Colonia
Colonia is an Independent system in the Colonia Region within the Inner Scutum-Centaurus Arm. It is approximately 22,000 light years away from the Core Systems. For a while, it was the most remotely inhabited star system from Sol.
History
The non-descriptive system designated Eol Prou RS-T d3-94 came to humanity's attention after Jaques Station arrived there in May 3302.
Jaques Station
Jaques Station was the only space station equipped for continuous star travel. After a successful community goal to provide the station with fuel it attempted an extreme long-range jump from Gliese 1269 to Beagle Point on 21 May 3302. The station was forced off-course by severe technical failures caused by a contraband cache of Thargoid Sensors (Unknown Artefact interference). The station's drives malfunctioned during the jump and it stranded in Eol Prou RS-T d3-94. Jaques Station was miraculously located on 29 June 3302. It was restored to partial functionality within a week thanks to a massive emergency aid convoy assembled by independent pilots. This community goal to provide Jaques Station with repair materials succeeded, but Jaques had no plans to retry the jump to Beagle Point.
Settlement
The first permanent settlement in the system, Colonia Hub was constructed on the surface of Eol Prou RS-T d3-94 2 a (now known as Colonia 2 a), and inaugurated on September 9, 3302. It became the headquarters of the Colonia Council. It was the global reward for a community goal. This marked the beginning of human colonization of the Colonia Nebula and wider Colonia Region. Colonia also contains Holloway Biology Centre, the headquarters of the Holloway Bioscience Institute.
Megamarket and beacons
A megamarket opened in Jaques Station on 20 August 3312 to mark the 10 year celebrations of the station.[1] Six tourist beacons about the history of the region were added to Colonia, Carcosa, Einheriar, Tir, Luchtaine and Blua Eaec WW-E c14-1293.[1]
Naming
The Eol Prou Nebula was submitted as a point of interest to the Galactic Mapping Project on July 1, 3302, by CMDR Diocles Asterous (aka Diostar), with a placeholder name of "Colonia" being suggested by CMDR Erimus Kamzel, the Galactic Mapping Project's founder. The name was quickly adopted by the exploration community and Universal Cartographics officially changed the system's name on October 25, 3302.
Population
Colonia's population has grown rapidly since Jaques Station was rediscovered. It was originally only 750 during most of 3302, consisting of the crew of the station itself. Since then, the system's population has been recorded as expanding to 60,000 by early 3303, 200,000 by June 24, 3303, 400,000 by September 26, 3303, 450,000 by January 11, 3304, and 583,869 by May 20, 3307. GalNet has reported on Colonia's population boom.[2]
Travel to Colonia
The Colonia system is exactly 22,000.46 ly away from Sol. To facilitate travel and trade between the Core Systems and Colonia, a network of 17 inhabited systems with 20 ports was constructed between them, forming the Colonia Connection Highway. Neutron stars in the Neutron Highway along the route can be fuel scooped for FSD Supercharging, reducing overall travel times significantly.
Quickest times from Sol to Colonia have improved drastically as new ships are released. Times have gone from 1 hour 17 minutes 16 seconds in the Anaconda by CMDR Steve Falken[3], to 59 minutes 9 seconds in the Mandalay by CMDR Goofierknot[4], and to 39 minutes 55 seconds in the Caspian Explorer by CMDR Steve Falken[5].
System Layout
- Colonia
- Colonia 1
- Colonia A Belt
- Colonia 2
- Colonia 2 a
- Colonia Hub (Surface Port)
- Colonia Orbital (Outpost)
- Colonia 2 b
- Colonia 2 c
- Colonia 2 d
- Jaques Cafe (Installation)
- Notable Stellar Phenomena (x5)
- Colonia 2 a
- Colonia 3
- Colonia 3 a
- Colonia 3 a Ring
- Dove Enigma (Megaship)
- Colonia 3 b
- Colonia 3 c
- Colonia 3 c a
- Colonia 3 d
- Colonia 3 a
- Colonia 4
- Jaques Station (Orbis Starport, formerly named "80 DD-D 774-CE-2")
- Jaques Visitor Beacon (Tourist Beacon)
- Repairs Concluded (Tourist Beacon)
- The Colonia Expansion (Tourist Beacon)
- Colonia Bastion (Installation)
- Jaques Station (Orbis Starport, formerly named "80 DD-D 774-CE-2")
- Colonia 5
- Colonia 5 a
- Piccard's Horizons +++ (Settlement)
- Colonia 5 b
- Colonia 5 c
- Colonia 5 d
- Colonia 5 e
- Colonia 5 e a
- Colonia 5 a
- Colonia 6
- Colonia 7
- Colonia 7 a
- Colonia 7 a a
- Colonia 7 a Ring
- Colonia 7 b
- Colonia 7 b Ring
- Colonia 7 c
- Colonia 7 d
- Colonia 7 e
- Colonia 7 f
- Colonia 7 g
- Holloway Biology Centre (Surface Port)
- Colonia 7 a
- Colonia 8
Videos
Gallery
-
Eol-Prou-RS-T-d3-94 in July 3302 -
Colonia in September 3303 -
Colonia in January 3304 -
Jaques Station -
Traffic outside Jaques Station -
Colonia Hub west ground view -
Colonia Orbital -
Dove Enigma
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colonia Celebrations Conclude with Megamarket Opening - Galnet, 20 Augustus 3312
- ↑ GalNet: Galactic News: Colonia Population Boom
- ↑ New double-engineered FSDs = new time record (1h 17m 16s) - CMDR Steve Falken - Youtube 21 Nov 2021
- ↑ Sol to Colonia [Former World Record] (59:09) - Elite Dangerous - Goofierknot - Youtube - 31 May 2025
- ↑ Sol to Colonia Caspian Speed Run (39m 55s) - CMDR Steve Falken - YouTube - 5 Dec 2025