System Specs:
- Stellar Mass: 1.633 Sol Masses
- Stellar Class: F
- Luminosity: N/A Sol
- Planets: 4
- Moons: 0
- Asteroid Belts: 0
- Asteroids: 0
- Objects: 0
Talava is distinguished by the presence of a turian prison planet, patrols seeking to discourage jailbreaks from the planet, and Terminus Systems criminals looking for a staging ground. All of its worlds are inhospitable, and barely exploited by commercial mining interests.
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Planets Directory:
- Aitarus
- Kaushus
- Maitrum
- Taitus
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Aitarus:
- Orbital Distance: 0.5 AU
- Orbital Period: 0.3 Earth-years
- Keplerian Ratio: 1.389
- Radius: 8,945 km
- Day Length: 65.1 Earth-hours
- Atmospheric Pressure: Trace atm
- Surface Temp: 549 °C
- Surface Gravity: 2.8 g
- Mass: 5.466 Earth-masses
A large rock planet orbiting an F-class star, Aitarus is pummeled by radiation, heavy gravity, and tectonic activity. Its crust is mostly silicates and of little value. Travel is not advised.
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Kaushus:
- Orbital Distance: 1.2 AU
- Orbital Period: 1.0 Earth-years
- Keplerian Ratio: 1.728
- Radius: 6,212 km
- Day Length: 42.6 Earth-hours
- Atmospheric Pressure: Trace atm
- Surface Temp: 249 °C
- Surface Gravity: 1.0 g
- Mass: 0.942 Earth-masses
Home to the spectacular Infinity Caldera, Kaushus is a young planet with extreme tectonic and volcanic activity. With nine super-volcanoes that can throw out at least 1,000 cubic kilometers of dense rock equivalents each, Kaushus’ activity has put its atmosphere in a state of shroud. It will likely suffer from global dimming for at least the next ten years. Though much of the surface is no more dangerous than many other inner-ring planets, this extreme tectonic activity has given Kaushus a bad reputation and discouraged all resource exploitation.
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Maitrum:
- Orbital Distance: 2.8 AU
- Orbital Period: 3.6 Earth-years
- Keplerian Ratio: 1.694
- Radius: 4,642 km
- Day Length: N/A Earth-hours
- Atmospheric Pressure: Trace atm
- Surface Temp: 74 °C
- Surface Gravity: 0.4 g
- Mass: 0.21 Earth-masses
A small hot rock with few resources, Maitrum is used by the turian armed forces for its maximum security prison and interrogation centers. The temperatures are high enough to prevent any escape without an environmental suit, but low enough that construction of additional buildings will not be hindered.
Over 500,000 prisoners are detained on Maitrum, only a handful of which have ever managed even a temporary escape. A small supply economy and prefab-habitats support the prison staff, who usually work only for two-year tours of duty before they are rotated out to less stressful positions.
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Taitus:
- Orbital Distance: 4.0 AU
- Orbital Period: 6.1 Earth-years
- Keplerian Ratio: 1.72
- Radius: 6,045 km
- Day Length: 22.2 Earth-hours
- Atmospheric Pressure: Trace atm
- Surface Temp: −1 °C
- Surface Gravity: 0.9 g
- Mass: 0.802 Earth-masses
A desert of whitish potassium salts and reddish iron oxides, Taitus is far enough away from its parent star to have a tolerable surface temperature. Though it has only a trace atmosphere of carbon dioxide and oxygen, it is still hospitable enough for criminals in the Terminus Systems to use it as a staging base. Turian patrols sometimes fly through the area, looking to pre-empt jailbreak attempts on Maitrum’s prisons.
TRAVEL ADVISORY: Unregistered starships have been spotted in the vicinity of Taitus. Civilian travel is not recommended.
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