New Sierra

New Sierra
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New Sierra nearby systems (Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates	826.202 : 76.764
Spectral class	K2V
Recharge time	193 hours

System Description

The only known system within 100 light years of New Sierra is Murrain.

Political Affiliation

• 3095 - Deep Periphery

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New Sierra II

New Sierra II
Astrophysical
System position	Second
Jump Point distance	4.62 days
Moons	None
Geophysical
Surface gravity	1.06
Atmospheric pressure	Standard (Breathable)
Equatorial temperature	20°C (Boreal)
Surface water	58%
Highest native life	Mammals
History and Culture
Population	Unknown (3095)

Planetary History

The world known as New Sierra was colonized in the late twenty-sixth century by settlers from the southern regions of North America on Terra. The population of New Sierra grew to approximately three billion people by the late twenty-eighth century, at which point a conflict broke out among the population that led to a global thermonuclear war. In a chilling example of what could have resulted on Terra if the wars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries had continued unchecked, the widespread use of salted nuclear weapons by those fighting led to a mass extinction event. Not only did New Sierra suffer a nuclear winter, significant damage was done to the ozone layer and the planetary topsoil layer, while oceanic ecosystems were destroyed.

Explorers from Interstellar Expeditions (IE) became aware of the existence of New Sierra after a brief manmade radio pattern from the system was detected by radio astronomy teams in the Rover system in 3012. The first IE team to reach New Sierra—which was located approximately 125 light-years spinward and rimward of Waini Point—found itself under attack from automated kill-sats equipped with rudimentary laser systems and nuclear weapons. IE continued to study the planet using surveys conducted from a remote distance, identifying those large structures on the surface and those orbiting satellites that had survived the conflict; the teams confirmed that any survivors must be located in one of the few remaining population centers located deep under mountain chains. By 3095, IE had made a number of attempts to contact those on the planet, but all of the efforts had either received no reply or had resulted in either space-based or ground-based weapon systems attempting to lock onto the ship attempting to communicate.

Nearby Systems

Closest 20 systems (0 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Richmond's World	84.8	Ddraig	106.2	Ejeda	111.8	Thazi	116.2
Wokha	117.1	Boulsi	123.0	Rondon	125.6	Waini Point	128.7
Rover	130.8	Pilon	132.2	Puttalam	139.9	Kent	142.5
Zumbo	143.5	Maripa	146.0	Sorsk	152.4	Micanos	158.0
Ambatomainty	158.8	Novo Franklin	159.0	Sornath	160.4	Loikaw	160.9

Bibliography

• Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3