Primary:
Prometheus,
spectral class M0V. ICN S4G0701M0V. Mass, 0.489 standard. Stellar Diameter,
0.549 standard. Luminosity, 0.04 standard.
Planetary System:
Four
major bodies. One inhabited world (Loren, I). One gas giant in system. No
planetoid belts in system.
I Loren:
Mean
orbital radius, 26.93 million kilometers (.18 AU). Period, 39.9 days. No
satellites. Diameter, 8552 Kilometers. Density, 1.01. Mass, 0.247 standard. Mean
surface gravity, 0.63 G. Rotation period: none (tidal lock with primary). Axial
inclination 2°49'20.2". Albedo, 0.26. Surface atmospheric pressure, 1.1
atm. Composition, oxygen-nitrogen mix with suflur and sulfur compounds taint;
filter mask required to breathe atmosphere. Hydrographic percentage, 40%;
composition, water and frozen water-ice. Mean surface temperature, dayside, 5°C;
nightside, -124°C.
Remarks:
Loren
is a fascinating world, an example of a highly unusual ecology at work. Locked
with one side constantly towards its star, the world is not the classic
"twilight zone" planet, because even the dayside temperatures under
the feeble light of Prometheus are barely over freezing. Twilight zone
temperatures are far below the range for human comfort.
Nonetheless, this singularly inhospitable world does support life. In the
absence of an effective form of photosynthesis, the plant life of Loren relies
on a chemosynthetic base; life flourishes even in some portions of the
nightside, where volcanoes supply sufficient heat and a source for a variety of
chemicals necessary for the world's life-processes. Higher forms of animal life
also exist, in a complex food chain not entirely unlike our own, but with
intriguing variations.
The world has been colonized, albeit lightly by a nonhuman Imperial race
originating in the Daibei sector, the Bruhre.
Loren is not actually part of the Imperium, but an IISS base is present, and the
Bruhre government of the world is answerable to their own homeworld. Imperial
membership is likely to be granted within the next fifty years.