Rich in culture and history, Beta Virginis and the surrounding
Combine Territories are an important Inner Sphere region where many clades meet and interact.
Galactography
System: Beta Virginis
Primary: Beta Virginis
Stellar Type: F9 V
Companion: none
Region: Inner Sphere Old Core, 35.55
light-years from Sol
Planets: The planets were originally
named by long range observers after Old Earth continents and SolSys
planets. Most have since been renamed.
- New Africa renamed Aiball Oh-one
Originally Near-stellar Venusian, aiformed to diamondoid-silicon
planetary ISO - this hot Diamond Belt world was optimised by
isolationist ai for solidstate civilizations. Following the
Transcension there remain numerous large structures. While mostly
inert, they can be dangerous if certain automatic defences are
triggered. However, anything of value has long since been removed.
Mostly inhabited by old thermophile prospectors and scavenger clades. Solar Dominion protectorate
- New Asia renamed Aiball One-oh
Originally EuVenusian,
aiformed to diamondoid-silicon planetary ISO - this Diamond Belt world
has been optimised by the same ai civilizations that modified Aiball
Oh-One. Following the Transcension there remain numerous large
structures, but little of real value remains. The planet is inhabited
by scavengers and a few bohemians. Solar Dominion protectorate
- New Europe renamed Isoai
Originally EuVenusian,
and in the process of being terraformed, all the colonists were killed
following the Hu-AI war, and the planet aiformed. Since the
Transcension it has been mostly uninhabited, apart from a TRHN presence
and few scavenger and vec clades. There are believed to be still some
isolationist ai civilizations in some of the silicon-diamondoid
superstructures. Technically Solar
Dominion protectorate, although many of the colonies are of TRHN affiliation.
- New America renamed Pacifica - Frozen Rockball -
terraformed to Pelagic
Gaian - the main biont superpower in the region. Utopia Sphere affiliation,
strong links with Oro Mistral and Beta Arae. Technorat orbital
halo.
- New Australia renamed Adams - EuJovian - Helium
industry and floater cities, some moons inhabited - Solar Dominion affiliation.
- New Antarctica renamed Green -
EuJovian -
floaters, a few atmosphere miners, ai, technorats, and orbitals.
Technically Solar Dominion,
although Monroe hab is NoCoZo affiliated, and some of the
technorat orbitals are aligned with the TRHN
- New Luna - MicroJovian - a few
orbital and moon-based small polities; also a beam-rider station. A
smallish but fairly rich world, extensively modified. Deeper Covenant
affiliation.
- New Mars - SubJovian - atmosphere
miners, and orbitals. Various clades. Nominally Solar Dominion
- New Jupiter - renamed
Hale - SubJovian - tweaks, vecs, ai
on moons and orbitals - a small population of jovics in the atmosphere.
Joint Solar Dominion / Utopia Sphere affiliation.
- New Saturn -
renamed Franklin - SubJovian - mostly old
traditionalist clades like the Naists and House Bves'a in a number of
orbitals. There are are also some assorted space adapts and others.
Varied affiliations.
AI
AI overseers: Cetan ISO, also lesser
toposophics for according to individual polities
AI's ethos: Utopic
Polities: at least a hundred
different major polities in the system, the only one of any size being
the Pacifica Commonwealth on Pacifica. Most are member states of the
Virginis Combine, and loosely aligned with the Utopia Sphere
Affiliation: according to individual
polity
Founded/Colonized: 856
Psyche, Art, Culture: varies greatly
according to individual polity
Language: Pacifician, Douh, Solarian,
Technoratic, Metasoft Standard, Hwsii, Isoballese TRHN, Betareaese,
Monroeian, Greenic, Deeperspeak, Adamian, and many other languages are
all spoken somewhere or other in the system. In some cases a particular
polity, world, House, or clade has a completely different language or
set of languages to its neighbors. However, knowledge of Betareaese and
Solarian will usually mean the visitor e has no problems in
communicating in most habitats, even without translation software.
Population: more than 3 billion
system wide
Population by planet (incl. orbitals):
Aiball Oh-one, Aiball One-oh, and Isoai
no more than several million each, most in orbitals, with a few surface
dwellers
Pacifica - surface: 106
million. orbital: 268 million
Adams cloudcities: 12 million, orbitals and moons: 460
million
Green cloudcities: 5 million, orbitals and moons: 1,650
million
New Luna about 130 million (mostly orbitals)
New Mars about 51 million (mostly orbitals)
Hale - cloudcities: 2 million, orbitals and moons 350
million
Franklin - orbitals and moons: about 200 million
Travel
Stargate:
Beamrider Station:
- Cycle 232 - New Luna has a beamrider station
(serving two cycle routes) and colony
Major Spaceports:
Hazard Rating : 0.0 to 4.0 (according
to polity, district, world etc); up to 9.0 in some ai ball areas
Visa Restrictions : varies according
to individual polity
Freedom of Movement : varies
according to individual polity
Environmental Requirements :
Earth-normal environments on Pacifica, most orbitals and some of the
domed outsystem cities; some of the jovic habitats however require
environment suits and/or special modifications
Sites of Interest: see entries for
individual worlds
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