Markab Star System

Markab

Type:	A0IV Subgiant
Radius:	3.21 x 106 km (4.62 times Sol)
Mass:	6.56 x 1030 kg (3.33 times Sol)
Temperature:	10,000 K
Luminosity:	6.32 x 1028 W (165 times Sol)
Ecosphere:	Between 1.71 and 4.01 AU
Location:	Epsilon Tatva Sector 133 ly from Sol

Governor

Telros Lozan (El-Aurian, Male)

Senator

Jola Zona (Cardassian, Female)

Markab (also known as Alpha Pegasi) is a B-type Giant that has exhausted its hydrogen fuel and expanded around 5 times the radius of the Sun in the Sol system and located roughly 133 lightyears from Earth. Eventually the star will evolve into a Red Giant over the next several thousand years. The star gives off a more intense color spectrum than Sol and has a much higher gravity due to the core being more dense, fusion fueled by heavier elements.

The star system itself contains two planetary bodies, it is possible that more existed in the past, before Markab itself expanded. The planets are separated by a dense asteroid belt, believed to have once been another planet. It is theorized that the system once contained 4 planets, a smaller body close to the stars surface, now having been burned away by the expansion of the star and another one that destroyed by gravitational shifts and tidal forces.

Trocara

Class:	M
Distance:	2.95 AU
Period:	1.95 Years
Radius:	6,413.64 km (1.01 times Earth)
Gravity:	1.07 G

Minister

Paul Andrews (Human, Male)

Markab Prime (also known as Trocara - Tr-OH-Kar-aH) This planet is about the same size as Earth with a similar nickel/iron core and rotates on an extreme axis giving it a more extreme seasons. The planet has a long year and thus longer seasons, this is particularly useful in the growing seasons which are proportionally extended. A wide variety of planet / animal life holds similar characteristics to Earth. The atmosphere is thicker than most M-Class worlds and the planet itself has a more powerful magnetic field. The surface was first colonized by a Federation scientific outpost in the mid 22nd century.

Solas Tempus contracted with the colony to establish a base of operations in orbit. Solas Tempus provided trade, engineering, and scientific support to the colony in exchange for the orbital station and military rights in the system. On the planet surface Solas Tempus also retains a large facility and the land it resides on. This facility has living quarters, administrative offices, as well as a Lost to Time Memorial where those lost in the act of protecting the timeline have names, ranks, and an epitaph written by his or her Commanding Officer.

While Starbase Tranquility serves as the headquarters for Solas Tempus, the ground facility (known as the Trocara Facility) houses the planets Hermod Gate, offices, some rooms, ground transportation, and transporter facilities. It is a relatively small facility though.

Founding History

• 2189 Federation Science Outpost Epsilon Five established.
• 2190 Planets surface explored and mapped in detail from orbit and air.
• 2191 Federation citizens permitted to colonize near the outpost after a detailed planetary survey.
• 2247 Economy and population growth stabilized and self sufficient.

Glacia

Class:	P
Distance:	3.89 AU
Period:	1.95 Years
Radius:	6,603.93 km (1.04 times Earth)
Gravity:	0.99 G

Minister

Ruth Morgan (Human, Female)

This planet is similar in size to Earth, with slightly less gravity. The world sits on the very edge of the habitable zone and is thus an arctic world with high winds, ice storms, and permanent glaciers. Surface temperatures seldom rise above -13 degrees celsius. The planet axis is shifted but by less than a degree, giving it rather consistent seasons with little shift in weather.

The planet is difficult to inhabit, although a colony of Andorians is present on the planet and on good terms with the inhabitants of Markab Prime, trading the plentiful water, deuterium, and tritium with Markab Prime in exchange for difficult to grow fruits and vegetables along with some raw ore materials that are also in scarce supply on the world.

The Serenity Concord has an Andorian settlement on this planet, rich in deuterium by way of heavy water. The Ronin Shipyards facility in orbit uses these resources to refuel and maintained. Andoria contracts with the Concord for assistance in managing some of it's local trade fleets and they have mining rights to the planet in cooperation with the Concord.

Asteroid Belt

Orbiting at a mean distance of 5.62 AU from Markab, this extremely dense Asteroid Belt is rich in complex minerals ranging from Iron, Copper, Zinc, and Magnesium to more precious metals such as Titanium, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Some of the asteroids are large enough to hold very thin atmospheres. Rogue asteroids are rare and the systems Ort Cloud is very sparse, in theory when the gravity of the star increased most of the Ort cloud was drawn inward, this could help to explain why a planet might have broken up to form the asteroid belt. The Serenity Concord manages rights to the asteroid belt's rich resources. The United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Star Empire both have limited mining rights within the field. As yet no hostilities have broken out, the field itself is patrolled by Solas Tempus to maintain the peace.