Schatten Star System

This curious system exists inside one of the largest spacial rifts on record. It consists of five planets total and a single yellow star. 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.

Transit into the system is only safe when jumping through the distortion field. Either by use of a Jump Gate or through some other form of transportation which doesn't have to pass through the rift surrounding the system. Ships passing through the rift will suffer systems failures as well as the complete shutdown of their power systems. Although even giventhese facts, navigation through the rift is possible. Once through the boundaries of the rift power systems come back online and around 75% of the time have very little damage.

Planets

Schatten Prime

Classification: C

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

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

A very small rocky world with no atmosphere composed of mostly iron but with trace amounts of most metals. 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.

Schatten III - Soteria

Schatten III

Classification: M

This is a nearly idyllic world for humans. There is no intelligent life on the planet, but many known species of plant and animal life are found there. The planets atmosphere is nearly identical to Earth, but a bit richer in Oxygen content. The only reason the name of the planet is known is that due to the only artificial structure on the planet surface, a small monument in an alien language. The language fits similar writings to many proto-languages of different worlds but has yet to be properly decoded in full. Researchers were able to make out the planets name to be Soteria. Efforts to translate the symbols and discover the reason for the monument are ongoing. The Blazing Umbra Station orbits this planet.

The planet shows some unusual properties, namely the presence of byproducts of protomatter being found throughout the ecosystem. These byproducts are now inert and pose no threat to life but it does indicate the protomatter was somehow present or involved in the planets formation. This also fits with geological surveys which place the planets age as being somewhere in the 2-3 billion years old age, which is far too young to have developed the forms of life present on the planet. It is possible the planet could be the result of a Genesis Device having been used to create it in its current state.

Soteria Alpha

The planet has a single moon, about the size of Earth's moon only slightly smaller. The moon is highly active geologically and quite hot. The moon's intense geomagnetic field interacts with the magnetic field of Soteria causing a robust protection from solar and subspace radiation.

Schatten IV

Classification: I

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.

Schatten V

Classification: E

A tectonically unstable volcanic world. The atmosphere is barely present and overall 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 Genesis Device.