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Helka-Alpha Star System

A distant colony of the Colonial Trade Pact alliance, Helka-Alpha is the primary inhabited system of a three star trinary star system also known as 'Helka'. Its primary means of returning to the core worlds of the Colonial Alliance is a semi-naturally occurring stellar gate, kept navigatable by man made structures. With it the outer systems of their motherland can be reached within as little as fifteen days. Without and only using their shipboard FTL drives the journey can take nearly six months.

The motivation for such long reaching and expensive colonization is the materials and exotic elements that form near such space time weaknesses, essential to the economy of the Colonial Pact in a wide variety of applications. Thus Helka remains as one of the most distant but valuable colonies.

General information

Political Situation and Status of the Star System

Helka-Alpha is a fully federalized colony with an official multi-level government who's head is made up of representatives voted in from every world or major space habitat. Each planet and space settlement features a similar body with a similar constitutional election process on down to the local level.

Like most colonies of this nature its political situation is a constant tug of war between the mandate of an elected government and the profit driven agenda of the major corporations that trail blazed the colony. As such the simple fact is that the will of the people determines the leeway granted via the election process, with the created government using the official military forces to enforce their will. The corporations benefiting from a stable consumer base and above all a stable national situation, however greed and the pursuit of profits can often find them in conflict.

Major Controlling Faction - Colonial Pact Trade Alliance
Species - Human, Ev'Chen
Languages -
Start Date of Habitation - 710 N.C.C.
Estimated Population - 12,564,621,400 as of 00833 N.C.C.

Helka Alpha - Star Data

(Youvirmuxe Helka Sect Save)

The star of the Helka Alpha system is a yellow dwarf main sequence star, below are statistics for it.

Spectral Classification - K9V
Stellar Mass - 0.504 Standard Solar Masses
Stellar Radii - 0.578 of Solar Standard
Stellar Luminosity - 0.091 of Solar Standard
Distance to Heliopause - 50 AU

Planetary Data

The Helka-Alpha star system is a component system in a mid-distance orbiting trinary family of stars that has ten planets, of these two are habitable to human type life. Like most star systems an extensive asteroid belt serves as the border between the inner system and the outer system.

Koviska (Helka-Alpha I)

Airless Terrestrial

An airless metallic rock and the first planet in the star system, it was first initially scouted for mining operations nearly thirty years ago and has played host to a moderate population since. Most of the surface habitats are concentrated in a canyon running along an axis just north of the planet's equator. Their efforts slowly deepening and widening it as extraction shafts and tunnels are converted into habitats, so far two orbital elevators rise from this area. Refinery stations and a small space port are part of this orbital constellation.

Planetary Physics

Orbital Radius - 18,308,781 Km
Planetary Radius - 1,638 Km
Gravity - 0.128 G
Atmosphere - N/A
Population - 15.7 Million
Orbital Period - 22 Standard Days
Length of Day - 60 Standard Days

Notable Settlements

Ossken

Location - Koviska, Equatorial Trench
Built throughtout a section of the planet's equatorial trench, Ossken is a closed habitat effectively 'capping' the top of a deep crevice the mining operations the planet is known for have created in the surface. Spread like an invasive tumor with metallic offshoots reaching outward and onto the plain that makes up most of the planet's surface. Rising from within the canyon's depths is the tendril of orbital elevator that links to the planet's primary ore offloading station which acts as the elevators counter weight. Effectively Ossken acts as the heart and capital of the planet with numerous surface roads, tram lines, and sub-surface hypertrains linking it to various other mining installations and habitats above and below the surface.

Living Conditions and Climate

Composed of a airless rock and dust covered surface blasted by solar radiation on one side and deep frozen in the cold of space on the other it is a average terrestrial world when it comes to supporting life, as such those that choose to make their home here have created their own ecosystems. Mostly underground or in heavily shielded arcology habitats built into craters. Conditions here depend on where one lives, from the spacious and oldest habitats with all the amenities one might need to the cramp converted mining tunnels of more recent or more distant mining 'camps' scatter across the surface. Overall however human life on this world exists in a completely synthetic environment; air, water, and food stuffs either being grown or created in purpose built facilities when they aren't simply imported.

Star System Industry Contribution

Callenite Extraction/Refining - %
Raw Materials/Mining - %
Refining/Ore Proscessing - %
Manufacturing - %
Agriculture - %

Planetary Infrastructure and Industry

Orbital Elevators - One structure connected to a counterweight which serves as the largest spaceport, primarily used for bulk ore exports to the rest of the star system and beyond.
Spaceports (Surface) - Numerous small to moderate sized pads capable of supporting anywhere from a small bulk carrier to private skiffs, a large number are clustered around the planet's sole orbital lift.
Spaceports (Orbital) - One main one which acts as the primary ore transfere terminal and counterweight for the orbital lift, several smaller ones also occupy the equatorial orbit and are mixed use with some being private and corporate.
Shipyards - While there are small complexes that can turn out skiffs or light transports up to a hundred meters long the planet only features one moderately sized complex co-orbiting with the tether spaceport. It serves as a satellite and orbital infrastructure maintence depot and is tooled for civil infrastructure use.
Industry - As stated above virtually the entire planet is geared toward the mining and or extraction of a variety of planetary ores and their first stage refiniment, there is some manufacturing on the surface of the planet however most of it is geared toward the maintanence and needs of the local population and industry.
Agriculture - Roughly fifty percent of the planet's needs are handled by localized means of growing plant protein matter, mostly in underground greeneries or in surface greenhouses. Animal protein tends to be a premium and only available on special occasions or to the upper middle class, however the nutritional needs are more then met by government standards.

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