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Nebuchadnezzur - Epsilon Indi january 17th 2401 In an alternate history this is the only inhabited world in the Epsilon Indi System, covered by a shroud of thick poisonous clouds this venus like world harbours the seed of a terrible empire, born from the greed of high ambition and low morals, a dea...

Praxis - Praxis System July 4th 4545 The planet Praxis was targeted as the test Bed for the Neutronium Bomb, the system was unpopulated Neutronium Bomb Also known as a stellar grenade and Nova Bomb, this is a huge weapon mounted on-board a frigate chassis, a fusion power plant is needed to power th...

Toliman Prime - Alpha Centauri A July 25th 2316 one of the First extrasolar planets colonised by man this world was like its nighbour in the Alpha Centauri B system, a wet Mars like world. the only difference was a small population of Microorganisms lived on the surface. The little world however wa...

Beta Virginis - Rose, Humility and Kindness 26th October 3004 The Gas Giant Rose, named for its pink rose coloured clouds orbits in the comfort zone of Beta Virginis, 42.5 Light Years form Epsilon Eridani. It was colonised initially by the empire as a mining facility especially because of the rich ...

Phyrra System – Diomedes 12th July 3091 Located Close to the Magenta system (20.5 Light years) on the Gulf of Tears (1900 Ly from Sol) Is the Phyrra System. Composed of 2 Planets, Both SuperJovian, called Midas and Gallonigher. Midas is the most interesting. It has a co-orbiting pair of moons that ...

55 Cancri e - Vulcan 14th May 2974 Light years away from the familiar Vulcan depicted in Star Trek, this hot hellish world is my name for 55 Cancri e. True to the Roman god of fire and lighting, this world is highly volcanic in nature. Magma seas cover the world visible in the eternal night side. t...

Experiment - Epsilon Eridani January 16th 3005 The official Handover Ceremony Finished 12 midnight and even though the New Federation is in charge of this station, the Great Experiment Continues. Despite its Moral Ambiguity, one of the Federation's goals is the scientific advancement. and with the ...

Probably not, i havent got the skill to create my own textures yet (working on it) so i just mish mash ones ive found together. When i get the neccercary artist skills (or find enough money to pay my tallented brother:) ) i may redo the textures and release. They are however all part of a Sci Fi un...

MayFlower - Tau Ceti August 8th 2335 The Orion Colony ship entered the system after following in the wake of the tragic pioneers that set out to here 35 years previously and never made it. The Mayflower, launched in 2300 dissapeared without a trace 8 years into her journey. The world that would lat...

ill try adjustung the Obliquity of Deimos to see if i can replicate the same effect (putting Tranquillitys inclination to near 0) Well i did it Set tranquilities inclination to near enough 0, set Deimos's obliquitiy to 30 degrees and made tranquility tide locked, not i get eclipses once every 8 ear...

A few notes regarding secular changes of such a planet are in order here. Well you have to learn these things. ill try adjustung the Obliquity of Deimos to see if i can replicate the same effect (putting Tranquillitys inclination to near 0) otherwise i suppose it will just have to have more than 2 ...

Deimos/Tranquillity - 61 Ursae Majoris March 6th 3040 Tranquillity is an earth sized moon of a gas giant world called Deimos. Tranquillity orbits Deimos in little over 2 weeks and takes 32 hours to spin on its axis. Its orbital inclination means it is only in eclipse twice in Deimos’ 272 days. Whil...

You have some great stuff here. You going to be uploading any of it? :) Probably not, i havent got the skill to create my own textures yet (working on it) so i just mish mash ones ive found together. When i get the neccercary artist skills (or find enough money to pay my tallented brother:) ) i may...

New Africa - Epsilon Indi A February 16th 2333 New Africa Orbits Savannah, a Saturnian type world. Locked in at the L1 point is the small world of Lee, a permanent feature in the day sky of New Africa. It is always Occulting Epsilon Indi A New Africa supports a Bio diverse ecosphere similar to eart...

Arctica - 40 Eridani A October 15th 2626 This Cold world hugs a Brown Dwarf called McCarthy, itself orbiting 40 Eridani A. the world is in the grip of a permanent ice age and only the equator is ice free, mainly due to a briny ocean. Rings encircle the world, a testament to the huge amounts of debr...

View of Independence - Epsilon Eridani July 2nd 2875 The Last Ships touch down at the start of the "Great Social Experiment", a project in human social evolution. 50,000 people are stranded on the surface with Iron Age technology and left to fend for themselves. It is expected to last 200...

Tigris System May 12th 3288 100 Years earlier the War between the Confederation and the genetically enhanced HyperCats came to an end in a stalemate and eventual Armistice Under the terms of the Crescent Nebula treaty, the HyperCats would gain their freedom in return for exile from the Confederatio...

The planet of Prospekt looks wrong to me. Epistellar planets are unlikely to have rings. Either the rings will be abraded by the proximity to the star, or they will spiral into the planet due to tidal locking of the planet. too true.... OK to retconn, The asteroidal moons are in unstable orbits, du...

FireStar System January 26th 3009 One thousand years from now the Union has colonised this far away system for its own. The Union, distant descendents of the European Federation, is a Technocracy located 6500 light years away. For 900 years it has favoured scientific advancement and the acquirement...

Maxima Ferrox - Magenta B December 31 3999 No one knows what makes Magenta B pink, spectroscopic scans show a typical M class dwarf star all the way down past the PhotoSphere even sending Tribe probes into the atmosphere, down to the depths afforded by their TriPhasic Sheilds, nothing abnormal can ...