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An abandoned mining settlement. Clues on the site hints at the fate of the miners there...

Orbital Body: A 5 Coordinates: 44.818 / -31.389

An abandoned settlement belonging to the unfortunate crew of a generation ship that missed its intended target. Clues on the site hints to the fate of the ship and crew...

Orbital Body: B 6 Coordinates: -87.04 / -10.52

An abandoned research facility. The entire settlement appears to have suffered massive airlock failure, exposing everyone living here to hard vacuum...

Orbital Body: A 2 A Coordinates: -59.3617 / -142.5865

A corporate settlement that has been left abandoned. Clues on the site hint to the fate of the employees as well as the mysterious 'Initiative' that took place here...

Orbital body: 3 B Coordinates: -26.40 / 143.69

New Yembo was the location of one of the very first Expansion Goals, beginning in February 3301, and resulted with much fanfare in a station being placed out in HIP 101110 called 'Unity Station'.

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An abandoned research facility. Apparently the scientists found what they where looking for before the facility was... abandoned.

Orbital Body: 1 B Coordinates: 33.47 / -2.17

A mysterious abandoned settlement located on the edge of the frontier.

Comms Link data recovered from the settlement computer system indicates that this was once an exploration outpost and hints at a mysterious find located at "sector 26". No other information regarding this settlement has been uncovered.

Orbital body: 6 H Coordinates: -22.14 / 177.71

An abandoned anaconda partially turned into a planetary settlement. Clues on the site reveals only parts of what happened here... Enter the ship at your own peril!

Orbital Body: AB 2 A Coordinates: 6.94 / -102.4397

The 'Coronet' Pulsar is the colloquial term for the double neutron star system of PSR J1856-3754, the closest pulsar to Sol with a mere 521 light years. It lies in the Corona Austrinae molecular cloud and is associated with the so-called Coronet Cluster (CrA), a small cluster of young stars embedded in a small emission nebula (R CrA/NGC 6729) in that same region. The pulsar is also a member of the Magnificent Seven, a group of isolated cool neutron stars that are all relatively close to Sol and fall in line with the Gould Belt.

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These B Class stars, 54.04 LYs apart, with very close large pulsar companions, give the appearance of the stars wearing bow-ties. V970 Scorpii has its Pulsar very close to the B star which is the arrival point of the system.

warning, black hole 20ls from main star

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The bright O-type star HD 175876 has a companion neutron-star with a surprising feature: Extremely large rings.

The system contains a rather cold Earth-Like World with silicate geysers, a Water World with life and a High-Metal terraform candidate.

Thor's Eye is the name given to this system containing a massive O-class star and a black hole. Some cartographers consider it to have been misnamed - the Norse God who lost an eye was Odin (not Thor).

Amundsen Terminal – Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10, planet 1

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A system containing all jumponium materials (a "green" system):

A2 (HMC) (0.29g) (157LS) - Polonium, Arsenic A5 (HMC) (0.18g) (293LS) - Polonium A6 (Icy) (0.16g) (581LS) - Yttrium A7 (Icy) (0.16g) (671LS) - Niobium, Germanium B1 (HMC) (0.14g) (6272LS) - Cadmium, Vanadium B2 (Icy) (0.19g) (6567LS) - Niobium, Vanadium, Arsenic

Located on the opposite side of the Lagoon Nebula from the earlier outpost of Amundsen Terminal, this asteroid base is run by the democratically controlled Lagoon Research Associates.

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Observation Post Epsilon is located approximately 20 Ly outside the Trifid Nebula. The Observation post is military, run by the independent 101st Recon Company. The reasons behind the Observation post are obscure; who or what is this military organization watching?

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Situated 5,300 LYs from Sol, this Black hole is located inside a stunning deep blue nebula.

The Omega Mining Operation asteroid base is located on the edge of the Omega Nebula 5500 Ly from Sol.

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A system containing all jumponium materials (a "green" system):

A1 (HMC) (0.27g) (472ls) - Polonium, Niobium, Cadmium, Germanium A2A (Rocky) (0.09g) (634ls) - Yttrium, Arsenic, Vanadium

Anaia, which translates to "brother" in the ancient Basque language, is a beautiful dual-ringed Earth-like planet close to the Omega nebula which was paired with a Class III gas giant. The giant was so close that, when taking a shot from the ring, you could clearly see it and the nebula.

This asteroid base is located inside the Eagle Nebula, close to the earlier settlement of Eagle's Landing. The facility is a prison colony run by the independent faction Eagle Sector Guards.

Eagle's Landing – Eagle Sector IR-W d1-117, planet 2 A

One of the Colonia Connection Highway outposts, constructed in October 3302.

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A system containing all jumponium materials (a "green" system):

A2 (HMC) (0.29g) (23LS) - Yttrium, Cadmium, Arsenic A7C (Rocky) (0.06g) (614LS) - Polonium, Niobium A7E (Rocky) (0.07g) (612LS) - Yttrium, Niobium, Vanadium A7G (Rocky) (0.04g) (619LS) - Polonium, Niobium A8C (Rocky) (0.18g) (918LS) - Yttrium, Germanium

System: PRU AESCS HW-S B31-2 Beacon around: A Rally Point (settlement) on: CD1, -7.29 / -35.91 SETTLEMENT FOUND by CoR PILOT JAN 3303

This system contains 5 different class O stars, the greatest number currently known in a single system. The main body is a O8 giant, in orbit with four so-called "zero age" class O bodies.

This incredible system (also known as 'Collection of Wonders') contains two black holes, a ringed M-class star, a ringed white dwarf, and a ringed neutron star.

This system contains the first Guardian ruins discovered in the Scutum-Sagittarii Conflux. To this date (april 3303) these are the only Guardian ruins found outside the area surrounding the Regor sector (where hundreds of these ruins have been located).

Guardian history tells of "Exiles", who were banished when religious orders took over their society. The unexpected discovery of the ruins in the Skaudai sector has lead to speculation among xenohistorians as to wether these out of the way locations could be the final resting place of these exiles (source).

The system itself contains three ancient sites, all of them located on the same moon and two of them next to each other.

Site 68:

Type: Beta 1 Orbital Body: AB 7 A Coordinates: -37.81 / 10.48 Site 69:

Type: Gamma 1 Orbital Body: AB 7 A Coordinates: -49.67 / -69.62 Site 92:

Type: Gamma 2 Orbital Body: AB 7 A Coordinates: -37.82 / 10.50

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Binary Earth Worlds orbiting a Neutron Star.

Caution, Neutron star and Entry star in super close orbit.

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Danger: pulsar and black hole upon entry

Danger: Neutron Star on Entry. Jumponium Rich system.

Gas Giant within a White Dwarf's Exclusion zone

Danger: 6 Black Holes

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Hottest Landable World Recorded

Super hot landable ice world orbiting a white dwarf

ELW's, needs further info.

2 landable planets near a neutron star

A thick canopy of stars stretches over an entire hemisphere of the sky, unbroken apart from a triangular region, nearly devoid of stars (the "gate"). Adjacent to this system is a large cluster of white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes (the "graveyard").

This point of interest would best be viewed from the observation deck of a Beluga Liner, given that it covers such a large region of the sky.

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A large 48 stellar mass black hole roughly 100ly from Jaques Station.

Starless Black Hole system with no additional lightsource plunging it's ringed gas giants and planets into total darkness.

Neutron star system having 3 earth-like worlds, two orbiting each other.

WARNING: A triple neutron star system orbiting a primary black hole (quaternary system in total). There is a close pair of neutron stars, orbiting about 3 light seconds apart, which can be flown through like "goal posts", whilst a third, smaller neutron star orbits both with an inclined axis of rotation. Interestingly, the two closely-paired neutron stars cause gravitational lensing around themselves, like a black hole, which can clearly be seen when travelling at speed within a few thousand light seconds of them. A possible tourist destination, but also valuable to any thrill-seekers who want the "buzz" of flying through the middle of a group of close neutron stars.

Situated at the top of the galactic bulge, this is currently believed to be the system highest above the galactic plane ever reached, 3.173 LY above Sol.

This system contains nothing but a black hole and three neutron stars along with a stunning view of the galaxy from above. The discoverer imagined that the three neutron stars were being persued by the devouring black hole, much like the child's tale of three small pigs.

The second gas-giant in orbit of this MS-class giant has a high axial tilt. As such, it appears be a glowing, baleful eye when viewed head on. A tourist beacon has been set up here for travelers.

An Earth like with an ice ring ammonia world right next door.

A system containing all jumponium materials (a "green" system):

A2 (HMC) (12.89ls) (0.24g) - Cadmium, Germanium AB3A (Icy) (1589.11ls) (0.04g) - Niobium AB3B (Icy) (1590.59ls) (0.03g) - Cadmium, Vanadium AB3C (Icy) (1591.46ls) (0.04g) - Cadmium, Arsenic AB3D (Icy) (1592.33ls) (0.04g) - Niobium AB3E (Icy) (1588.54ls) (0.05g) - Polonium, Vanadium AB3F (Icy) (1589.02ls) (0.04g) - Germanium AB3G (Icy) (1584.82ls) (0.04g) - Germanium AB4A (Icy) (2433.56ls) (0.07g) - Niobium, Germanium AB4B (Icy) (2.434.30ls) (0.03g) - Yttrium, Cadmium, Vanadium, Arsenic AB4C (Icy) (2434.13ls) (0.03g) - Vanadium AB4D (Icy) (2434.55ls) (0.04g) - Cadmium, Germanium B1 (HMC) (111.89ls) (0.17g) - Niobium

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A system containing all jumponium materials (a "green" system):

A1 (Metal Rich) (7.37ls) (0.88g) - Polonium, Cadmium A2 (HMC) (13.65ls) (0.70g) - Cadmium, Niobium, Vanadium A3 (HMC) (24.44ls) (0.61g) - Cadmium, Germanium, Vanadium A4 (HMC) (41ls) (0.74g) - Vanadium A5 (HMC) (41.19ls) (0.59g) - Yttrium, Niobium A9C (Icy) (1220.72ls) (0.14g) - Cadmium, Arsenic

Located high above the galactic plane, this system has proven impossible to reach with pre-engineer technology. No recorded visits at this time.

Quadruple Water World star system.

This neutron star is orbited by a class-V gas giant at an astonishingly close 8 light-seconds. The intense radiation of the neutron star has increased the surface temperature of the gas giant so high that it emits a blinding white glow and no surface features can be determined. Commanders who approach the object closely will find their visual systems overloaded and controls reduced to nothing but a pure white blur. What allows the gas giant to remain intact is not understood, as the extremely hot gas should have been dispersed off into space or pulled into the neutron star long ago. This is truly an unexplained mystery of our galaxy.

A system containing all jumponium materials (a "green" system):

AB 1 (Metal Rich) (31.97ls) (0.85g) - Vanadium AB 2 (HMC) (41.2ls) (0.90g) - Polonium, Arsenic AB 3 A (Rocky) (62.26ls) (0.33g) - Arsenic ABCD 1 B (Rocky) (2243.6ls) (0.08g) - Yttrium, Cadmium ABCD 1 C (Rocky) (2242.45ls) (0.08g) - Cadmium, Germanium, Vanadium ABCD 1 D (Rocky) (2242.47ls) (0.07g) - Niobium, Germanium ABCD 1 E (Rocky) (2234.68ls) (0.10g) - Cadmium, Vanadium ABCD 1 F (Rocky) (2231.7ls) (0.11g) - Yttrium, Cadmium, Niobium, Vanadium ABCD 2 A (Rocky) (3237.81ls) (0.10g) - Yttrium, Cadmium, Germanium ABCD 2 C (Icy) (3234.05ls) (0.14g) - Germanium ABCD 3 A (Icy) (3259.3ls) (0.10g) - Niobium, Germanium ABCD 3 C (Icy) (3256.6ls) (0.06g) - Niobium, Germanium ABCD 4 A (Icy) (4300.98ls) (0.05g) - Yttrium, Cadmium, Niobium, Germanium, Vanadium ABCD 4 B (Icy) (4298ls) (0.06g) - Cadmium ABCD 4 C (Icy) (4293.06ls) (0.06g) - Niobium, Germanium ABCD 4 D (Icy) (4298.11ls) (0.07g) - Polonium, Niobium, Vanadium ABCD 4 E (Icy) (4301.17ls) (0.09g) - Cadmium, Niobium, Germanium C 1 (Metal Rich) (428.76ls) (0.51g) - Niobium, Vanadium D 1 (Metal Rich) (468.89ls) (0.14g) - Cadmium, Vanadium D 2 (Metal Rich) (475.64ls) (0.14g) - Cadmium, Vanadium

WARNING: Large Star, you will be taken out of supercruise.

A system containing all jumponium materials (a "green" system):

1A (Rocky) (615.08ls) (0.07g) - Yttrium, Niobium 1B (Rocky) (615.1ls) (0.06g) - Yttrium, Cadmium, Germanium 1C (Rocky) (619.91ls) (0.07g) - Niobium, Germanium 1D (Rocky) (614.43ls) (0.13g) - Arsenic 1E (Rocky) (635.48ls) (0.09g) - Niobium, Vanadium, Arsenic 2A (Rocky) (828.88ls) (0.23g) - Germanium, Vanadium 3A (Rocky) (760.78ls) (0.06g) - Vanadium 3C (Rocky) (760.93ls) (0.05g) - Vanadium 4D (Icy) (1036.09ls) (0.11g) - Niobium 4DA (Icy) (1036.1ls) (0.04g) - Cadmium, Germanium, Vanadium 4E (Icy) (1038ls) (0.16g) - Yttrium, Arsenic 5A (Icy) (1550ls) (0.09g) - Polonium 5B (Icy) (1550ls) (0.08g) - Yttrium 5C (Icy) (1550.32ls) (0.08g) - Yttrium, Cadmium, Germanium 5D (Icy) (1552.23ls) (0.09g) - Cadmium, Niobium, Germanium 5E (Icy) (1549.93ls) (0.09g) - Niobium, Vanadium, Arsenic 5F (Icy) (1541.35ls) (0.11g) - Cadmium, Germanium, Arsenic 5G (Icy) (1557.26ls) (0.12g) - Yttrium, Cadmium, Niobium, Germanium, Arsenic 5GA (Icy) (1557.34ls) (0.03g) - Cadmium, Germanium

At 51,600 LYs from Sol, Centauri Shores is thought to be one of the first two 'Silentium' systems surveyed in any great detail (Oct. 3301). The system has a ringed Earth-Like World, an unusually large Ammonia world shrouded in a dense white atmosphere, and a Water Giant. A combination making it a system that can sustain all known major lifeforms.

A system containing all jumponium materials (a "green" system):

1 A (Rocky Ice World) (1134.26ls) (0.14G) - Polonium, Cadmium 1 B (Icy World) (1135.44ls) (0.09G) - Yttrium, Cadmium, Niobium 1 C (Icy World) (1136.34ls) (0.09G) - Niobium, Arsenic, Vanadium 1 D (Icy World) (1136.35ls) (0.08G) - Niobium 2 A (Icy World) (1170.18ls) (0.13G) - Cadmium, Vanadium 3 A (Icy World) (1590.44ls) (0.1G) - Niobium, Arsenic, Vanadium 3 B (Icy World) (1587.23ls) (0.13G) - Niobium 3 C (Icy World) (1580.26ls) (0.12G) - Polonium, Vanadium 3 C 1 (Icy World) (1580.3ls) (0.03G) - Cadmium, Germanium 3 D (Icy World) (1577.41ls) (0.08G) - Yttrium, Niobium

Due to its convenient location, this system was designated as a waypoint for the Sagittarius-Carina Mission before it was surveyed. Upon arrival it was shown to contain seven planets all of which are landable, and a survey of possible landing sites was conducted. The Tronaii Plateau was chosen among these due to the sense of desolation it conveys. Very fitting for this region of the galaxy.

This system contains a bright violet O-star and nine T-Tauri type stars of various colors. When viewed from a distance they look like multicolored fireflies.

Byoo Chraei AA-A F0 A is the furthest O-type star so far discovered out in the Sagittarius-Carina Arm.

A ringed lavaworld in the desolate Silentium region. Some beautiful and interesting views can be experienced by hunting the sunrise along the rings on the nightside of the planet.

Four Water Worlds can be found in this Silentium system, with three of them also being terraform candidates.

Even with four life-bearing worlds in one system, the loneliness and remoteness of the region encroaches. Each of them appear so small against the backdrop of galaxy. Like silent raindrops echoing in the wells of silence...

Silentium Shores is thought to be the second of the first two 'Silentium' systems surveyed in any great detail (Oct. 3301). This system contains an Earth-Like World, two Water Worlds, and a High Metal Content terraformable. It is also home to an Ammonia World. The region between Centauri Shores and Silentium Shores is reported to have an unusually high concentration of Ammonia type worlds, with thirteen being found during the first tentative survey of this remote region.

A small open cluster of beautiful A and F class stars with many colorful planets and landable moons, largely unexplored. Situated between waypoints 16 and 17 of the Sagittarius-Carina Expedition.

Named after Lady Huggins, an early pioneer of stellar spectroscopy.

Cartographers Note: Upon personal inspection of this POI in March 3303, it was found that many of the planets had lost their color, unfortunately leaving the cluster rather unremarkable. It is retained on the map in the hope that future changes in stellar forging may bring the colors back again...

A system containing all jumponium materials (a "green" system):

2 (HMC) (43.33ls) (1.49g) - Yttrium, Cadmium, Germanium 3 (HMC) (78.15ls) (2.18g) - Niobium, Germanium, Arsenic 4 (HMC) (134.03ls) (1.31g) - Cadmium, Germanium, Vanadium 5A (Rocky) (915.52ls) (0.19g) - Yttrium, Vanadium 5E (Rocky) (909.1ls) (0.15g) - Yttrium, Vanadium 6A (Rocky) (1402ls) (0.21g) - Germanium 6B (Rocky) (1397ls) (0.14g) - Cadmium, Niobium, Germanium, Vanadium 6C (Rocky) (1407ls) (0.18g) - Polonium, Niobium, Germanium 6CA (Rocky) (1407ls) (0.06g) - Cadmium, Germanium, Arsenic 6D (Rocky) (1389ls) (0.18g) - Niobium, Germanium 6E (Rocky) (1402ls) (0.22g) - Cadmium 6F (Rocky) (1402ls) (0.16g) - Yttrium, Vanadium 6G (Icy) (1424ls) (0.22g) - Cadmium, Vanadium

This system is a virtual showcase of Gas Giants, containing a Type I, II, III and IV (with an orbiting Waterworld), one with water-based life and one with ammonia-based life. It was topped off with a Water Giant that has 2 sets of twin-moons quite close to each other and makes for nice vista's. The system serves as a waypoint for the Sagittarius-Carina Mission.

Moon 5 b orbits the Ammonia-based life Gas Giant and is only 577 km in diameter. It's surface features comprises of craters, mountain ranges, ridges and deep gorges. The landing spot is on the outskirts of a crater-mountain that is shaped like a tree-trunk

A twin Earth-like world system, with an additional terraformable high metal content planet and a nicely colored Jovian gas giant with 5 icy moons. The two moons that orbit the gas giant closest also form a pair. They are nicely cracked and, together with their parent, provide a very nice view against the background of the distant galactic disc.

A hot but terraform-ready water world with a beautiful metal-rich ring. Though a single ring, it is split in to eleven distinct bands with some gaps that will not even mass lock a pilot flying through.

It is paired with a gas giant with two metal-rich rings. Also in the system is a terraformable HMC world and a second gas giant with two metal-rich rings.

Triple water world system within the Solitude region and less than 3,000 LYs from Permadesco Zoi. The closest water world to the primary star in this system is terraformable, and the system also contains a terraformable High Metal Content world. All planets have atmospheres with a heavy carbon dioxide presence.

A rich G-class system with beautiful twin Earth-like worlds and 3 terraformable high metal content worlds.

Prospecting: The system is almost green, only Polonium is missing but can be obtained from planet A 2 in the neighbouring system Pyria Eurl QR-C B26-0

An orange giant at the far end of the Sagittarius-Carina arm. The star has a radius of 35 solar radii, and the eruptions reach a height of an additional 10 solar radii. It is presumably the last giant star located in the spiral arm before it slowly fades out towards Beagle Point

Triple water world system in the heart of the eastern edge of the Solitude region, approx. 62,600 LYs from Sol on the outer galactic rim. Two of the worlds have Nitrogen atmospheres whilst the third consist of a Carbon Dioxide atmosphere, possibly indicating that there is little vegetation on the limited landmass that exists above the surface of its vast oceans.

This system was chosen as a waypoint for the Sagittarius-Carina Mission. At the time it was one of very few systems in this remote area of space to be surveyed, and the only one known to contain a water world. Psychologists of the Institute of Galactic Exploration and Research argued that it was paramount for the mental well being of pilots taking part in the Mission, to have a confirmed location of a water world this far out. This would allow the space-weary explorers a known respite near a blue planet to rest their eyes upon.

When passing through this region of space, pilots found that a neighboring system had an Earthlike World with a landable moon. This location was chosen a landing site.

Landing site : Pale Blue Dot Patio

Star system: FLECKIA PW-W C4-0 Orbital body : 1 a Surface coordinates : 70.31 / 173.47 Surface Gravity : 0.28g

A difficult to reach point that juts out into the beyond, 65.339.95 LY from Sol. It is at the end of a "trunk" and a "branch" which requires an Anaconda configured for making long jumps to reach. Reaching the Treehouse requires a 40.73 LY jump, and as it was discovered prior to Jumponium or engineered FSD´s, this necesitated running on a partially depleted fuel tank.

Beagle Point, one of the most distant star systems currently surveyed at 65,279 LYs from Sol.

This system marked the end of the line for CMDR 'Erimus' Kamzel's Distant Suns extreme-range survey mission during the very early days of deep space exploration (Dec. 3300 - Jan. 3301), and marked the first recorded galactic crossing (culminating in mid-January 3301).

Unofficially nick-named 'Beagle Point' at the time by the exploration community after Kamzel's intrepid starship that first discovered it (DSS Beagle), the system has subsequently become a point of interest that has been visited by many explorers conducting their own survey missions of the galactic outer rim regions.

One year after the Distant Suns expedition, the Beagle Point star system was chosen as the final Distant Worlds basecamp, which saw the arrival of over 500 pilots during early April 3302. The Distant Worlds fleet, originally 1,300 strong, were tasked to map out the first galactic highway from Pallaeni to Beagle Point, a 81,500 LY route stretching through the galactic core, across the Aphelion regions, through the Abyss and the Solitude Void, and finally to the Ceeckia sector in which Beagle Point is situated. Despite its remote location, Beagle Point thus became the center of several social events organized by the exploration community, including SRV rallys and air shows.

Landing site : Darwin's Legacy

Orbital body : 2 Surface coordinates : 48.56 / -35.57 Surface Gravity : 0.17g Also within the system are three other community-named worlds; Randles Rest (P6) - named in memory of a deceased friend of CMDR Patrecleus of the Distant Worlds 3302 Expedition, Maile's Landing (P7) - named in memory of CMDR Tumor, who passed away during the same expedition, and Tara (P8) - CMDR Tumor's wife.

In recognition of this star systems historic importance, Ceeckia ZQ-L c24-0 was officially designated "Beagle Point" by Universal Cartographics (Frontier Developments) on May 26th 3302.

Ereshkigal was the Goddess of the Underworld, where the Dead fed on earth and dust and from where there was no escape. And so it is with this stellar corpse. The Eye is a medium sized Black Hole of more than 28 solar masses. It may be the remnant of a truly supermassive star (est. more than 200 solar masses) or - more likely - the product of a multiple merger of smaller Black Holes, Neutron Stars or even 'intact' stars.

The Eye is orbited by a debris field of unknown proportions and also by three Brown Dwarfs, all of which are speculated to feed the Black Hole even further. As it sits deeply within the Nyauthai Ripple, it may be possible that a cascade of multiple supernovae occurred here, blasting away the surrounding gas and dust and creating the stellar corpses necessary to form the Eye.

Dante's Inferno is a stellar Black Hole of some 7.4 solar masses nestled deeply within a field of young protostars. Until recently (in astronomical terms) it must have been quite active, creating a haze or halo of debris much like Sol's Oort Cloud around the system's fringes. This halo can be spotted from a distance tens of light years away although due to lacking a central star with enough luminosity it is not entirely clear what makes it reflect light. Orbiting the Black Hole are several celestials, including an incredibly fast spinning Jovian gas giant which is clearly ellipsoid in shape. The gas giant rotates once every 0.7 standard days.

Despite being an ordinary-enough system as far as stars are concerned (containing an A class and a K class), this system features six water worlds and an Earth-like world. Located between the Norma and Scutum-Centaurus Arms of the Galaxy, the system is around 48,400 light years from Sol, and around 27,700 light years from the Colonia region. Visitors travelling to or from Beagle Point would be well-advised to visit The Seven Sages, as it is believed to have the highest number of water worlds/Earth-likes in a single system, and moreover, the financial rewards for scanning these seven objects makes this a very valuable system indeed. In mythology, the seven sages were renowned wise men in Ancient Greece whose combined wisdom echoed down the following centuries.

Apzu in ancient times was the primeval ocean beyond or below the world. It was even more remote than the underworld and it was said that from Apzu "all things" once entered the world. In this case however, it's quite the opposite. The Gates are a medium sized Black Hole with a whooping 57.4 solar masses located deep below the galactic plane. The tidal forces of the Black Hole are so strong that (among other celestials) it forced a K-type star of some 0.7 solar masses out of its binary orbit into a radial orbit of appr. 3,600ls.

The Gates of Apzu are also the location of the Lower Boreas Depot, since all bodies of the orbiting K-type star hold the necessary materials to synthesize premium Jumponium.

The location of the system makes it a bit remote but it provides a good starting point for exploring the surrounding bands of Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs.

Marduk was the leader of the ancient Babylonian pantheon and chief among the gods. He was chosen to slay the old gods and create a new order, the center of which was Babylon. For his victory he was awarded the honorific titel of 'Bel', which means giant or great lord. He then ruled from his temple called Esagila, which ranslates into 'temple on a lofty top'.

Fittingly, the Throne of Marduk is a blue hypergiant located some 800ly above the galactic plane. With a size of 329 solar radii and a mass nearly 59 times that of Sol it is truly massive and only appropriate for a ruler of gods. Interestingly, the star is less than a million years old but hydrogen fusion apparently came to a halt in its core, dooming it for a supernova in the near (astronomical) future. It is also unclear, where the 59 solar masses came from as there are no remnants of thicker layers of dust or gas in its vicinity. It is lacking a young star's typical 'cradle'. Once again, it almost feels like it was ordered into existence by a god...

The Pillars Of Anshan consist of an O-type and a B-type star, each of which is orbited by its own massive Herbig-Haro Ae/Be protostar. The system is just under a million years old and lies inside a larger OB Association in the Orio-Persean Conflux. It is named after the ancient land of Anshan, which was said to be accessible only by travelling through treacherous mountains and 'summits strong as the earthly pillars themselves'.

Description: Jötunheimr in Norse legends was the home of the giants, the primordial race of world shapers before even the gods came into being. Fittingly, this star system is a place of gigantic proportions. No less then four O-type stars reside here, one of them being a blue giant with 71.6 solar masses and a staggering 216 solar radii. These stars bear the names of the most prominent heroes/villains of the giantkin: Ymir, Hrungnir, Mimir and Surtur.

Class A blue-white Supergiant orbited by one O and two B Stars, found during the Mercury 7 Expedition.

The system is named after Walter "Wally" Schirras Mercury spacecraft 'Sigma 7'.

Maledictus Luna - 'Cursed Moon' in Latin. The Mercury 7 Expedition met up at Waypoint Grissom on this Moon in March 3303, but suffered the demise of two Commanders in strange and unexplained accidents. Much of the expedition suffered from strange equipment malfunctions, leading to the members believing the Moon to be cursed. Feeling the creepy presence of the place that had claimed two of their comrades, the Mercury 7 left the system with all possible speed...vowing never to return...and to warn future travelers of the Cursed Moon

No Data...

The Ovomly sector in the Perseus Crags was notable for being unaccessible in the early days of exploration, producing the FSD lock-on errors familiar to those who encountered other such sectors, and even galaxy map data on the systems produced glitches in ship computers. However, once Universal Cartographics fixed the data corruption, the region was accessible to explorers once again. Subsequent explorers found no anomalies in the sector, and nowadays, it is rarely visited, and remains only lightly surveyed

Binary black hole system.

One of a tidally locked twin system, both twins being ringed metallic worlds in close proximity to each other, and also close to their parent star. The proximity of the two worlds with their ring systems illuminated by the nearby star could make them both possible early planetary surface tourism candidates since neither have an atmosphere.

This megaship from the mysterius Dynasty Expedition was found deep within the Formidine Rift on April 17th 3303.

Audio logs on the site tell the story of the unfortunate crew. It is a haunted place...

In late 3302, Alessia Verdi, a commander associated with the enigmatic CMDR Salomé, set up an exploration community goal on behalf of the Children of Raxxla. The goal was to retrieve and analyze as much survey data as possible from three specific regions. Those regions being the Formidine Rift, The Scutum-Sagittarii Conflux, and Hawking's Gap (Lin-Shu Hollow).

On analysis of the data, CoR Intel discovered the location of several navigational beacons in each region, that in turn provided the planetary location of several settlements.

These settlements turned out to be staging posts for a mysterious 'Dynasty Expedition' that had traversed the location three decades earlier and had set up bases there.

Settlement locations in the Formidine Rift are as follows :

Formidine Rift (ERP 003):

System: EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 Beacon around: A Rally Point (settlement) on: C2, -34.20, -77.66 SETTLEMENT FOUND BY CIVILIAN PILOT JAN 3303

System: EAFOTS GL-YE2 Beacon around: A1 Rally Point (settlement) on: 6

System: EAFOTS LZ-H B10-0 Beacon around: D Rally Point (settlement) on: D1, -23.08, -174.89 SETTLEMENT FOUND BY CIVILIAN PILOT JAN 3303

System: EAFOTS RA-G B11-0 Beacon around: 3 Rally Point (settlement) on: 3

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