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improbableSpace — The First Colonies

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The year 2189 CE saw a new generation of starships: colonial spacecraft. Travelling at 0.2c, these “Interstellar Colonial Vehicles”, or ICV for short, could transport hundreds of thousands of people to nearby star systems. Nine of these ICVs were built, each housing 10,000 to 300,000 individuals, all with the mission to colonize a planet.

          Then, in the middle of the 22nd Century, as many of the ICVs hadn’t even reached their destinations yet, a new faction of humanity emerged – the Spacers: transhuman star farers that existed in ships travelling at 0.9c. They dominated interstellar trade until the Jumpgate Age, and while they had an aversion towards living on planets, the Spacers set up many far-flung outposts throughout Human Space.

 

 Earth- Sol

    ·       Diameter: 12,742 km

    ·       Gravity: 1g

    ·       Satellites: 1

    ·       Colonized: 10,000 BCE

    ·       Population: 11,458,700,000

Mars- Sol

    ·       Diameter: 6,779 km

    ·       Gravity: 0.39g

    ·       Satellites: 2

    ·       Colonized: 2056 CE

    ·       Population: 1,895,200,000

Buffalo- Proxima Cen

    ·       Diameter: 14,271

    ·       Gravity: 1.12g

    ·       Satellites: 3

    ·       Colonized: 2210 CE

    ·       Population: 222,266,000

Jericho- α Cen B

    ·       Diameter: 11,977

    ·       Gravity: 0.94g

    ·       Satellites: 2

    ·       Colonized: 2210 CE

    ·       Population: 1,114,200,000

Troy- Luhman 16 A

    ·       Diameter: 3,950 km

    ·       Gravity: 0.31g

    ·       Satellites: 0

    ·       Colonized: 2222 CE

    ·       Population: 66,769,000

Fjord- Lalande 21185

    ·       Diameter: 8,664 km

    ·       Gravity: 0.68g

    ·       Satellites: 1

    ·       Colonized: 2230 CE

    ·       Population: 217,690,000

Valhalla- Lacaille 9352

    ·       Diameter: 11,340 km

    ·       Gravity: 0.89g

    ·       Satellites: 3

    ·       Colonized: 2242 CE

    ·       Population: 556,665,100

Tiger’s Eye- 61 Cyg A

    ·       Diameter: 15,800 km

    ·       Gravity: 1.24g

    ·       Satellites: 2

    ·       Colonized: 2246 CE

    ·       Population: 1,121,332,000

Arcadia- τ Ceti

    ·       Diameter: 17,456 km

    ·       Gravity: 1.37g

    ·       Satellites: 2

    ·       Colonized: 2248 CE

    ·       Population: 833,477,000

Zion- Groom 1618

    ·       Diameter: 10,334 km

    ·       Gravity: 0.82g

    ·       Satellites: 1

    ·       Colonized: 2268 CE

    ·       Population: 667,798,000

Trillium- 40 Eri A

    ·       Diameter: 9,429 km

    ·       Gravity: 0.74g

    ·       Parent Planet: Halador

    ·       Colonized: 2271 CE

    ·       Population: 446,895,000

Avalon- Altair

    ·       Diameter: 12,232 km

    ·       Gravity: 0.96g

    ·       Satellites: 4

    ·       Colonized: 2272 CE

    ·       Population: 706,452,000

For more information, I recommend checking out my first post about these planets. Some information might have been Retconned, however. fav.me/dauobk3
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Comments: 7

SpaceInquiries [2017-08-16 06:01:58 +0000 UTC]

Hey this is random but I saw The Science Asylum's new youtube video about White Dwarfs, and was pleasantly surprised to find your comment at the top, I knew I had seen that freaking avatar somewhere haha

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improbableSpace In reply to SpaceInquiries [2017-08-16 10:44:58 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I like using this JonTron profile picture.

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SpaceInquiries [2017-05-17 06:05:32 +0000 UTC]

Fjord is so awesome lol

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SpaceInquiries [2017-05-17 06:01:13 +0000 UTC]

Love things like this! Lemme guess, Troy is an alien version of Europa?

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improbableSpace In reply to SpaceInquiries [2017-05-17 11:26:20 +0000 UTC]

Pretty much. Or, at least, it was.

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Tullamareena [2017-01-22 12:29:51 +0000 UTC]

Lovely work. The drawing is very crisp and clear. It's nice to see what each of the planets look like; their size, surface and climate.

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improbableSpace In reply to Tullamareena [2017-01-22 15:50:51 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you think so! 

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