Blue Giant:Sector 229 99621
Sector 229 99621[edit]
The snappily named Sector 229 99621 is one of the most important sectors in the Treaty Zone. It is one of two sub-sectors located exactly in the centre of the outer zone of galactic sector 5. It is in the upper half of the galactic plane. (Sector 129 99621 is the corresponding sub-sector on the lower plane).
The main locations of interest are the blue giant star Daniv, the Petros systems, The Nogo system, the Damocles cluster, and the Sorathian systems.
(For details of individual star systems see the campaign sector star index
Daniv[edit]
Daniv attracted a lot of attention, even before the sector was settled. A ridiculously large star, it has long been the subject of scientific study. Probes were sent to study it as early as 2660, and the research team led by future emperor John Braxen studied it in 2691. The sometimes inhabited research station on Daniv 1 is the oldest surviving human site in this part of the galaxy.
One of the most interesting things about Daniv is that the star itself is less than a million years old. It is in an area devoid of other stars, leading to the theory that it has either swallowed up all the stars around it or that it was somehow an only child in a vast interstellar nursery of hydrogen gas.
The Petros Systems[edit]
The Petros systems consist of two star systems, Petros Major and Petros Minor. Petros Major is unique in the galaxy for being a green sun. Most stars that emit light strongly in the green spectrum appear white, because they also emit light to either side of green in the spectrum, but Petros Major has some sort of energy field / space warp / 'hell knows what' surrounding it. There is a theory that Petros Major is actually energy leaking from hyperspace, but to find out someone would have to get inside the star, which is currently impossible. The other odd thing about Petros is that it has a quintet of planets in the same orbit around the star and each planet has a number of large moons. The system should be very unstable but isn't. There are a number of Cheem ruins on Petros 1.
Two hundred years ago, the original inhabitants of Petros Major leased their planet (Petros 1) from a man called Petros for the sum of one bunch of bananas. Petros told them he had staked his claim on both systems (Major and Minor) before they arrived and that the lease was for one planet in that system. He also mentioned that he preferred Petros Minor because 'the light was more Earthlike'. The settlers humoured the madman, signed the contract and let him fade into history.
Petros 1 is also noted for the truly terrible dress sense of the locals. The green light from Petros Major washes over the planet every day and affects the colour judgement of the locals. Colours that look good there look dreadful in normal light, and you can always spot a tourist from Petros 1 by their bright metallic taupe/lime/maroon shirts with flared collars, and corduroy bathing shorts.
Petros Minor is an orange star identical in every meaningful way to Earth's sun. It has one planet, very earth like, and one moon, similar in size to Earth's moon. The planet is inhabited (as far as anyone can tell) by a race of tall, beautiful people who are unfailingly polite but who do not want visitors. The two hundred drone ships which surround the planet in a net, plus the fifty or so super-heavy plasma turrets based on the moon help them keep their privacy.
