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Zeta1 Reticuli
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Galactography > Systems and Worlds > Systems & Worlds Y - Z
Galactography > Systems and Worlds > Systems & Worlds Y - Z
Zeta 1 Reticuli, a populous system with three successfully terraformed planets | |
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| The planetary system surrounding Zeta1 Reticuli | |
Zeta 1 Reticuli | |
| System | Zeta 1 Reticuli, a populous system with three successfully terraformed planets |
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| Stellar Type | G2 V |
| Companion | This star and Zeta 2 Reticuli form a binary system; the two stars are at least 5500 A.U. (a light month) apart in space, which gives a very very long orbital period. Zeta 2 Reticuli is under the rule of isolationist ai with anti-biont tendencies. Although connected to the Nexus, the system has a Level 5 hazard rating and travellers are advised to avoid it. |
| Region | Inner Sphere Old Core, 39.53 light-years (12.12 parsecs) from Sol |
Planets | |
| Icarus | Hermian type - this hot rockball, close to the sun, has a few exotic habitats and a number of robot factories and vecs settlements. Neutral affiliation. |
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| Atlantis | Eugaian Subtype (Terraformed, originally XeroVenusian) - mostly libertarian NoCoZo, most planetary, some orbitals. (More details here). |
| Daedalus | Paludial Gaian (Terraformed, originally Large AreanTundric) - strong neo-feudalistic society, affiliated with the Solar Dominion - planetary and orbitals. (More details here). |
| Prometheus | GaianTundral Subtype, partially terraformed. Large orbital habitats, many tweaks, splices, and ufer clades. Communion affiliation. (More details here). |
| Hayek | PsychroJovian - assorted ai and exotic tweak clades, some hu in orbitals - mirrored owls and other jovic clades in the atmosphere in addition to a large number of hu bubblehabs. Some moons ai only. The different polities are variously aligned, including NoCoZo, Dominion, and Negentropy Alliance. |
| Doc Halloway | Europan Type - iceball - Europans and other exotic clades, also a few nearbaselines and a number of vecs. Non aligned. |
| Natasha | SubJovian - a few orbital and moon-based small polities - a few bubblehabs and some jovics in the atmosphere. |
| Max | SubJovian tweaks, vecs, and ai on moons and orbitals - a small population of jovics and post-genetekkers in the atmosphere. |
| Locke | SubJovian - ai only |
| Aristotle | SubJovian - Cryocyborgs and exotic post-genetekker clades. Some Zoeific Biopolity affiliation. |
Transapient Oversight | |
| AI overseers | A variety of different transapients are associated with the Zeta1 system, including entities aligned with the NoCoZo, the Solar Dominion, the Negentropy Alliance and the Communion of Worlds |
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| Polities | At least 287 different major polities in the system, the largest being the Tartarus Commonwealth on Daedalus, followed by Doc Halloway Cloud Nation, Atlantis Free Zone and the Galactic Commonwealth on Prometheus |
| Psyche Art and Culture | Because this stellar system has such a wide diversity of cultural influences, it is home to numerous syncretic and co-operative ventures. Although there were a significant number of conflicts of ideology during the Version War period, for several millennia these diverse cultures have continued to thrive, cross-pollinate and develop in many interesting directions. |
| Language | Atlantese, New Anglic and Douh are widely spoken in the baseline-habitable worlds and orbitals. There are also many ai and tweak languages that baseline-humans are unable to use |
Travel | |
| Stargates | Little Ray of Sunshine 53 - to Osmond (Solar Dominion stargate) Mutual Benefit - to Tau Ceti (NoCoZo affiliated stargate) |
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| Main Interstellar Cycler Routes | Merrion Atlantis Liberty Cycler — to Merrion (NoCoZo) and 25 other star systems (0.3c cycler, departures every 1.2 months, 225 year cycle) Venusian Communion Starway — to Heartland (Communion) and 14 other systems (0.4c cycler, departures every 2 months, 280 year cycle) Long Way Around — to some 320 brown dwarfs and other minor systems, (0.2c cycler, departures every 6 months, 620 year cycle) |
| Major Spaceports | In order of size: Detroit Marhenke (Daedalus), McDaggart Orbital (Atlantis) and Jianke Spaceport (Doc Halloway) are the largest spaceports in the system |
| Hazard Rating | 0.0 to 9.0 (according to polity, district, etc) |
| Visa Restrictions | varies according to individual polity |
| Freedom of Movement | varies according to individual polity |
| Environmental Requirements | Earth-normal environments on Atlantis, Daedalus, the domed Promethean cities, and a large number of orbitals |
| Sites of Interest | see entries for individual worlds |
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| Atlantis | |
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| Aristotle | |
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| Doc Halloway | |
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| Hayek | |
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| Icarus | |
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| Max | |
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| Natasha | |
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| Daedalus | |
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| Prometheus | |
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Text by Anders Sandberg
Additional material by M. Alan Kazlev and Steve Bowers
Initially published on 28 July 2002.
Additional material by M. Alan Kazlev and Steve Bowers
Initially published on 28 July 2002.
