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Existing within an extra-dimensional pocket of space-time it is a roughly spheroid region with a mean diameter of approximately 10 lightyears. The region was formed by unknown means, though there are some theories that it was originally artificial in nature. The area touches normal space in various locations at various times, at one of these points in space-time a ship can pass through the dimensional barrier and enter the pocket, such areas of transition last for anywhere between a few minutes to several weeks before the zone breaks away from normal space again.

Transition

An uncontrolled transition (i.e. accidental) to the zone is extremely dangerous and is likely to cause irreparable damage to the ship and her crew. Reports of the interior has evidence of a huge number of ships and even small stations present and heavily damaged with no signs of life. Transition occurs when the dimensional barrier can be warped sufficiently to create a wormhole-like opening by bending the barrier back onto itself.

= Asteroid Belt

The asteroid belt is primarily nickel, iron, silicon, and magnesium ores and the composition would suggest that multiple planets could have at one point existed and been subject to some kind of planetary collision which broke them up and formed the vast asteroid belt which spans a mean width of 0.5 AU's in diameter.

Erebusia

The second planet in the system, Class M. The planet is about the same size as Earth with a similar climate and orbital period. The planet has a very large population of animals and plant life but no humanoid or other sentient life forms. The ecosystem is self sustaining and maintains a state of homeostasis.

Hecatia

The final planet in the system is Class P existing just on the edge of the habitable zone of the system. The surface is extremely cold and heavily covered in permafrost glaciers. The only life on the planet is deep under the glacial ice, there is a high percentage of sea life exhibited bioluminescence.

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-[[The Void]] is a region of space completely enclosed in a strong subspace / gravitational field.  Its formation is a mystery but evidence suggests that it might have been made through some means using technology and not a naturally occurring phenomena.  Numerous ships, space stations, and probes have inadvertently entered the Void though its existence is largely unknown.
+Existing within an extra-dimensional pocket of space-time it is a roughly spheroid region with a mean diameter of approximately 10 lightyears.  The region was formed by unknown means, though there are some theories that it was originally artificial in nature.  The area touches normal space in various locations at various times, at one of these points in space-time a ship can pass through the dimensional barrier and enter the pocket, such areas of transition last for anywhere between a few minutes to several weeks before the zone breaks away from normal space again.
-== Size ==
+== Transition ==
-The Void is defined by a 10 lightyear radius from its central star, the only star in the region.  The star's original name is unknown but it seems to somehow either be the direct source of the field or somehow powering the field itself.  [[Section 31]] has been aware of the Void as an abstract concept from anecdotal evidence for at least the last 5 years.  In fact, it was the concept of this void that lead directly to the formation of the [[Assyria Base]] project.
+An uncontrolled transition (i.e. accidental) to the zone is extremely dangerous and is likely to cause irreparable damage to the ship and her crew.  Reports of the interior has evidence of a huge number of ships and even small stations present and heavily damaged with no signs of life.  Transition occurs when the dimensional barrier can be warped sufficiently to create a wormhole-like opening by bending the barrier back onto itself.
-The area is home to an incalculable amount of debris though fully intact space craft can be found there.  Since the area of the region is roughly 4500 cubic lightyears it is possible that the area contains a virtually infinite number of ships or stations both in fragments or as entirely whole structures.
+== Contents ==
+There is a single star in the zone and a small system of 3 planets around that star with a large number of asteroids in a belt between the 1st and 2nd planets.
-== Entrance ==
+=== Selencia ===
-A vessel entering the area is subject to extraordinary forces both in the realms of normal radiation from heat energy all the way up into cosmic radiation but also gravitational, subspace, and particle bombardment.  Entry is gained through an uncontrolled burst of subspace energy interacting with strong gravitational fields.  More information is not known other than that it is extremely likely any biological matter that might pass into this area would be completely destroyed by crossing the barrier.  In theory, it would be nearly impossible for an active [[Warp Drive|warp drive]] system to remain intact and operational when transitioning through the barrier.
+The central star in void space.  It is a main sequence star of type G1V being slightly larger than the sun.  The suns gravity is about 150% of normal for unknown reasons which impacts the gravitational forces in the entire zone.
-Survival from entering the Void is improbable.
+=== Nyxia ===
+The planet closest to the sun, it is a Class B planet with no atmosphere and about half the size of Earth.  There is no atmosphere or life on this world, it is a barren and rocky place baked by the system's star.
-== The Barrier ==
+=== Asteroid Belt ==
-Radiation from the star at the center of the void impacts the barrier and causes it to luminesce in points like stars that come and go over a period of days making navigation difficult, but also can fool a computer or navigator into thinking they are in normal space when they first arrive.
+The asteroid belt is primarily nickel, iron, silicon, and magnesium ores and the composition would suggest that multiple planets could have at one point existed and been subject to some kind of planetary collision which broke them up and formed the vast asteroid belt which spans a mean width of 0.5 AU's in diameter.
+=== Erebusia ===
+The second planet in the system, Class M.  The planet is about the same size as Earth with a similar climate and orbital period.  The planet has a very large population of animals and plant life but no humanoid or other sentient life forms.  The ecosystem is self sustaining and maintains a state of homeostasis.
+=== Hecatia ===
+The final planet in the system is Class P existing just on the edge of the habitable zone of the system.  The surface is extremely cold and heavily covered in permafrost glaciers.  The only life on the planet is deep under the glacial ice, there is a high percentage of sea life exhibited bioluminescence.
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