The Story of Human Exploration and Discovery Beyond the Orion Arm
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Sagittarius Colonial Atlas
Ahriman (HM+31 0938 B)
Amethyst (HB+32 3331 B)
Angelique (HM-50 2602 B)
Apollonia/Phyrigia (HD+35 2475 A)
Aquilla (SAG+56 0107)
Arkhangelsk (HM+41 2746)
Atlantis (HM+52 0225)
Aurora (HM+47 2620 A)
Avignon (HM+31 3323)
Baker's End (SAG-36 0528)
Bellarmine (HM+36 1662 A)
Bellissimo (HM+40 2827)
Beowulf (HM+39 5516 A)
Bounty (HB+38 0524 A)
Buran (HD+32 1678)
Cauldron (SAG+47 1522)
Charybdis (HB+56 0404 B)
Concordia (HM+00 2422 A)
Cora's World (HM-40 2634)
Daedelus (SAG+45 4907 A)
Demeter (HM+31 3563)
Destiny (HD+47 0309)
Dustbowl/New Deseret (SAG-42 4503 B)
Frontiera (HD+40 1336)
Frostpile (SAG+43 2208)
Fury (HM+53 0102 A)
Gateway (HM+00 0000)
Goldrush (SAG+33 2643)
Gulag (HD+40 4019)
Hecate's Hate (HM+32 3972)
Hyperborea (SAG+44 1855 B)
Ice Station Mike (HD+42 3267)
Ice Station Oscar (HD+42 5807)
Inshallah (HM+53 0608)
Jena (HB-33 4139 A)
Jewel/Sulfur Flats (HM+41 0955 A & B)
Jin Xian (HM-45 4415)
Jove/Fuzhou (SAG+49 2911 A & B)
Libertad (HD-46 2312)
Marino (HD-31 4687)
Midgard/Muspellheim (HD+54 1018)
Mirabilis (HM-45 1718)
Neu Bavaria (HM+31 7329)
New Anchorage (HD+35 3455 A)
New Ares (HM+57 0405 A)
New Havana (HM+55 1217)
New Tanstaafl (HM+43 3626 A)
New Taranto (HB+31 2685 A)
New Zion (HD+47 0954)
Paydirt (HM+36 2309)
Porto Fria (HM-52 2716 A)
Pu'huonua (HM+35 2017)
Research Station Victor (HB+55 1522)
Sakura (HM-31 0629)
Sandovar (HM+34 0139 A)
Santa Clara (SAG+31 0179 B)
Scherzo (SAG+55 2007 B)
Sheba's World/Neu Bayer (HD-51 1306 A)
Tanner's World (HB-32 1052)
Tartarus (HM+31 5806)
The Alamo (HM+34 0552 B)
Tortuga (HD-37 4529)
Toulon (SAG+55 0823 A)
Valhalla (HD+31 1168)
Viracocha (HM+31 1175 A)
Waypoint November (HM+31 1969 A)
Waypoint Omega (HM-06 1121 A)
Waypoint Tango (HD+41 4528 A)
Waypoint X-Ray (HD-66 1619)
Waypoint Yankee (HD+10 1721)
Waystation Alfa (HM+34 1207)
Xiamen (HM+48 2891 B)
Zhengzhou (HM-27 9791 B)
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AMC Registry of Vessels
| System Catalogue: HM+00 0000
(Gateway) Stars in System: 1 Distance from Gateway: N/A System Age: 6.4 GY Total System Population: 4,905 (est) Primary Allegiance: Sagittarius Development Corporation Primary Star: HM+00 0000 Spectral Type: K1V Mass: 0.79 Sol Radius: 0.8281 Sol Luminosity: 0.4382 Sol Absolute Magnitude: +5.67 Number of Worlds: 3; 1 Rocky Planet, 2 Gas Giants Notable Worlds: Sagittarius-Orion Stargate (Prior to 29 January 2361), Gateway Station |
System
Summary:
The HM+00 0000 System was until 29 January 2361 the doorway between the
Orion spiral arm of the galaxy and the Sagittarius spiral arm. It
was here that the great Sagittarius-Orion Stargate linked the Gateway
System to Wolf 359. The creator of the Stargate, Dr. Gavin Aurimas, had opened
Sagittarius
to those seeking to escape from sectarian, ethnic, and nationalist
strife. The governments of the human sphere were prohibited
from crossing through the Stargate to form new colonies, thus allowing
the disaffected and the adventurous a free hand in creating a new
destiny. Gateway was the portal and the barrier against outside
intrusion, with a well-armed flotilla of warships and orbiting weapon
platforms protecting the stargate against intrusion. Since the collapse of the Stargate and the stranding of the colonies in a distant arm of the galaxy, the Sagittairus Development Corporation has attempted to pick up the pieces of civilization and carry on. The Gateway System now serves little purpose other than as an administrative center for the fledgling Armada of the Mercer Compact. |
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Star System Diagram
Epoch: 2361  |
| Systems
within Short Jump Range |
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| Aquilla | HD+36 1422 | SAG-33 1616 |
| Baker's End | HD+49 0706 | SAG-43 2107 |
| Bounty | HM+04 2609 | Sakura |
| Charybdis | HM-31
0628 |
Sheba's World |
| Destiny | HM-42
2402 |
Waypoint Alfa |
| Frostpile |
Inshallah | WD+31 0938 |
| Fury |
Paydirt | WD+31 1416 |
| HB+33 2502 | Pu'uhonua |
WD+31 2008 |
| HD-35 4902 | ||
Orbital Semi-Major Axis: 322,894,224 km (2.153 AU)
Orbital Eccentricity: 0.001
Orbital Inclination: 2º
Orbital Period: 1302.75 Terran Days
Population: 3500 (est)
The Orion-Sagittarius Stargate linked the Orion spiral arm of the galaxy to the Sagittarius sprial arm across a distance of 4000 light years of space, connected by the Wolf 359 system in Orion, and the HM+00 0000 (Gateway) system in Sagittarius. The stargate is commonly believed to have been created by Gavin Aurimas and the SDC from a naturally occuring wormhole frozen in space-time during a very brief period of time shortly after the Big Bang, much like other stargate wormholes found in local human space around Sol. The Stargate itself is unmanned and is controlled directly by the Sagittarius Stargate AI. Population figures given for the Stargate represent habitats that orbit the stargate to service the stargate and all traffic that passes through it.
The Stargate was destroyed due to unknown causes in 2361 while being deflated to 1 centimeter diameter after threats of attacks against other stargates, and heightened by the destruction of the Epsilon Eridani-Epsilon Indi stargate in 2359. The most popular theory is that the Stargate was destroyed by terrorists, though another theory currently in play is that the Stargate was deliberately sabotaged from within the SDC.
Gateway Station
Population: 1280 (est)
The Gateway SDC Headquarters serves as the administrative hub for the HM+00 0000 System and the waystation for further penetration into the Sagittarius Arm. Gateway Station is also heavily armed, and serves as the first line of defense against a hostile takeover of the Stargate. While the Stargate existed, Gateway Station trailed it slightly in the same solar orbit around the HM+00 0000 primary. A month prior to the collapse, Gateway Station's orbit was decoupled from the Stargate to allow the wormhole to be deflated (and its mass thus reduced) without causing perturbations of the station's orbit. Gateway Station happened to be far enough away from the Stargate when it crashed to be spared major damage or loss of life, and has since been towed back to its original orbit around the star.
More on Gateway Station here.