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| Alhena Star Type: A5VI and G2V Position in System: 2 (of 4) Number of Moons: None Days to Jump Point: 33 Surface Water: 16% Atm. Pressure: Low (Breathable) Surface Gravity: 0.91 Equatorial Temp: 40� C Highest Native Life: Plants Population: 5,467,000 Governor: Urvane Quinneton Planetary Legate: Nabila Callah |
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| Another unlikely candidate for colonization, Alhena was initially settled as little more than a scientific outpost during mankind�s earliest ventures into space, exploring the potential for life under even the harshest environments. Orbiting the outer sun of a binary star system whose primary and secondary suns vary between nine and twelve Terran standard astronomical units in distance, this world has developed a peculiar orbit as a result of the interacting pull of both suns, creating a pattern where long, harsh winters follow short, but pleasant, summers. Despite this inhospitable environment and the relative lack of free water on the planet�s surface, small settlements eventually rose all over the northern hemisphere, particularly along the shores of the polar Alhennian Ocean. Lacking in major resources, this world was largely overlooked throughout the Age of War and the Star League era, even though it relied heavily on off-world trade�particularly in agricultural machinery and products�in order to sustain its population. Through the Succession Wars, however, its position as a Free Worlds League border world led to several raids by nearby House Steiner, leaving the surface scarred and battered, further undermining the people�s ability to raise enough food for self-sufficiency. During the Jihad, in fact, off-world trade to Alhena became so disrupted that almost ten percent of the population died of starvation during one of the planet�s long winters. Since its admittance into The Republic of the Sphere, this planet has recovered somewhat, but remains reliant on off-world trade for its very survival. Unfortunately, this survival is now threatened by increasing concern that instabilities in the inner sun may herald a coming cataclysm, possibly a nova, as it continues its Epoch�s-long descent into stellar death. For this reason, a number of evacuation plans have already been drafted in the event that such an occurrence proves to be more imminent than presently believed. Alhena�s capital city and primary spaceport, Focci�s Point, is located near the eastern shores of the Alhennian Ocean. | |||||||||