Nusakan

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Orbital view

File:Nusakan Neighbors.png

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(References to Nusakan)

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

X: -34.77 Y: 43.28

Planetary Data

• Star Type: K0V
• Position in System: 3 (of 6)
• Number of Moons: 3 (Harshold, Niki, Xanthe)
• Days to Jump Point: 5
• Surface Water: 42%
• Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
• Surface Gravity: 1.08
• Equatorial Temp: 27°C
• Highest Native Life: Amphibian

Era Specific Data

3130

• Population: 1,670,000,000
• Governor: Salazar Paulo
• Planetary Legate: Carson Lorenzo

Manufacuturing Centers

• Avanti Industries

Owner History

• 2340 - Federation of Skye
• 2341 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 2750 - Terran Hegemony
• 2765 - Terran Hegemony
• 2768 - Amaris Empire
• 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth
• 3040 - Federated Commonwealth
• 3052 - Federated Commonwealth
• 3057 - Lyran Alliance
• 3062 - Lyran Alliance
• 3130 - Republic of the Sphere
• 3136 - Independent

Planetary Info

Early History

Nusakan, with it's tundra and low water supply, probably would've been bypassed for colonization if it weren't for the high grade silicon and other minerals that are widely used in electronics. With these elements available, it was almost inevitable that computer and electronics manufacturers would settle the world.

The Terran Hegemony and Lyran Commonwealth split administrative duties for the world, and by the time of the Star League Nusakan was heavily industrialized. Interstellar Business Computers and Pottor Light Computers had their headquarters on the world, and the electronics produced were so important to the Star League that the SLDF established ten fortresses and spaceports on the world, including three Castles Brian.

Amaris Civil War

During the Amaris Civil War, traitorous elements inside the SLDF brought the fighting into the secured areas of two of the Castles Brian. The underground fighting lasted for several weeks, sending shockwaves through the ground. These earthquakes were registered on seismic sensors in Jobs City and Holden City, the closest civilian cities to the affected bases. The third Castle Brian, Fort Romas, held out against the Rim Worlds forces for over a year. The fort and its defenders became a symbol of SLDF resistance. Unfortunately this symbol was destroyed when the Rim Worlds Army used nuclear weapons to destroy the defenders. The inherent area of effect of these weapons destroyed or severely damaged most of the cities and towns surrounding Fort Romas.

When the SLDF moved to liberate Nusakan, things got worse for the world. The Rim Worlds Army had established defenses on the world, and the SLDF faced a desperate battle against the defenders. Two WarShips, the SLS Havana and SLS Dularam, were so badly damaged that they crashed into the planet's surface.

Though the world was badly damaged during the Amaris Civil War and Liberation, during the Succession Wars it was largely ignored. This attracted the electronics and computing industries to the world. The rebuilding efforts focused on the areas around the two crashed WarShips. The cities that sprang up near these ships bear the name of the ships. Havana City is currently the capital of the world, and located near the ruins of the SLS Havana.

Jihad

In 3068 the Word of Blake Sovetskii Soyuz-class WarShip WoBS Stalwart Defender was destroyed in the Nusakan system.

By the end of December 3079 Nusakan was one of more than twenty planets to have suffered an outbreak of the Redburn Virus, and one of eight to suffer from an infection rate of more than 150 out of every 100,000 people, as well as a mortality rate of more than 30 per 100,000 from the virus.

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years) Closest systems first:
Alkalurops	3.06	Skondia	15.21	Lyons	16.32	Ko	17.28	Menkent	23.86
Summer	26.93	Atria	27.10	Syrma	27.29	Galatea	28.22	Zebebelgenubi	28.68
Zollikofen	29.76	Skye	30.35	Alphecca	30.72	La Blon	32.53	Muphrid	35.45
Sabik	35.89	Rocky	36.59	Dromini VI	36.67	Lone Star	37.37	Lipton	37.78
Unukalhai	37.96	Haddings	38.58	Imbros III	41.91	Chara	42.43	Mizar	42.44
Dyev	42.95	Balkan	43.88	Zavijava	46.56	Thorin	46.57	Denebola	47.98
Yorii	48.89	Komephoros	49.32	Kochab	52.69	Oliver	53.28	Alrakis	53.46
Alioth	53.55	Alcor	54.32	Cor Caroli	55.35	Chaville	55.93	Asta	56.65
Kimball II	57.35	Alula Australis	58.45	Pike IV	58.97	Ryde	59.02	Killbourn	59.83

Bibliography

• Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
• Handbook: House Steiner
• Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
• Historical: Reunification War
• Jihad: Final Reckoning