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NANOTRASEN INFORMATIONAL DATABASE
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SUBJECT: TAU CETI SYSTEM
DATE UPLOADED: 19/12/2098
DATE LAST MODIFIED: 27/01/2455
Tau Ceti I (TC-191X)
This is a small, hot world with a thick and toxic atmosphere reminiscent of Sol's Venus. The close proximity to Tau Ceti renders any activity on this world too dangerous to consider, although heavy heat and radiation shielding mitigate the risk enough for a single stellar observation post in the upper equatorial region, which has the shortest day period on the planet.
Planet Luthien, Tau Ceti II
A small colony established on a feral, untamed world largely comprised of jungles with some savannah around the lower equatorial regions. Human inhabitants are outnumbered by feral native species and wild beasts, which attack the outpost regularly, NT maintains tight military control over the few tiny population centres located near the poles.
The only regular transit going to this planet are xenobiologists on research or specimen gathering trips, or rich nobles from the inner colonies looking to have a taste of the 'wild side' or hunt some of the notoriously dangerous game that lurks here.
Planet Biesel, Tau Ceti III
A medium sized planet with a strong economy and stable populace, Biesel is noteworthy for very little beyond having a large academic population, and having one of the largest shipyards in the sector. Being so far from the inner colonies, neither achievement means much however.
The capital of Biesel is Lowell City, a sprawling metropolis in the lower equatorial hemisphere and home to the LC University of Spatial Archaeotech Engineering. The majority of the planet's inhabitants are spread amongst population centres distributed along the inner and middle equatorial bands. Biesel largely owes allegiance to Sol and Vessel Contracting despite NanoTrasen's strong presence, but grudgingly tolerates NT.
In coordination with Osiris Atmospherics and Resident Construction, the majority of the NSS Exodus was constructed here in 2454.
Planet Biesel, Tau Ceti III
A medium sized planet with a strong economy and stable populace, Biesel is noteworthy for very little beyond having a large academic population, and having one of the largest shipyards in the sector. Being so far from the inner colonies, neither achievement means much however.The capital of Biesel is Lowell City, a sprawling metropolis in the lower equatorial hemisphere and home to the LC University of Spatial Archaeotech Engineering. The majority of the planet's inhabitants are spread amongst population centres distributed along the inner and middle equatorial bands. Biesel largely owes allegiance to Sol and Vessel Contracting despite NanoTrasen's strong presence, but grudgingly tolerates NT.In coordination with Osiris Atmospherics and Resident Construction, the majority of the NSS Exodus was constructed here in 2454.
Planet New Gibson, Tau Ceti IV
New Gibson is a medium sized, rocky planet that is covered in rampant industrialisation. Containing the majority of the planet-bound resources in the system, New Gibson is torn by unrest and has very little wealth to call it's own that isn't flowing into the coffers of NanoTrasen and subcontractor corporations.
Periodically, NT riot teams are dispatched to crack down on rioters and malcontents.
Planet Reade, Tau Ceti V
A small, cold, metal-deficient world, NT maintains agricultural pastures in whatever available space in an attempt to salvage some worth from this profitless colony, after a clerical error in the late 2400s resulted in significant expenditure in settlement and infrastructure. Nowadays, what remains of that misguided re-colonisation project makes up several cavernous, ruined cities (some of which are visible from orbit).
Much of the population is scattered around in hamlets and resource aggregation centres and little trade exists beyond the offworld agricultural shipments, although there is ongoing civilian interest in the planet for other reasons - there are occasional rumours of strange lights, unexplained disappearances or otherworldly phenomena suggestive of a xenos presence, along with unseasonal weather conditions that have trumped such august institutions as NanoTrasen's Department of Meteorology, the Akanata Institute of Applied Meteorological Sciences on Biesel and the homegrown Reade Citizen's Occult Investigation Network.
Tau Ceti VI (TC-645X)
A small, cold world with a thin and unbreathable atmosphere and notably low gravity. Geological surveys over the centuries have catalogued an anomalous network of cavities within the middle and lower crust of the planet that result in remarkably low gravity, and a complete lack of seismic activity. The planet is completely void of anything making settlement worthwhile, but recently there have been rumours of illegitimate shipping here. Security patrols have thus far turned up nothing, but some parties hypothesize that any smugglers or bandits could hide in the dense molecular band in a median orbit around Tau Ceti to fool in-system sensors.
Beltway asteroid mining chain
A cooperative effort between Beltway and NanoTrasen to exploit the resource abundant outer asteroid belt of the Tau Ceti system. Paranormal tourism is a small side industry that has sprung up from guided shuttle tours of the site of several mysteriously vacated mining installations over the past decades.
((Credited to-Baystation12+Apollo Lore team.))
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