Sirius
Template:Quote Sirius is an independent system in the Core Systems within the Inner Orion Spur. The system is permit-locked, and the permit can be obtained by becoming Allied with the Sirius Corporation minor faction in any system where it has a presence. Sirius is the headquarters of the Sirius Corporation, the first and most powerful of the megacorporations. It is also the first system to have been colonized entirely by a corporation.
History
Sirius is the brightest star in Earth's night sky and one of the closest at 8.6 light years distance. A binary star system, it lies in Canis Major, near the Orion constellation. The main A-type star has a magnitude of −1.46 and there is a faint white dwarf companion. The system is between 200 and 300 million years old.[1] Originally it was composed of two bright blueish stars. Sirius is also called the Dog Star in some ancient cultures. The phrase "the dog days of summer" means the hottest days of summer.
In 2339 a commercial colonial expedition reached the unusual binary Sirius system. The colonisation was the first solely corporate colonial mission and Sirius Corporation rapidly rose to become the premier supplier of drive fuel throughout human space.[2]
System Layout
- Sirius (A-class Star)
- Waypoint (Class III Gas Giant)
- Patterson Enterprise (Coriolis Starport)
- Waypoint (Class III Gas Giant)
- Sirius B (White Dwarf)
- Lucifer (High Metal Content World, Landable)
- Efremov Plant (Surface Port)
- O'Brien Vision (Orbital Outpost)
- Qwent Research Base (Surface Port, Engineer Base)
- Lucifer (High Metal Content World, Landable)
Minor Factions
- Crimson Dynamic Commodities (Corporate, Federation)
- Freedom Party of Sirius (Dictatorship, Independent)
- Nationalists of Sirius (Dictatorship, Independent)
- Sirius Corporation (Corporate, Independent)
- Sirius Free (Democracy, Federation)
- Sirius Silver Mafia (Anarchy, Indpendent)
Gallery
- Sirius system
- Sirius star
