-held weapons. A large robo-mining operation from Caleston can be found here.
A member of the Fomor Belt, Bres is a dwarf planet with no atmosphere. It is, however, rich in lithium, which is integral to the heat sinks of starships and hand-held weapons. A large robo-mining operation from Caleston can be found here.
Note
A tiny rock planet, Elatha is noted for its frigid temperatures and crushing nitrogen and krypton atmosphere. Lying out beyond the Fomor Belt, it has little to recommend it.
A tiny rock planet, Elatha is noted for its frigid temperatures and crushing nitrogen and krypton atmosphere. Lying out beyond the Fomor Belt, it has little to recommend it.
Note
Cernunnos is a sizable gas giant with a hydrogen-nitrogen atmosphere. It is believed to be an extra-solar capture due to its close stellar location. In a rare phenomenon, it is near enough to its red dwarf star to be within the life zone, though its massive size prevents the tidal lock that usually occurs at such a range. While nothing could survive on the surface of a planet with such crushing gravity, Cernunnos's moon, Caleston, is habitable. Cernunnos is skimmed for its abundant hydrogen, and refineries on Caleston process it into a meta-stable metallic form for use as starship fuel. The Reapers once destroyed this operation.
Cernunnos is a sizable gas giant with a hydrogen-nitrogen atmosphere. It is believed to be an extra-solar capture due to its close stellar location. In a rare phenomenon, it is near enough to its red dwarf star to be within the life zone, though its massive size prevents the tidal lock that usually occurs at such a range. While nothing could survive on the surface of a planet with such crushing gravity, Cernunnos's moon, Caleston, is habitable. Cernunnos is skimmed for its abundant hydrogen, and refineries on Caleston process it into a meta-stable metallic form for use as starship fuel. The Reapers once destroyed this operation.
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0.4 M☉
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N/A
4
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絲氨酸尼姑奧西
Cernunnos
商業登記宰
Bres
埃拉臨屋區
Elatha
票面壽離子
Partholon
巴羅
系統
Note
Balor is a red dwarf star. It produces a weak solar output. However, during solar flares, the luminosity of this star can double or triple. Balor may be named after a king of the Fomorians in Irish mythology, and several of the system's planets are also named after figures from the Irish Mythological Cycle. Balor is a gateway system.
Balor is a red dwarf star. It produces a weak solar output. However, during solar flares, the luminosity of this star can double or triple. Balor may be named after a king of the Fomorians in Irish mythology, and several of the system's planets are also named after figures from the Irish Mythological Cycle. Balor is a gateway system.
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0
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0
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0
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N/A
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0
---[Rings]---
0
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0
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N/A
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A large planet composed of ice surrounding a rocky core, Partholon retains trace gases of nitrogen and carbon monoxide. Its crushing gravity makes for an inhospitable stay and makes most mining infeasible. However, its orbit's proximity to the mass relay in the system means space travelers will for the next few years use it for a gravitational slingshot to add speed on their way to and from Caleston.
A large planet composed of ice surrounding a rocky core, Partholon retains trace gases of nitrogen and carbon monoxide. Its crushing gravity makes for an inhospitable stay and makes most mining infeasible. However, its orbit's proximity to the mass relay in the system means space travelers will for the next few years use it for a gravitational slingshot to add speed on their way to and from Caleston.
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Balor (year) D
P
11,921 km
22.885 Earth Masses
0.299
N/A
-236 °C / -392.8 °F
6.6 g
(N/A) #.# atm
11.2 AU
68.6 Earth Years
28.2 Earth Hours
Yes; year
No; N/A
Caleston
凱爾斯通
Population:
Capital:
1,802,705,000
Syneu