System Specs:

  • Stellar Mass:  _ Sol-masses
  • Stellar Class:  _
  • Luminosity:  _ Sol
  • Planets:  3
  • Moons:  1
  • Asteroid Belts:  0
  • Asteroids:  0
  • Objects:  3

Planets Directory:

  1. Ameayii
  2. Nuundri
  3. H-047c
  4. Phaidra
  5. Ark Natanus

Ameayii:

  • Orbital Distance:  10.1 AU
  • Orbital Period:  18.4 Earth-years
  • Keplerian Ratio:  _
  • Radius:  1,468 km
  • Day Length:  _ Earth-hours
  • Atmospheric Pressure:  0.00 atm
  • Surface Temp:  225 °C
  • Surface Gravity:  _ g
  • Mass:  _ Earth-masses

This barren moon is more scientifically interesting than its planet Ameayono, owing to traces of element zero detectable from orbit.

Crater 

DATA:

  • Hyper-velocity impact crater
  • Rim diameter: 242 km
  • Depth: Approx. 1.8 km
  • Ejecta: Mineral deposits, element zero

ANALYSIS:
This ancient impact crater contains traces of radioactive material, element zero, and metals not found naturally on the planet.

Nuundri:

  • Orbital Distance:  9.1 AU
  • Orbital Period:  15.7 Earth-years
  • Keplerian Ratio:  _
  • Radius:  5,453 km
  • Day Length:  _ Earth-hours
  • Atmospheric Pressure:  0.94 atm
  • Surface Temp:  293 °C
  • Surface Gravity:  _ g
  • Mass:  _ Earth-masses

Nuundri’s cracked surface contains large deposits of magnesium and cobalt. Constant volcanic activity fuels streams of lava that glimmer from orbit.

Volcano 

DATA:
Active volcano site
Profile: Strato-volcano with current explosive eruption
Lava composition: Andesite flow with unknown materials

ANALYSIS:
Nuundri is no stranger to eruptions, but this particular massive explosion may offer special insight into the planet’s geology.

H-047c:

  • Orbital Distance:  116.7 km
  • Orbital Period:  719.1 Earth-days
  • Keplerian Ratio:  _
  • Radius:  668 km
  • Day Length:  _ Earth-hours
  • Atmospheric Pressure:  0.02 atm
  • Surface Temp:  -155 °C
  • Surface Gravity:  _ g
  • Mass:  _ Earth-masses

Shattered by the Scourge, this formerly viable planet is now a debris field. Due to a lack of atmosphere, few lifeforms are present.

ALERT: Excessive solar and cosmic radiation detected. Confinement to the Nomad advised.

Codex Entry 

Codex MEA - H-047c

This small planet was of particular interest to the turian contingent of the Andromeda Initiative. Long-distance studies suggested H-047c was a “golden world,” eminently suitable for dextro-protein species like turians, earning it the designation Habitat 5. The turian ark Natanus set course for H-047c to ensure they would have a viable settlement site on arrival.

In the intervening centuries, astronomical studies show H-047c was pulverized by debris from the erupting Scourge. The dark energy of the phenomenon increased the mass of this debris to the point that the impact shattered the planet, leaving it uninhabitable.

With its magnetic field drastically weakened and much of its atmosphere lost, what remains intact of H-047c’s surface is vulnerable to cosmic radiation. This has rendered the soil unable to support life, though it is a potential source of valuable helium-3.

Phaidra:

  • Orbital Distance:  129.3 AU
  • Orbital Period:  839.0 Earth-years
  • Keplerian Ratio:  _
  • Radius:  11,644 km
  • Day Length:  _ Earth-hours
  • Atmospheric Pressure:  3.26 atm
  • Surface Temp:  235 °C
  • Surface Gravity:  _ g
  • Mass:  _ Earth-masses

The ruins of several angaran exploratory missions dot Phaidra’s surface, crushed by the planet’s powerful gravity and half-buried by its winds.

Ark Natanus:

  • Orbital Distance:  _ 76.4 AU
  • Orbital Period:  _ 158.0 Earth-years
  • Keplerian Ratio:  _ 17.863
  • Radius:  _ 6,959 km
  • Day Length:  _ 158.0 Earth-hours
  • Atmospheric Pressure:  _ 0.44 atm
  • Surface Temp:  _ 1,157 °C
  • Surface Gravity:  _ 0.66 g
  • Mass:  _ 0.78 Earth-masses

DATA:

  • Ark name: Natanus
  • Stasis Pod Count: 20,000, currently detecting 15,372
  • Status: Inactive

ANALYSIS:
Tempest sensors show severe damage to all sections of the turian ark from exposure to the Scourge. Due to hull instability, moving the Natanus would be ill-advised, but it should be safe for a recovery team to extract the remaining stasis pods.

Upon arrival in Heleus, Ark Natanus hit the Scourge, causing severe structural damage. A skeleton crew was awoken in an attempt to control the situation, but all were either forced to abandon ship or were killed in action. The casualty list included the turian Pathfinder, Macen Barro, who died while trying to transfer his SAM to former Spectre and security officer, Avitus Rix. Because Barro died, before the transfer process was completed, the turian SAM’s directives were corrupted and the AI focused all of Natanus’ resources on finding and reaching H-047c, the intended turian homeworld in Andromeda, going so far as ejecting multiple cryo pods and forcing the ark through the Scourge.

The ark’s travels through the Scourge have left it too damaged to be returned to the Nexus. If discovered by Pathfinder Ryder, their team learn what transpired and conclude transferring the Natanus SAM node to the Nexus would be the safest course before any Pathfinder successors can be selected. In the aftermath, rescue attempts are underway to retrieve the 15000 sleeping turians aboard, overseen either by Avitus if he accepted the Pathfinder mantle or nobody if he declined.