|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]]
|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
}}
}}
; Habitable Zone : Between 32.64 AU and 47.02 AU
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.
; Affiliation : [[Serenity Concord]]
; Governor : Andrea Maddox (Human, Female)
; Senator : Murrika (Romulan, Female)
This curious system is designated itself as a region os intense spacial instability, for reasons that are not clear. The star itself has an extremely strong magnetic and subspace field and produces a large array of spacial 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|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|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.
* [[Blazing Umbra Station]] (Orbiting Soteria)
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 Soteria)
: ''[[Warp Drive]] and [[Hyperspace]] are incompatible any vessel must vent all drive plasma prior to entering [[hyperspace]].''
* Automated Mining Drones (Throughout the Asteroid Belt / Yalia / Dilea)
* Defense Platform Stations
* [[Umbral Shipyards]] (Orbiting Dilea)
* Avali Colony (On Eter)
* [[Janus Station]] orbiting Schatten at 57.8 AU
* The [[Schatten Supergate]] (a [[Hermod Supergate]]) in Synchronous Orbit with Janus Station
=== 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.
== Star System Features ==
The Schatten Star System has 5 planets total, one of which is habitable and Class M, a second planet is Class P and thus is habitable through either enclosed environments like environment domes or by life forms resistant to extreme cold. Due to the massive star, the habitable zone for the system is proportionally massive between 32.64 and 47.03 AU from Schatten.
=== Vethania ===
{{Planet Data
|class=A
|distance=Mean of 19.2 AU (+/- 2 AU)
|period=14.86 Years
|radius=4,462.28 km (0.76 of Earth)
|gravity=0.76 G
}}
A typical Class B world, still geologically active with a rather high concentration of radioactive isotopes. The planet has a thin atmosphere primarily composed of sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide. Orbiting Schatten at a steeply inclined elliptical orbit varying by +/- 2 AU depending on the year. This causes tectonic strain on the planet which maintains geological instabilities. There is one large satellite orbiting.
==== Leere ====
{{Planet Data
|class=A2
|distance={{Exp|2.92|5}} km
|period=21 Days
|radius=1320.6 km
|gravity=0.13 G
}}
Leere is even more effected by the tidal forces that trouble the planet. Continuously in tectonic upheaval with a nearly entirely molten surface. The moon is composed similarly to Vethania.
=== Yalia ===
{{Planet Data
|type=C
|distance=28.1 AU
|period=21.75 Years
|radius=4,065.02 km (0.64 of Earth)
}}
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.
=== Asteroid Belt ===
An extremely dense asteroid belt lies between Yalia and Soteria. 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.
=== Soteria ===
See the page on [[Soteria]].
=== Dilea ===
{{Planet Data
|class=I
|distance=38.86 AU
|period=16.28 Years
|radius=16,536.83 km
|gravity=0.94 G
}}
An extremely unusual Class I planet, composed of gaseous ammonia, methane, and ice with a small rocky core. The planet is one of only a handful of Class I worlds to evolve within a star's habitable zone. The additional heat from Schatten likely contributes to the much thicker and denser atmosphere with a particularly high concentration of water within the atmosphere. Water vapor is present in the upper atmosphere, especially where the planet faces Schatten but transitions slowly from water to ice as depth increases. The water layer is much larger than average for Class I worlds. The ice-layer mixes with methane and ammonia at deeper levels creating vast seas of ammonia, methane, and ice which all exist in greater abundance than other Class I worlds.
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 an automated deuterium refinery processes collected deuterium and transit to the [[Umbral Shipyards]] and [[Serenity Station]]. Umbral Station sits in very high orbit around Dilea, though not in orbit around the planet the [[Umbral Rift]] is particularly close to the planet and shares a similar orbit.
=== Eter ===
{{Planet Data
|class=P
|distance=45.29 AU
|period=30.99 Years
|radius=6,210.42 km (0.97 of Earth)
|gravity=0.92 G
}}
A tectonically unstable volcanic world, though on the edge of the habitable zone the surface is bitterly cold. Liquid and frozen ammonia are common on the surface. 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 established on this planet.
=== Ort Cloud / Barrier ===
Existing at the edge of the star system, approximately 57421 AU's from Schatten, it varies by about +/- 63 AU depending on the exact location. The barrier itself is only about 15,000 km thick, making it a very thin shell of intense spacial distortion in a spheroid shape around the entire system. The Concord has placed satellites on either side of the barrier at regular intervals, these act as communication relays and help to map the slow changes in shape and thickness of the barrier. Using this data ships can map the best locations to cross the barrier with minimal risk.
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.
