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SemiCylinder — Meridian System chart
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Description
The Meridian system is the home of Planters and the human contingent that integrated with them- the Apparatus.Meridian star:
As a class K star, Meridian is smaller and dimmer than Earth's own sun and has a noticeably more orange hue. Not only is the star smaller and dimmer, but it also puts out less light, meaning its planets must be closer to it than they would have to be around Sol in order to be in the habitable zone.
The distance a world must orbit around Meridian to have an equivalent intake of sunshine would be .39 AU (one AU being the distance Earth is from Sol).
Planets:
Pinnacle
A hot, cloudless gas giant with few moons.
Amber Vigil
A scorched, tidally locked desert planet with one small moon- a large captured asteroid.
Kiln
A high gravity desert world with a thick atmosphere composed mainly of water. Its proximity to the sun means that water can only exist as steam, so the world’s moisture is held entirely as an ever present planet-encompassing storm system, violently dumping rain just as fast as it picks it back up as steam.
Moons: 8
Tungsten Heart
A cold arid terra world with a multicellular level ecosystem and two native intelligent species- the Planters and the Prismheads. Tungsten Heart is a binary world, paired with Jewel.
Gravity: 0.6 G
Atmosphere: 0.36 atm.
73% Nitrogen
26% Oxygen
1% Trace gasses
Avg. Surface temp: 7 degrees Celsius
Distance from star: 0.42 AU
Moons:
Jewel
A cold desert world that was once an oceanic planet. Hundreds of millions of years ago the core of Jewel cooled and the world’s magnetosphere faded away, allowing the sea and most of the atmosphere to boil away into space- a process it is still undergoing now. The world has very little water and is 90% covered by mineral encrusted deserts. When Jewel had oceans they supported a developing ecosystem of primitive multicellular life, but once they evaporated away only a small amount of halophilic extremophiles remained, feeding off of the salt and minerals.
Seed
A large captured asteroid moved into orbit by another starfaring civilization, the Transmuters, 300 million years prior to the Apparatus’s arrival at Tungsten Heart. A Transmuter observatory was built into the asteroid to study Jewel as its oceans evaporated away and its life went extinct.
Asteroid belt:
A sparsely populated ring of rocky debris with a handful of dwarf planets.
Respite
An ice giant rich in deuterium with 12 minor moons and 2 major moons. Post-integration Apparatus uses Respite as its primary mine for military fusion engine fuel, as Deuterium and Tritium make the best fuels for their starships' power plants.
Paragon
A stormy gas giant with a strong magnetosphere and 12 moons; 4 major and 10 minor. Mining operations from Paragon are uncommon because of the large amount of radiation and the violent storms in its upper atmosphere. Its moons are heavily colonized by The Apparatus, however. Planters often prefer to live on colonies on moons due to the lower gravity that many of them have- worlds like Kiln are too harsh on the minute planter physique for long term habitation.
Kuiper Belt
A thin ring of icy bodies and comets with a handful of dwarf planets.
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I know I have said it before but I simply love the names you gave your planets! It’s a nice departure from the regular naming convention of different deities and makes it seem more militaristic or utilitarian in a way, not like they were named by scientists or philosophers or whatever but by military personnel or workers, which adds a layer of realism imho. (More like how prospectors etc called settlements in America)
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I must say it is great when people notice the finer details. Westward expansion of the USA was a big influence in how I name locations in my universe, and naming stuff is something I always try to put a lot of effort into. It's when you swing on by and notice the little things when I feel appreciated and a little successful as an artist, being noticed by such a high caliber world builder as yourself. If you like my work as much as you say, then I am sure you will be delighted to know you served as a big inspiration to me.
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I feel very honored to hear that! Especially since your work has actually also inspired me in some ways, especially when it comes to naming and thinking outside the box while doing so. Your work is done with such a dedication to detail and realism and the effort you put into it shows so it is always a great joy to see more of it, and the way you name things definitely adds a lot to that realism.
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It’s the bread and butter of communities- the exchange of ideas and inspiration. I’m glad to be on the radar of such a distinguished artist, and I look forward to continuing our exchange.
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I completely, the exchange of ideas with others has always been one of the main reasons I like DA, it can lead to a lot of cool ideas that one might not have thought of otherwise... it’s a more organic and adaptive process in a way
The feeling’s very much mutual
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Interesting to hear that Tungsten Heart has a second sapient species living on it.
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They are pre-tribal pack animals with rudimentary language. I'd say they're just a cut above elephants, intelligence-wise.
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