61 Cygni
| 61 Cygni | |
| General Information | |
| Short Description | Failed terraformed world |
| Faction | Solar Federation |
| Government type | Earth Federation Democracy |
| Economy type | Capitalist |
| Population | Over 1 billion |
| Sector coordinates | -1,-1,0 |
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Description
Type K Orange star
Stable system with 27 major bodies and 8 starports (5 on surface)
History
"Terraforming gone wrong": these words describe well planet Eden, its runaway greenhouse gases, its scorching heat, its unbreathable atmosphere. But these words don’t begin to capture the spirit of its people.
Back in 2317, as they disembarked from colony ship « Enlightenment » after nearly 30 years of a slower-than-light journey, the first settlers knew there would be no such thing as outside help. They had to turn their icy planet into an habitable one, and were confident it would become the lush paradise Earth ceased to be.
As things went wrong, Eden’s citizens witnessed their world turning slowly into the scorching hell it is today. In order to survive their new environment, they radically embraced genetic engineering. Besides creating plant species, they also massively engineered the human body, thus breaking an almost universal taboo.
When hyperdrive technology reached 61 Cygni in the 27th century, Eden’s people stopped being desperate for survival, and the system resumed an ordinary development. However, three centuries of isolation have shaped society until today : mankind is quite different here than anywhere else in the galaxy. And only here does the Solar Federation tolerate an exception to its ban on human genetic engineering.
Nowadays, the system is a hotspot for gene-fashionistas (green skin and horns are all the rage right now), and hosts many private or government-run research facilities. Tourists are commonplace too, enjoying the sights of this world, so exotic yet so close.
Inhabitated planets and starports
- Ellasar
Tiny rocky planet with no significant atmosphere
Starports: Mendel, Uracil
- Anakim
Tiny rocky planet with no significant atmosphere
Starports: Darwin, Histone, Thymine
- Eden
Massive rocky planet with a very dense Sulfuric atmosphere
Starports: Jericho, Abilene, Gate of Eden
Other planets and central star
- 61 Cygni
Type 'K' main sequence star
- Abana
Tiny rocky planet with no significant atmosphere
- Dannah
Tiny rocky planet with no significant atmosphere
- Jeruel
Small gas giant
- Charran
Icy planet
- Bethuel
Medium gas giant
- Migdalel
Medium gas giant
- Neiel
Large gas giant
Images
A view over planet Eden. Scorched remnants of a failed dream, or one of the most original places in human space?
