Galatea

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(References to Galatea)

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

X: -54.25 Y: -54.25

History

Originally settled in 2250 by colonists from various anti-technology sects, the first settlers accepted life on the hot and arid planet because most didn't see the value in planet. They had made great progress in taming the world by the time the Terran Hegemony chose to annex it in 2333.

In the Star League era, Galatea became a major military training ground, shared jointly by the Hegemony and the neighboring Lyran Commonwealth. Galatea experienced an economic boom during this period, followed by a long period of stagnation in the wake of the League’s collapse. The lack of economic growth eventually led to its development as a Mecca for out-of-work and dispossessed mercenaries and its establishment as the home of the largest Hiring Hall in the Mercenary’s Guild. Becoming known as the “Mercenary’s Star,” Galatea experienced a revival, with employers and mercenaries drawn to compete for contracts both over the negotiating table and in vast improvised training fields. The rise of Outreach, under the administration of the Wolf's Dragoons, drew the majority of mercenaries and the clients to it, leaving Galatea to make do with the more desperate and needy scraps that remained, greatly wounding the planet's economy.

While not quite as conveniently located as Outreach, Galatea is within three jumps of Terra and is included on many major trade routes of both the Lyran Alliance and Draconis Combine, the breakdown of the Federated Commonwealth and rise of the Chaos March effecting access to Outreach allowing Galatea to regain much of its lost glory.

Owner History

Geography

Though it orbits far from a yellow-white giant, Galatea is a hot world, rendered largely barren along its equatorial and tropical zones thanks mostly to its thin protective ozone layer. In the temperate and polar regions, where the solar radiation is less severe, the soil is largely sterilized, lacking in nitrogen from centuries of ultraviolet exposure. As a result, very little vegetation grows on Galatea, save what can be found along the coastlines of rivers extending from the planet’s oceans — the Amersia Sea in the north polar region, the Kileri and Paradise Oceans in the south—which are completely land-locked within the single, planet-wide landmass known as Lubbocks.

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:

Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Syrma 7.57 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Summer 12.39 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Mizar 13.59 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Zebebelgenubi 13.65 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Skye 18.10 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Menkent 20.52 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Cor Caroli 20.66 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Alioth 21.01 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Alkalurops 21.21 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF
Alcor 21.76 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Chertan 28.26 1 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Alphecca 29.03 1 LC LC DC FC FC LA LA
Zollikofen 29.12 1 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Skondia 30.98 2 LC LC DC DC DC DC DC
Lyons 31.39 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Kochab 32.18 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Muphrid 32.72 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Milton 33.32 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Lipton 34.39 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Alchiba 35.51 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Unukalhai 36.78 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Chara 37.32 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Ko 37.33 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
Gacrux 39.81 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Thorin 40.32 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Zavijava 40.73 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Seginus 41.31 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Atria 42.01 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
Alkaid 42.72 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Carsphairn 43.06 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
La Blon 44.97 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Zosma 45.01 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Wyatt 45.23 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Nusakan 45.94 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Dromini VI 46.29 2 LC DC LC DC DC DC DC
Vindemiatrix 46.99 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Oliver 47.02 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Sabik 47.52 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
Yorii 47.98 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
Glengarry 49.12 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Alula Australis 49.13 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Carnwath 49.67 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Wing 50.28 2 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Callison 50.35 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Marcus 50.35 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Laiaka 51.40 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Imbros III 52.16 2 TH DC LC FC FC CP CP
New Earth 52.16 2 TH LC LC FC FC LA LA
Shiloh 52.48 2 LC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Devil's Rock 52.88 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Dubhe 53.36 2 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Castor 53.45 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Phecda 54.25 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Graham IV 54.26 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Pollux 54.87 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Denebola 54.89 2 TH FWL LC FC FC FWL FWL
Zaniah 55.76 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Alhena 56.94 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Gladius 57.07 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Asta 59.05 2 TH DC LC DC DC DC DC
Alrakis 59.12 2 LC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Ryde 59.82 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA

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