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== System Details ==
 
== System Details ==
Many planets are generated with the [http://donjon.bin.sh/scifi/system/ Donjon Star System Generator.]  These systems will list a system seed, and whether or not you should check the box for "force this system to include a terrestrial world."  While I am including a picture of the system to let you make sure you get the right one, additional information is available if you actually go to the site and click on a given world.
 
 
  
 
===Sol System===
 
===Sol System===
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Eight planets and a substantial asteroid belt.  Original home of the Terran race.
 
Eight planets and a substantial asteroid belt.  Original home of the Terran race.
  
*'''Mercury''' - Rumor has it that the Mandate had a couple of bases on Mercury, deep in the bottom of craters at the poles so as not to be exposed to direct sunlight.  The research was supposedly into fusion-based weaponry, harnessing the power of Sol.  No one knows if the bases are still operational, post-Scream.
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''Mercury'' - Rumor has it that the Mandate had a couple of bases on Mercury, deep in the bottom of craters at the poles so as not to be exposed to direct sunlight.  The research was supposedly into fusion-based weaponry, harnessing the power of Sol.  No one knows if the bases are still operational, post-Scream.
*'''Venus''' - Home to a couple thousand scientists and atmo-miners in orbital bases, Venus' atmosphere is too hostile for colonization.  Note: Atmo-miners collect rare chemicals from the upper atmosphere of the planet.
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*'''Terra''' - Earth is a shadow of her former self.  Global warming, due both to the effects of 19th-22nd Century industry and a series of nuclear exchanges right after the discovery of the spike drive, has caused the complete meltdown of the polar ice caps.  Flooding, subsequent loss of arable land, warfare, and a mass exodus of colonists off-planet has left the global population at about one billion.  Once you leave Terra, the Mandate rules, but on Terra, there are five major political entities.
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''Venus'' - Home to a couple thousand scientists and atmo-miners in orbital bases, Venus' atmosphere is too hostile for colonization.  Note: Atmo-miners collect rare chemicals from the upper atmosphere of the planet.
**Pan-African Confederacy - Main language is Bantu, multiple political parties dominated by Nigerians and Egyptians, control all of Africa.
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**America, Inc. - Main language is Spanglish (formal combination of English and Spanish), corporations ''are'' the government, control all of North, Central, and South America
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''Terra (aka Earth)'' - Terra is a shadow of its former self.  Global warming, due both to the effects of 19th-22nd Century industry and a series of nuclear exchanges right after the discovery of the spike drive, has caused the complete meltdown of the polar ice caps.  Flooding, subsequent loss of arable land, warfare, and a mass exodus of colonists off-planet has left the global population at about one billion.  Once you leave Terra, the Mandate rules, but on Terra, there are five major political entities.
**Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere - Main language is Mandarin Chinese, government is a bureaucracy with Emperor at its head, control all of China and eastern Russia, plus the remnants of Japan and Asian island chains.
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**Holy Roman Union - Main language is German, government is a theocracy with the Pope at its head, controls eastern and western Europe, including European Russia.
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*Pan-African Confederacy - Main language is Bantu, multiple political parties dominated by Nigerians and Egyptians, control all of Africa.
**United Council of India - Main language is Hindi, government is a democratic republic, controls south Asia from Thailand to the Middle East, and north to Kazakhstan.
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**'''Luna (aka the Moon)''' - Home to roughly 20 million colonists.  Most of the civilian cities are at the poles, where lunar ice deposits make permanent colonies possible.  The Mandate has a number of military bases on the dark side of Luna.
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*America, Inc. - Main language is Spanglish (formal combination of English and Spanish), corporations ''are'' the government, control all of North, Central, and South America
*'''Mars''' - Home to about 50 million colonists.  Pre-Scream terraforming (and before that, atmosphere-forming) enabled Martian colonists to live on the surface of Mars without vacc suits and actually grow food in Martian soil.  The massive engines, powered by heat captured from rising magma, are mostly self-healing, which is good since they are of a pre-Scream tech level and no one really understands how they work or how to build more. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos
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**Phobos has a couple hundred miners.   
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*Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere - Main language is Mandarin Chinese, government is a bureaucracy with Emperor at its head, control all of China and eastern Russia, plus the remnants of Japan and Asian island chains.
**Deimos has a Mandate military base and is off-limits to civilians.
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*'''Jupiter''' - Being a gas giant, there are no colonists on the planet itself.   
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*Holy Roman Union - Main language is German, government is a theocracy with the Pope at its head, controls eastern and western Europe, including European Russia.
**Each of its Galilean moons, however, have small settlements with populations numbering in the low thousands.   
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**Europa, in particular, seems the most promising due to its extensive ice layer.
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*United Council of India - Main language is Hindi, government is a democratic republic, controls south Asia from Thailand to the Middle East, and north to Kazakhstan.
*'''Saturn''' - Like Jupiter, there are no colonists on Saturn itself.   
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**There is a sizable atmo-miner community on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and rumor has it that the Mandate is conducting experiments on creating life in Titan's methane lakes.
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''Luna (aka the Moon)'' - Home to roughly 20 million colonists.  Most of the civilian cities are at the poles, where lunar ice deposits make permanent colonies possible.  The Mandate has a number of military bases on the dark side of Luna.
*'''Uranus''' - The coldest planet in the system, there are no known settlements on Uranus, although it's suspected that the Mandate has some sort of early warning system installed on one or more of its 27 moons.
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*'''Neptune''' - An ice giant like Uranus, Neptune is also barren of human colonization.  
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''Mars'' - Home to about 50 million colonists.  Pre-Scream terraforming (and before that, atmosphere-forming) enabled Martian colonists to live on the surface of Mars without vacc suits and actually grow food in Martian soil.  The massive engines, powered by heat captured from rising magma, are mostly self-healing, which is good since they are of a pre-Scream tech level and no one really understands how they work or how to build more.
**Triton, Neptune's largest moon, has a Mandate military base where civilians are forbidden.  
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Mars has two moons, Phobos and DeimosPhobos has a couple hundred miners.  Deimos has a Mandate military base and is off-limits to civilians.
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''Jupiter'' - Being a gas giant, there are no colonists on the planet itself.  Each of its Galilean moons, however, have small settlements with populations numbering in the low thousands.  Europa, in particular, seems the most promising due to its extensive ice layer.
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''Saturn'' - Like Jupiter, there are no colonists on Saturn itself.  There is a sizable atmo-miner community on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and rumor has it that the Mandate is conducting experiments on creating life in Titan's methane lakes.
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''Uranus'' - The coldest planet in the system, there are no known settlements on Uranus, although it's suspected that the Mandate has some sort of early warning system installed on one or more of its 27 moons.
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''Neptune'' - An ice giant like Uranus, Neptune is also barren of human colonization. Triton, Neptune's largest moon, has a Mandate military base where civilians are forbidden.  
  
 
===Alpha Centauri System===
 
===Alpha Centauri System===
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First system colonized by Terrans, contains four planets, all naturally capable of supporting human life.
 
First system colonized by Terrans, contains four planets, all naturally capable of supporting human life.
  
*'''Tiberius''' - The first planet settled by Terrans outside of Sol system, Tiberius is home to about 250 million Terrans. It is the breadbasket of the system, supplying the vast majority of the foodstuffs for all Terran settlements.  Domestic issues are handled by a democratic republic system of government, while the Terran Mandate supersedes any local authority when it comes to issues of security and space travel.  The official language is English, which is not coincidentally the official language of the Mandate.   
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''Tiberius'' - The first planet settled by Terrans outside of Sol system, Tiberius is home to about 250 million Terrans. It is the breadbasket of the system, supplying the vast majority of the foodstuffs for all Terran settlements.  Domestic issues are handled by a democratic republic system of government, while the Terran Mandate supersedes any local authority when it comes to issues of security and space travel.  The official language is English, which is not coincidentally the official language of the Mandate.   
*'''Crohn''' - The second planet settled by Terrans outside of Sol system, Crohn is the industrial backbone of the Mandate and the ex-Sol colonies.  Here you will find the only shipbuilders capable of making military-class warships, as well as the Mandate's central HQ.  You'll also find a number of "company towns" dedicated to this manufacturing enclave or that mining company.  On Crohn, the Mandate runs the domestic gov't, which can be somewhat accurately described as a enlightened dictatorship.  Fleet Admiral Viktor Kurnikov is the current Director of the Terran Oversight Board, making him the most powerful man in the galaxy.  Hindi is a popular second language on Crohn, due to the number of original colonists having arrived on ships launched from Indian base stations.
 
*'''AC Gamma''' - The third planet discovered in the system, AC Gamma (or just 'Gamma') is currently unoccupied.  The atmosphere is notoriously unpredictable, with the land constantly ravaged by storm systems hundreds of kilometers wide.  There are rumors of ruined alien cities planet-side that pre-date even the Armada races but few have risked the trip and even fewer have returned.  The Mandate strongly discourages civilians from making landfall but it's not actually prohibited.
 
*'''AC Delta''' - The fourth planet discovered in the system, AC Delta (aka 'Delta' or 'D-Train') is officially unpopulated but there are a number of small settlements led by Terrans who wanted to avoid the control of a central government.  They are a mix of cultists, religious extremists, mad scientists, and adventurers (think 'extreme outdoorsmen').  The Mandate also uses the planet for training some of its more elite troops.  While no exhaustive guidebook has been written on the planet, its native flora and fauna are notoriously unfriendly, if not outright lethal, to the unprepared visitor.
 
 
 
  
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''Crohn'' - The second planet settled by Terrans outside of Sol system, Crohn is the industrial backbone of the Mandate and the ex-Sol colonies.  Here you will find the only shipbuilders capable of making military-class warships, as well as the Mandate's central HQ.  You'll also find a number of "company towns" dedicated to this manufacturing enclave or that mining company.  On Crohn, the Mandate runs the domestic gov't, which can be somewhat accurately described as a enlightened dictatorship.  Fleet Admiral Viktor Kurnikov is the current Director of the Terran Oversight Board, making him the most powerful man in the galaxy.  Hindi is a popular second language on Crohn, due to the number of original colonists having arrived on ships launched from Indian base stations.
*System Seed: 629049475 + Terrestrial World
 
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''AC Gamma'' - The third planet discovered in the system, AC Gamma (or just 'Gamma') is currently unoccupied.  The atmosphere is notoriously unpredictable, with the land constantly ravaged by storm systems hundreds of kilometers wideThere are rumors of ruined alien cities planet-side that pre-date even the Armada races but few have risked the trip and even fewer have returned. The Mandate strongly discourages civilians from making landfall but it's not actually prohibited.
*System Seed: 2069268169 + Terrestrial World
 
*There may be valuable plants in this system.  We have photographs and so forth.
 
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''AC Delta'' - The fourth planet discovered in the system, AC Delta (aka 'Delta' or 'D-Train') is officially unpopulated but there are a number of small settlements led by Terrans who wanted to avoid the control of a central governmentThey are a mix of cultists, religious extremists, mad scientists, and adventurers (think 'extreme outdoorsmen').  The Mandate also uses the planet for training some of its more elite troopsWhile no exhaustive guidebook has been written on the planet, its native flora and fauna are notoriously unfriendly, if not outright lethal, to the unprepared visitor.
*System Seed: 1214926006 + Terrestrial World
 
*There is some kind of smuggling operation hereWe found the destroyed ship of some smugglers, who had been trading food and machinery for pretech goodsWe aren't sure if we know enough to step into their shoes.
 
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== Salvage ==
 
== Salvage ==

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