; Location : 21.13 ly from [[Epsilon Tatva Sector]] in the [[Sigma Tamelos Sector]]
{{Star Data
; Star : Class B5IV<br>Blue Sub-Giant
|type=O0VII Blue White Dwarf Star
; Habitable Zone : Between 1.14 AU and 4.613 AU
|radius=5,285.79 km
; Affiliation : [[Serenity Concord]]
|mass={{Exp|2.63|30}} kg (1.3% of Sol)
; Governor : Andrea Maddox (Human, Female)
|temp=60000 K
; Senator : Murrika (Romulan, Female)
|lum={{Exp|4.08|26}} W (106.7% of Sol)
|hab=Between 0.98 and 1.42 AU
|loc=[[Sigma Tamelos Sector]]<br>3 ly the [[Salah Star System]]<br>4.7 ly from the [[Beeria Sector]]<br>5.2 ly from the [[Xenoda Sector]]<br>172 ly from Sol
}}
This star system once was habitable, on September 20th of 2390 the system was destroyed when the star was artificially collapsed during an attack. The only stellar phenomena left within the system is the [[Umbral Rift]]. The star's stellar wind creates a bubble, known as the heliosphere, which extends out to approximately 119.2596 AU. Beyond this, the star's gravitational influence extends out to a distance of 1.87 light-years, marking the ultimate edge of the system.
This curious system exists inside one of the largest spacial rifts on record. The star itself has an extremely strong magnetic and subspace field and produces a large array of gravitational anomalies that move through the star system in spheroid orbits. Each disturbance effects the orbit and position of the disturbances near it. Navigation through the system is thus hazardous at the best of times.
== Former Contents of the System ==
Prior to its destruction, the Schatten System was a curious region designated for its intense spacial instability. It formerly contained an Ort Cloud and a barrier of massive spacial distortion, along with an extremely dense asteroid belt and five planets.
Conventional transit into and out of the star system requires passing through [[The Barrier|the barrier]] surrounding the star system, which is a major navigational hazard. Vessels traveling at warp will have to drop out of warp and pass through the barrier, and may need to let their momentum carry them through. Methods such as using a [[Jump Gate|jump gate]], [[Stargate]], gravitational displacement, and dimensional folding are all able to bypass the barrier and jump directly into the star system. In the case of travel using DFD ([[Dimensional Fold Drive]]), it requires a skilled pilot to plot an exit point from folded space in the correct location within the star system.
The system's innermost planets included Vethania, a Class B world with a moon named Leere, and Yalia, a small Class C world. Both of these inner worlds, along with the dense asteroid belt located further out, were completely obliterated during the stellar collapse.
Those using GDD ([[Gravitational Displacement Drive]]) are provided specific coordinates by operations on [[Serenity Station]] for jumping into the star system. There is also a [[Jump Gate|jump gate]] within the system and a [[Stargate]] in the [[Nimbus Station]].
Further out lay [[Soteria]], the primary habitable Class M world of the system. Beyond Soteria was Dilea, an unusual Class I gas and ice giant, and Eter, a bitterly cold Class P world that housed an Avali colony. All of these celestial bodies, their moons, and the asteroid belt were entirely vaporized by the relativistic surface blast and subsequent supernova.
== Facilities ==
== What Happened ==
The star-system has a number of facilities available in the system.
The system was completely obliterated in a catastrophic, unprovoked assault. The attack commenced when a 2.35-kilometer-wide beam of Quark-Gluon Condensate breached subspace, bypassing all defenses. The beam struck the system's blue giant star, triggering violent gravitational fluctuations and forcing a full stellar collapse. The massive spacial distortion barrier that once surrounded the system was breached by this initial beam and subsequently scoured by the system's supernova.
Rather than exploding immediately, the star's mass was augmented by the beam, causing it to violently contract and shrink in seconds toward the size of a neutron star. This catastrophic implosion blasted its entire outer surface away in a concentric sphere traveling at relativistic speeds, which was followed immediately by a full supernova detonation.
* Schatten [[Jump Gate]] (Orbiting Schatten III)
: ''[[Warp Drive]] and [[Hyperspace]] are incompatible any vessel must vent all drive plasma prior to entering [[hyperspace]].''
* [[Schatten Supergate]]
* Automated Mining Drones (Throughout the Asteroid Belt / Schatten IV / Schatten II)
* Defense Platform Stations
* [[Umbral Shipyards]] (Schatten IV)
* Avali Colony (Schatten V)
* [[Janus Station]] operating the [[Janus Gate]] (a [[Trans-Dimensional Supergate]])
=== Jump Gate ===
During the stellar collapse, the system was simultaneously flooded with unknown, warp-capable ordnance that systematically dismantled the system's infrastructure. While Soteria was destroyed in the supernova, the surviving population and fleet managed a desperate evacuation, utilizing [[Nimbus Station]] to jump to the sanctuary planet of Kenoma in the [[Xanthon Star System]].
The Schatten Jump Gate allows for easy travel to and from the system, using the Jump Gate network. It bypasses the problems which come from travel through the barrier around the system.
=== Platform Stations ===
While the Platform Stations can be used to refuel and resupply small craft, such as fighters, runabouts, and shuttles as well as provide emergency medical attentions, their primary role is in rapid response, and do not run standard patrols but maintain operational readiness.
There are a total of 18 platform stations throughout the system, with 6 in the asteroid belt, 3 near the [[Umbral Shipyards]], 3 placed near the [[Schatten Supergate]] and the remaining 6 placed between the systems barrier and the orbital path of Schatten V. Each station contains one flight from the 4th Hermes Wing.
=== Janus Station ===
The [[Class 2 Space Station]] known as Janus Station operates the Janus Gate project. There the [[Janus Project]] team calculates wormhole trajectories to allow the return of persons to their home realities after a [[splice]] into this reality.
==== Janus Gate ====
The Janus Gate is a Type IV Stargate, also known as a Supergate, which operates as a Trans-Dimensional Supergate to allow for the formation of wormholes between realities. It can only be opened by Janus Station. Both the gate and station are in their own orbit beyond Schatten V above the orbital plane of the system.
== Asteroid Belt ==
An extremely dense asteroid belt lies between Schatten II and Schatten III. The asteroids themselves contain a good number of useful but not wholly lucrative ores. Due to the unstable nature of the asteroid orbits, it is suggested as automated drones scan and do what mining is possible. There are also a number of asteroids with highly radioactive isotopes putting off major interference, they are tracked as navigational hazards.
== Planets ==
=== Schatten Prime ===
; Classification : C
; Distance : 0.7 AU
A solid rock world with a core composed of a mix of lead and a variety of radioactive isotopes. There is no life on this world, nor can it support life due to the intense radiation present. The planets orbit is elliptical for an unknown reason causing enough changes in gravity that tidal forces cause extreme tectonic shifts. Due to the planets extremely heavy core and large size it does retain enough pressure and gravity to have liquid water along with a thick atmosphere of exotic gases.
==== Leere ====
; Orbital Period : 5 Earth Hours
There is one satellite, Leere, which is even more effected by the tidal forces that trouble the planet. Continuously in tectonic upheaval with a thin crust and molten core. The cores composition is similar to the planet, mostly composed of liquid lead but with a mix of highly radioactive metals. Its orbit around Schatten Prime is erratic, likely due to anomalies shifting the gravitational field while it orbits.
=== Schatten II ===
; Classification : C
; Distance : 1.2 AU
A very small rocky world with no atmosphere composed of heavy metal ores but with trace amounts of most minerals. This planet also has a very strange orbit but one less effected by gravitational shifts. It has a thin system of twisted rings which surround the planet, mostly composed of frozen small-chain hydrocarbons. Deep underground an abandoned mining facility still exists, it was deemed to be unsafe for long term use due to the gravitational shifts and radiation.
=== Schatten III - Soteria ===
See the page on [[Soteria]].
=== Schatten IV ===
; Classification : I
; Distance : 5.3 AU
This planet is made up of gaseous ammonia, methane, and ice with a probably small rocky core. It has a much thicker than average ice layer in the atmosphere than the mean average for a Class I planet. The ice layer is deep within the ammonia/methane upper atmosphere. There are six automated processing stations in orbit around this planet with collect heavy water (deuterium) from the ice-layer for use in fuel of [[Solas Tempus]]. In a higher orbit a deuterium refinery which is capable of utilizing subspace energy from nearby distortions to convert a portion of the deuterium to anti-deuterium for antimatter fuel. Due to the unstable nature of the region, the station still relies on antimatter supply shipments from the [[Saffron Consortium]] provided largely by the [[Markabian Mining Confederation]], though a fair portion does come from other nearby sources.
In a very high orbit around the planet is the [[Umbral Shipyards]]. In addition to the Umbral Shipyards, near the planet is the newly-formed [[Umbral Rift]].
=== Schatten V ===
; Classification : P
; Distance : 7 AU
A tectonically unstable volcanic world, though due to its distance from its sun, the world is bitterly cold. Liquid and frozen ammonia are common on the surface and in the atmosphere. The atmosphere is unusually thick though the world appears very young (500 million to 1 billion years old). This is quite the paradox, as the rest of the system appears to be quite old. Samples of the planet also show the remnants of protomatter at some point in the planets formation. Research indicates this world could, in fact, be a failed attempt to use a [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Genesis_Device Genesis Device].
=== Avali Colony ===
An Avali colony has been granted permission to be built on this planet.
== Ort Cloud / Barrier ==
The subspace anomalies within the system seem to be either caused by or contribute to a massive distortion field in the star Ort cloud. The distortion field is what makes it incredibly difficult to transit in and out of the system and blacks out sensors, shields, and communications upon entering. Though most of the time there is no lasting damage, there is a 1 in 4 chance that a major system will suffer some kind of damage and become completely inoperative.
The barrier itself only spans between 329 million and 539 million kilometers in depth. On average it is closer to 360 million kilometers in depth. Fluctuations are random and occur slowly, Solas Tempus uses satellites to produce an active barrie "weather map" which can determine the best places to cross over.
This star system once was habitable, on September 20th of 2390 the system was destroyed when the star was artificially collapsed during an attack. The only stellar phenomena left within the system is the Umbral Rift. The star's stellar wind creates a bubble, known as the heliosphere, which extends out to approximately 119.2596 AU. Beyond this, the star's gravitational influence extends out to a distance of 1.87 light-years, marking the ultimate edge of the system.
Former Contents of the System
Prior to its destruction, the Schatten System was a curious region designated for its intense spacial instability. It formerly contained an Ort Cloud and a barrier of massive spacial distortion, along with an extremely dense asteroid belt and five planets.
The system's innermost planets included Vethania, a Class B world with a moon named Leere, and Yalia, a small Class C world. Both of these inner worlds, along with the dense asteroid belt located further out, were completely obliterated during the stellar collapse.
Further out lay Soteria, the primary habitable Class M world of the system. Beyond Soteria was Dilea, an unusual Class I gas and ice giant, and Eter, a bitterly cold Class P world that housed an Avali colony. All of these celestial bodies, their moons, and the asteroid belt were entirely vaporized by the relativistic surface blast and subsequent supernova.
What Happened
The system was completely obliterated in a catastrophic, unprovoked assault. The attack commenced when a 2.35-kilometer-wide beam of Quark-Gluon Condensate breached subspace, bypassing all defenses. The beam struck the system's blue giant star, triggering violent gravitational fluctuations and forcing a full stellar collapse. The massive spacial distortion barrier that once surrounded the system was breached by this initial beam and subsequently scoured by the system's supernova.
Rather than exploding immediately, the star's mass was augmented by the beam, causing it to violently contract and shrink in seconds toward the size of a neutron star. This catastrophic implosion blasted its entire outer surface away in a concentric sphere traveling at relativistic speeds, which was followed immediately by a full supernova detonation.
During the stellar collapse, the system was simultaneously flooded with unknown, warp-capable ordnance that systematically dismantled the system's infrastructure. While Soteria was destroyed in the supernova, the surviving population and fleet managed a desperate evacuation, utilizing Nimbus Station to jump to the sanctuary planet of Kenoma in the Xanthon Star System.
